Literary theory

In eighteenth-century Britain, the study of history was understood first and foremost as the study of how states developed-and lost-their political coherence.

This book examines both the productive and counterproductive dimensions of the increasing orientation towards digital figures.

This book scrutinises the production and transnational distribution of sexological knowledge at the turn of the century.

Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States.

How is it possible, after four centuries, that a major episode in Rabelaiss novels remains systematically misread?

Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States.

Die Welt der Theorie sei nicht die seine, erklärt Milan Kundera.

The Rhetorical Form of Carlyle'sSartor Resartus by Gerry H.

Alice Lotvin Birney reopens the most intractable question in aestheticscatharsisand relocates it in the charged arena of satire.

The Rhetorical Form of Carlyle'sSartor Resartus by Gerry H.

Alice Lotvin Birney reopens the most intractable question in aestheticscatharsisand relocates it in the charged arena of satire.

Originally published posthumously in 1980, this book centres on 5 British poets - Geoffrey Hill, Philip Larkin, Jon Silkin, Thom Gunn and Charles Tomlinson - and on the emergence in postwar British poetry of 'double-lyrics', poems which have, according to the author 'become two persons, two ways of expressing and attending critically in dramatic divisive conflict.

The Faerie Queene anticipates postmodernist concerns with destabilizing language, and Lauren Silbermans stimulating study of Books III and IV of the poem proceeds from the assumption that Spenser has something important to say to us in the late twentieth century.

Encoding Bioethics addresses important ethical concerns from the perspective of each of the stakeholders who will develop, deploy, and use artificial intelligence systems to support clinical decisions.

Encoding Bioethics addresses important ethical concerns from the perspective of each of the stakeholders who will develop, deploy, and use artificial intelligence systems to support clinical decisions.

Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel by Robert Humphrey is a foundational study that clarifies one of the most elusive terms in modern literary criticism.

Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel by Robert Humphrey is a foundational study that clarifies one of the most elusive terms in modern literary criticism.

Das jiddische Sefer Misle Su'olim, 1583 gedruckt, ist die erste vollständige Übertragung der hebräischen Fabelsammlung Misle Su'alim von Berechja ben Natronaj haNakdan (um 1200) in eine europäische Sprache.

In this book, pre-eminent semiotician Arthur Asa Berger decodes the meanings of common objects of consumption and their perceived 'sacredness' in consumerist cultures.

The Anatomy of Drama by Alan Reynolds Thompson argues that drama, as an art form, is essential to the vitality of civilization, especially during times of global upheaval.

George Eliot thought of herself as a teacher, as did her contemporaries.

Jacob Burckhardt claimed that the state in Renaissance Italy became a work of art.

Die Bibelübersetzungen des galizisch-podolischen jüdischen Aufklärers Menachem Mendel Lefin Satanower (1749-1826) gehören zu den frühesten unverfälschten Zeugnissen des modernen Ostjiddisch.

Jacob Burckhardt claimed that the state in Renaissance Italy became a work of art.

This book explores the notions of violence, care, and cure within the medical encounter and seeks to foreground the ways in which, whether individually or as a triad, they are prone to ambiguous interpretations.

This book takes up the challenge of studying the wide gamut of lived reality of the Indian queer, against the backdrop of a set of theories.

Combining the resources of new historicism, feminism, and postmodern textual analysis, Eric Mallin reveals how contemporary pressures left their marks on three Shakespeare plays written at the end of Elizabeths reign.

Literary Transvaluation: From Vergilian Epic to Shakespearean Tragicomedy is a meticulous exploration of literary influence, focusing on how Shakespeares works, especially Antony and Cleopatra, engage in a profound reimagining of Vergil's Aeneid.

Abjection and Representation is a theoretical investigation of the concept of abjection as expounded by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror (1982) and its application in various fields including the visual arts, film and literature.

Literary Transvaluation: From Vergilian Epic to Shakespearean Tragicomedy is a meticulous exploration of literary influence, focusing on how Shakespeares works, especially Antony and Cleopatra, engage in a profound reimagining of Vergil's Aeneid.

George Eliot thought of herself as a teacher, as did her contemporaries.

Tristram Shandy's World: Sterne's Philosophical Rhetoric by John Traugott offers a major reappraisal of Laurence Sterne's most provocative work, arguing that Tristram Shandy is less a ';novel' than a sustained rhetorical performance.

An Introduction to Contemporary Aesthetics: Art, Community, and Experience gives students and other readers a comprehensive sense of the dynamic issues and problems in aesthetics and philosophy of art today.

Tristram Shandy's World: Sterne's Philosophical Rhetoric by John Traugott offers a major reappraisal of Laurence Sterne's most provocative work, arguing that Tristram Shandy is less a ';novel' than a sustained rhetorical performance.

This collection examines representations of Spanish queer aging through investigations of literary and cinematic representations of this demographic, offering a showcase for research on communities often made invisible due to age and sexual identity in Spanish culture with wider implications for queer aging studies research.

The erotic and the intellectual come together to create a new kind of criticism in the lushly written work of Joanna Frueh.

Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim and conquer each land mass they encountered was absolutely unquestioned by their countrymen.

The erotic and the intellectual come together to create a new kind of criticism in the lushly written work of Joanna Frueh.

Edward Sapir was one of those men, rare among scientists and scholars, who are spoken of by their colleagues in terms of genius.

First published in 1987, The New Eighteenth Century (now with a new preface by Felicity Nussbaum and Laura Brown) examines eighteenth century English literature's resistance to the application of new theoretical approaches and presents new work by leading scholars which both challenges this resistance and demonstrates the usefulness of feminist, Marxist, new-historicist, and psychoanalytic approaches to the analysis of eighteenth-century texts.

The Tolstoy that emerges from this volume is a thinker who resists easy answers, explores contradictions, and seeks deeper reconciliation.