In this well-argued study that is a CHOICE recommended book, the author rejects the stereotypical mid-Victorian femme fatale portrayed by conservative ideologues critiquing popular fiction by Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Honoré de Balzac, and William Makepeace Thackeray. Read More..
This book is the much-awaited English translation of Liu Zaifu’s book, Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber. With its highly original approach to its subject, this book will be an essential resource for English-speaking readers interested in the classical novel as well as those interested in contemporary literary criticism in China. Read More..
In this first critical study of David Foster’s works that has been nominated for the McRae Russell Award, Australia's most prestigious Australian award for the best work of literary scholarship, Susan Lever steers us into penetrating the mysteries of Foster’s fiction, and provides guidance to readers willing to approach them. It examines the contradictory nature of his commitments and interests as expressed mainly in his novels. Read More..
Although many critics have glossed the affinities between DeLillo and Baudrillard, this is the first book-length study to explore the relationship between the American author and the French theorist. Read More..
This long-awaited critical translation provides the English reader access to a novel which deals candidly and positively with one of the most important and taboo issues of contemporary Arab society––(homo)sexuality. Read More..
A profound study of how contemporary Arab American women writers who have been marginalized and silenced, especially after 9/11 ... Read More..
" ... a monumental publication: it represents one of the first important critical studies of Mahfouz’s art—in itself a noteworthy achievement" Read More..
The first academic volume to address such an extensive range of texts. An essential resource for anyone interested in the history of dress and its artistic representations and significations. Read More..
"Persuasive and nicely organized ... an accessible read that adds to scholarship on Carter and Winterson and successfully demonstrates how subjectivity, desire, and narrative are indeed interconnected." - Marvels & Tales Read More..
Alongside the empirical study of sample theatre companies that produced theatre by and for inmates, this book, a first study of its kind, is a groundbreaking and important contribution to theatre studies. Read More..
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