Hakutulokset: Sarja Continuum Literary Studies
yhteensä 110 hakutulosta
Marginality in the Contemporary British Novel
The 'Marginal' as a concept has become an integral part of the British novel as it stands at the turn of the century. Both popular and literary fiction since the mid-1970s has …
J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory
This work draws on a wide range of theoretical ideas and approaches to illuminate Coetzee's texts including: deconstruction and the 'school of singularity', ethics and power, …
Contemporary British Fiction and the Artistry of Space
This study examines the importance of space for the way contemporary novelists experiment with style and form, offering an account of how British writers from the past three …
English Fiction in the 1930s
This study approaches the fiction of the 1930s through critical debates about genre, language and history, setting these in their original context, and discussing the generic forms …
Dickens, Christianity and 'The Life of Our Lord'
While Dickens's religion and religious thought is recognized as a significant component of his work, no study of Dickens's religion has carefully considered his often ignored, yet …
The Imagination of Evil
From its growth in Europe in the nineteenth century, detective fiction has developed into one of the most popular genres of literature and popular culture more widely. In this …
Intention and Text
The question of intention is central to the study of literature. How far can an author's intentions determine the meanings of his/her text? What do we mean by 'intention' in a …
Troubling Legacies
Modernist troublemaker in the 1890s, Nobel Prize winner in 1920, and indefensible Nazi sympathiser in the 1930s and 40s, Knut Hamsun continues to provoke condemnation, apologia and …
Troubling Legacies
Modernist troublemaker in the 1890s, Nobel Prize winner in 1920, and indefensible Nazi sympathiser in the 1930s and 40s, Knut Hamsun continues to provoke condemnation, apologia and …
Romanticism, Literature and Philosophy
'This book carves out a distinctive and important space in the border-zone between philosophy, literary theory, and cultural history.' Christopher Norris, Distinguished Research …
Irish Literature in the Celtic Tiger Years 1990 to 2008
"When Irish culture and economics underwent rapid changes during the Celtic Tiger Years, Anne Enright, Colum McCann and ils N Dhuibhne began writing. Now that period of Irish …
Jonathan Franzen at the End of Postmodernism
Jonathan Franzen is one of the most influential, critically-significant and popular contemporary American novelists. This book is the first full-length study of his work and …