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The Poetics of Fragmentation in Contemporary British and American Fiction
The last decades have seen a revival of fragmentation in British and American works of fiction that deny linearity, coherence and continuity in favour of disruption, gaps and …
The Portrait of an Artist as a Pathographer
Focusing on the various intersections between illness and literature across time and space, The Portrait of an Artist as a Pathographer seeks to understand how ontological, …
Hermeneutics, Metacognition, and Writing
Hermeneutics, Metacognition, and Writing investigates the social functionality of actions as an essential criterion of study. It focuses on hermeneutics: interpretation through the …
Diary as Literature
Meandering plots, dead ends, and repetition, diaries do not conform to literary expectations, yet they still manage to engage the reader, arouse empathy and elicit emotional …
The Condition of Music and Anglophone Influences in the Poetry of Shao Xunmei
This book examines the unique poetics of Shao Xunmei 邵洵美 (1906-1968), a Chinese poet who has long been marginalized by contemporary criticism. Shao aspires to reach the condition …
Names as Metaphors in Shakespeare's Comedies
'Names as Metaphors in Shakespeare's Comedies' presents a comprehensive study of names in Shakespeare's comedies. Although names are used in daily speech as simple designators, …
Societal Constructions of Masculinity in Chicanx and Mexican Literature
'Societal Constructions of Masculinity in Chicanx and Mexican Literature: From Machismo to Feminist Masculinity' demonstrates how masculinity has been constructed and deconstructed …
Postmodern Traces and Recent Hindi Novels
Postmodernism is a notoriously elusive concept and still the object of critical debates among scholars across a range of different disciplines. In literature, in particular, these …
Negotiating Waters
This book examines how seas, oceans, and passageways have shaped and reshaped cultural identities, spurred stories of reunion and separation, and redefined entire nations. It …
The Picturesque, The Sublime, The Beautiful
This book considers the relationships between British Romantic-era novelist, poet and writer of educational works for children, Charlotte Smith (1749-1806), and a number of visual …