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Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, 1772-1775, On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, By Which the Non-Existence of An Undiscovered Continent is Demonstratively Proved. Also A Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, In the Years 1772-1774
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Identity, Otherness and Empire in Shakespeare's Rome
Contributors to this collection delve into the relationship between Rome and Shakespeare. They view the presence of Rome in Shakespeare's plays not simply as an unquestioned model …
Contemporary Sculpture and the Critique of Display Cultures
In this book, Dan Adler addresses recent tendencies in contemporary art toward assemblage sculpture and how these works incorporate tainted materials - often things left on the …
Moral Cupidity and Lettres de cachet in Diderot’s Writing
This volume explores the influence of the lettre de cachet on both Diderot’s personal life and his works, beginning with an examination of Diderot’s experience as recipient of two …
Towards an Epistemology of Ruptures
By systematically uncovering and comprehensively examining the epistemological implications of Heidegger's history of being and Foucault's archaeology of discursive formations, …
Material Cultures of Early Modern Women's Writing
This collection examines the diverse material cultures through which early modern women's writing was produced, transmitted, and received. It focuses on the ways it was originally …
Utopianism in Postcolonial Literatures
Postcolonial Studies is more often found looking back at the past, but in this brand new book, Bill Ashcroft looks to the future and the irrepressible demands of utopia. The …
Food in Postcolonial and Migrant Literatures La Nourriture Dans Les Litteratures Postcoloniales Et Migrantes
This book is a collection of articles dealing with various aspects of postcolonial and migrant literatures. In particular, the texts focus on the topic of food and its importance …
The Inner Life of Empires
They were abolitionists, speculators, slave owners, government officials, and occasional politicians. They were observers of the anxieties and dramas of empire. And they were from …
A World History of Railway Cultures, 1830-1930
This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the …
Pedagogy as Politics in Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan Ashram
This book demonstrates that Rabindranath Tagore, the poet-educator, was an intensely political figure with a distinctive vision of politics.Its innovative approach treats the …
Literatures of Urban Possibility
In city literature, ideas of possibility emerge primarily through two perspectives: texts may focus on what is possible for cities, and they may present the urban environment as a …