Holton David Holton & Papargyriou Eleni Papargyriou 
Greece in British Women’s Literary Imagination, 1913-2013 [EPUB ebook] 

This title, originally published in 1988, examines F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Catholic roots and his repudiation of those roots in pursuit of the American dream. The study aims to suggest that an investig …

Ghost, Android, Animal challenges the notion that trauma literature functions as a healing agent for victims of severe pain and loss by bringing trauma studies into the orbit of posthumanist thought. …

Putting forward a new theory of fetishism – alternative fetishism – this book provides an up-to-date examination of the work of Jeanette Winterson, offering fresh perspectives and new insights on the …

This edited collection contributes to the study of conspiracy culture by analysing the relationship of literary forms to the formation, reception, and transformation of conspiracy theories. Conspirac …

This book began with a simple question: when readers such as us encounter the term magic or figures of magicians in early modern texts, dramatic or otherwise, how do we read them? In the twenty-first …

What can literary theory reveal about discourses and practices of human rights, and how can human rights frameworks help to make sense of literature? How have human rights concerns shaped the literar …

As Canada came to terms with its role as an independent nation following Confederation in 1867, there was a call for a literary voice to express the needs and desires of a new country. Children’s lit …

In the Alcestis, the title character sacrifices her own life to save that of her husband, Admetus, when he is presented with the opportunity to have someone die in his place. Alcestis compresses with …

Occupying Space in American Literature and Culture inscribes itself within the spatial turn that permeates the ways we look at literary and cultural productions. The volume seeks to clarify the conne …

The Theatre of Caryl Churchill documents and analyses the major plays and productions of one of Britain”s greatest and most innovative playwrights. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-seen archival …