Literary Criticism

ISBN: 9781925588514
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
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Austrian writer and 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Elfriede Jelinek has never shied away from bringing up painful issues within the discourse of modernity. In her oeuvre of over sixty plays and novels she has worked time and again on a vast... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869772870
Published by : Mimesis International
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This book deals with the issue of women’s absence from the visible horizons of literature and philosophy. It seeks to understand why and how women authors and philosophers, despite their obvious and numerous existence, are not included in the lite... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781891271304
Published by : Celtic Studies Publications
Series: Celtic Studies Publications
Volume: 23
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Thomas Stephens was one of the most significant and controversial nineteenth-century Welsh scholars. His Literature of the Kymry (1849) was the first work to apply modern critical scholarship to medieval Welsh literature. Throughout his career, he... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813179599
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
A pillar of African American literature, Richard Wright is one of the most celebrated and controversial authors in American history. His work championed intellectual freedom amid social and political chaos. Despite the popular and critical success... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869772603
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature | Language
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In navigating different representations from a discursive and linguistic perspective, the book offers new vistas on the role of language in the personal and societal ageing experience addressing debates on ageism, anti-ageing, age care, active age... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819578518
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
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Five substantial letters written from 1989 to 1991 bring readers into conversation with Hugo and Nebula Award winning-author Samuel Delany. With engaging prose, Delany shares details about his work, his relationships, and the thoughts he had while... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813178790
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Despite the stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding Appalachia, the region has nurtured and inspired some of the nation’s finest writers. Featuring dozens of authors born into or adopted by the region over the past two centuries, Writing Appala... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869771736
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
In recent decades crime fiction has enjoyed a creative boom. Although, as Alison Young argues in her book Imagining Crime (1996), crime stories remain strongly identified with specific locations, the genre has acquired a global reach, illuminating... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822945673
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Illuminations
The Failure of Latin America is a collection of John Beverley’s previously published essays and pairs them with new material that reflects on questions of post-colonialism and equality within the context of receding continental socialism. Beverley... .... Learn More