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The Two Admirals is a naval tale, but one arguably as much concerned with the nature of political, familial and personal allegiance as with battles at sea.
The Two Admirals is a naval tale, but one arguably as much concerned with the nature of political, familial and personal allegiance as with battles at sea
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The Two Admirals is a naval tale, but one arguably as much concerned with the nature of political, familial and personal allegiance as with battles at sea.
The Two Admirals is a naval tale, but one arguably as much concerned with the nature of political, familial and personal allegiance as with battles at sea
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The Two Admirals is a naval tale, but one arguably as much concerned with the nature of political, familial and personal allegiance as with battles at sea.
The Two Admirals is a naval tale, but one arguably as much concerned with the nature of political, familial and personal allegiance as with battles at sea
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Fielding had a successful though controversial career as a playwright, which was cut short by the introduction of theatre censorship, preventing him continuing his most successful line of writing, political satire and burlesque. These three volumes collect his entire output for the stage.
Fielding had a successful though controversial career as a playwright, which was cut short by the introduction of theatre censorship, preventing him continuing his most successful line of writing, political satire and burlesque
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The Emergence of Discourses and Cultural Hegemony
A Study of Edward W. Said’s Orientalism
Edward W. Said (1935-2003) brought out a major disruption in the way the orient understands itself through the discourse of orientalism. He developed a contrapuntal perspective – a method of thinking which interprets experiences that are discrepant and this style of reading and understanding helped him attain a new outlook that refuses to accept the prevalent readings of texts, cultures and identities. Through his powerful writings he attained a stature wherein his name became synonymous with postcolonial theory. This book focuses on Edward W. Said’s seminal text Orientalism wherein…
Edward W. Said’s seminal text Orientalism disrupted how the Orient understands itself. This book focuses on his work, analyzing how the discourse of orientalism perpetrated the West’s cultural hegemony and the internal hegemony within the non-western world.
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During the Victorian age, crime was an inescapable part of social problems, and Dickens, being the greatest chronicler of that period, fictionalized and commented upon the outstanding topical issues of his day. The present book, entitled Criminals and Villains of Charles Dickens, delineates the dark labyrinths of the criminals who stood for the pinnacle of his creative imagination in his novels, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, which supplanted Dickens’s image as the Santa Claus of Victorian society with another Dickens, who was humourless…
This book explores the dark labyrinths of the criminals from Dickens’s greatest novels, including Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. It supplants his image as the Santa Claus of Victorian society with another Dickens: one who understood the dark souls of his age.
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Women and Literature in India
A Critical Perspective
The present volume, containing eight essays, seeks to understand the trajectory of growth of women’s writing in India. It seeks to explore, historically, the narratives in women’s writing, beginning with the Sangam poets and the medieval saints, to the effects of colonialism, as well as the representation of neocolonial concerns in contemporary Indian women's writing. Taken together, the chapters provide a way to analyse how literature has always been used as a form of resistance and a tool for emancipation. The contributors, with diverse perspectives, embrace a plurality of approaches…
This collection explores Indian women’s writing, from ancient poets to contemporary voices, as a powerful tool for resistance and emancipation. The essays delve into the intersections of caste, class, and gender to reveal the complex, textured realities of women in India.
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Rhianus of Crete, Hellenistic Poet and Grammarian
Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary
This book presents a detailed edition of the poetic and grammatical fragments of Rhianus of Crete, emphasizing his significance in the Hellenistic literary tradition. It investigates the interplay between Rhianus' poetry and the cultural context of his time, providing readers with a deeper understanding of his contributions to the literary landscape and the Alexandrian scholarship. The chapters engage with the themes and genres found in Rhianus' work, analyzing how his fragments reflect the sociopolitical environment following the death of Alexander the Great. This edition highlights the connection between…
This edition of the poetic and grammatical fragments of Rhianus of Crete analyzes his work in the sociopolitical environment following Alexander the Great. It highlights the connection between historical events and poetic expression, showcasing the nuances of Hellenistic poetry.
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This book provides a detailed analysis of the use of myth and folklore in Indian fiction written in English from 1930 to 1961 and investigates their significance as a tool for stylistic experimentation and innovation. Paradoxically, ancient myths and folktales are recovered and deployed in the novels in order to generate new modes of writing. While focusing on this central but hitherto ignored area of folklore, the book thus recovers the literary as well as the oral traditions of early Indian fiction written in English. There are two dimensions to…
This book investigates how myth and folklore in Indian fiction are paradoxically used to generate new modes of writing. It explores this stylistic innovation, the use of an ‘oral narrative style’, and the relationship between women and folklore in South Asian tradition.
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Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity
Exploring the Unexplored and Broadening Horizons
When used as an interpretive tool or method, interdisciplinarity promises multiple possible meanings of a text, and at the same time allows its practitioners to engage with issues that go beyond strictly ‘literary’ and involve larger humanity. This book aspires to provide the practitioners of English studies from diverse academic locations with an occasion for further explorations into different aspects of teaching English and interdisciplinarity. By dealing with literary pieces written in different historical periods and geographical locations, and including chapters on multiple fields such as feminist studies,…
This book explores teaching English and interdisciplinarity, engaging with issues that go beyond the strictly ‘literary’. Including chapters on film, feminist, and cultural studies, this collection provides a global perspective to widen horizons for academics and researchers.
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Arab writers have no other option but to deal with their harsh reality, shaped by non-stop wars, both as individuals and as a national collective. The differences between them are associated with the ways they represent their respective severe realities. This book continues the semiotic approach to literature, according to which literature is the art of representation. By this I mean that the whole “truth” is not limited to textual reality itself, but could be hidden in the way it is re-presented in a text. Semiotic representation is a productive…
Arab writers must deal with a harsh reality shaped by non-stop wars. This book uses a semiotic approach, arguing the whole truth is not in a text, but in how reality is re-presented. By connecting form and content, it asks: How does Arabic literature represent its agenda?
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Andreas Gryphius and T.S. Eliot’s “The Dissociation of Sensibility”
Cataclysm, Despair, Healing
The book contains a lively new appraisal of Andreas Gryphius, the great Baroque poet and dramatist, as a decisive European value for the Anglo-American critical vision stemming from T.S. Eliot’s “Dissociation of Sensibility” and the Cambridge school with Dr F.R. Leavis. Gryphius, a Hapsburg Silesian, was close to the Stuart court in the Caroline tradition. A large selection of Gryphius’s opus with new translations supports an innovative presentation of Eliot’s “dissociation” introduced by Pierre Janet, the trauma therapist. Eliot illuminates Gryphius as Gryphius illuminates Eliot. Both suffered…
A new appraisal of Andreas Gryphius, the great Baroque poet, through T.S. Eliot’s “Dissociation of Sensibility.” Supported by new translations, it shows how Eliot illuminates Gryphius as Gryphius illuminates Eliot. Both suffered the cataclysm of civil war and despair.
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