ＹＡＢ - Literary Theory & Criticism 1

What makes us believe anything told to us by another person? How does this work in scenes of judgment where we operate almost exclusively with report from others, like a trial by jury? Thomas Reid d……続きを見る

We tend to think of ourselves using language. What if we thought instead about language working on us, or about language as something we experience rather than make use of? This book explores the ge……続きを見る

Throughout the centuries philosophers and poets alike have defended an essential differenceーrather than a porous transitionーbetween the human and animal. Attempts to assign essential properties to……続きを見る

Dive into 'She Rises', a compelling compilation of 12 tales that celebrate the strength, courage, and unyielding spirit of women. Each story weaves a tapestry of hope, portraying women who rise abov……続きを見る

Temporalities and Subjectivities in Migration Literature in Europe examines migrant stories through the lens of temporality as seen in the role of such issues as integration, waiting, detention, tra……続きを見る

Claude Lévi-Strauss is probably the most complex anthropological theorist of all time. His work continues to influence present-day thinkers in his field, but he is perhaps even more influential beyo……続きを見る

This anthology of eight short stories and eight narrative essays depicts diverse facets of the South Asian experience in the American South. Some of them relate to the proverbial longing for what th……続きを見る

This research paper focuses on establishing that the movie in focus is not just a biographic portrayal of one event but an ‘amalgam of many different sites and many different voyages’. The movie its……続きを見る

El verano del 36, poco después del alzamiento, Lluis Companys, en aquel momento ministro de defensa, envía una expedición a las islas Baleares, con el fin de parar a los fascistas. Esta es la histor……続きを見る

Finalist ー San Diego Comic-Con International 2024 Eisner Award in Best Academic/Scholarly Work 2024 MPCA/ACA Best Book for Use in the Classroom, Midwest Popular Culture Association / Midwest Americ……続きを見る

First introduced in the pages of X-Men, Storm is probably the most recognized Black female superhero. She is also one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, with abilities that allo……続きを見る

The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versaille……続きを見る

Legacies of Departed African Women Writers: Matrix of Creativity and Power proffers varied perspectives of the invaluable contributions of ten deceased African writers from all across Africa who hav……続きを見る

There can be few historical figures who have made such a powerful impact on the popular imagination as the Roman emperor Caligula (died AD 41). Yet an accurate reconstruction of his life and reign l……続きを見る

Gothic Mash-Ups explores the role of intertextuality in Gothic storytelling through the analysis of texts from diverse periods and media. Drawing on recent scholarship on Gothic remix and adaptation……続きを見る

The best way to get over a man is to get under another man. I’ve been a good girl all my life, and what has it gotten me? Nothing but heartbreak. So, when famous actor, hottest bachelor in town, and……続きを見る

Katya fez um trabalho alentador. Mais do que tentar salvar ou demonizar a juventude, mostra, analisando a política editorial de uma revista específica associada à imprensa em geral, a produção não s……続きを見る

İnsan 80 yaşına varıp da yaşayacak az zamanı kaldığında bir ömrün bütün çabalarının, umutlarının, acılarının, sevinçlerinin sıfırlanmasını kabullenemiyor. Yaşamımın anlamı neydi sorusuna, hiçbir anl……続きを見る

What should literature with political aims look like? This book traces two rival responses to this question, one prizing clarity and the other confusion, which have dominated political aesthetics si……続きを見る

The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Living Single, Sex and the City, Girlfriends, Cashmere Mafia and Hot in Cleveland stand out as some of America's favorite television series. Their lovable "female ……続きを見る

African writers and literary critics must account for the changing political terrain and how these contribute to creating new sources of conflicts and aggression toward women. This book brings insig……続きを見る

First published in 1926, this title presents the great artistic and literary innovations of the Romantic movement according to an often overlooked and unacknowledged definition of ‘Romanticism’, whi……続きを見る

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century, first published in 1926, presents the great artistic and literary innovations of the Romantic movement according to an often overlooked an……続きを見る

This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth……続きを見る

**One of USA Today's “10 books to help understand what's happening in Russia and Ukraine” In 2014 Sonya Bilocerkowycz is a tourist at a deadly revolution. At first she is enamored with the Ukrainian……続きを見る

Gothic Afterlives examines the intersecting dimensions of contemporary Gothic horror and remakes scholarship, bringing together innovative perspectives from different areas of study. The research co……続きを見る

Concentrating primarily on contemporary depictions of Batman in the comic books, this book analyzes why Batman is so immensely popular right now in America and globally, and how the fictional Dark K……続きを見る

Winner, 2021 Perkins Prize from the International Society for the Study of Narrative Natalya Bekhta’s We-Narratives: Collective Storytelling in Contemporary Fiction analyzes a storytelling form shap……続きを見る

Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first book in English or Russian addressing thi……続きを見る

The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versaille……続きを見る