20th Century Literature

Query examines the ways interwar writers use three European ritual forms-verse drama, bullfighting and Roman Catholic rite-to articulate ideas of European cultural identity. Although these ritual forms were frequently associated with the most conservative tendencies of the age, Query shows that each..

Bringing together scholars from the humanities, social sciences and publishing, this collection adds historical depth and specificity to the American cultural history of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular romance fiction. The contributors examine the genre's eighteenth- and nineteenth-centu..

Rosamond Lehmann and Her Critics..

A comprehensive introduction to Husserlian phenomenology. Smith introduces and assesses the key concepts that arise in the text in a clear and engaging way. A highly accessible introduction to the Cartesian Meditations...

From 1929 to 1997, Rumer Godden published novels, biographies, children's books, and poetry, including Black Narcissus, The Lady and the Unicorn, A Fugue in Time, and The River. In the first collection devoted to this important transnational writer, the essays uncover Godden's significance as a writ..

In her consideration of the surrealist genre of prose literature, Vivienne Brough-Evans proposes a compelling new way of reevaluating aspects of international surrealism by means of the category of divin fou. She deploys theories of sacred ecstasy – as developed by George Bataille and the Collège de..

In Salman Rushdie’s novels, images are invested with the power to manipulate the plotline, to stipulate actions from the characters, to have sway over them, seduce them, or even lead them astray. Salman Rushdie and Visual Culture sheds light on this largely unremarked – even if central – dimension o..

Taking up the roles that Salman Rushdie has assumed as a cultural broker, gatekeeper and mediator in various spheres of public production, Ana Cristina Mendes argues that how a postcolonial author becomes personally and professionally enmeshed in the dealings of the cultural industries is of particu..

Taking up the roles that Salman Rushdie has assumed as a cultural broker, gatekeeper and mediator in various spheres of public production, Ana Cristina Mendes argues that how a postcolonial author becomes personally and professionally enmeshed in the dealings of the cultural industries is of particu..

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). Irish dramatist and poet. His use of the stage and dramatic narrative and symbolism has revolutionalized drama in England...

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). Irish dramatist and poet. His use of the stage and dramatic narrative and symbolism has revolutionalized drama in England...

Title first published in 2003. 'Weber is probably the only person in his generation who is equally at home and directly informed about contemporary literary theory and its antecedents in Germany, France, and the US. His theoretical interest in psychoanalysis serves as a viewpoint from which a powerf..