The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 9781107087828
ISBN-13 : 1107087821
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability by : Clare Barker

Working across time periods and critical contexts, this volume provides the most comprehensive overview of literary representations of disability.

The Cambridge Companion to the Body in Literature

The Cambridge Companion to the Body in Literature
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9781107048096
ISBN-13 : 1107048095
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Body in Literature by : David Hillman

This Companion offers the first systematic analysis of the body in literature, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction

The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 0521016576
ISBN-13 : 9780521016575
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction by : Edward James

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The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood

The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9781139827317
ISBN-13 : 1139827316
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood by : Coral Ann Howells

Margaret Atwood's international celebrity has given a new visibility to Canadian literature in English. This Companion provides a comprehensive critical account of Atwood's writing across the wide range of genres within which she has worked for the past forty years, while paying attention to her Canadian cultural context and the multiple dimensions of her celebrity. The main concern is with Atwood the writer, but there is also Atwood the media star and public performer, cultural critic, environmentalist and human rights spokeswoman, social and political satirist, and mythmaker. This immensely varied profile is addressed in a series of chapters which cover biographical, textual, and contextual issues. The Introduction contains an analysis of dominant trends in Atwood criticism since the 1970s, while the essays by twelve leading international Atwood critics represent the wide range of different perspectives in current Atwood scholarship.

The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature

The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9781139828048
ISBN-13 : 1139828045
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature by : M. O. Grenby

Some of the most innovative and spell-binding literature has been written for young people, but only recently has academic study embraced its range and complexity. This Companion offers a state-of-the-subject survey of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to the present. With discussions ranging from eighteenth-century moral tales to modern fantasies by J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, the Companion illuminates acknowledged classics and many more neglected works. Its unique structure means that equal consideration can be given to both texts and contexts. Some chapters analyse key themes and major genres, including humour, poetry, school stories, and picture books. Others explore the sociological dimensions of children's literature and the impact of publishing practices. Written by leading scholars from around the world, this Companion will be essential reading for all students and scholars of children's literature, offering original readings and new research that reflects the latest developments in the field.

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781108477482
ISBN-13 : 1108477488
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis by : Vera J. Camden

Combining literature and psychoanalysis, this collection foregrounds the work of literary creators as foundational to psychoanalysis.

The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body

The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9781108896092
ISBN-13 : 110889609X
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body by : Travis M. Foster

The human body has been depicted in a variety of ways across a range of cultural and historical locations. It has been described, variously, as a biological entity, clothing for the soul, a site of cultural production, a psychosexual construct, and a material encumbrance. Each of these different approaches brings with it a range of anthropological, political, theological, and psychological discourses that explore and construct identities and subject positions. This Companion examines connections between American literature and bodies from the eighteenth century through the present. It reveals the singular way that literature can help us understand the body's entanglement within social and biological influences, and it traces the body's existence within histories of race, gender, and ability. This volume details the genres, critical fields, and interpretive practices that best facilitate the analysis of bodies in the full span of American literary imaginings.

The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies

The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781108594561
ISBN-13 : 1108594565
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies by : Siobhan B. Somerville

This Companion provides a guide to queer inquiry in literary and cultural studies. The essays represent new and emerging areas, including transgender studies, indigenous studies, disability studies, queer of color critique, performance studies, and studies of digital culture. Rather than being organized around a set of literary texts defined by a particular theme, literary movement, or demographic, this volume foregrounds a queer critical approach that moves across a wide array of literary traditions, genres, historical periods, national contexts, and media. This book traces the intellectual and political emergence of queer studies, addresses relevant critical debates in the field, provides an overview of queer approaches to genres, and explains how queer approaches have transformed understandings of key concepts in multiple fields.

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9780521514705
ISBN-13 : 0521514703
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Los Angeles by : Kevin R. McNamara

Diverse, vibrant, and challenging as the city itself, this Companion is the definitive guide to LA in literature.

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 831
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ISBN-10 : 9781351699679
ISBN-13 : 1351699679
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability by : Alice Hall

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability brings together some of the most influential and important contemporary perspectives in this growing field. The book traces the history of the field and locates literary disability studies in the wider context of activism and theory. It introduces debates about definitions of disability and explores intersectional approaches in which disability is understood in relation to gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality and ethnicity. Divided broadly into sections according to literary genre, this is an important resource for those interested in exploring and deepening their knowledge of the field of literature and disability studies.