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Encourages an appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy.

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Encourages an appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy.

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A bold intervention into the lingering debates on Serbian writers Njegos and Andric in the late Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav period, which interrogates the political and moralizing (mis)use of literature.

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Fans of science fiction, those interested in the history and literary criticism of the genre, and anyone interested in popular culture and literature, and world literature will find When World Views Collide enlightening and thought-provoking reading.

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To understand Eliot's weighty contribution to the pantheon of modernism, one must take account of his dramatic career. Further, they contain a richly suggestive autobiographical vein that illuminates the persona and psyche of Eliot the playwright and, as well, throwbacks to Eliot as a younger poet and critic.

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This ground-breaking book analyses premodern whiteness as operations of fragility, precarity and racialicity across bodily and nonsomatic figurations. It argues that the before of whiteness is less a retro-futuristic temporisation than a set of strategies and discursive praxes that produce and yet delimit a range of medieval ideological regimes.

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Analyzes our suburban literary tradition. Tracing the suburb's emergence as a crucial setting and subject of the 20th-century American novel, this book identifies a decidedly masculine obsession with the suburban home and a preoccupation with its alternative - the experience of spiritual and emotional dislocation that she terms "homelessness."

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Shakespearean actor Nick Asbury travel across England, visiting the locations that feature in the famed History cycle of plays, written by the worlds greatest playwright. Giving a unique insight into British history, Asbury also sheds light on the life of an actor revisiting the lands and haunts of the characters he once played.

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Just as the cultural background of readers shapes how they respond to texts, the context in which writers live shapes what they write.

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Whitehead's ten American essays in social philosophy are here reprinted in their original form, although not in chronological sequence.

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The first full-length study to explore the idea of a gay epic' in American poetry.

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The first full-length study to explore the idea of a 'gay epic' in American poetry.

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Discusses the case of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the poems he wrote during his imprisonment by the Nazis. This book states that although any one of his poems should be read within their respective historical and biographical context, they are also pieces of work that cannot be explained by the biographical and theological prose that surrounds them.

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A unique look at Bonhoeffer's poetry written during his prison years, facilitating a fascinating conversation between biography and theology.

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Part of the pleasure of poetry is unravelling the mysteries and difficulties it contains and solving the puzzles that lie within.

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Offers a defense of the value of literature and suggests ways in which the problematic relationship between personal and academic reading may be overcome. This title offers a conception of the value of literary reading that demonstrates its importance for psychological and social wellbeing.

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This volume brings together an international group of scholars, artists, and translators to analyze Suga Keijirs (b. 1958-) multifaceted work.

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Scholars, students, and fans of Woolf will profit from this careful consideration of a neglected area of Woolf scholarship.

Despite her popularity as a novelist, Woolf was among the very few writers of her generation to face the creative challenge of writing stories with no direct action, human content, or dialogue.