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An innovative, interdisciplinary study of colonial attitudes to whales in modern culture from literature to the tourism, written by one of the leading postcolonial critics writing today.

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In this volume, Kimberly Fain discusses how Whiteheads novels reconstruct the American identity to be inclusive rather than exclusive, thus broadening the scope of who is considered an American.

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Taking as its point of departure the notion of community in mid-twentieth century French literature and thought, this study seeks to uncover the ways in which Breton, Bataille, Sartre and Barthes used literature and art to engage with the question of reconceptualizing society.

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Monograph analyzing the relationship between literature, thought and community in mid-20th century France.

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Competing Stories: Modernist Authors, Newspapers, and the Movies examines the relationship between modernist authors, newspapers, and movies, and explores the disconnect between the positive benefits and potential authors found in media and the negative portrayals of those same media in these authors' fiction.

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Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is a key text in the development of modernism and one of the most important literary works of the early twentieth century. This guide provides an introduction to reading this work and includes sections on its contexts, language and style, critical reception and literary and film adaptations.

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Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness" is a key text in the development of modernism and one of the most important literary works of the early twentieth century. This guide provides an introduction to reading this work and includes sections on its contexts, language and style, critical reception and literary and film adaptations.

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Radically reassesses postcolonial theory in the light of the postcontinental philosophy of Deleuze, through readings of a wide range of contemporary Caribbean writers.

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Argues against the idea that the 'postmodern condition' of late twentieth and early twenty-first century culture has undermined the close and creative association between religious practice and literature. This study suggests that the novel has become an increasingly vital, dynamic and problematic space for engaging with the sacred.

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An examination of developments in contemporary narrative, placing them in the context of wider social, cultural and technological trends, using a case-study approach. Taking a case study approach, it traces key narrative developments in the context of a range of theoretical approaches, including multimodality, multilingualism and transliteracy.

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An examination of developments in contemporary narrative, placing them in the context of wider social, cultural and technological trends, using a case-study approach. Taking a case study approach, it traces key narrative developments in the context of a range of theoretical approaches, including multimodality, multilingualism and transliteracy.

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This reference work is a guide to the writings of 50 contemporary Southern poets, dramatists, essayists, and novelists.

Many of the authors profiled in this volume have established themselves as writers of lasting significance.

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An exploration of the use of re-writing by contemporary women writers that reveals a shift from 1960s irony to nostalgia in the twenty-first century.

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An exploration of the use of re-writing by contemporary women writers that reveals a shift from 1960s irony to nostalgia in the twenty-first century. It traces the move in contemporary women's writing from the self-conscious, ironic parodies of postmodernism to the nostalgic and historical turn of the twenty-first century.

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Interviews with some of the world's most famous biographical novelists that provide new insights into how novelists from China to Morroco to Canada to South Africa deal with the moving boundaries that separate truth, history, and fiction.