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Grotesque

by Justin D. (University Of Surrey, Uk) Edwards e Rune (University Of Strathclyde, Uk) Graulund

~~27,03€~~ 24,33€ 10% OFF

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 The new edition of the bestselling Grotesque offers an accessible introduction to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film.
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Grotesque

by Justin D. (University Of Surrey, Uk) Edwards e Rune (University Of Strathclyde, Uk) Graulund

~~117,60€~~ 105,84€ 10% OFF

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 The new edition of the bestselling Grotesque offers an accessible introduction to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film.
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The Historical Novel

by Jerome (University Of Manchester, Uk) De Groot

~~117,60€~~ 105,84€ 10% OFF

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 In this new edition of The Historical Novel, Jerome de Groot charts the evolution of one of literature's most beloved and complex forms. From its 18th-century origins to postmodern and contemporary historical fiction, de Groot reveals how historical fiction continues to challenge, provoke, and transform our understanding of the past.
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Travel Writing

by Carl Thompson

~~27,81€~~ 25,03€ 10% OFF

 The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary genre. Carl Thompson offers a clear and concise overview of the long history of travel writing from the ancient world to the present day.Considering a wide range of primary sources from Sir Walter Raleigh to Jenny Diski, the extensively updated second edition:<ul> <li>introduces the genre and outlines key debates within the field, such as gender, sexuality, postcolonial studies, and visual culture;</li> <li>explores the genre’s autobiographical dimensions and different approaches for depicting the self;</li> <li>surveys a range of canonical and more marginal works, featuring new discussion of refugee and migrant narratives and LGBTQ travel writing;</li> <li>includes a new chapter walking readers through the developments in the genre since the first edition, such as online forms, environmentalism and ecocriticism, and travel writing as an increasingly transnational, multicultural genre.</li> </ul>With a comprehensive glossary and further reading, Travel Writing, Second Edition is an ideal primer to the genre for students - bridging the gap between distant times and distant places - as well as offering literary studies scholars an essential overview of current debates in the field.
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Travel Writing

by Carl Thompson

~~27,81€~~ 25,03€ 10% OFF

 The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary genre. Carl Thompson offers a clear and concise overview of the long history of travel writing from the ancient world to the present day.Considering a wide range of primary sources from Sir Walter Raleigh to Jenny Diski, the extensively updated second edition:<ul> <li>introduces the genre and outlines key debates within the field, such as gender, sexuality, postcolonial studies, and visual culture;</li> <li>explores the genre’s autobiographical dimensions and different approaches for depicting the self;</li> <li>surveys a range of canonical and more marginal works, featuring new discussion of refugee and migrant narratives and LGBTQ travel writing;</li> <li>includes a new chapter walking readers through the developments in the genre since the first edition, such as online forms, environmentalism and ecocriticism, and travel writing as an increasingly transnational, multicultural genre.</li> </ul>With a comprehensive glossary and further reading, Travel Writing, Second Edition is an ideal primer to the genre for students - bridging the gap between distant times and distant places - as well as offering literary studies scholars an essential overview of current debates in the field.
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Tragedy

by John Drakakis

27,81€ + 10% CARD

 Tragedy is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of narrative. Considering texts from ancient Greece to the present day, this comprehensive introduction shows how tragedy has been re-imagined and redefined throughout Western cultural history.Tragedy offers a concise history of tragedy tracing its evolution through key plays, prose, poetry and philosophical dimensions. John Drakakis examines a wealth of popular plays, including works from the ancient Greeks, Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Sarah Kane and Tom Stoppard. He also considers the rewriting and appropriating of ancient drama though a wide range of authors, such as Chaucer, George Eliot, Ted Hughes and Colm Tóibín. Drakakis also demystifies complex philosophical interpretations of tragedy, including those of Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Benjamin.This accessible resource is an invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.
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Tragedy

by John Drakakis

27,81€ + 10% CARD

 Tragedy is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of narrative. Considering texts from ancient Greece to the present day, this comprehensive introduction shows how tragedy has been re-imagined and redefined throughout Western cultural history.Tragedy offers a concise history of tragedy tracing its evolution through key plays, prose, poetry and philosophical dimensions. John Drakakis examines a wealth of popular plays, including works from the ancient Greeks, Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Sarah Kane and Tom Stoppard. He also considers the rewriting and appropriating of ancient drama though a wide range of authors, such as Chaucer, George Eliot, Ted Hughes and Colm Tóibín. Drakakis also demystifies complex philosophical interpretations of tragedy, including those of Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Benjamin.This accessible resource is an invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.
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Tragedy

by John Drakakis

141,95€ + 10% CARD

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 Tragedy is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of narrative. Considering texts from ancient Greece to the present day, this comprehensive introduction shows how tragedy has been re-imagined and redefined throughout Western cultural history, and is invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.
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Tragedy

by John Drakakis

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 Tragedy is one of the oldest and most resilient forms of narrative. Considering texts from ancient Greece to the present day, this comprehensive introduction shows how tragedy has been re-imagined and redefined throughout Western cultural history, and is invaluable guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature or theatre studies.
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Fictionality

by Karen Petroski

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 Fictionality offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this field of increasing critical and theoretical interest. Bringing together theoretical insights from a variety of perspectives, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying fictionality.
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Fictionality

by Karen Petroski

27,81€ + 10% CARD

 Fictionality offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this field of increasing critical and theoretical interest. Bringing together theoretical insights from a variety of perspectives, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying fictionality.
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Ecocriticism

by Greg Garrard

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 Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine the relationship between humans and the environment across many areas of cultural production, including Romantic poetry, wildlife documentaries, climate models, the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, and novels by Margaret Atwood, Kim Scott, Barbara Kingsolver and Octavia Butler.
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Ecocriticism

by Greg Garrard

31,79€ + 10% CARD

 Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine the relationship between humans and the environment across many areas of cultural production, including Romantic poetry, wildlife documentaries, climate models, the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, and novels by Margaret Atwood, Kim Scott, Barbara Kingsolver and Octavia Butler.
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Metafiction

by Yael Schlick

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 Metafiction explores this popular genre and style, defined as a type of literature that philosophically questions itself, that repudiates the conventions of literary realism, that questions the relationship between fiction and reality, or that lies at the border between fiction and non-fiction.
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Metafiction

by Yael Schlick

31,79€ + 10% CARD

 Metafiction explores this popular genre and style, defined as a type of literature that philosophically questions itself, that repudiates the conventions of literary realism, that questions the relationship between fiction and reality, or that lies at the border between fiction and non-fiction.
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Fictionality

by Karen Petroski

141,95€ + 10% CARD

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 Fictionality offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this field of increasing critical and theoretical interest. Bringing together theoretical insights from a variety of perspectives, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying fictionality.
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Fictionality

by Karen Petroski

28,38€ + 10% CARD

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 Fictionality offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this field of increasing critical and theoretical interest. Bringing together theoretical insights from a variety of perspectives, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying fictionality.
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Ecocriticism

by Greg (Bath Spa University, Uk) Garrard

128,42€ + 10% CARD

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 Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine the relationship between humans and the environment across many areas of cultural production, including Romantic poetry, wildlife documentaries, climate models, the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, and novels by Margaret Atwood, Kim Scott, Barbara Kingsolver and Octavia Butler.
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Ecocriticism

by Greg (Bath Spa University, Uk) Garrard

32,43€ + 10% CARD

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 Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine the relationship between humans and the environment across many areas of cultural production, including Romantic poetry, wildlife documentaries, climate models, the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, and novels by Margaret Atwood, Kim Scott, Barbara Kingsolver and Octavia Butler.
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Climate Obstruction - How Denial, Delay And Inaction Are Heating The Planet

by Bernhard (University Of Leicester, Uk) Forchtner, Kirsti M. Jylha, Kristoffer Ekberg e Martin Hultman

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 In Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, the authors bring together crucial insights from environmental history, sociology, media and communication studies and psychology to help us understand why we are failing to take the necessary measures to avert the unfolding climate crisis.
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Climate Obstruction - How Denial, Delay And Inaction Are Heating The Planet

by Bernhard (University Of Leicester, Uk) Forchtner, Kirsti M. Jylha, Kristoffer Ekberg e Martin Hultman

128,42€ + 10% CARD

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 In Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, the authors bring together crucial insights from environmental history, sociology, media and communication studies and psychology to help us understand why we are failing to take the necessary measures to avert the unfolding climate crisis.
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Metafiction

by Yael Schlick

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 Metafiction explores this popular genre and style, defined as a type of literature that philosophically questions itself, that repudiates the conventions of literary realism, that questions the relationship between fiction and reality, or that lies at the border between fiction and non-fiction.
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Literary Geography

by Sheila Hones

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 Literary Geography makes the interdiscipline accessible and visible to students and academics working in literary studies and human geography. This comprehensive overview is an essential guide for anyone interested in learning more about the interdiscipline of literary geography.
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Literary Geography

by Sheila Hones

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 Literary Geography makes the interdiscipline accessible and visible to students and academics working in literary studies and human geography. This comprehensive overview is an essential guide for anyone interested in learning more about the interdiscipline of literary geography.
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