The first book in English to treat allegory seriously in terms of literary creation and criticism. The study explores the methods and ideas that go into the making of... Læs mere
Taking seriously Ireland's euphemism for World War II, ""the Emergency"", Anna Teekell's Emergency Writing asks both what happens to literature written during a state of emergency and what it means for writing to be a response to an emergency.
Examines the political, ontological, and technological underpinnings of the guerrilla in the digital humanities. Matthew Applegate uses... Læs mere
Argues that Edmund Husserl's late reflections on Europe should not be read either as departures from his early transcendental phenomenology or as simple exercises of cultural criticism but rather as systematic phenomenological reflections on generativity and historicity.
Originally published in 1951, this book makes the original argument that the renowned English critic Matthew Arnold contributed to the climate of ""racialism"" current... Læs mere
In her third poetry collection, Miracle Marks, the indomitable Purvi Shah charts women's status through pointed explorations of Hindu iconography and philosophy and powerful critiques of American racism.
Charts a modern history of form as emergent from force. Offering a provocative alternative to the imagery of... Læs mere
Examines the presence of theory in the nineteenth-century French novel. Emerging after the French Revolution, what we call literature was... Læs mere
Examines the significance of Scandinavian history, literature, and languages for the composition of James Joyce's masterwork. The significance of Dounia Bunis Christiani's work lies in her deep historical and cultural analysis.
Contains five lectures concerning the discussion of the relation of science and the humanities, focusing on the work of thinkers such as James B. Conant and C.P. Snow.
Recounts how a diverse contingent of educators, nuns, and political activists embraced institution building as the most effective means... Læs mere
In David Barber's third collection of poetry, the past makes its presence felt from first to last. Drawing on a wealth of eclectic sources and crafted in an array of nonce forms,... Læs mere