How have the September 11th terrorist attacks and the subsequent U.S. led war on terrorism impacted American foreign policy at home and abroad?
This collection brings together established scholars and new names in the field of Tudor drama studies.
This is an exploration the intellectual consequences of one of the most fundamental shifts in late medieval English society:... Læs mere
This study provides extensive readings of overlooked American reconstructions of Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales from the colonial to postmodern periods, demonstrating how these repackagings convey uniquely American ideas.
In this work, Richard Weikart explains the revolutionary impact Darwinism had on ethics and morality. He demonstrates that many... Læs mere
Expanding the perspective initiated by British Romanticism and the Jews: History, Culture, Literature (0-312-29522-7), this volume explores more deeply the... Læs mere
Employing exuberant illustrations from Sayers' detective fiction to make theoretical issues accessible, the book employs insights from performance... Læs mere
Queering Medieval Genres proposes that, within the historical trajectory of many genres, certain agents are privileged while others are marginalized due to their understanding of heteronormative social codes.
This book reformulates the master narrative of erotic discourse in medieval literature. Individual chapters offer fresh readings of the nature and... Læs mere
Austen'sUnbecomingConjunctions is a contemporary study of all Jane Austen's writings focusing on her representation of women, sexuality, the material objects, and linguistic patterns by which this sexuality was expressed.
Colonial Karma tracks the Indian English novel from its colonial origins to the present, each chapter focusing on a particular historical... Læs mere
Drawing on the work of scholars and practitioners such as Augusto Boal, Gloria Anzaldua, and Trinh Minh-ha, these essays advocate oral history and oral history-based performance as means to challenge and expand upon traditional ways of transmitting historical knowledge.