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Joseph Conrad, Cosmopolitanism and Transnationalism
In 1908, Joseph Conrad was criticised by a reviewer for being a man ‘without either country or language’: even his shipboard communities were the...
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Sacrifice as a Narrative Strategy in May Sinclair, Mary Butts, and H. D.
This book explores sacrifice as a narrative theme and a stylistic strategy in works by May Sinclair, Mary Butts and H. D. It argues that the...
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Peter S. Beagle's “The Last Unicorn” A Critical Companion
This book assesses the work of one of the foundational figures of American fantasy, Peter S. Beagle. Through its focused analysis of The Last Unicorn, ...
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The Politics of Literary History Literary Historiography in Russia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Finland after 1990
This book looks at literary historiography in Russia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Finland, focusing on how seismic shifts in state politics and...
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Drafty Houses in Forster, Eliot and Woolf Spatiality and Cultural Politics
This book argues that E. M. Forster, T. S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf engaged sustainedly with real and imagined places as sites of counter-cultural...
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German-Language Children's and Youth Literature In The Media Network 1900-1945.
With the research of German-language children's and youth literature and its media associations in the period from 1900 to 1945 as well as the...
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Politics and Policies in Literary Historiography During the Periods of “Disobedience” (1963–1969) and “Normalization” (1969–1989)
The latter half of the 1960s was characterized by a slow but steady liberalization of the Czechoslovak society, culture and scholarship, culminating...
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Literary History Since 1989: Directions, Attempts at Synthesis, Challenges
The year 1989 marked a change in the political system of Czechoslovakia, as in all countries behind the Iron Curtain. Many prominent individuals who...
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Celebrating Finland: Laitinen’s Literary History
In 1967, when Finland was celebrating fifty years of independence, a new, concise literary history by Kai Laitinen was published. The work covers the...
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Literary Histories from Mid-Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century: The Viewpoint of Nationalism
Literature created in Finland is of relatively late origin. Only from the nineteenth century onward can we speak of a thriving Finnish literature,...
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Academy of Sciences: Definitive Literary History
Among the three major types of literary histories in Russia, the Academy history traditionally occupies a special place as a “definitive” voice and a...
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Latvian Literary Histories from 1812 to 1940: Popular Enlightenment, Romantic Nationalism, and Political Independence
After the publication of the first Latvian-language texts in the sixteenth century, the literary process long continued to develop without the...
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Swedish-Language Literature in Finland: From a National to a Minority Literature
Along with literature written in Finnish, that written in Swedish has always played a major role in the literature of the country; indeed, down till...
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In Defense of Poesy: Hallila’s Survey of Contemporary Finnish Literature
Somewhat surprisingly, the Varpio literary history did not evoke any public discussion concerning the principles of literary historiography. This may...
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Textbooks in Literary History
Literary history textbooks for secondary and upper secondary schools have always been intertwined not only with the development of literary history...
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Introduction: An Outline of the Political and Cultural Development of Latvia
In Part 2, we trace the main trends occurring in Latvian literary histories. The first books in the Latvian language were printed in the sixteenth...
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The First Czechoslovak Republic: Literary Historiography 1918–1939
World War I not only changed the political map of Europe, but also unsettled or totally shattered many of the structures of prewar societies. As...
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‘Rending the Veil of Mortal Frailty’: Queen Mab (1813)
This chapter, focusing on Queen Mab (1813), arguesShelley, Percy Bysshe that Shelley’s early vision of death is informed by a distinct amalgam of...
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Philosophy in the Flesh: Feeling, Folly, and Animals in Beckett
Scholars have remained fascinated by the relationship between philosophy and the novels, stories, and plays of Samuel Beckett. In particular,...
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Philosophical Literature
This chapter opens with a biographical consideration of Richard Wright that analyzes the economic penury and lack of dignity allotted to...