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Author : Gerard Carruthers,Liam McIlvanney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521189361
A unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period.
Author : Gerard Carruthers,Liam McIlvanney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : English literature
ISBN : 1107485266
"Scotland's rich literary tradition is a product of its unique culture and landscape, as well as of its long history of inclusion and resistance to the United Kingdom. Scottish literature includes masterpieces in three languages - English, Scots and Gaelic - and global perspectives from the diaspora of Scots all over the world. This Companion offers a unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period to the post-devolution present. Essays focus on key periods and movements (the Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish Romanticism, the Scottish Renaissance), genres (the historical novel, Scottish Gothic, 'Tartan Noir') and major authors (Burns, Scott, Stevenson, MacDiarmid and Spark). A chronology and guides to further reading in each chapter make this an ideal overview of a national literature that continues to develop its own distinctive style"--
Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107493735
Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who produced The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005).
Author : Alexander Broadie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0521003237
The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment offers a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century movement that has been profoundly influential on western culture. A distinguished team of contributors examines the writings of David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Colin Maclaurin and other Scottish thinkers, in fields including philosophy, natural theology, economics, anthropology, natural science and law. In addition, the contributors relate the Scottish Enlightenment to its historical context and assess its impact and legacy in Europe, America and beyond. The result is a comprehensive and accessible volume that illuminates the richness, the intellectual variety and the underlying unity of this important movement. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy, theology, literature and the history of ideas.
Author : Deirdre David
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521646197
In this Companion, first published in 2000, specially-commissioned essays examine the social and cultural context of Victorian fiction.
Author : David Glover,Scott McCracken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521513371
An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.
Author : Deborah Cartmell,Imelda Whelehan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139827553
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.
Author : John Sitter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521658853
This book analyzes major premises and practices of eighteenth-century English poets.
Author : Jerrold E. Hogle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521794668
Gothic as a form of fiction-making has played a major role in Western culture since the late eighteenth century. Here fourteen world-class experts on the Gothic provide thorough and revealing accounts of this haunting-to-horrifying type of fiction from the 1760s (the decade of The Castle of Otranto, the first so-called Gothic story ) to the end of the twentieth century (an era haunted by filmed and computerized Gothic simulations). Along the way, these essays explore the connections of Gothic fictions to political and industrial revolutions, the realistic novel, the theatre, Romantic and post-Romantic poetry, nationalism and racism from Europe to America, colonized and post-colonial populations, the rise of film and other visual technologies, the struggles between high and popular culture, changing psychological attitudes towards human identity, gender and sexuality, and the obscure lines between life and death, sanity and madness. The volume also includes a chronology and guides to further reading.
Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107159624
A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.
Author : M. O. Grenby,Andrea Immel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828048
Some of the most innovative and spell-binding literature has been written for young people, but only recently has academic study embraced its range and complexity. This Companion offers a state-of-the-subject survey of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to the present. With discussions ranging from eighteenth-century moral tales to modern fantasies by J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, the Companion illuminates acknowledged classics and many more neglected works. Its unique structure means that equal consideration can be given to both texts and contexts. Some chapters analyse key themes and major genres, including humour, poetry, school stories, and picture books. Others explore the sociological dimensions of children's literature and the impact of publishing practices. Written by leading scholars from around the world, this Companion will be essential reading for all students and scholars of children's literature, offering original readings and new research that reflects the latest developments in the field.
Author : Clare Barker,Stuart Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107087828
Working across time periods and critical contexts, this volume provides the most comprehensive overview of literary representations of disability.
Author : Gerard Carruthers
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119651444
A Companion to Scottish Literature offers fresh readings of major authors and periods of Scottish literary production from the first millennium to the present. Bringing together contributions by many of the world’s leading experts in the field, this comprehensive resource provides the historical background of Scottish literature, highlights new critical approaches, and explores wider cultural and institutional contexts. Dealing with texts in the languages of Scots, English, and Gaelic, the Companion offers modern perspectives on the historical milieux, thematic contexts and canonical writers of Scottish literature. Original essays apply the most up-to-date critical and scholarly analyses to a uniquely wide range of topics, such as Gaelic literature, national and diasporic writing, children’s literature, Scottish drama and theatre, gender and sexuality, and women’s writing. Critical readings examine William Dunbar, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark and Carol Ann Duffy, amongst others. With full references and guidance for further reading, as well as numerous links to online resources, A Companion to Scottish Literature is essential reading for advanced students and scholars of Scottish literature, as well as academic and non-academic readers with an interest in the subject.
Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521016576
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Author : Gregory Claeys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828420
Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and despairing tendency towards dystopian pessimism, epitomised by works such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Chapters address the difficult definition of the concept of utopia, and consider its relation to science fiction and other literary genres. The volume takes an innovative approach to the major themes predominating within the utopian and dystopian literary tradition, including feminism, romance and ecology, and explores in detail the vexed question of the purportedly 'western' nature of the concept of utopia. The reader is provided with a balanced overview of the evolution and current state of a long-standing, rich tradition of historical, political and literary scholarship.