Comparative Criticism Volume 20 Philosophical Dialogues

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521622417
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 20, Philosophical Dialogues written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative Criticism is an annual journal of comparative literature and cultural studies that has gained an international reputation since its inception in 1979. It contains major articles on literary theory and criticism; on a wide range of comparative topics; and on interdisciplinary debates. It includes translations of literary, scholarly and critical works; substantial reviews of important books in the field; and bibliographies on specialist themes for the year, on individual writers, and on comparative literary studies in Britain and Ireland.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521592512
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 19, Literary Devolution: Writing in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of volume 19 is 'Literary Devolution: Writing Now in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England', and includes poetry from Scotland, with essays by David Kinloch and Christopher Whyte on Socttish Gaelic; and poetry from Wales with essays by Jerry Hunter and Sam Adams; from Ireland, three cantos of John Montague's new poem on David Jones, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill's Gaelic poetry translated by Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon and Medbh McGuickan, and a new play by Vincent Woods, acclaimed in performance and published here for the first time; and English poetry together with new fiction by Iain Sinclair. It also includes an interview with Nathaniel Tarn, editor of innovative Cape Goliard Editions. Translation from European poets into English and Scottish is a seminal feature of poetry in this period, represented here by translation from the Polish by Seamus Heaney, from Mayakovsky by Edwin Morgan, from Rimbaud and Mandelstam by Alistair Mackie; and Sylvia Plath's translations from the French reviewed by Alistair Elliot.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521790727
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 22, East and West: Comparative Perspectives written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative Criticism, first published in 2000, addresses itself to the questions of literary theory and criticism, to comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and to interdisciplinary perspectives. Articles include: Afloat on the Sea of Stories: World tales, English Literature, and geopolitical aesthetics; Classics and the comparison of adjacent literatures: some Pakistani perspectives; Performance Literature: the traditional Japanese theatre as model; 'Am I in that name?' Women's writing as cultural translation in early modern China; stabat mater: reflections on a theme in German-Jewish and Palestinian-Arab poetry. The winning entries in the 1999 BCLA/BCLT translation competition are also published.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521808071
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 23, Humanist Traditions in the Twentieth Century written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-04 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative Criticism addresses itself to the questions of literary theory and criticism. This new volume looks at the Humanist Tradition in the Twentieth Century and articles will include: The Book in the Totalitarian Context; Lorenzo Valla and Changing Perceptions of Renaissance Humanism; Hitler's Berlin; Civilisation and barbarism: an anthropological approach; Walter Pater to Adrian Stokes: psychoanalysis and humanism; Art History and Humanist Tradition in the Stefan George Circle. The winning entries in the 1999-2000 BCLA/BCLT translation competition are also published.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521818698
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 24, Fantastic Currencies in Comparative Literature: Gothic to Postmodern written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume looks at Fantastic Currencies: money, modes, media.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521571487
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 18, Spaces: Cities, Gardens and Wildernesses written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses literary theory and criticism, comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521652025
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 21, Myth and Mythologies written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative Criticism addresses itself to the questions of literary theory and criticism, to comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and to interdisciplinary perspectives. This new volume takes 'Myth and mythologies' as its central theme. Articles include: the Shadow of Ulysses beyond 2001; Genesis: a tale of a heel and a hip; Myths of 'High' and 'Low': the Lyrical Ballads 1798-1998 and Myths of the Indies: Jane Austen and the British Empire. The winning entries in the 1997/8 BCLA/BCLT translation competition are published, as well as a special bibliography on the works of H. G. Adler.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521558440
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 17, Walter Pater and the Culture of the Fin-de-Siècle written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-16 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses literary theory and criticism, comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Author : Jarmila Mildorf
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027266158
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Dialogue across Media written by Jarmila Mildorf and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With chapters on social media, videogames and human-machine communication, Dialogue across Media provides a comprehensive overview of the role of dialogue in contemporary media. Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners from multiple fields and disciplines, including screenwriters, literary critics, linguists and new media theorists, each chapter provides an in-depth analysis of dialogue in action. Together, these chapters demonstrate the unique energy and versatility that dialogic forms can offer artists and readers alike, and the special role that dialogue plays in helping us to understand the complexities and contradictions of human interaction. Dialogue across Media provides an essential resource for students and specialists in many fields concerned with dialogue, including language and literature, media and cultural studies, narratology and rhetoric.

Author : Laura J. Shepherd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415517958
Total Pages : 170 pages
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Download or read book Gender, Violence and Popular Culture written by Laura J. Shepherd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling stories: an essay on gender, violence and popular culture -- Morality, legality and gender violence in Angel -- Policing the boundaries of desire in Buffy the vampire slayer -- Gender, ethics and political community in Generation kill -- Feminism and political strategy in The west wing -- Gender, violence and security in Oz -- Security and governance after modernity in Firefly -- Hope and the politics of natality in The corner -- Points de capiton: aesthetics, ethics and critique.