Literary Criticism

This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing.:.; Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field.; Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject.; Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving.; Accompanied by a website featuring supplementary materials, standard readings in the field and essays to be included in future editions of the Companion. more...

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This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference.:.; Provides new perspectives on established texts.; Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions.; Pioneered by leading scholars.; Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies.; Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints. more...

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A Companion to Literature and Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. Twenty-five essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations. Contributors explore, in a highly innovative and groundbreaking way, important topics in the field. These include:. * Key issues such as dialogism, hidden intertextuality, and adaptation as readings, critiques, and rewritings of source novels. * Cultural concerns including iconophobia and the word/image wars. * Theoretical issues such as "transecriture" and "intermediality". * Genre topics including "hagiopic" and the apocalyptic film. * The relationship with other media, including photography and painting. * Consideration of format, including seriality, and diverse source material. * Thematic subjects such as hetero-masculinity in The Talented Mr Ripley and libertinage in the work of Eric Rohmer. The combination of theory and sophisticated readings of novels and adaptations adds up to a tour de force that reshapes and reconfigures the very field of literature and film studies. more...

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This wide-ranging Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama offers challenging analyses of a range of plays in their political contexts. It explores the cultural, social, economic and institutional agendas that readers need to engage with in order to appreciate modern theatre in all its complexity.:.; An authoritative guide to modern British and Irish drama.; Engages with theoretical discourses challenging a canon that has privileged London as well as white English males and realism.; Topics covered include: national, regional and fringe theatres; post-colonial stages and multiculturalism; feminist and queer theatres; sex and consumerism; technology and globalisation; representations of war, terrorism, and trauma. more...

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Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This groundbreaking Companion surveys the many permutations of romance throughout the ages. Comprising 30 essays written by leading authorities in the field, it considers the historical and literary development of the genre from its classical origins to the present day. The focus is on English literature, although this is placed within the larger context of perceptions of romance. The book incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance, particularly romance's special relation to women readers. It challenges the idea that the appeal of romance is exclusively escapist, drawing on a wide range of specific and influential literary examples. The Companion is suitable for general readers and for those beginning their study of literature, as well as for readers seeking more specialized information on the issue of romance or on the individual types of writing, writers, and works considered. Contributors to this volume:. Elizabeth Archibald, W. R. J. Barron, Derek Brewer, Helen Cooper, Richard Cronin, David Fairer, Robert Fraser, David Fuller, Jerrold E. Hogle, Kathryn Hume, Susan Jones, Andrew King, Edward Larrissy, Richard Mathews, Ulrika Maude, Clare Morgan, Lori Humphrey Newcomb, Francis O'Gorman, Michael O'Neill, Leonee Ormond, Lynne Pearce, Fiona Price, Clive Probyn, Fiona Robertson, Andrew Sanders, Corinne Saunders, John Simons, Raymond H. Thompson, Lisa Vargo, Judith Weiss more...

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