Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Dialektik der postkolonialen Hybridität Dialektik der postkolonialen Hybridität Jochen Dubiel Der koloniale Diskurs stellte zur Versöhnung des kollektiven okzidentalen Bewußtseins mit sich selbst den Legitimationsrahmen für die politischen Untaten des Kolonialismus bereit. Trotz heterogener A… OL12818183W
Living death in medieval French and English literature Living death in medieval French and English literature Jane Gilbert "Medieval literature contains many figures caught at the interface between life and death - the dead return to place demands on the living, while the living foresee, organize or desire their own deat… OL16010964W
Sympathy and India in British literature, 1770-1830 Sympathy and India in British literature, 1770-1830 Andrew Rudd "India exerted a powerful grip over the imagination of British authors during the Romantic period. But what was the true nature of their engagement with the Subcontinent? This study argues that depic… OL16151636W
Force or fraud Force or fraud Toni Bowers This text tells the story of how rape and seduction came to be distinguished according to measures of women's resistance and consent in low-brow 'amatory' writing, by writers such as Aphra Behn, Dela… OL16596951W
Minds, bodies, machines, 1770-1930 Minds, bodies, machines, 1770-1930 Deirdre Coleman,Hilary Fraser "It is during the nineteenth-century, the age of machinery, that we begin to witness a sustained exploration of the literal and discursive entanglements of minds, bodies, machines. This book explores… OL16938366W
Melancholy experience in literature of the long eighteenth century Melancholy experience in literature of the long eighteenth century Allan Ingram "Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of att… OL16984487W
The Cambridge history of Australian literature The Cambridge history of Australian literature Peter Pierce Draws on scholarship from leading figures in the field and spans Australian literary history from colonial origins, indigenous and migrant literatures, as well as representations of Asia and the Paci… OL18352070W
Globalisation and its discontents Globalisation and its discontents Stan Smith "Unlike most readings of globalisation, these essays depict not an irresistible juggernaut but a process that, in generating its own resistances, opens up the possibility of an alternative world orde… OL18478702W
Authoring war Authoring war Catherine Mary McLoughlin "Kate McLoughlin's Authoring War is an ambitious and pioneering study of war writing across all literary genres from earliest times to the present day. Examining a range of cultures, she brings wide … OL19829118W
Ireland and romanticism Ireland and romanticism Jim Kelly "This collection by leading scholars in the field provides a fascinating and ground-breaking introduction to current research in Irish Romantic studies. It proves the international scope and aestheti… OL19859531W
Schrijvers van A tot Z Schrijvers van A tot Z Uitgeverij Het Spectrum. Redactie Naslagwerken Naslagwerk voor beknopte informatie over binnen- en buitenlandse schrijvers uit de 20e eeuw. OL24430050W
Windows on English and American literature Windows on English and American literature Hans Bertens Inleidend overzicht van de Engelse en Amerikaanse literatuurgeschiedenis, met name van de 20e eeuw. OL24762345W
Van alfa tot omega Van alfa tot omega Patrick De Rynck,Mark Pieters Alfabetisch op trefwoord gerangschikte bloemlezing van beroemd geworden fragmenten uit de Griekse en Latijnse literatuur. OL26178587W
Een literair portret van de Achterhoek Een literair portret van de Achterhoek Dannie ten Zweege Overzicht van schrijvers en dichters uit en over de Achterhoek, geordend per plaats. OL26183683W
Egypt's Culture Wars Egypt's Culture Wars Samia Mehrez "This work presents original research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the twenty-first century. It deconstructs the boundaries between "high" and "low" culture, drawing on co… OL3663376W
Historia Historia Louis Gerard Mendoza "Libraries, Borderlands scholars, and those interested in the broad issues of cultural studies will want to own Mendoza's innovative book, which instead of insisting on the strict separation of the t… OL6207973W
Memory and Memorials, 1789-1914 Memory and Memorials, 1789-1914 M. Campbell Focusing on the 'long' nineteenth century, from the French Revolution to the beginnings of Modernism, this book examines the significance of memory in an era of furious social change. Through an exam… OL8096487W