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  • Dynamics of Distancing in Nigerian Drama

    A Functional Approach to Metatheatre

    by Nadia Anwar, Janet Wilson, Chris Ringrose ...
    Series Book 1 - Studies in World Literature
    Nadia Anwar presents a compelling reading framework for the study and analysis of selected post-independence Nigerian dramas, using the conceptual parameters of metatheatre, a theatrical strategy which foregrounds the process of play-making by breaking the dramatic illusion. She argues that distancing, as a function of metatheatre, creates a balanced theatrical experience and environment in terms ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Recognition and Ethics in World Literature

    Religion, Violence, and the Human

    by Vincent van Bever Donker, Janet Wilson, Chris Ringrose ...
    Series Book 2 - Studies in World Literature
    Recognition and Ethics in World Literature is a critical comparative study of contemporary world literature, focused on the importance of the ethical turn (or return) in literary theory. It considers the shape and development of the ethical engagement of the novels of Amitav Ghosh, Chimamanda Adichie, Caryl Phillips, Kazuo Ishiguro, Zadie Smith, and JM Coetzee, exploring the overlaps and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Creative Lives

    Interviews with Contemporary South Asian Diaspora Writers

    by Chris Ringrose, Janet Wilson ...
    Series Book 9 - Studies in World Literature
    South Asian Diasporic Writing—poetry, fiction literary theory, and drama by writers from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka now living in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA—is one of the most vibrant areas of contemporary world literature. In this volume, twelve acclaimed writers from this tradition are interviewed by experts in the field about their political, thematic, and personal ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • From New National to World Literature

    Essays and Reviews

    by Bruce King, Janet Wilson, Chris Ringrose ...
    Series Book 3 - Studies in World Literature
    From New National to World English Literature offers a personal perspective on the evolution of a major cultural movement that began with decolonization, continued with the assertion of African, West Indian, Commonwealth, and other literatures, and has evolved through postcolonial to world or international English literature. Bruce King’s extensive Introduction discusses the personalities, writers ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Janet Frame’s World of Books

    by Patricia Neville, Janet Wilson, Chris Ringrose ...
    Series Book 8 - Studies in World Literature
    This study investigates how Janet Frame weaves together literary sources from her extensive reading to create a web of intertextual relationships. Patricia Neville traces Frame’s passion for books beginning with her childhood and earliest published work in the Otago Daily Times. Drawing on new research and through close readings of Frame’s novels, she discusses the effects of Frame’s borrowings ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • World Literature in Motion

    Institution, Recognition, Location

    by Flair Donglai Shi, Gareth Guangming Tan, Janet Wilson, Chris Ringrose, Rivkah Brown, Katelyn Edwards, Meleesha Bardolia, Carmen Thong, Lubabah Chowdhury0, Sana Goyal1, Rashi Rohatgi2, Daniele Nunziata3, Lucy Steeds4, Galina Rousseva-Sokolova5, Yan Jia6, Wen-chin Ouyang7, Yeogeun Kim8 ...
    Series Book 7 - Studies in World Literature
    By bringing in different degrees of circulation in different regions and languages, this collection shows that while literary centers do exist in what Pascale Casanova calls “the international literary space”, their power does not operate unilaterally and modes of intercultural circulation do exist beyond their control. The title “World Literature in Motion” highlights the fact that world ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Rise of Autobiographical Medical Poetry and the Medical Humanities

    by Johanna Emeney, Chris Ringrose, Janet Wilson ...
    Series Book 5 - Studies in World Literature
    In this fascinating book, Johanna Emeney examines the global proliferation of new poetry related to illness and medical treatment from the perspective of doctors, patients, and carers in light of the growing popularity of the medical humanities. She provides a close analysis of poetry from New Zealand, the USA, and the UK that deals with sociological and philosophical aspects of sickness, ailment, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Re-forming World Literature

    Katherine Mansfield and the Modernist Short Story

    by Gerri Kimber, Janet Wilson, Janet Wilson, Chris Ringrose, Aimee Gasston, Elsa Högberg, Sydney Janet Kaplan, Janka Kascakova, Todd Martin0, Ruchi Mundeja1 ...
    Series Book 6 - Studies in World Literature
    The ground-breaking essays gathered in this volume argue that global paradigms of World Literature, often referencing the major metropolitan centres of cultural and literary production, do not always accommodate voices from the margins and writing within minority genres such as the short story. Katherine Mansfield is a supreme example of a writer who is positioned between a number of different ... Read more

    $24.99 USD