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  • The Obsolete Empire

    Untimely Belonging in Twentieth-Century British Literature

    de Philip Tsang ...
    Series series Hopkins Studies in Modernism
    Modernist literature at the end of the British empire challenges conventional notions of homeland, heritage, and community.Finalist of the MSA First Book Prize by The Modernist Studies AssociationThe waning British empire left behind an abundance of material relics and an inventory of feelings not easily relinquished. In The Obsolete Empire, Philip Tsang brings together an unusual constellation of ... Leer más

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  • Social Media Tools and Platforms in Learning Environments

    Edición de Bebo White, Irwin King, Philip Tsang ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Online social media have transformed the face of human interaction in the 21st century. Wikis, blogs, online groups and forums, podcasts, virtual worlds, and social tagging are but a few of the applications enabling innovative behaviors that support acquisition, access, manipulation, retrieval, and visualization of information. It is, therefore, no surprise that educational practitioners and ... Leer más

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  • The Limits of Cosmopolitanism

    Globalization and Its Discontents in Contemporary Literature

    Edición de Aleksandar Stevic, Philip Tsang ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature
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  • The Meaning of Life

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  • Comparative Literature

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  • Essays and Reviews

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