Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
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Close readings of nine contemporary Arab novelists who use Sufism as a literary strategy. Although...
Accounts of China and India
Abu Zayd Al-Sirafi, Zvi Ben-Dor Benite and Tim Mackintosh-Smith
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"These accounts are full of fascination and wonder...[and] continue the contribution this excellent...
Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century
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John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in "The Guardian" has rightly acquired a cult following. Each...
Corporate Commonwealth: Pluralism and Political Fictions in England, 1516-1651
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The Corporate Commonwealth traces the evolution of corporations during the English Renaissance and...
Journeys and Journals: Women's Mystery Writing and Migration in the African Diaspora
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Using literary criticism, theory, and sociohistoric data, this book brings into conversation black...
Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays
Lawrence Manley and Sally-Beth Maclean
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For a brief period in the late Elizabethan Era an innovative company of players dominated the London...
Mapping South Asian Masculinities: Men and Political Crises
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This book offers the first substantial critical examination of men and masculinities in relation to...
Plots
Robert L. Belknap and Robin Feuer Miller
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Robert L. Belknap's theory of plot illustrates the active and passive roles literature plays in...
Queer Philologies: Sex, Language, and Affect in Shakespeare's Time
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For Jeffrey Masten, the history of sexuality and the history of language are intimately related. In...
Rapture: A Novel
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The draft dodger Laurence yearns to take control of his destiny. Having fled to the highlands, he...