An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan's Mega-City, 1750-1850
Sumie Jones and Kenji Watanabe
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During the eighteenth century, Edo (today's Tokyo) became the world's largest city, quickly...
The Embodied Child: Readings in Children's Literature and Culture
Roxanne Harde and Lydia Kokkola
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The Embodied Child: Readings in Children's Literature and Culture brings together essays that offer...
Otherworlds: Fantasy and History in Medieval Literature
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This book offers a new perspective on the otherworlds of medieval literature. These fantastical...
Erotic Geographies in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture
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Erotic Geographies in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture addresses the following question: how...
Teaching Globally: Reading the World Through Literature
Kathy G. Short, Deanna Day and Jean Schroeder
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In today's globally connected world, it is essential for students to have an understanding of...
African Literature Today: Reflections & Retrospectives
Ernest N. Emenyonu and Chimalum Nwankwo
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This special issue of African Literature Today is devoted to some of the pioneer voices of African...
Multilingual Currents in Literature, Translation and Culture
Rachael Gilmour and Tamar Steinitz
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At a time increasingly dominated by globalization, migration, and the clash between supranational...
Salvage Work: U.S. and Caribbean Literatures Amid the Debris of Legal Personhood
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Salvage Work examines contemporary literary responses to the law's construction of personhood in the...