Literature in contexts

Literature in contextsThis book seeks to problematise the very notion of context, which has remained for the most part stubbornly un theorised and un examined. The book aims to set a distinction between deep and broad contexts, arguing that we need to counter the prevalence of the latter if literary studies is to avoid becoming a minor branch of history.

Relatively little accessible literature in the area

with its comprehensive introduction and notes to the text

It explores new propositions about the theory of photography

national identity

oligarchical politics

This is a study of noble families’ collective memory and transmission of tangible and intangible cultural heritage

The book advances a new performance theory or mode

This volume considers classical mythology in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries

Offers historical coverage which provides an invaluable context to current events

The aim of the Watching series is to draw attention to some of the very interesting items around us

focusing on new types of cultural work by women and establishing Duval as a unique but exemplary figure in a transformational period of the nineteenth century

Cosmopolitan Dystopia evaluates cosmopolitan liberalism and shows In their effort to avoid the terrible fate of twentieth century utopias