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Fear of Aging: Old Age in Horror Fiction and Film

Fear of Aging: Old Age in Horror Fiction and Film

Author: Joao Paulo Guimaraes
ISBN: 9783837661958
Format: Paperback
$90.95

The contributors of this book investigate what exactly we are afraid of when we posit old age as a source of horror....  Read More >>

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative...

Author: Isabella Hammad
ISBN: 9780802163929
Format: Paperback
$47.52

"""Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing...  Read More >>

A Detective's History of Psychology: Understanding Key Theories and Concepts Through Mystery Fiction

A Detective's History of Psychology: Understanding Key...

Author: Diane Mello-Goldner
ISBN: 9781476686288
Format: Paperback
$68.20

Introduces key concepts and theories of psychology through the lens of mystery fiction. Explores the crossroads...  Read More >>

Retelling Jane Austen: Essays on Recent Adaptations and Derivative Works

Retelling Jane Austen: Essays on Recent Adaptations...

Author: Tammy Powley ,  April Van Camp
ISBN: 9781476691930
Format: Paperback
$84.70

Fills the gap in Austen scholarship from 2000 to today, demonstrating Austen’s enduring talent and relevancy. The...  Read More >>

Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States

Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel...

Author: Michelle Ann Abate
ISBN: 9781978840683
Format: Paperback
$86.99

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Juli Zeh: A Critical Companion

Juli Zeh: A Critical Companion

Author: Necia Chronister ,  Sonja E. Klocke
ISBN: 9783111352145
Format: Hardback
$253.41

This volume casts a critical light on one of Germany’s bestselling and most controversial authors. Juli Zeh’s literary...  Read More >>

The Routledge Introduction to the American Ghost Story

The Routledge Introduction to the American Ghost Story...

Author: Scott Brewster ,  Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
ISBN: 9780367461140
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This book traces the historical development of the American ghost story from its Indigenous, Puritan and Enlightenment...  Read More >>

Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States

Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel...

Author: Michelle Ann Abate
ISBN: 9781978840690
Format: Hardback
$197.87

Michelle Ann Abate examines what The Family Circus, Ziggy, and The Far Side all have in common--they're single-panel...  Read More >>

Disruptive Women of Literature: Rooting for the Antiheroine

Disruptive Women of Literature: Rooting for the Antiheroine...

Author: Eleanore Gardner, Deakin University
ISBN: 9781666951448
Format: Hardback
$189.00

This book critically examines the literary antiheroine in contemporary Gothic and crime-thriller novels. Gardner...  Read More >>

Science Fantasy: Critical Explorations in Fiction and Film

Science Fantasy: Critical Explorations in Fiction and...

Author: Cenk Tan ,  Elçin Parçaoglu
ISBN: 9781666926361
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This book explores science fantasy, a hybrid genre that draws from both science fiction and fantasy. It delves into...  Read More >>

Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy

Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy

Author: Dr Dimitra Fimi (Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, UK) ,  Dr Alistair J. P. Sims (Independent Scholar and bookseller, Independent scholar)
ISBN: 9781350350038
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates...  Read More >>

Abortion Ecologies in Southern African Fiction: Transforming Reproductive Agency

Abortion Ecologies in Southern African Fiction: Transforming...

Author: Caitlin E. Stobie (University of Leeds, UK) ,  Stuart Murray
ISBN: 9781350250222
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Focusing on texts from the late 1970s to the 1990s which document both changing attitudes to terminations of pregnancy...  Read More >>

The Routledge Introduction to the American Ghost Story

The Routledge Introduction to the American Ghost Story...

Author: Scott Brewster ,  Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
ISBN: 9780367461157
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book traces the historical development of the American ghost story from its Indigenous, Puritan and Enlightenment...  Read More >>

Rachel Cusk: Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Rachel Cusk: Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Author: Dr Roberta Garrett ,  Dr Liam Harrison
ISBN: 9781350370982
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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British Writing, Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in the Second World War and Beyond

British Writing, Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy in...

Author: Beatriz Lopez ,  James Smith
ISBN: 9781350412132
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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Thomas Nashe and Literary Performance

Thomas Nashe and Literary Performance

Author: Chloe Kathleen Preedy ,  Rachel Willie
ISBN: 9781526149466
Format: Hardback
$206.99

Thomas Nashe is typically regarded as an urban author and a University wit, but his writings are inflected and shaped...  Read More >>

Outlander and Lord John as Crime Fiction: Essays on the Novels, Stories and TV Series

Outlander and Lord John as Crime Fiction: Essays on...

Author: Erin E MacDonald
ISBN: 9781476689159
Format: Paperback
$145.20

Fans across the globe are familiar with Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander series and the Starz television series...  Read More >>

Horror Comics and Religion: Essays on Framing the Monstrous and the Divine

Horror Comics and Religion: Essays on Framing the Monstrous...

Author: Brandon R Grafius ,  John W Morehead
ISBN: 9781476696379
Format: Paperback
$131.87

"While many genres offer the potential for theological reflection and exploration of religious issues, the nature...  Read More >>

Robots That Love: Artificial Amours in Myth, Folklore, Literature, Popular Culture and the Real World

Robots That Love: Artificial Amours in Myth, Folklore,...

Author: Judith A Markowitz
ISBN: 9781476674957
Format: Paperback
$131.87

"In a world of increasingly sophisticated AI, the relationship between creator and creation has shifted. Robot lovers...  Read More >>

Poe's Perfect Crimes: Hidden Plots in the Dupin Stories and Others

Poe's Perfect Crimes: Hidden Plots in the Dupin Stories...

Author: Yasuhiro Takeuchi
ISBN: 9781476696003
Format: Paperback
$145.20

"The genius of Edgar Allan Poe extends far beyond his groundbreaking creation of Auguste Dupin, which laid the foundation...  Read More >>

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