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The female performer with a public voice constitutes a remarkably vibrant theme in British and American narratives of th
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The supernatural has become extraordinarily popular in literature, television, and film. Vampires, zombies, werewolves,
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In this important new study, John Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe to Conrad. Focus
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During the 19th century the U.S. and Britain came to share an economic profile unparalleled in their respective historie
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Recent years have seen a burgeoning of novels that respond to the environmental issues we currently face. Among these, L
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This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from 1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts
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An event, defined as the decisive turn, the surprising point in the plot of a narrative, constitutes its tellability, th
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This book shows how the grotesque continues to be a powerful force in contemporary British writing and provides an illum
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From Black Mischief to The Buddha of Suburbia, twentieth-century British fiction is rife with racial humour. Challenging
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