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Eco-theory and Annihilation is part of the the Film Theory in Practice series, which blends the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film and povides discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. This book offers a concise introduction to eco-theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret of Alex Garland's controversial film adaptation of Jeff Vande...

Eco-theory and Annihilation is part of the the Film Theory in Practice series, which blends the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film and povides discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. This book offers a concise introduction to eco-theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret of Alex Garland's controversial film adaptation of Jeff Vande...

It was only a matter of time before literary criticism caught up with speculative realism. And, counter-intuitive as it may sound, Romanticism is an ideal starting place. Evan Gottlieb's fine study shows how these two phenomena are not separate, rather they entail one another, just as object-oriented ontology has been arguing. In so doing, he breaks out of the well-worn contextualisation pathways along which recent scholarship on Romanticism h...

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Introduces key concepts in contemporary literary theory to explore the major novels of Sir Walter Scott.

Introduces key concepts in contemporary literary theory to explore the major novels of Sir Walter Scott.

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Romantic Globalism: British Literature and Modern World Order, 1750-1830 explores how British literature of the late eighteenth century and Romantic era both reflects and inflects the increasingly global world in which it was produced and consumed. Building on recent work in globalization studies, cosmopolitanism, and critical theory, Evan Gottlieb investigates the ways in which, following the economic and historiographical writings of the Sco...

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It was only a matter of time before literary criticism caught up with speculative realism. And, counter-intuitive as it may sound, Romanticism is an ideal starting place. Evan Gottlieb's fine study shows how these two phenomena are not separate, rather they entail one another, just as object-oriented ontology has been arguing. In so doing, he breaks out of the well-worn contextualisation pathways along which recent scholarship on Romanticism h...

Feeling British argues that the discourse of sympathy both encourages and problematizes a sense of shared national identity in eighteenth-century and Romantic British literature and culture.

Building on postcolonial and transatlantic paradigms as well as new theoretical developments like Actor-Network-Theory, Global Romanticism: Origins, Orientations, and Engagements, 1760¿1820 views the literature and culture of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain and beyond through the lens of long-durational globalization.

Surveying the literary and cultural landscapes of the long eighteenth century, this collection examines the many locales that shaped Britons¿ affiliations and identities. Essays on individual authors, a variety of literary genres, and diverse cultural practices, demonstrate how representations of place from the Restoration through the Romantic era enabled British authors to articulate distinct but interrelated local, national and transnational...

Scott's Waverley novels, as his fiction is collectively known, are increasingly popular in the classroom, where they fit into courses that explore topics from Victorianism and nationalism to the rise of the publishing industry and the cult of the author. The essays in this volume are designed to help teachers negotiate the intriguing features of the Waverley novels.

Scott's Waverley novels, as his fiction is collectively known, are increasingly popular in the classroom, where they fit into courses that explore topics from Victorianism and nationalism to the rise of the publishing industry and the cult of the author. The essays in this volume are designed to help teachers negotiate the intriguing features of the Waverley novels.