In this outstanding collection of essays, editors Neil Murphy and Wai-chew Sim seek not so much to demarcate the field of British Asian fiction, but to offer due acknowledgment of the artistic merit of the works of selected authors and simultaneously register their cultural significance. This volume demonstrates in situ the virtues of commentary that engages in a substantial manner with formal and aesthetic considerations, even as it implicates the discourses of alterity that dominate contemporary cultural criticism. Additionally, the essays delineate the complex subject positions explored by...
In this outstanding collection of essays, editors Neil Murphy and Wai-chew Sim seek not so much to demarcate the field of British Asian fiction, but t...
Drawing together a wide range of focused critical commentary andobservation by internationally renowned scholars and writers, thiscollection of essays offers a major reassessment of Aidan Higgins sbody of work almost fifty years after the appearance of his first book, Felo De Se.
Drawing together a wide range of focused critical commentary andobservation by internationally renowned scholars and writers, thiscollection of essays...
This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting through developments to the sacral character of the French monarchy, lavish displays of gift giving, and the use of courtly display. Showing that the Hundred Years War was not just fought on the battlefields of France, this book unravels how the war played out daily in the competition for status...
This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II s four years in English capt...
