After the veritable hype concerning postmodernism in the 1980s and early 1990s, when questions about when it began, what it means and which texts it comprises were apt to trigger heated discussions, the excitement has notably cooled down at the turn of the century. Voices are now beginning to be heard which seem to suggest a new episteme in the making which points beyond postmodernism, while it remains at the same time very uncertain whether what appears as newness is not rather a return to traditional concepts, theoretical premises, and authorial practices. Contributors to this volume...
After the veritable hype concerning postmodernism in the 1980s and early 1990s, when questions about when it began, what it means and which texts i...
Florian Kläger, Rüdiger Ahrens, Klaus Stierstorfer
Symbolic representation is a crucial subject for and a potent heuristic instrument of diaspora studies. This special focus inquires into the forms and functions of symbols of diaspora both in aesthetic practice and in critical discourse, analyzing and theorizing symbols from Shakespeare to Bollywood as well as in critical writings of theorists of diaspora. What kinds of symbols and symbolic practices, contributors ask, are germane to the representation, both emic and etic, of diasporics and diasporas? How are specific symbols and symbolic practices analyzed across the academic fields...
Symbolic representation is a crucial subject for and a potent heuristic instrument of diaspora studies. This special focus inquires into the forms ...
Klaus Stierstorfer Deirdre Coleman Cecily Devereux
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also repre...
Klaus Stierstorfer Deirdre Coleman Cecily Devereux
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also repre...
Klaus Stierstorfer Deirdre Coleman Cecily Devereux
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also repre...
Klaus Stierstorfer Deirdre Coleman Cecily Devereux
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also repre...
Klaus Stierstorfer Deirdre Coleman Cecily Devereux
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also repre...
Klaus Stierstorfer Deirdre Coleman Cecily Devereux
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.
Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also repre...
Franziska Quabeck, Florian Klaeger, Klaus Stierstorfer, Marlena Tronicke, Rüdiger Ahrens
Special Focus: Law and Literature This special focus issue of Symbolism takes a look at the theoretical equation of law and literature and its inherent symbolic dimension. The authors all approach the subject from the perspective of literary and book studies, foregrounding literature’s potential to act as supplementary to a very wide variety of laws spread over historical, geographical, cultural and spatial grounds. The theoretical ground laid here thus posits both literature and law in the narrow sense. The articles gathered in this special issue analyse Anglophone literatures from the...
Special Focus: Law and Literature This special focus issue of Symbolism takes a look at the theoretical equation of law and literature and its inher...
Special Focus: "Omission", edited by Patrick Gill Throughout literary history and in many cultures, we encounter an astute use of conspicuous absences to conjure an imagined reality into a recipient's mind. The term 'omission' as used in the present study, then, demarcates a common artistic phenomenon: a silence, blank, or absence, introduced against the recipient's generic or experiential expectations, but which nonetheless frequently encapsulates the tenor of the work as a whole. Such omissions can be employed for their affective potential, when emotions represented or evoked by the text...
Special Focus: "Omission", edited by Patrick Gill Throughout literary history and in many cultures, we encounter an astute use of conspicuous absen...
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