Human Contradictions in Octavia E. Butler's Work
Human Contradictions in Octavia Butler's Work continues the critical discussions of Butler's work by offering a variety of theoretical perspectives and approaches to Butler's text. This collection contains original essays that engage Butler's series (Seed to Harvest, Xenogenesis…
This unusually diverse collection of ten essays, devoted to British and Irish writers and poets from 1895 to the present, explores many aspects of the creative process, from inspiration to publication and beyond. The volume shows how writers' manuscripts and revisions give us a …
Dimensionen der Heimat bei Herta Müller
This volume presents the first collection of essays dedicated to the science fiction of microbiologist Joan Slonczewski. Posthuman Biopolitics consolidates the scholarly literature on Slonczewski's fiction and demonstrates fruitful lines of engagement for the critical, cultural,…
The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel
"Acknowledgments"--"Contents"--"About the Authors" -- "Introduction: A Path to Emerald Noir: The Rise of the Irish Detective Novel" -- "Chapter 1: Hello Dálaigh: Peter Tremayneâ#x80;#x99;s Sister Fidelma" -- "Chapter 2: A â#x80;#x98;honeycomb worldâ#x80;#x99;: John Connoll…
Irish detective fiction has enjoyed an international readership for over a decade, appearing on best-seller lists across the globe. But its breadth of hard-boiled and amateur detectives, historical fiction, and police procedurals has remained somewhat marginalized in academic sc…
This thesis explores the construction and use of the hijra figure in fictional literature. It argues that hijras are utilised as both symbols of deviance and central points around which wider anti-sociality circulates. In order to contextualise these characters and offer a deepe…
Girls in contemporary vampire fiction
by Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska, Agnieszka
fromPalgrave Gothic
