Lexi spends her life at conventions, thanks to her dad’s job as top organizer – it’s her world. So when she finds smug (but cute) interloper Aidan in HER Green Room at the first event of the year, she
The Daddies is a love letter to masculinity, a kaleidoscope of its pleasures and horrors. But who is "Daddy" in American culture? This book aims to find out more than who – but how the process of know
The Daddies is a love letter to masculinity, a kaleidoscope of its pleasures and horrors. But who is "Daddy" in American culture? This book aims to find out more than who – but how the process of know
Within academic and literary marketplaces that rarely mention bisexual, non-binary, polyamorous, or working-class experiences and perspectives, Palmetto Rose offers to a chance to take a walk with mem
Within academic and literary marketplaces that rarely mention bisexual, non-binary, polyamorous, or working-class experiences and perspectives, Palmetto Rose offers to a chance to take a walk with mem
There may be no more famous form of seafood than an Apalachicola Oyster. People travel from all over the world for the chance to try out these oysters and gush over just how large, flavorful, and uniq
There may be no more famous form of seafood than an Apalachicola Oyster. People travel from all over the world for the chance to try out these oysters and gush over just how large, flavorful, and uniq
Drawing on recently released or previously neglected archive material, this book is the first dedicated to the stage career of Cicely Hamilton (1872–1952). Best known for her work with the women’s suf
This book is a cognitive-poetic study of the seven novels of Charles Williams (1886–1945), a British author of spiritual fiction and non-fiction, a poet, playwright and a literary critic. It approache
It’s hard for me to keep a straight face at the thought of living in a place called Queens with my husband and former homecoming queen wife,” Jackson thinks when his spouses inform him of their desire
While fictional, Cigarettes & Wine is loosely grounded in hundreds of formal and informal interviews with LGBTQ people in the south as well as years of research into intersections of sexualities, gend
Monika Kocot’s book on Edwin Morgan’s literary achievement, both poetry and drama, foregrounds the themes of cultural transgression, dialogism of the author’s creative design, and various, potentially
The book offers a thorough study of the literary tensions and two-world structure of the fantastic short stories by H. G. Wells (1866–1946). It exposes trickster games in the storytelling and pinpoint
"The book focuses on the uncanny in the domestic space of Elizabeth Bowen's fiction. Providing a psychoanalytic reading of selected works it aims to examine the image of the house in Bowen's prose and
The book focuses on the category of character in fiction. It provides a general outline of different approaches to literary character followed by nineteen essays on individual authors from Conrad to C
Terentowicz-Fotyga explores contemporary literary representations of the English country house. The author has organized the nine chapters that make up the main body of her text in three parts devoted
This study explores various intersections between the traditional utopian discourse and such media as music, comic books, TV series, feature films, documentaries, fan fiction, computer games and web p
Galant offers semiotic close readings of some of the lesser known tragedies of the Jacobean period, showing how such readings can support a broad range of political and social interpretations. Her the
Komsta presents students, academics, researchers, and general-interest readers with a discussion of the evolving urban chronotype as expressed in selected novels written by British author Peter Ackroy
Editors Blaim and Gruszewska-Blaim present students, academics, and researchers with a collection of internationally authored adaptation studies of ten utopian or dystopian works written or filmed in
This novel is the final publication of the Chilean filmmaker and author Raul Ruiz (1941-2011), who died last year, and who put the finishing touches to this book a few days before his death. Here, Rui
The Historical Romance explores the ways in which romance authors seek to represent our fantasies of life in the past. Examining how the cut-and-thrust swashbucklers of the 1930s gave way to female-or
Crime Fiction in German is the first volume in English to offer a comprehensive overview of German-language crime fiction, from its origins in the early nineteenth century to its vibrant growth in the
In this, her second book, Catherine Black weaves together the wonder, heartache, and 'unlovely beauty' of a youth that is by turns charmed and disquieting. Straddling genres of memoir, prose, and poet
This volume explores the development of crime fiction as a genre in French literary culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, paying particular attention to the distinctive features
One of the world's most popular religions, Buddhism is also one of the most misunderstood. This reference overviews misconceptions related to Buddhism and reveals the truths behind the myths.An introd
