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1 y separately published work icon Words, Images and Performances in Translation Rita Wilson (editor), Brigid Maher (editor), London : Continuum , 2012 8165294 2012 anthology criticism

This title looks at the important role translation studies plays in exploring how words, sounds and images are translated and reinterpreted in new socio-cultural contexts. This volume presents fresh approaches to the role that translation - in its many forms - plays in enabling and mediating global cultural exchange. As modes of communication and textual production continue to evolve, the field of translation studies has an increasingly important role in exploring the ways in which words, sounds and images are translated and reinterpreted in new socio-cultural contexts. The book includes an innovative mix of literary, cultural and intersemiotic perspectives and represents a wide range of languages and cultures. The contributions are all linked by a shared focus on the place of translation in the contemporary world, and the ways in which translation, and the discipline of translation studies, can shed light on questions of inter- and hypertextuality, multimodality and new media in contemporary cultural production. Published in association with the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS), "Continuum Studies in Translation" aims to present a series of books focused around central issues in translation and interpreting. Using case studies drawn from a wide range of different countries and languages, each book presents a comprehensive examination of current areas of research within translation studies written by academics at the forefront of the field. The thought-provoking books in this series are aimed at advanced students and researchers of translation studies. [Trove]

1 1 y separately published work icon States of Exception in the Contemporary Novel : Martel, Eugenides, Coetzee, Sebald Arne De Boever , New York (City) : Continuum , 2012 8116403 2012 multi chapter work criticism

'In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a "state of exception": an emergency situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. In such a situation, the need for good decisions is felt ever more strongly. This book investigates the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of various decisions represented in novels published around 9/11: Martel's Life of Pi, Eugenides' Middlesex, Coetzee's Disgrace, and Sebald's Austerlitz.


'De Boever's readings of the novels revolve around what he calls the 'aesthetic decision.' Which aesthetics do the characters and narrators in the novels adopt in a situation of crisis? How do these aesthetic decisions relate to the ethical and political decisions represented in the novels? What can they reveal about real-life ethical and political decisions? This book uncovers the politics of allegory, autobiography, focalization, and montage in today's planetary state of exception.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Foreign in International Crime Fiction : Transcultural Representations Barbara Pezzotti (editor), Carolina Miranda (editor), Jean Anderson (editor), New York (City) : Continuum , 2012 6541322 2012 anthology criticism
1 y separately published work icon Strong Opinions : J. M. Coetzee and the Authority of Contemporary Fiction Sue Kossew (editor), Julian Murphet (editor), Chris Danta (editor), New York (City) : Continuum , 2011 Z1875977 2011 anthology criticism This new collection of essays on Coetzee examines how his novels create and unsettle literary authority. Its unique contribution is to show how Coetzee provokes us into reconsidering certain basic formal and existential questions such as the nature of literary realism, the authority of the author and the constitution of the human self in a posthumanist setting by consciously revealing the literary-theoretical seams of his work. Strong Opinions makes the innovative claim that Coetzee’s work is driven not by a sense of scepticism or nihilism but rather by a form of controlled exposure that defines the literary. The essays in the volume variously draw attention to three of Coetzee’s most recent and significant experiments in controlled exposure. The first is the exposure of place-Coetzee’s decision to set his novels in his newly adopted country of Australia. The second is the exposure of form-Coetzee’s direct, almost essayistic address of literary-philosophical topics within his novels. And the third is the exposure of limits-Coetzee’s explicit deconstruction of the traditional limits of human life (Publisher website).
1 4 y separately published work icon The King and I Philippa Kelly , New York (City) : Continuum , 2011 Z1818509 2011 single work autobiography 'Outlaws, irreverent humorists, political underdogs, authoritarians - and the silhouette, throughout, of a contemporary Australian woman: these are some of the figures who emerge from Philippa Kelly's extraordinary personal tale, The King and I. Kelly uses Shakespeare's King Lear as it has never been used before - to tell the story of Australia and Australians through the intimate journey she makes with Shakespeare's old king, whose struggles and torments are touchstones for the variety, poignancy and humour of Australian life. We hear the shrieking of birds and feel the heat of dusty towns, and we also come to know about important moments in Australia's social and political landscape: about the evolution of women's rights; about the erosion and reclamation of Aboriginal identity and the hardships experienced by transported settlers; and about attitudes toward age and endurance. At the heart of this book is one woman's personal story, and through this story we come to understand many profound and often hilarious features of the land Down Under.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Shakespeare Now! Continuum (publisher), New York (City) : Continuum , Z1818506 2011 series - publisher criticism autobiography prose
1 1 y separately published work icon Manga : An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives Toni Johnson-Woods (editor), New York (City) : Continuum , 2010 Z1692998 2010 anthology criticism 'Once upon a time, one had to read Japanese in order to enjoy manga. Today manga has become a global phenomenon, attracting audiences in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. The style has become so popular, in fact, that in the US and UK publishers are appropriating the manga style in a variety of print material, resulting in the birth of harlequin mangas which combine popular romance fiction titles with manga aesthetics. Comic publishers such as Dark Horse and Viz are translating Japanese "classics", such as Fruits Basket, into English. And of course it wasn't long before Shakespeare received the manga treatment. So what is manga? Manga roughly translates as "whimsical pictures" and its long history traces all the way back to picture books of eighteenth century Japan. Today, it comes in two basic forms: anthology magazines (such as Shukan Shonen Jampu) that contain several serials and manga 'books' (tankobon) that collect long-running serials from the anthologies and reprint them in one volume. The anthologies contain several serials, generally appear weekly and are so thick, up to 800 pages, that they are colloquially known as phone books. Sold at newspaper stands at railways and in convenience stores, they often attract crowds of people who gather to read their favourite magazine. Containing sections addressing the manga industry on an international scale, the different genres, formats and artists, as well the fans themselves, Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives is an important collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, and provides a one-stop resource for all those who want to learn more about manga, as well as for anybody teaching a course on the subject.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 3 y separately published work icon Stanley Melbourne Bruce : Australian Internationalist David Lee , London : Continuum , 2010 Z1682734 2010 single work biography

'Stanley Melbourne Bruce was at the centre of Imperial politics for more than two decades from the early 1920s until the end of the Second World War. This new biography presents Bruce as a consistent internationalist.

'Educated in Melbourne and Cambridge, Bruce, as a businessman, was alive to the importance of international commerce, and particularly Anglo-Australian trade. This lay at the core of his internationalism, which took the form in the 1920s of encouraging the political and economic integration of the British Empire.

'Bruce's punitive treatment of militant Australian trade unionists and his upholding of constitutionalism and law and order in the 1920s was part of an effort to defend one form of internationalism, commitment to the British Empire, against the competing international ideology of communism.

'While continuing to support a unified British Empire acting as a progressive force in world affairs, Bruce championed stronger international collaboration through the League of Nations and the United Nations and through cooperation between the Empire and the United States.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 y separately published work icon Rape in Art Cinema Dominique Russell (editor), New York (City) : Continuum , 2010 11457396 2010 anthology criticism
1 y separately published work icon The International Reception of Samuel Beckett Mark Nixon (editor), Matthew Feldman (editor), London : Continuum , 2009 Z1674498 2009 anthology criticism 'Over the last decade, Samuel Beckett's popularity has rocketed around the world and he is increasingly recognised as one of the most important and influential writers of the twentieth century but there has been very little scholarly work on Beckett's reception outside Europe. This comprehensive volume brings together essays from leading critics on Beckett's international critical reception. Due to Beckett's linguistic and artistic abilities, he was intimately involved in the translation and production of his writings in German, French, English and Spanish; and consequently countries using these languages have sophisticated critical traditions. However, many other countries have adopted Beckett as their own, from places where he lived for lengthy periods of his life (England, France, Ireland and Germany), to those finding directly applicable political messages in his work (such as ex-Soviet states including the Czech Republic and Romania), and those countries whose national literary traditions bear heavily upon his work (e.g. Norway and Italy). This fascinating volume reveals Beckett's evolving critical reception from contemporary reviews to the present.' (Publisher's abstract)
1 y separately published work icon J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory Elleke Boehmer (editor), Katy Iddiols (editor), Robert Eaglestone (editor), London : Continuum , 2009 8157995 2009 single work criticism

'Nobel Laureate and the first author to win the Booker Prize twice, J.M. Coetzee is perhaps the world's leading living novelist writing in English. Including an international roster of world leading critics and novelists, and drawing on new research, this innovative book analyses the whole range of Coetzee's work, from his most recent novels through his memoirs and critical writing. It offers a range of perspectives on his relationship with the historical, political, cultural and social context of South Africa. It also contextualises Coetzee's work in relation to his literary influences, colonial and post-colonial history, the Holocaust and colonial genocides, the ‘politics' and meaning of the Nobel prize in South Africa and Coetzee's very public move from South Africa to Australia. Including a major unpublished essay by leading South African novelist André Brink, this book offers the most up-to-date study of Coetzee's work currently available.' (Publisher's summary)

1 y separately published work icon Native Features : Indigenous Films From Around The World Houston Wood , New York (City) : Continuum , 2008 Z1587455 2008 single work criticism Native Features is the first book to look at feature films made by Indigenous people, one of the world's newest and fastest growing categories of cinema. The book provides easy to understand guidelines to help viewers appreciate the more than fifty Indigenous features now in circulation. Native Features shows how movies made by native peoples throughout the world often strengthen older cultures while they simultaneously correct sterotypes found in non-Indigenous films. Source: Back cover
1 y separately published work icon Continuum Studies in Translation London : Continuum , 2007- 8165447 2007 series - publisher criticism
1 y separately published work icon Continuum Literary Studies London : Continuum , 2006 8158100 2006 series - publisher criticism
1 y separately published work icon Great Women Travel Writers: From 1750 to the Present Alba Amoia (editor), Bettina L. Knapp (editor), New York (City) : Continuum , 2005 Z1373568 2005 anthology biography
1 y separately published work icon Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism Graeme Harper (editor), London : Continuum , 2002 Z981951 2002 anthology criticism Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism discusses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts.
1 y separately published work icon Colonial and Postcolonial Incarceration Graeme Harper (editor), London : Continuum , 2001 Z982018 2001 anthology criticism Colonial and Postcolonial Incarceration discusses capture, imprisonment, and punishment in colonial and postcolonial cultures while emphasising the social, economic, and cultural conditions prevalent in colonial societies from Europe to Asia, Australia, northern and southern Africa and North America.
1 y separately published work icon Postcolonial Con-Texts : Writing Back to the Canon John Thieme , New York (State) London : Continuum , 2001 Z980923 2001 multi chapter work criticism This study provides an overview of ' writing back', of the relationship between postcolonial writing and the 'canon'.It examines postcolonial texts and locates them within their particular social and cultural backgrounds.
1 2 y separately published work icon 1492 : The Poetics of Diaspora John Docker , London New York (City) : Continuum , 2001 Z945882 2001 single work criticism

'An ambitious and wide-ranging book by a well-known author that ranges from discussions of literary texts to an examination of Genesis, Mediterranean cookery, The Thousand and One Nights, Zionism and Anti-Zionism, Jewish mysticism and English Romanticism.1492 takes as a premise the 'lost world' of a shared Indian, Arab and Jewish culture which was destroyed in the early modern period by the expansion of Europe. For Docker, as for Salman Rushdie in The Moor's Last Sigh, the crucial event of 1492 was not the discovery of the Americas but the almost simultaneous final defeat of Moorish Spain in the fall of Granada and the expulsion of the Jews of Spain. Besides destroying the great Islamic-Judaic culture in Spain, it marked the beginning of nationalisms based on race, religion and language. Like the Crusades, it created a notion of Europe in opposition to a previous Mediterranean civilization and one of its direct results was the Spanish inquisition. 1492 was also the beginning of several diasporas and, in the course of examining several 19th-and 20th-century works that deal with the 'Wandering Jew' (Ivanhoe, Ulysses), the author goes on to look at a number of literary texts as a vehicle for speculating about various consequences and complications for cultural and intellectual history which followed from this 'lost ideal.'  (Publication summary)

1 2 y separately published work icon On Post-Colonial Futures : Transformations of Colonial Culture Bill Ashcroft , New York (City) London : Continuum , 2001 Z926851 2001 multi chapter work criticism
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