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"This book addresses the legacy of World War II on male identity and reinvention. It considers some of the many ways in which popular culture of the time sought to mediate these difficult transitions, exploring films, popular fiction, memoir, and biography"--

For almost 15 years, The Writers Guild at The Bowers House has been providing monthly workshops, mentoring, and retreats for new and experienced writers like those featured in this seventh anthology. From delightful to dreadful, spiritual to secular, this edition represents their poetry, short stories, and excerpts chosen exclusively by the authors, warranting this year's anthology title, Potpourri. Headquartered at The Bowers House, a writers, creative arts retreat, and music facility operating for two decades, our Writers Guild continues to thrive and entertain readers with compelling works that reflect the world-view of its members.

This book addresses a research gap in the study of eugenics in fictional literature: the analysis of the nexus of eugenics and genetics in 21st-century novels, detached from their authors¿ ideological beliefs. It is based on an understanding of literature as an interdiscourse in Jürgen Link¿s sense. The study employs categories developed by Rabinow and Rose in the context of Foucault¿s concept of ¿biopower.¿ It thereby demonstrates that, though officially fallen from grace in light of the Nazi atrocities committed in the name of racial hygiene, eugenic ideas remain surprisingly resilient in the sciences as well as in fiction. Thus, the nexus between eugenics and genetics continues to serve as an important force in the structuring of scientific and contemporary popular (inter-)discourses.

From the Introduction:Southern writers have been introducing readers to sorry southern men and enthralling audiences with tales of those villains for generations. ... Now, as we move forward in the 21st century, Southern authors are plowing new fields of Southern culture and history and many are taking different approaches to regional story-telling. Unfortunately, as they pursue their new and different interests, many of today's southern literati-including scholars, novelists, memoirists, essayists, poets, and critics-seem to have soured on Twentieth Century classics. ... For generations, the southern literary establishment treasured Faulkner et al and embraced the South and regional culture as a unique, almost mythical essence, with dark undertones and stark villains; now, those sentiments are expressed mainly in outlying forums and rear-guard debates.We are observing the perhaps inevitable evolution of southern writers into bifurcated camps that I'll oversimplify as progressives versus traditionalists. The former individuals are inclined toward a more liberal society, especially when it comes to race, gender, class, and religion, and they exhibit worldly perspectives rather than rural or regional identity. On the other hand, traditionalists generally reject the progressive vision. But many of them seem afraid to deal with certain aspects of classic authors and literature characterized as offensive, because "going there" might risk professional condemnation and jeopardize their writing careers. ...I would like for this collection to be more than entertaining. First, I want to tell cogent stories about sorry men, and honest and empathetic stories about the women and children who share the sorry man's life. The second reason is very simple-I want to demonstrate that these individuals are legitimate and acceptable characters in contemporary literature. These 21 original short stories by Rebecca Browder attempt, without disrespect to the progressive Southern literary establishment, to keep alive the flavor of traditional Southern voices of authors like Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner. "About half," she writes, "are dark tales depicting real elements of Gothic sorriness, i.e., ignorance, crudeness, ugliness, and violence, that sometimes taint familial relationships; others are light-hearted accounts of oddball individuals who disrupt the lives of their loved ones."

The Novels of Zsigmond Móricz in the Context of European Realism is the first English-language monograph on one of Hungary¿s¿and Central Europe¿s¿most important modern authors. Using a thematic approach that privileges literary characters as stand-ins for real human beings, Virginia L. Lewis investigates Móricz¿s thematization of individual agency in seven realist novels that form the foundation of the author¿s reputation as a major twentieth-century novelist. Lewis does an outstanding job of showcasing the research results of the many Hungarian scholars who have studied Móricz¿s narrative output over the past century, while also bringing decidedly new perspectives to the table in introducing the author to an English-speaking audience. Utilizing the theoretical impulses of scholars such as Horst and Ingrid Daemmrich, Margaret Archer, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Ibrahim Taha, among others, Lewis forges a new and productive path in Móricz scholarship, while also making his oeuvre accessible to a global audience. Any reader with an interest in Hungarian and Central European narrative will find this study enormously useful for the revelations it brings regarding Móricz¿s poignant and brilliant critique of the corrosive influence of commodification and greed on human agency in modern society. "Informed by theory and grounded in a critical understanding of Hungarian social history in the first half of the twentieth century, Lewis¿s engaging study of the realist novels of Zsigmond Móricz compels readers to think in new ways about questions of human agency amongst Hungary¿s lower and middle classes as this played out against the backdrop of capitalist transformation and pronounced social conflicts and injustices in the decades leading up to World War II. Skillfully structured around succinct analyses of seven of Móricz¿s key texts, Lewis¿s book addresses a sizable gap in the English-language scholarship on one of Hungary¿s greatest writers, and will be a welcome addition to the libraries of literary scholars and social and intellectual historians alike." ¿Steven Jobbitt, Associate Professor of Central and Eastern European History, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada

"Could anyone possibly believe that writing doesn't exist? It would be like denying the existence of rain."

This book explores the ways in which Butler's protagonists experience Rites of Passage and are on a quest for justice. The author posits that through liminality, they engage in psychological, physical, and social transformations that increase their empowerment.

Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.

"Daniel Defoe established the genre of the novel with Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe. He also wrote pioneering works of non-fiction and verse. This collection of short, accessible essays by leading scholars helps students and general readers understand Defoe's writing and the vibrant culture in which he lived"--

"Geek-culture expert Ryan Britt takes us behind the pages and scenes of the science-fiction phenomenon Dune, charting the series' life from cult sci-fi novels to some of the most visionary movies of all time"--

Examines both academic and popular assessments of Conan Doyle's work, giving pride of place to the Holmes stories and their adaptations, and also attending to the wide range of his published work.

Graphic narratives are one of the world's great art forms, but graphic novels and comics from Europe and the United States dominate scholarly conversations about them. Building upon the little extant scholarship on graphic narratives from the Global South, this collection moves beyond a narrow Western approach to this quickly expanding field. By focusing on texts from the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia, these essays expand the study of graphic narratives to a global scale. Graphic Novels and Comics as World Literature is also interested in how these texts engage with, fit in with, or complicate notions of World Literature. The larger theoretical framework of World Literature is joined with the postcolonial, decolonial, Global South, and similar approaches that argue explicitly or implicitly for the viability of non-Western graphic narratives on their own terms. Ultimately, this collection explores the ways that the unique formal qualities of graphic narratives from the Global South intersect with issues facing the study of international literatures, such as translation, commodification, circulation, Orientalism, and many others.

Ce troisième tome de la recherche de Marc Quaghebeur s¿attache au quart de siècle qui fait suite à la libération de la Belgique du joug nazi, période considérée comme celle des « trente Glorieuses ». Le redémarrage économico social sous parapluie américain y va de pair culturellement avec une perspective humaniste soucieuse de dépasser ou d¿occulter les contradictions historiques et de célébrer l¿évidence universelle de la langue française. Fil rouge du volume, l¿analyse de l¿impact du second conflit mondial sur le champ littéraire francophone du pays permet d¿en dégager la singularité à l¿heure où les préceptes néoclassiques du Manifeste du lundi entendent l¿inféoder plus que jamais à la mouvance parisienne. Les quatre premiers chapitres analysent ces particularités historiques, esthétiques et institutionnelles, en scrutant notamment les contrepoids de la « paralittérature » à la sacralisation de la Poésie, comme les impasses des métadiscours consacrés aux lettres belges. La deuxième partie examine plusieurs oeuvres dans lesquelles le second conflit mondial est explicitement nommé : celles de Victor Serge, Paul Nothomb, Henry Bauchau, René Tonnoir ou Christian Dotremont. La troisième s¿attache à diverses esthétiques originales qui procèdent d¿une métamorphose de l¿indicible : Réalisme magique d¿un Paul Willems ; Analogie chère à Suzanne Lilar ; Mythique chez Henry Bauchau ; Page-paysage pour Christian Dotremont ; Féérique de Maurice Maeterlinck dans sa pièce inédite La Nuit des enfants. La quatrième, enfin, examine la célébration comme la perception du chant du cygne de Valeurs qui avaient structuré l¿avant-guerre et s¿étaient perpétuées dans l¿immédiat après-guerre : la domination coloniale, la Littérature façon NRF, la Révolution ou la Belgique de papa. Daniel Gillès, Maria Van Rysselberghe, Charles Paron et Jacques Brel sont particulièrement étudiés à cette aune. Un livre qui ouvre de nouvelles formes de compréhension de l¿époque précédant la proclamation de la belgitude.

"This Companion offers students and scholars a comprehensive introduction to the development and the diversity of the American short story as a literary form from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day. Rather than define what the short story is as a genre, or defend its importance in comparison with the novel, this Companion seeks to understand what the short story does -- how it moves through national space, how it is always related to other genres and media, and how its inherent mobility responds to the literary marketplace and resonates with key critical themes in contemporary literary studies. Essays offer authoritative introductions and reinterpretations of a literary form that has reemerged as a major force in the twenty-first century public sphere dominated by the internet"--

Shows how Adler, Wander, Hilsenrath, and Klüger intertwine transgressive political criticism with the shadow of trauma, revealing new perspectives on canon formation and exclusion in postwar German literature.How did German-speaking Holocaust survivors pursue literary careers in an often-indifferent postwar society? How did their literary life writings reflect their postwar struggles? This monograph focuses on four authors who bore literary witness to the Shoah - H. G. Adler, Fred Wander, Edgar Hilsenrath, and Ruth Klüger. It analyzes their autofictional, critical, and autobiographical works written between the early 1950s and 2015, which depict their postwar experiences of writing, publishing, and publicizing Holocaust testimony.These case studies shed light on the devastating aftermaths of the Holocaust in different contexts. Adler depicts his attempts to overcome marginalization as a writer in Britain in the 1950s. Wander reflects on his failure to find a home either in postwar Austria or in the GDR. Hilsenrath satirizes his struggles as an emigrant to the US in the 1960s and after returning to Berlin in the 1980s. Finally, in her 2008 memoir, Ruth Klüger follows up her earlier, highly impactful memoir of the concentration camps by narrating the misogyny and antisemitism she experienced in US and German academia. Helen Finch analyzes how these under-researched texts intertwine transgressive political criticism with the shadow of trauma. Drawing on scholarship on Holocaust testimony, transnational memory, and affect theory, her book reveals new perspectives on canon formation and exclusion in postwar German literature.