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The study of contemporary fiction is a fascinating yet challenging
one. Contemporary fiction has immediate relevance to popular
culture, the news, scholarly organizations, and education - where
it is found on the syllabus in schools and universities - but it
also offers challenges. What is 'contemporary'? How do we track
cultural shifts and changes? The Routledge Companion to
Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction takes on this challenge,
mapping key literary trends from the year 2000 onwards, as the
landscape of our century continues to take shape around us. A
significant and central intervention into contemporary literature,
this Companion offers essential coverage of writers who have risen
to prominence since then, such as Hari Kunzru, Jennifer Egan, David
Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Ali Smith, A. L. Kennedy, Hilary Mantel,
Marilynne Robinson, and Colson Whitehead. Thirty-eight essays by
leading and emerging international scholars cover topics such as: *
Identity, including race, sexuality, class, and religion in the
twenty-first century; * The impact of technology, terrorism,
activism, and the global economy on the modern world and modern
literature; * The form and format of twenty-first century literary
fiction, including analysis of established genres such as the
pastoral, graphic novels, and comedic writing, and how these have
been adapted in recent years. Accessible to experts, students, and
general readers, The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century
Literary Fiction provides a map of the critical issues central to
the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new
directions for the development of the field. It is essential
reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of
contemporary literature.
Essays examining how punishment operated in England, from c.600 to
the Norman Conquest. Anglo-Saxon authorities often punished
lawbreakers with harsh corporal penalties, such as execution,
mutilation and imprisonment. Despite their severity, however, these
penalties were not arbitrary exercises of power. Rather, theywere
informed by nuanced philosophies of punishment which sought to
resolve conflict, keep the peace and enforce Christian morality.
The ten essays in this volume engage legal, literary, historical,
and archaeological evidence to investigate the role of punishment
in Anglo-Saxon society. Three dominant themes emerge in the
collection. First is the shift from a culture of retributive feud
to a system of top-down punishment, in which penalties were imposed
by an authority figure responsible for keeping the peace. Second is
the use of spectacular punishment to enhance royal standing, as
Anglo-Saxon kings sought to centralize and legitimize their power.
Third is the intersectionof secular punishment and penitential
practice, as Christian authorities tempered penalties for material
crime with concern for the souls of the condemned. Together, these
studies demonstrate that in Anglo-Saxon England, capital and
corporal punishments were considered necessary, legitimate, and
righteous methods of social control. Jay Paul Gates is Assistant
Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in The City
University of New York; Nicole Marafioti is Assistant Professor of
History and co-director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Program at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Contributors:
Valerie Allen, Jo Buckberry, Daniela Fruscione, Jay Paul Gates,
Stefan Jurasinski, Nicole Marafioti, Daniel O'Gorman, Lisi Oliver,
Andrew Rabin, Daniel Thomas.
The study of contemporary fiction is a fascinating yet challenging
one. Contemporary fiction has immediate relevance to popular
culture, the news, scholarly organizations, and education - where
it is found on the syllabus in schools and universities - but it
also offers challenges. What is 'contemporary'? How do we track
cultural shifts and changes? The Routledge Companion to
Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction takes on this challenge,
mapping key literary trends from the year 2000 onwards, as the
landscape of our century continues to take shape around us. A
significant and central intervention into contemporary literature,
this Companion offers essential coverage of writers who have risen
to prominence since then, such as Hari Kunzru, Jennifer Egan, David
Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Ali Smith, A. L. Kennedy, Hilary Mantel,
Marilynne Robinson, and Colson Whitehead. Thirty-eight essays by
leading and emerging international scholars cover topics such as: *
Identity, including race, sexuality, class, and religion in the
twenty-first century; * The impact of technology, terrorism,
activism, and the global economy on the modern world and modern
literature; * The form and format of twenty-first century literary
fiction, including analysis of established genres such as the
pastoral, graphic novels, and comedic writing, and how these have
been adapted in recent years. Accessible to experts, students, and
general readers, The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century
Literary Fiction provides a map of the critical issues central to
the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new
directions for the development of the field. It is essential
reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of
contemporary literature.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Title: A Chronological Record: containing the remarkable events
from the Creation of the World to the present time, etc.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied
collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view
of the world. Topics include health, education, economics,
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British Library O'Gorman, Daniel; 1860. 8 . 9007.g.14
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Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Title: A Chronological Record: containing the remarkable events
from the Creation of the World to the present time, etc.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft.
Titles in this series include lectures, compiled sketches, and
chronological discourses on Greece, Rome, and other early European
and African civilisations. The collection also has a selection of
physical and classical geography texts. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
O'Gorman, Daniel; 1865. 8 . 9006.gg.15.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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