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Comprises a variety of topics, from prostitution to flatulence, and
paints a picture of the real and imaginative worlds inhabited by
the people of eighteenth-century Britain. This title features a
volume dedicated to homosexuality. It is intended for students of
eighteenth century culture, queer theory, history of sexuality and
book history.
Shakespeare has been introduced to Hong Kong and China for more
than one hundred years. Not only are Shakespeare's characters and
stories known to the Chinese as part of the most treasured wealth
of world culture, his plays have also become class
This book contains an introduction centred on migration, exile, «
the other, and the experience of multicultural communities in the
modern world, followed by three sections of original poetry. In
Part I, poems deal with Britain, Canada, and China (mainly Hong
Kong). In Part II the focus shifts to Australia and then Europe
again (mainly France). Part III, entitled « Shards presents
fragmentary lyric voices suggesting the processes of cultural
fragmentation and change. In each part the poems connect with
individual experience, historical events such as the French,
Russian and Chinese revolutions, myth and art. Multicultural
experience as a modern reality, loss, regeneration and creativity
are all major concerns in the poems. Their many artistic references
include, among others, Apollinaire, Bonnefoy, Michael Bullock,
Rosalia de Castro, Dante, Robert Desnos, Anne Frank, Li Po,
Magritte, Albert Namajira, Sidney Nolan, Bill Reid, Laura Wee Lay
Laq and Zhang Ji. From the experience of living in modern
multicultural societies, the writer envisages the kind of
international modernity that tries to preserve the dignity of
individuals and humane values. Such modernity has emerged from
cultures fragmented by revolutions, globalization, and rapid
change. These poems occupy both hemispheres, inhabit temperate and
tropical zones, and make cultural transfers across them.
This book wants to make a contribution to the current discussion on
Canadian identity. The author outlines the connection between the
development of the Canadian national identity and Robertson Davies,
an important author of the 20th century. Looking at his essays,
plays and novels, Sabine Jackson tries to demonstrate Canada's
development from a colony to an autonomous country and its effects
on the Canadian consciousness.
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