Drivetime seeks to answer this question by drawing upon a rich archive of British and American texts from 'the motoring century' (1900-2000), paying particular attention to the way in which the practice of driving shapes and structures our ...

Exploring the nature of both the romance genre and the discourse of romantic love from the 17th century to the present day, this book shows how, in the history of literature, lovers have utilised its spark to change not only themselves but ...

Looking at what it is to be a self-conscious "feminist reader", and at what happens when that feminism is "off-duty", Lynne Pearce explores the complexpersonal and political implications of what we do every time we read.Engaging with a wide ...

Make no mistake; this book is NOT about boring theories. We have introduced this book to change your students' superficial perceptions about Romance.

This book explores the formative role of mobilities in the production of our close relationships, proposing that the tracks—both literal and figurative— we lay down in the process play a crucial role in generating and sustaining ...

By linking rhetorical innovation with feminist epistemology in such a direct way, this is a book that will be of immense methodological as well as theoretical interest to readers, providing valuable insight into the often mysterious ...

As an introduction to feminist literary criticism, which emphasizes the practical issues of applying these often wide-ranging theories to particular texts, this thoroughly revised and updated 2nd edition analyzes several schools of feminist ...

This handbook offers a revealing insight into the written – and unwritten – rules and regulations of higher degree examination in the United Kingdom today.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of contemporary literary and postcolonial studies, as well as general readers with an interest in Manchester.

An interdisciplinary study of the male-produced art and literature associated with the British Pre-Raphaelite movement, exploring the production and reception of representations of women, both in their historical context and in the present ...