Outputs (171)

Poverty Politics: Poor Whites in Contemporary Southern Writing (2019)
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Robertson, S. (2019). Poverty Politics: Poor Whites in Contemporary Southern Writing. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi

The Arts of Angela Carter: A Cabinet of Curiosities (2019)
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Mulvey-Roberts, M. (Ed.). (2019). The Arts of Angela Carter: A Cabinet of Curiosities. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press

This book aims to give new insights into the multifarious worlds of Angela Carter and to re-assess her impact and importance for the twenty-first century. It brings together leading Carter scholars with some emerging academics, in a new approach to h... Read More about The Arts of Angela Carter: A Cabinet of Curiosities.

Creative Hubs In Question: Place, space and work in the creative economy (2019)
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Gill, R., Pratt, A. C., & Virani, T. E. (Eds.). (2019). Creative Hubs In Question: Place, space and work in the creative economy. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10653-9

Creative hubs have become a cornerstone of economic and cultural policy with only the barest amount of discussion or scrutiny. This volume offers the first interrogation of creative hubs, with ground-breaking critical writing from a combination of es... Read More about Creative Hubs In Question: Place, space and work in the creative economy.

The Discursive Construction of Blame: The Language of Public Inquiries (2019)
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Murphy, J. (2019). The Discursive Construction of Blame: The Language of Public Inquiries. Basingstoke: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50722-8

This book examines the language of public inquiries to reveal how blame is assigned, avoided, negotiated and discussed in this quasi-legal setting. In doing so, the author adds a much-needed linguistic perspective to the study of blame – previously t... Read More about The Discursive Construction of Blame: The Language of Public Inquiries.

Close reading: The basics (2018)
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Greenham, D. (2018). Close reading: The basics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203709979

© 2019 David Greenham. All rights reserved. Close reading is the most essential skill that literature students continue to develop across the full length of their studies. This book is the ideal guide to the practice, providing a methodology that can... Read More about Close reading: The basics.

Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition) (2018)
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Charteris-Black, J. (2018). Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition). (2). Red Globe Press

Exploring speeches by public figures such as Emma Watson, Tony Blair, Donald Trump, Julia Gillard and Lady Gaga, this engaging textbook explains the ways in which political speeches can be analysed. It examines the role of language in speeches and ho... Read More about Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2nd edition).

Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of Hugh MacDiarmid (2018)
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Rogers, S. (2018). K. Stavreva (Ed.), Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of Hugh MacDiarmid. Gale Researcher

C. M. Grieves played a crucial role in Scottish public life and, under his famous pseudonym — Hugh MacDiarmid — produced some of the world’s most important poetry of the first half of the twentieth century. MacDiarmid is best known for his innovation... Read More about Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of Hugh MacDiarmid.

Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of R. S. Thomas (2018)
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Rogers, S. (2018). K. Stavreva (Ed.), Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of R. S. Thomas. Gale Researcher

R. S. Thomas was one of the major British poets of the twentieth century. He is particularly celebrated in his native Wales, and his poetry is recognized as vital for defining and contesting Welsh nationhood, history, landscape, and identity. While h... Read More about Gale Researcher Guide for: Britain's Languages and Regional Literatures: The Case of R. S. Thomas.

Testament (2018)
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Sherwood, K. (2018). Testament. Riverrun

Positioning the Self and Others (2018)
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Kate, B., Ghezzi, C., & Molinelli, P. (2018). K. Beeching, C. Ghezzi, & P. Molinelli (Eds.), Positioning the Self and Others. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Though positioning has been addressed in social psychology and in identity construction, less attention has been paid to the specific linguistic markers which are drawn upon in discourse to position the self and other(s). This volume focusses on addr... Read More about Positioning the Self and Others.