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The other of the other: Angela Carter's "New-Fangled Orientalism" (2006)
Book Chapter
Crofts, C. (2006). The other of the other: Angela Carter's "New-Fangled Orientalism". In R. Munford (Ed.), Revisiting Angela Carter (87-109). Palgrave Macmillan

Crofts was invited to contribute this chapter to Munford's volume which is recognised as 'the first to focus entirely on [intertextuality] in Carter's work. Re-Visiting Angela Carter should assume an important place in a new wave of Carter criticism.... Read More about The other of the other: Angela Carter's "New-Fangled Orientalism".

White picket fences, domestic containment and female subjectivity: the quest for romantic love (2006)
Book Chapter
Wilson, S. (2006). White picket fences, domestic containment and female subjectivity: the quest for romantic love. In J. McCabe, & K. Akass (Eds.), Reading Desperate Housewives (144-155). I.B. Tauris

The chapter explores the representation of feminine desire for romantic love in the TV drama Desperate Housewives. It argues that the show recalls and articulates a pre-feminist sensibility.

Names (2006)
Book Chapter
Coates, R. (2006). Names. In R. M. Hogg, & D. Denison (Eds.), A history of the English Language (312-351). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521662273

Commissioned chapter in one-volume survey of the history of English. This is the first work ever to pull together the history of all major types of namegiving in English. It has an introductory section covering linguistic and philosophical aspects of... Read More about Names.

Voicing abuse/voicing gender (2006)
Book Chapter
D'Monté, R. (2006). Voicing abuse/voicing gender. In C. Wallace (Ed.), Monologues: Theatre, Performance, Subjectivity (208-231). Prague: Littereraria Pragensia Books

Confessional memoirs have become increasingly popular during the few decades, and it is interesting to note that this phenomenon has also occurred on the stage. This has been spurred through the use of the theatrical monologue, which creates an inti... Read More about Voicing abuse/voicing gender.

On war: Charles Wood's military conscience (2006)
Book Chapter
Fowler, D. M. (2006). On war: Charles Wood's military conscience. In M. Luckhurst (Ed.), A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama (341-358). Oxford: Blackwell

The Economy (2006)
Book Chapter
Wardley, P. (2006). The Economy. In G. Martel (Ed.), A Companion to Europe 1900-1945 (98-116). Wiley Blackwell