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Philipp Schweighauser
Boasian Verse explores the understudied poetic output of three major twentieth-century anthropologists: Edward Sapir, Ruth Fulton Benedict, and Margaret Mead.
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Drawing on soundscape studies, systems theory, sociology, media archaeology, and literary theory, this book explores the acoustic worlds and social functions of American literature. It reads the noises writers represent…
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The art of the early US republic abounds in representations of deception. Yet, as Philipp Schweighauser points out in Beautiful Deceptions, deception happens not only within these novels but also…
Looks at the role of media, terrorism and literature in Don DeLillo’s fiction. Bringing together DeLillo scholars in Europe and in the US, this book focuses on DeLillo to position…
The first transatlantic critical study to look at the role of media, terrorism and literature in DeLillo’s fiction.
This collection of essays stages a dialogue between leading Beckett scholars and media theorists and offers the first sustained critical enquiry into Beckett as a media artist and his intermedial…
Exploring life writing from a variety of cultural contexts, Haunted Narratives provides new insights into how individuals and communities across time and space deal with traumatic experiences and haunting memories.
