Literary Critiques
Rousseau\'s Legacy
Rousseau\'s Legacy focuses on the new and influential paradigm of the writer that emerged in the decades immediately preceding the French Revolution.
American Pacificism
This provocative analysis and critique of American representations of Oceania and Oceanians from the nineteenth century to the present, argues that imperial fantasies have glossed over a complex, violent history.
Victoriana - Histories, Fictions, Criticism
A series of astute critical reflections on our enduring fascination with all things Victorian.
Social Constructionist Identity Politics & Lit. St
This fascinating interdisciplinary study presents a critique of social constructionist identity politics, which is distinguished from specific identity-based political positions, from within and with social constructionist commitments.
Exotic Parodies
This groundbreaking text begins with the premise that postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and Marxism continue to present certain problems with the self/other distinction.
Paul Auster\'s Postmodernity
The premise of this book is to provide a detailed critique of Paul Auster’s major writings. Auster’s most popular work remains The New York Trilogy and to date the majority of literary criticism focuses on this groundbreaking novel.