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Premodern Transgressive Literatures

Herausgegeben von: Alicia Spencer-Hall

ISSN: 2702-9824

e-ISSN 2702-9832

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Premodern Transgressive Literatures takes a decisively political, intersectional, and interdisciplinary approach to medieval and early modern literature. The series supports scholarship which transgresses normative bounds along various axes. This includes the transgression of temporal boundaries which superficially separate the premodern era from our twenty-first century moment.

We aim to show, with insistent urgency, the ways in which the premodern can help us make sense of the modern, and the ways in which cutting-edge modern paradigms can help us better understand established, canonical premodern texts.

This series is acutely aware of the role of the scholar in the production of history and the crucial importance of the context of scholarly work: the Academy, with its unique characteristics, both positive and negative. As such, Premodern Transgressive Literatures makes space for provocative discussion about the business of producing—and teaching—transgressive work in the neo-liberalized Academy.

Series Editorial Board

Alicia Spencer-Hall, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Series Editor
Blake Gutt, University of Michigan, USA
Carissa Harris, Temple University, USA
Jonathan Hsy, George Washington University, USA
Roberta Magnani, Swansea University, UK
Elizabeth Robertson, University of Glasgow, UK

Fachgebiete

Buch 2021

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501515330
ISBN:: 9781501515330
ISBN:: 9781501521898
ISBN:: 9781501515354
Fachgebiet:: Literaturwissenschaft
Fachgebiet:: Komparatistik, Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
Fachgebiet:: Anglo-Amerikanische Literatur
Fachgebiet:: 8.-15. Jahrhundert
Fachgebiet:: Literaturgeschichte
Fachgebiet:: Ausgewählte Themen der Literaturwissenschaft
Fachgebiet:: Fantastische Literatur
Verlag:: Medieval Institute Publications