This collection studies the representations of the character of the monarch in literature and cinema. Being a person, an institution, a character archetype and

Examining literary narratives from the tenth through the fifteenth centuries, this book explores how writers used their craft to voice harsh criticism of the ru

This book brings contemporary ways of reconceptualizing the human relationship to things into conversation with seventeenth-century writing, exploring how the l

This book investigates how the intersection between gendered violence and human rights is depicted and engaged with in Africana literature and films. The rich a

From the cuneiform tablets of the city of Nineveh to the colored motion pictures of Hollywood's silver screens and beyond, these chapters offer fresh perspectiv