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Book SynopsisA treasure trove of inspiring quotations in the tradition of the bestselling Whatever You Are, Be a Good One, this new volume from beloved author and artist Lisa Congdon gathers rousing wisdom from history''s great minds on how to be bold, stay strong, and take courage. Congdon lends her signature style of brilliant hand lettering to sage advice on such subjects as perseverance (If you fell down yesterday, stand up today—H.G. Wells), authenticity (What should I be but just what I am?—Edna St. Vincent Millay), and confronting fear (Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced—James Baldwin). Filled with uplifting reminders to seize the day, Fortune Favors the Brave demonstrates that when embarking on a new adventure, the right words of encouragement can be a priceless gift.

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Book SynopsisThe first anthology to bring together Anglophone transatlantic writing across the period of the long nineteenth century.

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Book Synopsis Intersecting with fan studies, TV and comics studies, queer, disability and feminist studies, as well as popular culture and media scholarship, this collection of essays is the first to offer critical examinations of Riverdale, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the broader Archie/Sabrina comics universe. Its authors interrogate these texts in an effort not only to make sense of their chaotic stories, but to understand our own ongoing fascination with their narratives. Contributing to a greater cultural conversation about representation in media, authors find unexpected value in the oftentimes ridiculous (mis)adventures of the Archie/Sabrina expanded universe.Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Heather McAlpine, W. Ron Sweeney and Jess Wind Archie Must Die: On the Many Lives and Deaths of Archie Andrews W. Ron Sweeney On Becoming a Citizen of Riverdale: Narrative Expansion Through Fanfiction, Interactive Fiction, and Other Apocryphal (Hyper)Texts Dessa Bayrock Endless Authorship: Fanfiction, Copyright, and the Extended Archie Universe Kirsten Bussière Chilling Adventures in Feminism: Sabrina Is Not the Feminist Heroine We Need Katie Stobbart "When will the world learn? Women should be in charge of everything": Lilith as Villain, Victim, and Feminist in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Sarah Stang "Put your cape away": Riverdale's #MeToo Moment Melissa Wehler Watching Them, Watch Them: The Coded Movement of Betty's Pole Dance and Our Passive Audience Gaze Hannah Meghan Celinski Punk Rock Prom Queen to Covergirl: Teens and Consumption in Riverdale and Josie and the Pussycats Kaarina Mikalson Archie Got Hot: How Embracing the Queer Art of Failure Allows the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to Shift Queer Readings Away from Identity Mat Wenzel Disability in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Whitney Tiffany Renville "First as tragedy, then as farce": The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Satanic Moral Panic Brett Pardy About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe first new critical edition in a generation of the first volume of Sherlock Holmes short stories

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Book SynopsisEdited and introduced by leading cultural and theatre critic Aleks Sierz, this bold and urgent collection of contemporary plays by England''s newest and most relevant young writers explores the various cultures and identities of a nation that is at once traditional, nationalistic and multicultural. Eden''s Empire, by James Graham is an uncompromising political thriller exploring the events of the Suez Crisis, and the tragic story of its flawed hero Churchill''s golden boy and heir apparent, Anthony Eden. Alaska, by D. C. Moore features Frank, an ordinary bloke who likes smoking, history and playing House of the Dead 3. He can put up with his job on a cinema kiosk until a new supervisor arrives who is younger than him. And Asian. A Day at the Racists, by Anders Lustgarten is a timely examination of the rise of the BNP which attempts to understand why people might be drawn to the BNP and diagnoses the deeper cause of that attraction.Shades, by Alia Bano sTrade ReviewGraham's play is both a dramatic piece of living history and a timely demonstration of the danger of allowing foreign policy to be dictated by a prime minister who flagrantly flouts international law. * Michael Billington, Guardian, on Eden's Empire *The measure of DC Moore's quality as a writer is his ability to garner sympathy for this immensely dislikeable university drop-out. * The British Theatre Guide on Alaska *Boasting the digestibility of a rom-com and the roughage of an issues drama, Alia Bano's tale of London Muslims looking for love is a superb start to the Royal Court's Young Writers Festival ... Like most good rom-com folk, Bano's characters are smart, headstrong, witty and self-aware. That they happen to be both united and divided by their background gives Bano her story ... The play's great achievement is to be engagingly irreverent while knowing that irreverence can be an orthodoxy too ... Reza ... says he resents being asked to choose between Britishness and being a Muslim. Such sentiments have been expressed before, but rarely with the propulsive plotting, inspiring intelligence and light touch of this hugely enjoyable play * Dominic Maxwell, The Times on Shades *must-see for anyone concerned about the threat of extreme nationalism and curious to explore the context behind that threat. * whatsonstage.com on A Day at the Racists *This thrilling debut play by Rachel De-lahay plugs straight into the jittery heart of multicultural London today ... De-lahay has an alert ear for comic dialogue and her portrait of mixed-race, upwardly mobile twentysomethings on the estate – one character works in PR, another is an aspiring model – crackles with wit as well as moments of deep emotion. The play raises the provocative question of whether it is possible to shrug off the fraught issue of racial identity ... It’s a play that combines sharp one-liners with a savvy sense of the way we live now ... One leaves the theatre impatient to discover what Rachel De-lahay will come up with next. * Telegraph, on The Westbridge *Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Aleks Sierz Eden's Empire, by James Graham Alaska, by D. C. Moore A Day at the Racists, by Anders Lustgarten Shades, by Alia Bano The Westbridge, by Rachel De-lahay

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Book SynopsisIncluding more than 30 essential works of science fiction criticism in a single volume, this is a comprehensive introduction to the study of this enduringly popular genre. Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings covers such topics as: Definitions and boundaries of the genre The many forms of science fiction, from time travel to inner space' Ideology and identity: from utopian fantasy to feminist, queer and environmental readings The non-human: androids, aliens, cyborgs and animals Race and the legacy of colonialism The volume also features annotated guides to further reading on these topics. Includes writings by: Marc Angenot, J.G. Ballard, Damien Broderick, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, Grace Dillon, Kodwo Eshun, Carl Freedman, Allison de Fren, Hugo Gernsback, Donna Haraway, N. Katherine Hayles, Robert A. Heinlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Veronica Hollinger, Fredric Jameson, Gwyneth Jones, Rob Latham, Roger Luckhurst, Judith Merril, JTrade ReviewUltimately, by covering many bases without being laborious, Latham’s Science Fiction Criticism manages to offer a high use-value for students of science fiction while also appealing to non-academic fans. * SFRA Review *Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings is an excellent collection for use in teaching or as a reference volume, especially for newer scholars who may not have access to or knowledge of some of the older pieces collected here. Above all it emphasizes the diversity of the scholarship (and of original texts) beyond what too many consider to be ‘just science fiction.’ I predict it will be among the most useful collections for many years. * The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts *The editor of this seminal anthology will be familiar to SF critics. Rob Latham has been at the helm of two extremely important books, The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction and The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, and for years he has served in an editorial capacity at Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and most notably Science Fiction Studies, earning the Thomas D. Clareson award in 2013 for outstanding service in the field. It is fitting for him now to be the editor of Science Fiction Criticism, a crown jewel in his scholarship to date that should resonate with all students and academics who are new to SF or involved in the study and teaching of it. * Extrapolation *A comprehensive and scholarly exploration of sf's history as a genre of socio-political opposition. * Morning Star *A very welcome addition to the bookshelves of scholars and students alike who will find it extraordinarily helpful to have such a range of critical interventions in one volume. * Forum for Modern Language Studies *This collection is a stunning mixture of the familiar and the new: a combination of what’s absolutely essential for anyone embarking on research in the Science Fiction field, and pieces that almost certainly will become essential in years to come. In fact, I would wager that Latham’s collection itself will become essential reading and the go-to textbook for most if not all undergraduate courses in Science Fiction in the very near future ... For those of us on the staff side of the academic divide, the collection provides access to essays that may have been on our ‘to-read’ list for a long time, articles we have heard about but never unearthed, and introductions to areas beyond our specific sub-disciplines. This is an impressive feat of scholarship and critical historiography and an absolute boon to the field for teachers and students alike – and it’s affordable to boot (well done, Bloomsbury). I recommend it unreservedly. * Fantastika *A truly excellent and innovative selection of essays that ranges from classics to essays that should and will become classics. * Farah Mendlesohn, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction *Rob Latham’s sagely curated Science Fiction Criticism comes as close as we can hope for to a manageable archive of indispensable works of science fiction criticism. The compelling selections are consistently in conversation with one another, revealing the dialectical process through which the critical understanding of science fiction has matured. * Brooks Landon, author of Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars *For both beginning and experienced researchers, this volume is a finely balanced overview of science fiction’s critical conversations—and should become a fixture on every serious critic’s bookshelf. For those teaching science fiction, it is indispensable * Pawel Frelik, past president of the Science Fiction Research Association *In five useful sections, essays by science fiction authors, critics and theorists followed by well-chosen further reading lists, provide an invaluable resource for students interested in science fiction and its wider contexts. * Katharine Cockin, University of Hull, UK *As a teaching resource, its usefulness is undeniable. * Science Fiction Studies *One of the most valuable things about this anthology is that it demonstrates, time and again, how wide our universe of discourse has to be ... and how whatever story we tell about sf can never be the whole story. It is an invaluable anthology because, at last, we have a number of classic texts, from Gernsback’s original editorial to Shelley's introduction, together in one place. It is an invaluable anthology because it gathers together a range of key essays, by some of the most important voices in the field. It is a book, in short, that deserves a place on your shelves. * Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Definition and Boundaries 1. Editorial: A New Sort of Magazine, Hugo Gernsback 2. Preface to The Scientific Romances of H.G. Wells, H.G. Wells 3. On the Writing of Speculative Fiction, Robert A. Heinlein 4. What Do You Mean: Science? Fiction? Judith Merril 5. Preface to Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology, Bruce Sterling 6. Cybernetic Deconstructions: Cyberpunk and Postmodernism, Veronica Hollinger 7. The Many Deaths of Science Fiction: A Polemic, Roger Luckhurst 8. On Defining SF, or Not: Genre Theory, SF, and History, John Rieder Recommended Further Reading Part II: Structure and Form 9. Which Way to Inner Space? J.G. Ballard 10. About 5,750 Words, Samuel R. Delany 11. On the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre, Darko Suvin 12. The Absent Paradigm: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Science Fiction, Marc Angenot 13. Reading SF as a Mega-Text, Damien Broderick 14. Time Travel and the Mechanics of Narrative, David Wittenberg Recommended Further Reading Part III: Ideology and World View 15. Mutation or Death! John B. Michel 16. The Imagination of Disaster, Susan Sontag 17. The Image of Women in Science Fiction, Joanna Russ 18. Progress versus Utopia; or, Can We Imagine the Future? Fredric Jameson 19. Science Fiction and Critical Theory, Carl Freedman 20. Alien Cryptographies: The View from Queer, Wendy Pearson 21. The Women History Doesn't See: Recovering Mid-Century Women's SF as a Literature of Social Critique, Lisa Yaszek Recommended Further Reading Part IV: The Non-Human 22. Author's Introduction to Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 23. The Android and the Human, Philip K. Dick 24. A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century, Donna Haraway 25. Virtual Bodies and Flickering Signifiers, N. Katherine Hayles 26. The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in a Post-Human Era, Vernor Vinge 27. Aliens in the Fourth Dimension, Gwyneth Jones 28. Technofetishism and the Uncanny Desires of A.S.F.R. (alt.sex.fetish.robots), Allison de Fren 29. Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and Human-Animal Studies, Sherryl Vint Recommended Further Reading Part V: Race and the Legacy of Colonialism 30. Science Fiction and Empire, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay 31. Further Considerations on Afrofuturism, Kodwo Eshun 32. Indigenous Scientific Literacies in Nalo Hopkinson’s Ceremonial Worlds, Grace Dillon 33. Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction, Rob Latham 34. Alien/Asian: Imaging the Racialized Future, Stephen Hong Sohn 35. A Report from Planet Midnight, Nalo Hopkinson 36. Future Histories and Cyborg Labor: Reading Borderlands Science Fiction after NAFTA, Lysa Rivera Recommended Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers.This book reveals the rich, but generally unknown, influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature. The translation of Persian poets such as Hafiz and Sa''di into English and the ongoing popularity of Omar Khayyam offered intriguing new spiritual perspectives to some of the major American literary figures. As editor Mehdi Aminrazavi notes, these Sufi influences have often been subsumed into a notion of "Eastern," chiefly Indian, thought and not acknowledged as having Islamic roots. This work pays considerable attention to two giants of American literature, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, who found much inspiration from the Sufi ideas they encountered. Other canonical figures are also discussed, including Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, along with literary contemporaries who are lesser known today, such as Paschal Beverly Randolph, Thomas Lake Harris, and Lawrence Oliphant.

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Book SynopsisEnglish-language translations of traditional plays from the marionette puppet theater of Northern China.Marionette puppet theater has a rich and ancient history in China, extending back to the Han dynasty and reaching its heyday in the Qing dynasty. While this art form is nearly extinct in northern China today, a handful of troupes in Heyang County in Shaanxi Province, which claims to be the birthplace of marionette theater, continue to perform skits and scenes from Heyang''s earlier, broader marionette theater repertoire. In this book, Fan Pen Li Chen has collected and translated rare transcriptions of some of the most popular of these plays. Her insightful translations include a rich variety of genres and highlight memorable characters that range from manipulative aristocrats, poor Confucian scholars, and a woman warrior to Baldy Guo, the iconic clown of puppet theater. As the only work in English about the puppet theater of northern China, these translations provide valuable information about the history, religion, social roles, and popular culture of that region. Detailed introductions and annotations for each play, as well as an extensive bibliography, are also included.

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