Pramod K. Nayar Knihy

Focusing on the intersection of Human Rights, social justice, and literature, this book explores various literary forms, including fiction, plays, and poetry, to analyze representations of human rights violations. It delves into the experiences of violated bodies and the contexts surrounding these atrocities, examining how the concept of the 'subject' emerges in literary works. The study progresses from individual experiences to broader societal implications, addressing trauma, memory, and the creation of communities in response to loss, ultimately revealing literature's dual role in documenting human aspirations and their violations.

Focusing on the intersection of literature, culture, and nuclear science, this book explores how artistic representations influence the understanding of nuclear events and their aftermath. It delves into themes of planetary precarity and the impact of irradiated subjects on aesthetics, emphasizing the role of cultural narratives in shaping historical significance and public perception of nuclear disasters.

Focusing on the literature surrounding the climate crisis, the book explores the concept of vulnerability shared between humans, nonhumans, and the planet itself. It highlights how this theme is intricately woven into various narratives, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all beings and the environment in the face of ecological challenges. Through its analysis, it sheds light on the unique ways literature reflects and engages with the pressing issues of climate change.

Focusing on the multifaceted nature of celebrity culture, the book explores themes such as biopics, celebrity victimhood, and the intersection of activism and politics. It delves into how public figures navigate their identities and influence societal perceptions, offering a critical analysis of their roles in contemporary culture.

This book examines writings by people living with Alzheimer's Disease and their caregivers. It serves as a "literary" examination of the work done in this area through a critical reading of the memoirs of those with AD and caregivers and a healthy dose of literary theory. číst celé

The Transnational in English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues that every period of English Literature can be examined through its global relations. English identity and nationhood is therefore defined through its negotiation with other regions and cultures. The first book to look at the entirety of English literature through a transnational lens, Pramod Nayar: Maps the discourses that constitute the global in every age, from the Early Modern to the twentieth century Offers readings of representative texts in poetry, fiction, essay and drama, covering a variety of genres such as Early Modern tragedy, the adventure novel, the narrative poem, Gothic and utopian fiction Examines major authors including Shakespeare, Defoe, Behn, Swift, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Austen, Mary Shelley, the Brontës, Doyle, Ballantyne, Orwell, Conrad, Kipling, Forster Looks at themes such as travel and discovery, exoticism, mercantilism, commodities, the civilisational mission and the multiculturalization of England. Useful for students and academics alike this book offers a comprehensive survey of the English canon questioning and analysing the transnational and global engagements of English literature.

The postcolonial author, whether Kamila Shamsie from Pakistan, Chimamanda Adichie from Nigeria or Arundhati Roy from India, is a brand. Instantly recognizable in the literary-cultural marketplace, the postcolonial, this book argues, positions itself and influences the transnational cultural industry. Through a study of numerous postcolonial themes in emblematic authors, the book maps the making of the postcolonial celebrity. From an examination of the authenticity debate through the themes of indigeneity, subalternity and humanism the book moves to the fashioning of a postcolonial literary-ethnic chic for global consumption.

This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants.