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  • Cricket, Fiction and Nation

    by Rod Edmond ...
    Cricket, Fiction and Nation traces the historic arc of fiction dealing with cricket from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century to its emergence in the early twentieth century as a form of serious literature, its subsequent decline into genre writing and its rejuvenation in the global world of the twenty-first century. The writers discussed include Mary Russell Mitford, Charles Dickens, H ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Affairs of the Hearth

    Victorian Poetry and Domestic Narrative

    by Rod Edmond ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1988, Affairs of the Hearth challenges many widely held assumptions about Victorian culture and shows that its poetry was far more innovative and experimental than it is often considered to be. The author argues that, far from being complacent about domesticity or reticent about sexuality, Victorian writers discussed these matters perceptively and in detail. He shows that the ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Borderland

    by Rod Edmond ...
    “Rod Edmond brings an expert scholarly eye and poetic insight to a complex and fascinating project, drawing history, literature and contemporary social realities into his account.” ABDULRAZAK GURNAH, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 2021“A thrilling and urgently necessary read at a time of social division and agonised questions about Britain’s land and soul; questions about who belongs in ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Migrations

    Journeys in time and place

    by Rod Edmond ...
    'This is my kind of book, and a book for any New Zealander descended from European immigrants, particularly from Britain. In a narrative that is learned, atmospheric and often gripping, Rod Edmond reflects on identity and migration with the penetrating insight of a still tenderly attached exile.' Fleur Adcock.'A poignant meditation on the significant but largely forgotten story of missionary ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Islands in History and Representation

    Edited by Rod Edmond, Vanessa Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
    This innovative collection of essays explores the ways in which islands have been used, imagined and theorised, both by island dwellers and continentals. This study considers how island dwellers conceived of themselves and their relation to proximate mainlands, and examines the fascination that islands have long held in the European imagination. The collection addresses the significance of islands ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

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  • This Horrid Practice

    by Paul Moon ...
    'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.' - Captain James Cook This Horrid Practice uncovers an unexplored taboo of New Zealand history - the widespread practice of cannibalism in pre-European Maori society. Until now, many historians have tried to avoid it and many Maori have ... Read more

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  • Bizarre London

    Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises

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  • The Great British Dream Factory

    The Strange History of Our National Imagination

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  • Stiff Upper Lips & Baggy Green Caps

    A Sledger's History of the Ashes

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  • Along the Archival Grain

    Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense

    by Ann Laura Stoler ...
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