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Cristina Salcedo González
The Persephone Myth in Young Adult Fiction

Investigating the widespread but understudied presence of the Persephone myth within 21st-century young adult literature, Cristina Salcedo González analyses six young adult novels which incorporate a rewo…

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Jakub Lipski
Gothic Poland and British Fiction, c. 1790-1830

This Element demonstrates how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result of public interest in the partitions of Poland (1772-95) and their aftermath. It…

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Gerry Smyth
Englishness and Environment in Genre Fiction, 1890-1940

In this moment of growing anxiety about the environment and the fate of humanity, literature continues its vital role of articulating dynamic new ways of thinking about the relations between humanity, env…

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Gillian Moore
Contemporary American Fiction and Cultures of Self-Help

This is a book about the encounters that contemporary North American fiction stages with distinct strands of self-help. Its central argument is that the varied practices of ever-expanding and diversifying…

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Nicole Simek
Alchemies of Blood and Afro-Diasporic Fiction

Alchemies of Blood and Afro-Diasporic Fictionfocuses on the resurgence of biological racism in 21st-century public discourse, the ontological and material turns in the academy that have occurred over the …

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Certainty and Ambiguity in Global Mystery Fiction

Mystery fiction as a genre renders moral judgments not only about detectives and criminals but also concerning the cultural structures within which these mysteries unfold.In contrast to other volumes whic…

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Porscha Fermanis
Settler Fiction from the Southern Hemisphere, 1820-1890

Settler Fiction from the Southern Hemisphere, 1820-1890 posits that the nineteenth-century settler novel, far from being a generic and belated version of metropolitan fiction, can assist us in understandi…

available from 26.6.2026.

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Jakub Lipski
Gothic Poland and British Fiction, c. 1790-1830

This Element demonstrates how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result of public interest in the partitions of Poland (1772-95) and their aftermath. It…

deliverable within 2-3 weeks

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Gerry Smyth
Englishness and Environment in Genre Fiction, 1890-1940

In this moment of growing anxiety about the environment and the fate of humanity, literature continues its vital role of articulating dynamic new ways of thinking about the relations between humanity, env…

available from 25.6.2026.

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Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne
Fiction and Education in the Roman World

What was fiction in the Roman world - and how did ancient readers learn to make sense of it? This book redefines ancient fiction not as a genre but as a sociocultural practice, governed by the institution…

available from 30.4.2026.

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Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne
Fiction and Education in the Roman World

Greek Culture in the Roman World

What was fiction in the Roman world - and how did ancient readers learn to make sense of it? This book redefines ancient fiction not as a genre but as a sociocultural practice, governed by the institution…

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Evie Kendal
Science Fiction and the Ethics of Artificial Wombs

Ectogenesis, or artificial wombs, is not yet a reality. But is it the future? In this revolutionary book, Evie Kendal explores the potential that ectogenesis has to promote sexual equality in human reprod…

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Manuel García-Carpintero
Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction

A standard feature of our engagement with fictions is that we praise them as if they offer true insights on factual, psychological or evaluative matters, or criticize them as if they purport to do it but …

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Anas Galet M. Alhaisony
Multiculturalism in Contemporary British South Asian Fiction

This book explores the multifaceted themes of home, belonging, and multiculturalism in contemporary British South Asian fiction. Through detailed literary analysis of novels by authors such as Nadeem Asla…

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Sarah Rosenson
Fan Fiction on the Book of Genesis

The modern phenomenon of fan fiction involves readers writing creative pieces that answer questions left open in favorite works of literature. This also describes the ancient tradition of midrash, where r…

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Sarah Rosenson
Fan Fiction on the Book of Genesis

Fan fiction, the art of storytelling using characters and elements from established work, can trace its lineage to "midrash," an ancient tradition of interpreting Biblical text by writing storie…

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Satomi Saito
The Evolution of Classical Detective Fiction in Japan

This Element traces the evolution of honkaku (orthodox) detective fiction in Japan, examining how a Western-derived puzzle genre was adapted, contested, and transformed within Japan's twentieth-century cu…

available from 31.5.2026.

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Satomi Saito
The Evolution of Classical Detective Fiction in Japan

This Element traces the evolution of honkaku (orthodox) detective fiction in Japan, examining how a Western-derived puzzle genre was adapted, contested, and transformed within Japan's twentieth-century cu…

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Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fiction

For over half a century, organizations and individuals promoting ex-gay, conversion and/ or reparative therapy have pushed the tenet that a person may be able to, and should, alter their sexual orientatio…

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Christopher Weinberger
Imaginary Worlds and Real Ethics in Japanese Fiction

Can novels contribute to the ethical lives of readers? What responsibilities might they bear in representing others? Are we ethically accountable for how we read fiction?This study takes up modern Japanes…

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