Extensions: Essays in English Studies from Shakespeare to the Spice GirlsSue Hosking, Dianne Schwerdt Extensions is a refreshing and stimulating collection of essays that illustrates the diversity of subject matter and the variety of critical approaches now used in English Studies. Covering traditional and contemporary works, this book encourages readers to rethink and rediscover aspects of familiar texts. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
ReWritings | 3 |
Ophelia Centre Stage | 25 |
Two Poems | 42 |
Homeless at home | 55 |
Passion versus Principle | 72 |
Elizabeth Jolleys The Well and the Female Gothic | 89 |
Narrating the Colonial Experience | 126 |
Jack Davis and Archie Weller | 141 |
Representation Power and Genre in The Piano | 158 |
Did he smile his work to see? The Compelling Aesthetics | 172 |
The XFiles | 186 |
Girl Culture or Why Study the Spice Girls? | 199 |
Contributors | 216 |
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