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Canons of transgression: Shock, scandal, and subversion from Matthew Lewis' The Monk to Bret Ellis' American Psycho
(2004)
This thesis examines the relationship between transgressive texts–traditionally defined as those that aim to challenge and possibly subvert the artistic, social, or political traditions of a culture—and their acceptance ...
“A history of possibilities”: The use of history in the interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy
(2006)
During the second half of the twentieth century, scholars and literary critics have
tried to escape master narratives, the epic stories of European supremacy, set in place by
historicists like Leopold von Ranke. The most ...