Neo-Victorian Young Adult Narratives examines the neo-Victorian themes and motifs currently appearing in young adult fiction—specifically addressing the themes of authorship, sexuality, and criminality in the context of the Victorian age in British and American cultures. This book explicates the complicated relationship between the Victorian past and the turn to Victorian modes of thought on literature, history, and morality. Additionally, Sarah E. Maier aims to determine if the a...

Glass slippers, a fairy godmother, a ball, a prince, an evil stepfamily, and a poor girl known for sitting amongst the ashes: incarnations of the "Cinderella" fairy tale have resonated throughout the ages. Hidden between the lines of this fairy tale exists a history of fantasy about agency, power, and empowerment. This book examines twenty-first-century “Cinderella” adaptations that envision the classic tale in the twenty-first century through the lens of wokenesss by shifting rhetorical i...

In Neo-Victorian Lesbians on Screen, Maier and Friars argue that the on-screen portrayal of lesbians situated in the long nineteenth century across various countries is at the very least a dual task; the imperative project of revoicing lesbian silence and female companionship is complicated by the lack of and/or complex representation of such women in the past. The adaptations, with varying degrees of success, carefully manipulate the gaze of the viewer to illustrate both how cruc...

Gothic Mash-Ups explores the role of intertextuality in Gothic storytelling through the analysis of texts from diverse periods and media. Drawing on recent scholarship on Gothic remix and adaptation, the contributors examine crossover fictions, multi-source film and comic book adaptations, neo-Victorian pastiches, performance magic, monster mashes, and intertextual Gothic works of various kinds. Their chapters investigate many critical issues related to Gothic mash-up, including a...

A Vindication of the Redhead investigates red hair in literature, art, television, and film throughout Eastern and Western cultures. This study examines red hair as a signifier, perpetuated through stereotypes, myths, legends, and literary and visual representations. Brenda Ayres and Sarah E. Maier provide a history of attitudes held by hegemonic populations toward red-haired individuals, groups, and genders from antiquity to the present. Ayres and Maier explore such diverse topi...

Wege zur ambulanten psycho-therapeutischen ErstversorgungErstes Fachbuch zur Psychotherapeutischen Erstversorgung in DeutschlandWelcher Therapiefokus ist in der PTAB wichtig?Welche therapeutischen Strategien sind angezeigt?Ambulante Psychotherapieplätze gehen oft mit langen Wartezeiten einher. 2017 wurden daher die Psychotherapeutische Sprechstunde (PTS) und die Psychotherapeutische Akutbehand...

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

Akute ""Lebenshilfe'' in einer für den Studenten unvertrauten Situation: ""Basics Experimentelle Dokorarbeit"" ist Wegweiser durch die Anforderungen einer Doktorarbeit und vermittelt die wichtigsten für den Medizinstudenten relevanten Labor-Grundlagen.Jedes Thema in in kleinen Häppchen auf je einer Doppelseite mit vielen klinischen Fallbeispielen dargestellt: Schön in Farbe, prima zu lesen und mit vielen Versteh-Bildern im typischen ''Basics''-Stil.

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

This handbook offers analysis of diverse genres and media of neo-Victorianism, including film and television adaptations of Victorian texts, authors’ life stories, graphic novels, and contemporary fiction set in the nineteenth century. Contextualized by Sarah E Maier and Brenda Ayres in a comprehensive introduction, the collection describes current trends in neo-Victorian scholarship of novels, film, theatre, crime, empire/postcolonialism, Gothic, materiality, religion and science, amongst...

Die deutschsprachige Poetry-Slam-Szene feiert ihr 25-jähriges Jubiläum, Lektora sein 15-jähriges – das halten wir für den passenden Zeitpunkt, um euch die schönsten Texte zu zeigen, die unsere Autor*innen in den letzten fünf Jahren aufs Papier gebracht haben. Unter den insgesamt 28 Texten tummeln sich wie immer ein paar Klassiker der Slam-Poesie, wie beispielsweise "Zeit für Lyrik" von Sebastian 23, "Was wäre wenn" von Björn Högsdal oder "Der Pfad zur Erleuchtung" von Jan Philipp Zymny. Eb...

«The Disney Corporation has recently found itself embroiled in the so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation debates in Florida. Disney, as both filmmaker and global conglomerate, remains a powerful force in representations of diversity in American culture. The essays in Neo-Disneyism include examinations of films such as Return to Neverland, Luca, and Encanto, and Disney’s own reinterpretations of its classics in its live-action remakes, as well as examinin...