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Issue 2.4 - Special Issue "Thatcher's Legacies" Previous Issues

Margaret Thatcher in the 21st Century

Joseph Brooker July 21, 2013 1 Comment 1980s 80s Alan Hollinghurst anti-Thatcher songs Conservative Party David Peace Eighties fiction GB84 Iain Sinclair Margaret Thatcher Miners' Strike Neo-1980s novel Politics retro Thatcherism The Line of Beauty

Democracy, Franco Moretti once declared, is not interested in the production of good novels (1987: 192). It is not self-evident that parliamentary politics should…

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Issue 1.6 Previous Issues

Superhumanity: Refiguring the Superhero

Sarah Chihaya November 1, 2012 No Comments Barack Obama Black Panther California Christopher Nolan comics Democratic National Convention 2004 fiction genre Incredible Hulk John Carter Jonathan Letham Joss Whedon Juno Diaz Kavalier and Clay Mark Ruffalo Marvel Universe Michael Chabon novel reading Secret Skin Spiderman 2 superhero fatigue superheroes superhuman Telegraph Avenue The Avengers The Dark Knight Rises Wakanda

Like the urban thoroughfare it’s named after, Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue (2012) contains diverse and highly specific multitudes. It is a…

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