Introduction: Spectres, spectrums and spectrality: new directions in comparative literature

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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Lauraen
dc.contributor.authorMilne, Rachelen
dc.contributor.authorSpear, Charlotteen
dc.contributor.authorTowers, Daisyen
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-15T08:29:19Z
dc.date.available2025-07-15T08:29:19Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-25
dc.description.abstractIn this half issue, we draw upon understandings of spectres, spectrums, and spectrality as a means with which to widen avenues of critical inquiry and consider more balanced and multifaceted understandings of the world through literature, poetry and film. This thematic focus allows us to challenge binary thinking and to embrace ambiguity and liminality, in order to consider narratives that resist fixed and rigid interpretations. By approaching literature through this spectral lens, we can critique and reflect on the ways in which complex identities can be represented in new ways. Engaging with spectres of the past that haunt these texts, through manifestations of cultural traumas and political conflicts, yet focusing on the opportunities in thinking spectrally within Comparative Literature, thus enables this half issue to broaden the gaze of critical inquiry, allowing for more nuanced and inclusive understandings of our place in the world.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationKennedy, L., Milne, R., Spear, C. and Towers, D. (2025) 'Introduction: Spectres, spectrums and spectrality: new directions in comparative literature', Comparative Critical Studies, 22(2), pp.147-155. https://doi.org/10.3366/ccs.2025.0559en
dc.identifier.doi10.3366/ccs.2025.0559en
dc.identifier.eissn1750-0109en
dc.identifier.endpage155en
dc.identifier.issn1744-1854en
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleComparative Critical Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage147en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/17702
dc.identifier.volume22en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEdinburgh University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofComparative Critical Studiesen
dc.rights© 2025, British Comparative Literature Association. 'This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Edinburgh University Press in Comparative Critical Studies, 22(2), pp.147-155. The Version of Record is available online at: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/ccs.2025.0559en
dc.subjectPolarizationen
dc.subjectContemporary social, economic and political lifeen
dc.subjectThe pasten
dc.subjectCritical inquiryen
dc.subject~French - Journal Articles~en
dc.titleIntroduction: Spectres, spectrums and spectrality: new directions in comparative literatureen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
dc.typejournal-articleen
oaire.citation.issue2en
oaire.citation.volume22en
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