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  Land in Literature

  Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022)

  This issue of Literary Cultures explores land as a literary theme in modern and contemporary works. The issue specifically focuses on literature wherein land may be interpreted as vulnerable or under threat. Every article has a unique perspective on the relationship between humans and land, the sometimes volatile aspect of this relationship and its textual representations. The aim of this issue is to encourage a nuanced conversation about how land is altered and affected by human behavior, and the way colonialism, industrialism, and socio-political structures have impacted our understanding of land. The issue will offer a unique way of looking at issues like climate change, rapid urbanization and the loss of land, by contextualizing them through the lens of race, warfare and economic and social disparities.

• Coming of Age

  Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020)
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  AI in Literature

  Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023)

  Artificial Intelligence in Literature is more evident than ever before, but what can we learn from AI's presence in such a space? This journal delves into the stratosphere of everything AI, by analysing fiction such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and All Systems Red, in articles and reviewing books that challenge our perceptions and theoretical standing in all things AI.

   

• Longing to Belong

  Vol. 4 No. 1 (2021)
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  Land of Hope and Toil

  Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022)

• Reclaiming Identity

  Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017)

  This special issue of Literary Cultures explores questions of identity by engaging with literary texts from multiple locations and periods. Identity is difficult to define; for some, it might be a point of pride, something that’s preserved from generation to generation. For others, rebelling against conventions of identity is necessary and, even in liberal society, this is often a point of conflict. In contexts where communities or individuals face oppression, however, identity has further resonances. In cultures that have been stripped of autonomy, forced into diaspora or otherwise persecuted, identity can be seen as a vital resource, an anchor to a heritage unwillingly left behind. In contexts such as slavery and indentured labour, individuals and communities are separated forcibly from markers of their identity: language, culture, tradition.

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  Love in the time of Covid

  Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021)

• Peripheral Voices

  Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019)
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  Bittersweet

  Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023)

  Do you know the feeling of reading your favourite book over and over again until your
  understanding of it moves so far away from the initial response you had to the plot and
  into a special place in your heart? Where the meaning and lives of the characters become
  so important that you understand the purpose of every word on the page. All we ever wish
  is to relive the sensation and emotion of finishing your favourite book for the very first
  time. Well, what if that feeling was only the beginning of how much a text can really
  make you feel?  This is what our magazine aims to explore...

• Why Nott? Food, fitness & fun.

  Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020)
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  Pop Perception

  Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021)
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  Land of Hope and Toil: Special Issue

  Vol. 5 No. 1a (2022)

• Seen and Heard

  Vol. 1 No. 2 (2018)