Empires as political entities may be a thing of the past, but as a concept, empire is alive and kicking. From heritage tourism and costume dramas to theories of

This volume brings together essays that, individually and collectively, address the force of the literary text with regard to problematic identities. They work

Making a country great again is a theme for nationalist authoritarians. Across countries with past experience as great powers, nationalist politicians typically

While psychiatry and the neurosciences have dismissed the concept of neurosis as too vague for medical purposes, in recent years literary studies have adopted t

Although empires have played a decisive role in political thinking and the orientation of political goals at all times, the focus of research has so far mostly