Walls and Bridges in Anglophone Literature and History

The volume Walls and Bridges in Anglophone Literature and History brings together six essays that explore the ways in which boundaries are constructed and transgressed within English-speaking cultures, both in literal and figurative terms. The imagery of walls and bridges functions not only as a unifying theme but also as an analytical lens through which the authors address issues related to power relations, identity formation, ideological frameworks, and processes of change. Although the chapters cover a wide range of historical periods, literary forms, and geographical contexts, they are connected by a shared focus on historical, textual, and symbolic structures that both connect and separate individuals, communities, and nations.

Table of Contents Preface.. .. .. … 7 Zbigniew Głowala, The Tutelary God: The Biblical Parallels in Peter Watts’s The Freeze-Frame Revolution.. .. .. .. . 11 Timothy Tarkelly, Finding Love in the Navy List: Jane Austen and the Military Class.. .. .. .. .. 31 Paweł Kaptur, Andrew Marvell’s An Horatian Ode Upon Cromwell’s Return from Ireland – an Imperfect Public Poem.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 Agnieszka Stanecka, Half and Half – White Blackness in Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett .. .. .. .. .. …. . 61 Agnieszka Szwach, Shakespear Illustrated by Charlotte Lennox and An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare by Elizabeth Montagu as Exemplifications of “Old” and “New” Trends in the Eighteenth-Century Shakespeare Criticism.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 75 Robert Murdoch, Hidden Agendas: An Analysis of the Negotiations Leading to an Agreement for the Exchange of Prisoners of War and Civilians Between Soviet Russia and Great Britain Concluded in 1920.. .. .. .. .. …. .. . 95