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dc.contributor.author | Portelli, Terence | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-20T15:50:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-20T15:50:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Portelli, T. (2024). A narrative of major political aspects in twentieth-century Maltese literature. In M. T. Vassallo & A. P. DeBattista (Eds.), The different faces of politics in literature and music (pp. 94-115). Oxon and New York: Routledge. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781032640402 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120055 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Word use and meaning inexorably change, relentlessly moving forward as if on a tightrope balancing act between life and decay. Socially constructed and contested, word meanings have their trajectories and seductive power. Like fashion, words are marked by time and usage, their semantics ‘shift’. Confusion arises due to misunderstandings and lack of agreement on their meaning/s. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Literature and politics are value-laden, highly charged and contested words. Investing in their definition would require book-length expositions and probably this would still be an open-ended enterprise. Different groups have a vested, often-concealed, interest in their definition and appropriation. Any value judgement is bound to be rooted and affected by social ideology, the beliefs and prejudices one holds, thus making their understanding rather complex and at times ramified in various discourses. [excerpt] | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Politics and literature -- Malta -- 20th century | en_GB |
dc.subject | Maltese literature -- 20th century | en_GB |
dc.subject | Politics in literature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Authors -- Political and social views | en_GB |
dc.subject | Authorship -- Political aspects | en_GB |
dc.subject | Literature publishing -- Political aspects -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | A narrative of major political aspects in twentieth-century Maltese literature | en_GB |
dc.title.alternative | The different faces of politics in literature and music | en_GB |
dc.type | bookPart | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.4324/9781032640396-9 | - |
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