{"product_id":"the-metaphor-of-the-threshold","title":"The Metaphor of the Threshold: In Literary and Cultural Studies","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe Metaphor of the Threshold \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubtitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e In Literary and Cultural Studies\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubject Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan\u003eLiterature and Literary Criticism, Society and Culture, Politics and Government\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBIC Classification: \u003c\/strong\u003eDSB, JFC, HBTB \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBISAC Classification: \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan\u003eLIT006000, SOC022000, LIT000000\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Hardback, eBook\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlanned publication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Nov 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (Hardback):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-80866-189-1 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN (eBook):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-80866-190-7 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \n  \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ee-books available for libraries from \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/about.proquest.com\/products-services\/ebooks\/ebooks-main.html\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/about.proquest.com\/products-services\/ebooks\/ebooks-main.html\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProquest\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/products\/ebooks\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/products\/ebooks\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEBSCO\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/a\u003e \n  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith non-institutional availability from \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\"\u003eGooglePlay\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor larger orders, or orders where you require an invoice, contact us  \u003cspan id=\"cloak8074a48c555b85c31ec4347354a45e96\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"mailto:admin@ethicspress.com\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"mailto:admin@ethicspress.com\"\u003eadmin@ethicspress.com\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan\u003eWhile the 'spatial turn' has productively reoriented critical discourse towards geography and mapping, this interdisciplinary collection explores the rich metaphoric potential of the threshold. The image of the threshold—as a site of passage, transition, and liminality—is invested with profound meaning across the literary imagination, media, and historiographic discourse. Contributors analyze the threshold trope in diverse contexts, from the intermedial experiments of visual fiction and the chronotopes of Beat poetry to the urban landscapes of T.S. Eliot. Contributions nvestigate how this potent metaphor shapes our understanding of postnational, postcolonial, and environmental issues. Chapters explore the 'City Upon a Hill' as the threshold of American exceptionalism, nineteenth-century African American preaching as a nascent feminist movement, the poetics of postnational transition, and the environment as a threshold of extinction. *Metaphor of the Threshold* is an essential reference for scholars and students in literary and cultural studies, offering new pathways for understanding moments of critical passage in art and society.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiography\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n    \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEditor(s):\u003c\/span\u003e \n  \u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaloua Karoui-Elounelli is an accomplished scholar specializing in parodic literature, Postmodern metafiction, and American narrative fiction. Her research critically engages with issues of poetics, aesthetics, and ethics. Her work has been published in leading international journals, including *The Comparatist* (2024), *Arizona Quarterly* (2024), and *Comparative American Studies* (2026).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis title is currently being reviewed. Please check back for further updates in due course.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ethics Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56983866212738,"sku":null,"price":87.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/8804\/6389\/files\/9781808661891.jpg?v=1792329621","url":"https:\/\/ethicspress.com\/products\/the-metaphor-of-the-threshold","provider":"Ethics Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}