Abdulla Al-Dabbagh holds a BA from Wesleyan University, an MLitt from Cambridge University, and a PhD from Essex University. He has taught English, American, and world literatures, literary criticism, and translation at universities in Iraq, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of Literary Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and Universalism (Lang, 2010); Shakespeare, the Orient, and the Critics (Lang, 2010); D. H. Lawrence: A Study of Literary Fascism (Lang, 2011); Socialist Literature: Theory and Practice (Lang, 2012); and Literary Intellectuals: East and West (Lang, 2013).

• Contents: Literary Studies Between Theory and Fallacy – Language and Identity in the Renaissance of Kurdish Cinema – The Anti-Romantic Reaction in Modern(ist) Criticism – Race, Gender, and Class in Shakespeare’s Sonnets – Shakespeare and EFL: A Personal Experience – The Achievement of Victorian Orientalism – Ibsen’s Dramatic Art: The Structure of the Social Plays.

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