Imagology profiles: the dynamics of national imagery in literature

Highlighting the importance of imagology, one of the most popular areas of research in contemporary comparative studies, this title proposes new means of academic analysis to create critical attitudes towards the development of imagological studies.

The compendium widens the field of imagology by introducing concepts such as 'geo-imagology' and 'imagology of gender', and by linking the imagological strategy with the power principle developed by post-colonialism and with the fictional project of an imaginary utopian society.

The essays selected include case studies focusing on the works of individual authors, as well as broader insights concentrating on regional, national and transnational identities that experienced a change of imagery due to historical, political and social shifts.