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Journeys - Immigration and Immigration Experiences in English Literature Book Description: The phenomenon of migration, which has had a positive or negative constructive impact on the adventure of humanity throughout history and the formation of civilization through the encounter of cultures, is a global problem today. Issues such as national identity, belonging, otherness, alienation, cultural conflict, xenophobia, social harmony and gender equality, which are discussed in the context of migration phenomena and migration experiences, are in the common interest of different disciplines. Immigration and emigration are not only physical human mobility, but also mental mobility. This situation becomes evident in literature as migration to another language. When we look at literary studies, it is seen that the phenomenon and problem of immigration is reflected in the writing experience of the people of the receiving and sending countries in different ways. Journeys - Immigration and Immigration Experiences in English Literature is a collaborative work focusing on the phenomenon of immigration and the effects of immigration experiences in English literature. In the book, the phenomenon of immigration and the fractures that immigration experiences cause in people's lives are clarified by focusing on the texts of August Wilson, Julie Otsuka, Hanif Kureishi, Caryl Phillips, Kazuo Ishiguro, Monica Ali, William Butler Yeats and Gillian Clarke. Journeys - Immigration and Immigration Experiences in English Literature is a book that will not go unnoticed by readers who are interested in the problems caused by immigration and the way these are reflected in literature, as it focuses on many immigration experiences reflected in fictional texts written in different places and times, from short stories to poetry, from drama to novels. (From the Promotional Bulletin)