Eastern European 8

One of the great writers of the nineteenth century, Nikolai Gogol was born and raised in Ukraine before he was lionized and canonized in Russia. The ambiguities within his subversive, ironic works a……続きを見る

Del shtétl a la Ciudad de los Palacios. Trazos del imaginario ashkenazi en México es una antología que reúne cuentos, proverbios, chistes, poemas, refranes, maldiciones, parábolas, juegos y cancione……続きを見る

This study examines the transmission and compilation of poetic texts through manuscripts from the late-Elizabethan era through the mid-seventeenth century, paying attention to the distinctive materi……続きを見る

Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia-no longer on the map. East Europe of the socialist period may seem like a historical oddity, apparently so different from everything before and after. Yet the masterpieces……続きを見る

Blending close readings of literature, films, and other artworks with analysis of texts of political philosophy, science, and social theory, Mieka Erley offers an interdisciplinary perspective on at……続きを見る

What would world literature look like, if we stopped referring to the “West”? Starting with the provocative premise that the “‘West’ is ten percent of the planet”, World Literature Decentered is the……続きを見る

Dans son livre innovant intitulé 'Études sur l'histoire de l'art', Eugène Guillaume propose une analyse approfondie de l'évolution de l'art à travers les âges, en mettant particulièrement l'accent s……続きを見る

The Novel in Russia examines the Russian sensibility as it is revealed in prose fiction, the dominant mode of Russian literature. It explores how, in the work of Pushkin, Lermontov and Gogol, narrat……続きを見る

In the 1920s, with the end of the revolution, the Soviet government began investing resources and energy into creating a new type of book for the first generation of young Soviet readers. In a sense……続きを見る

I carteggi con Elsa Morante, le indicazioni politiche di Togliatti, i giudizi critici di Croce e Fortini e le citazioni lukacsiane negli scritti di Che Guevara. Queste e altre autorevoli voci, assie……続きを見る

Ovo je primjer knjige koja pokazuje da i u trenutku kada se nalazi pod sveopćom opsadom, kada ga se marginalizira, književno iskustvo ima što reći o svijetu pred kojim zastaju ini modaliteti spoznav……続きを見る

Philo-Semitic Violence: Poland’s Jewish Past in New Polish Narratives addresses the growing popularity of philo-Semitic violence in Poland between the 2000 revelation of Polish participation in the ……続きを見る

Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought deals with the concept of exile on many levelsーfrom the literal to the metaphorical. It combines analyses of predominantly Jewish authors of Central ……続きを見る

Bolesław Prus and the Jews shows the complexity of the so-called “Jewish question” in nineteenth-century Congress Poland and especially its significance in Prus’ social concept, reflected in his ext……続きを見る

Alfred de Falloux, a renowned French author, presents in his book 'Souvenirs de charité' a powerful narrative that delves into the themes of charity, morality, and selflessness. Written in a lyrical……続きを見る

Featuring a selection of brand new essays by a group of accomplished scholars, Arthur Koestler's Fiction and the Genre of the Novel covers all of Koestler's novels published in his lifetime, the fir……続きを見る

The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature offers an introduction to Polish literature through thirty-three case studies, covering works from the Middle Ages up to the present day. Each chap……続きを見る

Exploring the controversial history of an aesthetic – realism – this book examines the role that realism plays in the negotiation of social, political, and material realities from the mid-19th centu……続きを見る

Dans son ouvrage intitulé 'Héros légendaires', Ernest d'Hervilly explore les thèmes de la bravoure, de l'honneur et du sacrifice à travers des récits de personnages mythiques. Son style littéraire c……続きを見る

L’Europa è fatta di nazioni che nascono, rinascono, si rinnovano, si fondono, si separano. Forte della sua profonda conoscenza della Russia, Vittorio Strada propone il suo contributo a una discussio……続きを見る

Racconti di Malá Strana e altre storie praghesi contiene, in una nuova traduzione, i più bei racconti della celebre raccolta, nei quali il lettore ritroverà personaggi nerudiani indimenticabili, com……続きを見る

La notizia dello scoppio della Prima guerra mondiale giunge a una piccola stazione della Galizia orientale, dove Piotr Niewiadomski, analfabeta quarantenne di etnia hutzul, lavora come uomo di fatic……続きを見る

Il 1917 è stato un anno cruciale tanto per la Russia, dove la rivoluzione ha posto fine a un impero secolare e ha dato vita a un ordine nuovo, quanto per l’Europa e per il mondo, su cui gli eventi r……続きを見る

Nei tre racconti, ambientati durante la Prima guerra mondiale, il conflitto armato è allo stesso tempo specchio e origine di lacerazioni interiori, che si risolvono solo con la morte. La guerra non ……続きを見る

The Philosophy of Parochialism is Radomir Konstantinović’s (1928–2011) most celebrated and reviled book. First published in Belgrade as Filosofija palanke in 1969, it attracted keen attention and co……続きを見る

Dans son ouvrage 'Urbain II : un pape au moyen âge', Adrien de Brimont retrace avec précision et érudition la vie et l'influence du pape Urbain II au cours du Moyen Âge. L'auteur explore le contexte……続きを見る

A long-awaited corrective to the controversial idea of world literature, from a major voice in the field. Katerina Clark charts interwar efforts by Soviet, European, and Asian leftist writers to cre……続きを見る

Encounters with Paul Celan's Poetry: The Other's Time consists of encounters: with poetry, with its readers, and with the other that poetry seeks to encounter. What does it mean, when Celan insists ……続きを見る

An illuminating new study of modern Polish verse in performance, offering a major reassessment of the roles of poets and poetry in twentieth-century Polish culture. What’s in a voice? Why record one……続きを見る

The Home and the World Rabindranath Tagore - Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the……続きを見る