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In literature, knights always have their gallant steeds to accompany them. But sometimes literature can be wrong or it could have a mix of imagination. In this nonfiction book, we're going to take a……続きを見る

This book offers an original and interdisciplinary interpretation of the relation between aesthetics and modern liberal democracy, uniting the fields of art theory with the democratic political phil……続きを見る

Motherhood remains a complex and contested issue in feminist research as well as public discussion. This interdisciplinary volume explores cultural representations of motherhood in various contempor……続きを見る

While inquiries into early encounters between East Asia and the West have traditionally focused on successful interactions, this collection inquires into the many forms of failure, experienced on al……続きを見る

You know knights to rescue princesses and slay dragons but did you know that they actually existed? Knights were important figures in the history of Europe. If you want to find out the reason why, t……続きを見る

Honoré de Balzac, einer der bedeutendsten französischen Schriftsteller des 19. Jahrhunderts, präsentiert in seinem Werk 'Gesammelte Werke von Balzac: Romane, Erzählungen & Essays' eine vielschichtig……続きを見る

This book provides a much-needed comparative approach to the history of cities by investigating the dissemination of cultural forms between cities of the Atlantic world. The contributors attend to t……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta Novelas y ensayos de Clarín, con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Se trata de una recopilación de los siguientes títulos: Cuesta abajo (1890-1891) La Regenta (1884–1885) Su único……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta "El idiota", con un índice dinámico y detallado. Es una novela escrita por Fiódor Dostoyevski. Fue publicada originalmente en serie en El mensajero ruso entre 1868 y 1869. Está c……続きを見る

The Gothic Wanderer Rises Eternal in Popular Literature From the horrors of sixteenth century Italian castles to twenty-first century plagues, from the French Revolution to the liberation of Libya, ……続きを見る

This book argues that the traditional relationship between the act of confessing and the act of remembering is manifested through the widespread juxtaposition of confession and memory in Middle Engl……続きを見る

First published in 1969, this work traces the evolution of Romanticism and in doing so, demonstrates its novelty as an imaginative and emotional perception of the world in contrast to the rationalis……続きを見る

Sixteenth-century Italy witnessed the rebirth of comedy, tragedy, and tragicomedy in the pastoral mode. Traditionally, we think of comedy and tragedy as remakes of ancient models, and tragicomedy al……続きを見る

This book is about the literary culture that emerged during and in the aftermath of the Great Plague of London (1665). Textual transmission impacted upon and simultaneously was impacted by the event……続きを見る

Il Romanticismo è stato un movimento artistico, musicale, culturale e letterario sviluppatosi al termine del XVIII secolo in Germania (Romantik). Preannunciato in alcuni dei suoi temi dal movimento ……続きを見る

Multiple Normalities enhances sociological understandings of normality by illustrating it with the help of British novels. It demonstrates commonalities and differences between the meanings of norma……続きを見る

This book brings to the foreground the largely forgotten “Fancy” of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and follows its traces as they extend into the nineteenth and twentieth. Trivialized for ……続きを見る

In this richly descriptive and haunting narrative, Caryl Phillips chronicles a journey through modern-day Europe, his quest guided by a moral compass rather than a map. Seeking personal definition w……続きを見る

This book is about the role of food in the works of Joseph Conrad, analysing the social, political and anthropological context of references to meals, eating, food production and cannibalism. It off……続きを見る

This book explores the reciprocal influence of friendship ideals and narrative forms in eighteenth-century British fiction. It examines how various novelists, from Samuel Richardson to Mary Shelley,……続きを見る

Exploring the effects of traveling, migration, and other forms of cultural contact, particularly within Europe, this edited collection explores the act of traveling and the representation of traveli……続きを見る

A Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts provides a series of answers written by more than forty editors of diverse texts addressing the 'how-to's' of completing an excellent scholarly edition. The ……続きを見る

An original, wide-ranging contribution to the study of French writing in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book examines the ways in which the unconscious was understood in literatu……続きを見る

This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique m……続きを見る

This book investigates what it is that makes John Clare’s poetic vision so unique, and asks how we use Clare for contemporary ends. It explores much of the criticism that has appeared in response to……続きを見る

In Leo Tolstois Meisterwerken 'Krieg und Frieden' und 'Anna Karenina', die in diesem Band zusammengefasst sind, erforscht der Autor auf eindrucksvolle Weise die menschliche Natur, die Gesellschaft u……続きを見る

In 'Die Inseln der Weisheit' entführt uns der Autor Alexander Moszkowski in eine faszinierende Welt voller philosophischer Gedanken und Reflexionen. Mit seinem klaren und prägnanten Schreibstil präs……続きを見る

This innovative volume employs theoretical tools from the field of literary geography to explore Virginia Woolf’s writing and the ways in which she constructs her human subjects. It follows the rout……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la monarchie française en moins d’une heure ! Si la France est aujourd'hui une République, il n'en a pas toujours été ainsi. En effet, l'Histoire de Fra……続きを見る

This collection of essays examines representations of the English countryside and its mutations, and what they reveal about a nation’s, communities’ or individuals’ search for identity – and fear of……続きを見る