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A Prussian Jew, killed in the second month of the First World War at the age of 25, 18 years before his father died, apparently of natural causes, and 28 years before his mother and two of his sibli……続きを見る

This book addresses the function of the classical world in the cultural imaginations of the second generation of romantic writers: Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Thomas Love Peacock, John Keats, Leigh……続きを見る

Looking at texts by non-aristocratic authors, in this studythe author investigates the relationship between nascent early modern notions of professional authorship and the emerging idea of vocation ……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the ……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and ……続きを見る

This book presents a fundamental reassessment of Sara Coleridge. It examines her achievements as an author in the public sphere, and celebrates her interventions in what was a masculine genre of rel……続きを見る

This book highlights the multi-dimensionality of the work of British fantasy writer and Discworld creator Terry Pratchett. Taking into account content, political commentary, and literary technique, ……続きを見る

Joe Bray’s careful analysis of Jane Austen’s stylistic techniques reveals that the genius of her writing is far from effortless; rather he makes the case for her as a meticulous craftswoman and a ra……続きを見る

Ian McEwan, Margaret Drabble, Martin Amis, Rita Dove, Andrew Motion and Anthony Thwaite are among the twenty-two distinguished contributors of original essays to this landmark volume on the profound……続きを見る

This book is a collection of traditional German fairy tales and fables, deliberately transformed into utopian narratives and social commentary by political activists in the Weimar Republic (1919-193……続きを見る

This book considers the relationship between the vogue for putting the Ottoman Empire on the English stage and the repertory system that underpinned London playmaking. The sheer visibility of 'the T……続きを見る

This book argues that Shaw was a masterful reader of Ibsen's plays both as texts and as the cornerstone of the modern theatre. Dismantling the notion that Shaw distorted Ibsen to promote his own vie……続きを見る

The Man Booker International–winning author of Broken April and The Siege, Albania’s most renowned novelist, and perennial Nobel Prize contender Ismail Kadare explores three giants of world literatu……続きを見る

This book explores the modern cultural history of the queer martyr in France and Belgium. By analyzing how popular writers in French responded to Catholic doctrine and the tradition of St. Sebastian……続きを見る

This clear and engaging book offers readers an introduction to European Literary History from antiquity through to the present day. Each chapter discusses a short extract from a literary text, whils……続きを見る

This collection will draw attention to new ideas in both Victorian studies and in the emerging area of literature and the environment. Adopting a broad interpretation of the term ‘environment’ the w……続きを見る

Pierre Bourdieu in Hispanic Literature and Culture is a collective reflection on the value of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s work for the study of Spanish and Latin American literature and cul……続きを見る

Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers explores how nine different "outsider" authors treat the theme of alienation in one of their major works. All the novels under review were written in a limited time span ……続きを見る

This collection is the first book-length study to re-evaluate all of James Joyce's major fictional works through the lens of cognitive studies. Cognitive Joyce presents Joyce's relationship to the s……続きを見る

Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent 'New……続きを見る

An exploration of the modern European novel from a renowned English literature scholar Reading the Modern European Novel since 1900 is an engaging, in-depth examination of the evolution of the moder……続きを見る

Extrait : Environ quatre ans après cette aventure, M. Guillaume de Boussac repassait pour la première fois au pied du mont Barlot, sur lequel s’élèvent les pierres jomâtres ; et, en regardant de loi……続きを見る

Extrait : Pour écrire l’histoire de sa vie, il faut d’abord avoir vécu ; aussi n’est-ce pas la mienne que j’écris. Mais de même qu’un blessé atteint de la gangrène s’en va dans un amphithéâtre se fa……続きを見る

Hans Falladas 'Märchen vom Stadtschreiber, der aufs Land flog' entführt den Leser in eine Welt voller Fantasie und Wunder. Das Buch präsentiert eine einzigartige Mischung aus realistischer Erzählung……続きを見る

“ Depuis le tragique dénouement de l’insurrection de Cracovie, la propagande russe a pris une extension formidable. Il n’est plus question que de ses progrès et de ses intrigues sur tous les points ……続きを見る

Dodo Classics brings you another classic from Henry James, ‘Views and Reviews.’ “When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted, it is of course optional with you to take up the cud……続きを見る

“ Plus qu’aucune autre race en Europe, la famille des peuples slaves a reçu de Dieu un tempérament conservateur et ennemi des révolutions. A travers toutes les époques successives de son développeme……続きを見る

Filmspeak is an accessible, innovative book which uses specific examples to show how once arcane literary and cultural theory has infiltrated popular culture. Theory reaches us in ways we do not eve……続きを見る

This book examines the relationships between memory, history, and national identity through an interdisciplinary analysis of James Joyce’s worksーas well as of literary texts by Kundera, Ford, Fitzg……続きを見る

This collection examines the presence of minority communities and dissident voices in Ireland both historically and in a contemporary framework. Accordingly, the contributions explore different face……続きを見る