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The Affects, Cognition, and Politics of Samuel Beckett’s Postwar Drama and Fiction: Revolutionary and Evolutionary Paradoxes theorizes the revolutionary and evolutionary import of Beckett’s works in……続きを見る

This collection of twelve new essays examines some of what Jane Austen has become in the two hundred years since her death. Some of the chapters explore adaptations or repurposings of her work while……続きを見る

This book reveals the unique contribution made by the three founding fathers of British fantasyーLord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkienーto our culture’s perennial reassessment of the mean……続きを見る

Decadence and Modernism in European and Russian Literature and Culture: Aesthetics and Anxiety in the 1890s rewrites the story of early modernist literature and culture by drawing out the tensions u……続きを見る

This book discusses the complex ways in which the novel offers a vibrant arena for critically engaging with our contemporary world and scrutinises the genre's political, ethical, and aesthetic value……続きを見る

Zwischen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur- und -medienforschung und anderen Fachdisziplinen bestehen zahlreiche Schnittstellen. Von diesen ausgehend werden in dem Band unterschiedliche Perspektiven und T……続きを見る

This book locates the theatre of Marina Carr within a female genealogy that revises the patriarchal origins of modern Irish drama. The creative vision of Lady Augusta Gregory underpins the analysis ……続きを見る

This book explores how nineteenth-century science stimulated the emergence of weird tales at the fin de siècle, and examines weird fiction by British writers who preceded and influenced H. P. Lovecr……続きを見る

The twelve essays in Victorian Environmental Nightmares explore various “environmental nightmares” through applied analyses of Victorian texts. Over the course of the nineteenth century, writers of ……続きを見る

This handbook examines the use of horror in storytelling, from oral traditions through folklore and fairy tales to contemporary horror fiction. Divided into sections that explore the origins and evo……続きを見る

This book recreates in written form seventeen of the most popular, frankly personal and engaging lectures on literature given by the award-winning teacher Richard Jacobs, who has been working with s……続きを見る

This book demonstrates that since the 1970s, British feminist cartoons and comics have played an important part in the Women’s Movement in Britain. A key component of this has been humour. This aspe……続きを見る

The traditional view of Shakespeare’s mastery of the English language is alive and well today. This is an effect of the eighteenth-century canonisation of his works, and subsequently Shakespeare has……続きを見る

This book looks at a cohort of poets who studied at University College Cork during the 1970s and early 1980s. Based on extensive interviews and archival work, the book examines the notion that the p……続きを見る

This study discusses the representation of class in poetry in English from Britain and Ireland between the fourteenth and twenty-first centuries, and the effect of class on the production, dissemina……続きを見る

This book explores how Shakespeare uses images of dreams and sleep to define his dramatic worlds. Surveying Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, histories, and late plays, it argues that Shakespeare s……続きを見る

Das Buch eröffnet einen völlig anderen Blick auf die Romantik: Anstelle von Nostalgie, unendlicher und unerfüllter Annäherung steht das Harmonische und Versöhnliche im Mittelpunkt. Jacob Burda vertr……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and th……続きを見る

Literarische Vortragskunst entstand in Deutschland in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts als ein von Schauspiel und anderen Vortragsgattungen (Rede, Predigt, Vorlesung etc.) unterschiedenes Spr……続きを見る

In the third volume of "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany," Thomas Frognall Dibdin intricately weaves a narrative that transcends mere travelogue, as he delve……続きを見る

In "Deutsche Literaturgeschichte in einer Stunde - Von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart" gelingt Alfred Henschke ein eindringlicher Überblick über die Entwicklung der deutschen Literatur. Der B……続きを見る

Mit dem 2016 in Essen durchgeführten Kongress erreichte die 2009 in Salamanca gegründete deutsch-iberische Tagungsreihe "Contrastivica" ihre vierte Auflage. Das Thema der Tagung lautete "Kontrastive……続きを見る

Founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1919 to instigate a world revolution, the Comintern sought to advance not only the proletarian struggle but also a wide variety of radical causes, including fighting aga……続きを見る

Prosateur de premier plan de la seconde moitié du xixe siècle, Gustave Flaubert a marqué la littérature universelle par la profondeur de ses analyses psychologiques, son souci de réalisme, son regar……続きを見る

La Segunda comedia de Celestina expone un completo panorama social, y atesora una abundante riqueza expresiva. Nada tiene que ver en el argumento con su predecesora, ni es una continuación de la his……続きを見る

Eduard von Keyserlings Werk geriet, trotz prominenter Fürsprecher wie Hermann Hesse, Herman Bang oder Thomas Mann, so häufig in Vergessenheit, wie es wiederentdeckt wurde. Zumeist erscheint Keyserli……続きを見る

This original analysis of the representation and self-representation of women in literature and visual arts revolves around multiple early modern senses of "painting": the creation of visual art in ……続きを見る

Of enduring historical and contemporary interest, the anatomy theater is where students of the human body learn to isolate structures in decaying remains, scrutinize their parts, and assess their im……続きを見る

Giovanni Tarcagnota nasce a Gaeta intorno al 1508; forse allievo di Agostino Nifo, nipote del poeta e uomo d’arme Michele Marullo Tarcagnota, discendente dei Paleologhi, giovanissimo fu al servizio ……続きを見る

During the Italian Renaissance, laywomen and nuns could take part in every stage of the circulation of texts of many kinds, old and new, learned and popular. This first in-depth and integrated analy……続きを見る