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This book is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that explores the variety of ways in which the interface between understanding the figure of Christ, the place of the cross, and the contours o……続きを見る

This collection examines early modern women’s contribution to the culturally central mode of complaint. Complaint has largely been understood as male-authored, yet, as this collection shows, early m……続きを見る

Women Writing the Neo-Victorian Novel: Erotic “Victorians” focuses on the work of British, Irish, and Commonwealth women writers such as A.S. Byatt, Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, Helen Humphreys, Mar……続きを見る

An exploration of tragedy and its fundamental position in Western culture In this compelling account, eminent literary critic Terry Eagleton explores the nuances of tragedy in Western cultureーfrom ……続きを見る

This book investigates adaptations of The Lady of Shalott and Elaine of Astolat in Victorian and post-Victorian popular culture to explore their engagement with medievalism, social constructions of ……続きを見る

Every human being knows that we are walking through life following trails, whether we are aware of them or not. Medieval poets, from the anonymous composer of Beowulf to Marie de France, Hartmann vo……続きを見る

In 1930, when Rabindranath Tagore met Paul and Edith Geheeb in Germany, they formed a fruitful and long-term association resulting in the exchange of ideas and vision. Tagore's Brahmacharya Ashram, ……続きを見る

Französisch und Spanisch gehören nach Englisch zu den beliebtesten Schulfremdsprachen in Deutschland. Dennoch lernen immer weniger SchülerInnen die zweite Fremdsprache bis zum Abitur. Die vorliegend……続きを見る

This innovative collection of essays is the first to situate comedy and laughter as central rather than peripheral to nineteenth century life. Victorian Comedy and Laughter: Conviviality,Jokes and D……続きを見る

"Ritratti letterari" di Edmondo De Amicis è una raccolta di saggi che offre uno sguardo penetrante su alcune delle figure più emblematiche della letteratura italiana e internazionale del XIX secolo.……続きを見る

I have gathered into this volume several short fictions of the type I have already found it convenient to refer to as “international”ーthough I freely recognise, before the array of my productions, ……続きを見る

Partial Portraits is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1888. The book collected essays that James had written over the preceding decade, mostly on English and American writers……続きを見る

The most famous of his essaysーperhaps the most famous essay of satire in the English languageーis “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to The……続きを見る

As humans re-negotiate their boundaries with the nonhuman world of animals, inanimate entities and technological artefacts, new identities are formed and a new epistemological and ethical approach t……続きを見る

Partial Portraits is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1888. The book collected essays that James had written over the preceding decade, mostly on English and American writers……続きを見る

I have gathered into this volume several short fictions of the type I have already found it convenient to refer to as “international”ーthough I freely recognise, before the array of my productions, ……続きを見る

This book analyses a cultural phenomenon that goes to the very roots of Western civilization: the centrality of death in our sense of human existence. It does so through a close reading of seminal w……続きを見る

Dreams have been significant in many different cultures, carrying messages about this world and others, posing problems about knowledge, truth, and what it means to be human. This thought-provoking ……続きを見る

In the second half of the eighteenth century, celebrated Swiss physician Samuel Auguste Tissot (1728-1797) received over 1,200 medical consultation letters from across Europe and beyond. Written by ……続きを見る

Those whose palates are accustomed to the subtle flavours of the wines of the Rhine and Moselle can smack their lips and name the vintage at the first taste. Likewise any one fairly familiar with th……続きを見る

Un saggio colto e divertente su Shakespeare e la sua presenza nel cinema, nel rock, nel pop e nel musical. 続きを見る

This book presents a comparative literary study of the works of four writers working in European minority languages - Frisian, Welsh, Scots and Breton. The author examines the different strategies e……続きを見る

This book explores the boundaries of British continental travel and tourism in the nineteenth century, stretching from Norway to Bulgaria, from visitors’ albums to missionary efforts, from juvenilia……続きを見る

This five-volume series, British Women’s Writing From Brontë to Bloomsbury, 1840–1940, historically contextualizes and traces developments in women’s fiction from 1840 to 1940. Critically assessing ……続きを見る

Those whose palates are accustomed to the subtle flavours of the wines of the Rhine and Moselle can smack their lips and name the vintage at the first taste. Likewise any one fairly familiar with th……続きを見る

This collection of essays explores the remarkable range and cultural significance of the engagement with ‘infancy’ during the Romantic period. Taking its point of departure in the commonplace claim ……続きを見る

Many readers declare the tale of Heathcliff and Catherine to be a great love story. And yet both are dead by the end of the novel, while true love is enjoyed by other, often forgotten characters. In……続きを見る

When the legendary figure of Arthur first stepped onto the world stage, he was a fearsome king and a mighty hero. But, over time, his position has been slowly supplanted by one of his own men: Lance……続きを見る

Overwriting the Dictator is literary study of life writing and dictatorship in Americas. Its focus is women who have attempted to rewrite, or overwrite, discourses of womanhood and nationalism in th……続きを見る

Packing Death in Australian Literature: Ecocides and Eco-Sidesaddresses Australian Literature from ecocritical, animal studies, plant studies, indigenous studies, and posthumanist critical perspecti……続きを見る