A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and influential masters of Latin prose. This selection explores his thoughts on ph……続きを見る
What stands out about racism is its ability to withstand efforts to legislate or educate it away. In The Racist Fantasy, Todd McGowan argues that its persistence is due to a massive unconscious inve……続きを見る
"Destroy a nation, but its mountains and rivers remain."ーJapanese proverb
This is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations and explanations for each saying.
Japanese Proverbs: Wit a……続きを見る
Unlock the more straightforward side of 'Art' with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of ‘Art’ by Yasmina Reza, her most successful play tha……続きを見る
An abridged edition of the world’s first novel, in a translation that is “likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come” (The Wall Street Journal)
A Penguin Classic
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Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Anthology
Finalist for the 2021 Publishing Triangle Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature
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著者:Mahmoud Darwish
出版社: New York Review Books
発売日: 2012年02月29日
Winner of the 2012 National Translation Award
“What Sinan [Antoon] has done with In the Presence of Absence is a kind of miraculous work of dedication and love. Reading this volume is sheer enjoymen……続きを見る
In a book as illuminating as it is captivating, Thomas E. Drabek presents an in-depth analysis of the emotional impacts of disaster events and the many ripple effects that follow.
Through the techni……続きを見る
著者:Ruth Leys
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2009年01月10日
Why has shame recently displaced guilt as a dominant emotional reference in the West? After the Holocaust, survivors often reported feeling guilty for living when so many others had died, and in the……続きを見る
This 1st volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names:
Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women
Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane: Emma
Balzac, Honoré ……続きを見る
In Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. Ecological writers propose a new worldview, but their very ze……続きを見る
著者:Peg O’Connor
出版社: Penn State University Press
発売日: 2015年11月05日
Combating homophobia, racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination and violence in our society requires more than just focusing on the overt acts of prejudiced and abusive individuals. The very……続きを見る
Exploring the literary microcosm inspired by Brontë's debut novel, Jane Eyre's Fairytale Legacy at Home and Abroad focuses on the nationalistic stakes of the mythic and fairytale paradigms that were……続きを見る
James Weldon Johnson’s Modern Soundscapes provides an evocative and meticulously researched study of one of the best known and yet least understood authors of the New Negro Renaissance era. Johnson,……続きを見る
'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' Dark and violent, Macbeth is a restless, haunting exploration of the human costs of violence and power. One of the most theatrica……続きを見る
Die Beiträge untersuchen Michael Endes Poetik und das Verhältnis des als Kinder- und Jugendbuchautor wahrgenommenen Autors zum literarischen und intellektuellen Feld der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. ……続きを見る
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.
‘The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.’
Centred around a glori……続きを見る
著者:Mathias Clasen
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2017年09月29日
From vampire apocalypses, shark attacks, witches, and ghosts, to murderous dolls bent on revenge, horror has been part of the American cinematic imagination for almost as long as pictures have moved……続きを見る
著者:Rebecca Olson
出版社: University of Delaware Press
発売日: 2013年09月26日
Textiles have long provided metaphors for storytelling: a compelling novel “weaves a tapestry” and we enjoy hearing someone “spin” a tale. To what extent, however, should we take these metaphors ser……続きを見る
Forensic Shakespeare illustrates Shakespeare's creative processes by revealing the intellectual materials out of which some of his most famous works were composed. Focusing on the narrative poem Luc……続きを見る
Una novela que sigue siendo de actualidad. Gastón,un joven adinerado que despilfarra gran parte de la fortuna que le ha heredadosu madre, descubre que puede vivir de una manera distinta, recuperar l……続きを見る