M.B - Literary Theory & Criticism 25

Best known for her Kate Delafield detective series, Katherine V. Forrest is recognized as one of the preeminent figures in lesbian popular literature. Yet her work has received little scholarly atte……続きを見る

Until recently, only a privileged few could read the rare, early writings that formed the basis of detective fiction in America and made it one of the most popular literary genres of the 19th centur……続きを見る

Joaquin Guzman, meglio noto come El Chapo, è il narcotrafficante più potente al mondo: la sua organizzazione trasporta ogni anno dal Messico agli Stati Uniti migliaia di tonnellate di stupefacenti, ……続きを見る

Contextualizing Michelangelo’s poetry and spirituality within the framework of the religious Zeitgeist of his era, this study investigates his poetic production to shed new light on the artist’s rel……続きを見る

James Bromley argues that Renaissance texts circulate knowledge about a variety of non-standard sexual practices and intimate life narratives, including non-monogamy, anal eroticism, masochism and c……続きを見る

The teaching and research of the Classics in South Africa are deeply rooted in the racial, political and educational inequalities which have characterised its turbulent history. In this original stu……続きを見る

In East Asia, the growth center of the post-Cold War world, two regional powerhouses survey one another from opposite sides of the Japan Sea. China, a rising power with tremendous economic clout and……続きを見る

What are the various atmospheres or moods that the reading of literary works can trigger? Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht has long argued that the function of literature is not so much to describe, or to re-p……続きを見る

This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on 'European Shakespeares', proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare's literary craft was not just native ……続きを見る

This study explores the female experience of death in early modern England. By tracing attitudes towards gender through the occasion of death, it advances our understanding of the construction of fe……続きを見る

Ein Roman über unerfüllte Lebenssehnsüchte, der in einem gewitzten Sprachakt die österreichische Kulturgeschichte satirisch durchleuchtet, und nicht zuletzt eine Hommage an die oftmals im Schatten g……続きを見る

Premio Nobel de Literatura 1996 Cuando en 1996 se le concedió el Premio Nobel, Wisława Szymborska no estaba traducida a nuestra lengua. Los lectores tuvieron entonces la inesperada oportunidad de de……続きを見る

Making innovative use of digital and library archives, this book explores how Shakespeare used language to interact with the verbal marketplace of early modern England. By also combining word histor……続きを見る

Wilhelm Busch, einer der bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller und Karikaturisten des 19. Jahrhunderts, präsentiert in seiner Gedichtsammlung 'Schein und Sein' eine Reihe von humorvollen und satiris……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta "Diccionario del Diablo", con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El Diccionario del Diablo es una recopilación satírica de 998 definiciones corrosivas escrito de 1881 a 1906 por Am……続きを見る

Colonialism/Postcolonialism is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the historical, theoretical and political dimensions of colonial and postcolonial studies. This new edition includes a new intr……続きを見る

Décryptez Notre-Dame de Paris de Victor Hugo avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de Notre-Dame de Paris, le roman incontournable de la littérature française ? Retrouvez tout c……続きを見る

Housewife by day, daring writer at night, seated on the bare floor, this thinker of gender engaged with the thriving social and community reform movements of early-mid twentieth century Malayali soc……続きを見る

Die Anthologie 'Die beliebtesten Klassiker der französischen Literatur' bietet eine umfassende Zusammenstellung der bedeutendsten Werke aus der Feder französischer Literaturgrößen von der Renaissanc……続きを見る

Through an investigation of the dedications and addresses from various printed plays of the English Renaissance, the author recuperates the richness of these prefaces and connects them to the practi……続きを見る

"This collection of essays is a sequel to ""Anglo-German Studies"" published in 1992 by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The emphasis of this volume is on the English reception of Germa……続きを見る

"When the sixteen-year-old Octavio Paz (1914-1998) discovered The Waste Land in Spanish translation, it 'opened the doors of modern poetry'. The influence of T S Eliot would accompany Paz throughout……続きを見る

"'Interdisciplinarity' has dynamised the Modern Humanities like no other recent academic trend. Yet, this presents serious challenges involving both translation and affect: how can we transmit facts……続きを見る

"Four major Italian writers raised in the shadow of fascism - Cesare Pavese, Primo Levi, Natalia Ginzburg and Francesca Sanvitale - are the focus of this examination of the 'unsaid' in modern Italia……続きを見る

The Great Recession in Fiction, Film, and Television: Twenty-First-Century Bust Culture sheds light on how imaginary works of fiction, film, and television reflect, refract, and respond to the reces……続きを見る

This book explores the work of a writer, Annie Chartres Vivanti (1866–1942), who brought a transnational dimension to the marked provincialism of the Italian novel by addressing issues of gender, et……続きを見る

Recent years have witnessed a growing fascination with the printed annotations accompanying eighteenth-century texts. Previous studies of annotation have revealed the margins as dynamic textual spac……続きを見る

The late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries witness significant advancement in the production and, crucially, the consumption of culture in Italy. During the long process towards and beyond Ita……続きを見る

Real-world leaders hold the fates of companies, armies, and nations in their hands, but the leaders portrayed in science fiction play for larger stakes. Their decisions determine the survival of spe……続きを見る

This book is a study of children, their books and their reading experiences in late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain. It argues for the importance of reading to early modern childhood and ……続きを見る