M.B - Literary Theory & Criticism 8

Leena débarque un matin dans un village près de l'océan, avec, en bandoulière, la mort de son père, quelques tee-shirts blancs, un jean et des cahiers. Dans ce bout de monde délaissé, la jeune femme……続きを見る

In The Hemingway Short Story: A Study in Craft for Writers and Readers, Robert Paul Lamb delivers a dazzling analysis of the craft of this influential writer. Lamb scrutinizes a selection of Hemingw……続きを見る

As the tale unfolds, a witch boy tarries in a mountain community in love with a beautiful girl named Barbara Allen. The superstitious townspeople resent their happiness and their subsequent meddling……続きを見る

Literary tourism is a nascent field in tourism studies, yet tourists often travel in the footsteps of well-known authors and stories. Providing a wide-ranging cornucopia of literary tourism topics, ……続きを見る

On Anachronism joins together Shakespeare and Proust as the great writers of love to show that love is always anachronistic, and never more so when it is homosexual. Drawing on Nietzsche, Freud, Hei……続きを見る

Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) defines sympathy as a series of shifts in perspective by which one sees from a different point of view. British and French novels published over the fo……続きを見る

With his richly detailed world of Middle Earth and the epic tales he told around it, J.R.R. Tolkien invented the modern fantasy novel. For readers and students getting to grips with this world for t……続きを見る

Since the heyday of Ian Fleming’s fantasy superspy James Bond, the novels of John le Carré have held up to readers across the world a sombre, fascinating picture of decline, deception and ethical am……続きを見る

Many people are intimidated by poetry, thinking it difficult and high-brow and not for them. But it is still considered an essential part of art and literature. RE:Verse asks; Why and How should we ……続きを見る

“As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting”. In the 2005 reboot of the Batman film franchise, B……続きを見る

Finalist, 2015 Midwest Book Award Chicago Book Review Best Book of 2015 Set in the frozen wasteland of Midwestern academia, The Lost Journals of Sylvia Plath introduces Wilson A. Lavender, father of……続きを見る

La mission de Nelson Mandela, celle de construire une Afrique libre et autonome, se prolonge jusque dans sa mort... Lorsque Nelson Mandela arrive au Paradis, il est loin d'imaginer qu'il va reprendr……続きを見る

Extrait : "Comme je descendais des Fleuves impassibles Je ne me sentis plus guidé par les haleurs ; Des Peaux-Rouges criards les avaient pris pour cible, Les ayant cloués nus aux poteaux de couleurs……続きを見る

Esta primera biografía de Augusto Monterroso es una verdadera hazaña. Lámbarry domina el arte de la biografía y mantiene el difícil equilibrio entre dos voces: la supuesta voz neutra del académico y……続きを見る

Décryptez Les Bienveillantes de Jonathan Littell avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir des Bienveillantes, le roman déroutant qui permet de mieux comprendre certains aspects de ……続きを見る

Nineteenth-Century American Women's Serial Novels explores the prolific careers of four exemplary novelists - E. D. E. N. Southworth, Ann Stephens, Mary Jane Holmes, and Laura Jean Libbey. These com……続きを見る

In Theology and the Marvel Universe, fourteen contributors examine theological themes and ideas in the comic books, television shows, and films that make up the grand narrative of the Marvel Univers……続きを見る

Extrait : "Voyez cette petite bourgade ! La moitié de ses maisonnettes couvertes de chaume s'allonge dans la vallée aux vergers fertiles ! L'autre moitié domine le coteau, fier du rempart de ses mur……続きを見る

Colloquial Italian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Italian as it is written and spoken today. Combining ……続きを見る

European and African works have found it difficult to move past the image of Africa as a place of exotica and relentless brutality. This book explores the status and critical relationship between po……続きを見る

Why are so many literary texts preoccupied with food? The Literature of Food explores this question by looking at the continually shifting relationship between two sorts of foods: the real and the i……続きを見る

Le nom de Gene Vincent est inséparable de son hit intemporel, " Bee-bop-a-Lula ". Mais en 1968, l'époque n'est plus au rockabilly : les fans réclament de la sauvagerie. Quant à Jim Morrison, l'emblé……続きを見る

This book explores the concept of liminality in the representation of women in eighteenth and nineteenth century literature, as well as in contemporary rewritings, such as novels, films, television ……続きを見る

From the First Gulf War to the present upheaval in Syria, the Kurdish question has been a crucial issue within the Middle East region and in international politics. Spread across several countries, ……続きを見る

Unease has marked relations between modern travel writers and the people of Cyprus. Visitors like Lawrence Durrell, Colin Thubron, Christopher Hitchens and Sebastian Junger have registered the effec……続きを見る

William Blades' 'The Enemies of Books' is a insightful and informative examination of the various threats to books throughout history. With a meticulous literary style, Blades delves into the physic……続きを見る

Este volume do selo Peixe-elétrico Ensaios é todo dedicado ao romance Memorial de Aires, de Machado de Assis. São ao todo sete ensaios, mais o posfácio assinado por Hélio de Seixas Guimarães, fruto ……続きを見る

William Combe's 'The History of Johnny Quæ Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax' is a whimsical and satirical novel that follows the misadventures of a young foundling named Johnny.……続きを見る

Due storie d’amore impossibile s’intrecciano tra il Settecento e i giorni nostri, nell’affascinante scenario della città della lagunaLucia abbandona Ginevra per Venezia per sfuggire a una relazione ……続きを見る

In J. M. Barrie's 'Auld Licht Idyls,' the reader is transported to the small village of Thrums, where Barrie intricately weaves together a collection of charming and nostalgic sketches depicting the……続きを見る