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This book examines representations of mothering and matrifocality in twenty-first-century Caribbean fiction. Through an analysis of several contemporary novels from Anglophone Caribbean writers, thi……続きを見る

The Romantic-era witch was a remarkably flexible symbol of political and social disorder. The then-recent seventeenth-century witch hunts had already revealed deep anxieties about the subversive pot……続きを見る

This collection of essays, most of which return to or renew something of an empirical or archival approach to the issues, represents the most comprehensive analysis of Beckett's relationship to phil……続きを見る

El sentido figurativo de 'náufraga' en el teatro popular inglés del siglo XIX, así como los personajes femeninos en los que se repite esa sensación de separación social y de alteridad, constituyen u……続きを見る

What if everything you thought you knew about Jamie and Claire Fraser was just the beginning? The highly anticipated Outlander prequel has finally arrived, and Blood of My Blood delivers revelations……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt eines der größten deutschen Dichter und Denker! In "Friedrich v. Schiller's Biographie" von Heinrich Döring entfaltet sich das Leben eines Genies, dessen Werke d……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die zeitlose Magie der Poesie mit Eduard Mörikes Meisterwerk! In "Auswahl aus den Dichtungen Eduard Mörikes" entfaltet sich eine Welt voller Schönheit, Melancholie und tiefgründiger Ge……続きを見る

Descubre la vida oculta del genio detrás de Don Quijote. En "Vida de Cervantes", Gregorio Mayans y Siscar nos ofrece una ventana única al mundo del célebre autor Miguel de Cervantes, revelando aspec……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt eines der größten Dichter der deutschen Literatur! In "J. W. v. Goethe's Biographie" von Heinrich Döring entfaltet sich das Leben eines Genies, das die Literatur……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt eines der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller der Aufklärung! In "Chr. M. Wieland's Biographie" von Heinrich Döring entfaltet sich das Leben eines literarischen Genies,……続きを見る

Was wäre, wenn alles, was Sie über Jamie und Claire Fraser zu wissen glaubten, nur der Anfang war? Das lang erwartete Outlander-Prequel ist endlich da, und Blood of My Blood liefert Enthüllungen, di……続きを見る

Little has been written about Suzanne Beckett, née Déchevaux-Dumesnil (1900–1989). As Samuel Beckett's lifelong companion, she found herself in a peculiar quandary, owing to the amounts of support r……続きを見る

Was nineteenth-century British philanthropy the "truest and noblest woman’s work" and praiseworthy for having raised the nation’s moral tone, or was it a dangerous mission likely to cause the defemi……続きを見る

In Loaded Words the inimitable literary and cultural critic Marjorie Garber invites readers to join her in a rigorous and exuberant exploration of language. What links the pieces included in this vi……続きを見る

What only a few decades ago would have been considered a totalitarian nightmare seems to have become reality: Surveillance practices and technologies have infiltrated all aspects of our lives, forci……続きを見る

Die Dokumentation eines Forschungsprojektes zielt auf die Rekonstruktion der Diskurse über den Islam in Lesebüchern des Deutschen Kaiserreiches. Sie erschließt mittels Digital Humanities und germani……続きを見る

This book analyzes Siri Hustvedt’s three novels The Blindfold, What I Loved and The Sorrows of an American with a focus on visual art. Siri Hustvedt is one of the most popular American writers today……続きを見る

The Dutch were culturally ubiquitous in England during the early modern period and constituted London's largest alien population in the second half of the sixteenth century. While many sought tempor……続きを見る

Présenter l’œuvre de Keats et en apprécier toute sa richesse nécessite aujourd’hui d’accepter ses contradictions et se pencher sur l’ensemble de la production du poète, si hétéroclite soit-elle, ou ……続きを見る

"The ""Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran"" brings together the timeless wisdom and poetic brilliance of one of the most celebrated literary figures of the 20th century. Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-Amer……続きを見る

Orietta Da Rold provides a detailed analysis of the coming of paper to medieval England, and its influence on the literary and non-literary culture of the period. Looking beyond book production, Da ……続きを見る

In "The Mystery of Francis Bacon," William T. Smedley embarks on a thorough investigation into the life and works of one of the English Renaissance's most enigmatic figures. This meticulous explorat……続きを見る

The plays of Shakespeare are filled with ghosts – and ghost writing. Shakespeare's Ghost Writers is an examination of the authorship controversy surrounding Shakespeare: the claim made repeatedly th……続きを見る

Why did the language of contract become the dominant metaphor for the relationship between subject and sovereign in mid-seventeenth-century England? In Wayward Contracts, Victoria Kahn takes issue w……続きを見る

Suffering in Anglophone Literatures engages with postclassical Trauma Studies and opens the traumatic envelope to embrace concepts such as toleration, mourning, nostalgia, vulnerability and existent……続きを見る

Inspired by Mary Shelley’s conviction that reading is a socially significant communal activity, this book presents four essays on modern interactions with literary classics. Ancient tragedy, Shakesp……続きを見る

The classical Bildungsroman charted an idealized path of human development: the harmonizing of individual desires and societal norms in the formation of a well-rounded liberal subject. But what happ……続きを見る

Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring work of performance scholars, literary critics and cultural historians. The journal focuses primarily on Shakespeare and his contempor……続きを見る

The 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of Frankenstein directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the now iconic Monster claims in its credits to be 'Adapted from the play by Peggy W……続きを見る

Nenhum romance do século XX teve maior influência do que 1984. Essa é a tese do autor de O Ministério da Verdade, primeiro livro a examinar completamente a origem e o legado da obra-prima de George ……続きを見る