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Günter Grass is Germany's best-known and internationally most successful living author, from his first novel The Tin Drum to his recent controversial autobiography. He is known for his tireless soci……続きを見る

The Cambridge Companion to Proust, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Marcel Proust's great work A la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27). The specially……続きを見る

This collection of essays provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Contributions focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides in……続きを見る

A century after Leo Tolstoy's death, the author of War and Peace is widely admired but too often thought of only with reference to his realism and moral sense. The many sides of Tolstoy revealed in ……続きを見る

The history of ideas has played a central role in Russia's political and social history. Understanding its intellectual tradition and the way the intelligentsia have shaped the nation is crucial to ……続きを見る

The great eighteenth-century French thinker Denis Diderot (1713–84) once compared himself to a weathervane, by which he meant that his mind was in constant motion. In an extraordinarily diverse care……続きを見る

The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486–7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witc……続きを見る

Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) remains one of the most influential figures of European modernism. In this Companion, leading scho……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Werke: Historische Romane + Ausgewählte Schriften + Briefe" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. C……続きを見る

Décryptez l’humanisme en moins d’une heure ! Mouvement intellectuel puis littéraire qui a marqué l’Europe entière aux XVe et XVIe siècles, l’humanisme, au sens restreint, se caractérise par l’étude ……続きを見る

Décryptez le romantisme français en moins d’une heure ! Né en Allemagne et en Angleterre, le romantisme s'impose à l'Europe entière au début du XIXe siècle, balayant tout sur son passage. Mais c'est……続きを見る

The Influence of the European Culture on Hemingway’s Fiction is an essential companion to all those who study Hemingway. The studydeals with how Hemingway depicts Europe in his fiction, not necessar……続きを見る

Ce livre appartient au plus petit nombre. Peut-être n’est-il encore personne au monde pour lui, tout au plus me liront ceux qui comprennent mon Zarathustra.  Comment oserais-je me confond……続きを見る

In this highly accessible introduction, Brian Nelson provides an overview of French literature - its themes and forms, traditions and transformations - from the Middle Ages to the present. Major wri……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Geschichte des Gil Blas von Santillana" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Geschichte des Gil Blas: Die 100……続きを見る

Russian literature has a reputation for gloomy texts, especially during the late nineteenth century. This volume argues that a 'fin-de-siècle' mood informed Russian literature long before the chrono……続きを見る

"Provides an extremely valuable introduction to the work of Michel Serres for an English-speaking audience, as well as offering useful critical approaches for those already familiar with its outline……続きを見る

Since the sixteenth century, Western literature has produced picaresque novels penned by authors across Europe, from Alemán, Cervantes, Lesage and Defoe to Cela and Mann. Contemporary authors of neo……続きを見る

Moving from a definition of the lyric to the innovations introduced by Petrarch's poetic language, this study goes on to propose a new reading of several French poets (Charles d'Orléans, Ronsard, an……続きを見る

Maintenant encore il ne l’ouvrit pas, mais une pensée traversa rapidement son esprit : « Ses convictions peuvent-elles à présent n’être point les miennes ? Puis-je du moins avoir d’autres sentiments……続きを見る

Au commencement de juillet, par une soirée excessivement chaude, un jeune homme sortit de la petite chambre meublée qu’il occupait sous le toit d’une grande maison de cinq étages, dans le péréoulok ……続きを見る

« Suis-je bien éveillé ? » pensa de nouveau Raskolnikoff, qui considérait d’un œil défiant le visiteur inattendu. ー Svidrigaïloff ? Allons donc, cela ne se peut pas ! Dit-il enfin tout haut, n’osan……続きを見る

Slovenian philosopher Miran Bozovic's An Utterly Dark Spot examines the elusive status of the body in early modern European philosophy by examining its various encounters with the gaze. Its range is……続きを見る

Samuel Beckett is unique in literature. Born and educated in Ireland, he lived most of his life in Paris. His literary output was rendered in either English or French, and he often translated one to……続きを見る

Legal scholars and literary critics have shown the significance of storytelling, not only as part of the courtroom procedure, but as part of the very foundation of law. Russia's Legal Fictions exami……続きを見る

Aware of the act of writing as a temporal process, many modernist authors preserved numerous manuscripts of their works, which themselves thematized time. Textual Awareness analyzes the writing proc……続きを見る

The monarchs of seventeenth-century Europe put a surprisingly high priority on the abolition of dueling, seeing its eradication as an important step from barbarism toward a rational state monopoly o……続きを見る

“This is a sophisticated and fascinating argument written in a very enjoyably entertaining style. It is hard for me to see how readers initially interested in these texts will not be ‘swept off thei……続きを見る

Né le 23 août 1884 (à Coteau-du-Lac), sorti du collège de Valleyfield en 1903 après des études classiques incomplètes, reporter à la Presse en ……続きを見る

Une supposition. Reportons-nous à l’année 1869. Imaginez-vous ceci : ー Tropmann vient de commettre son horrible crime. Il va trouver un juge d’instruction et lui dit : « Monsieur, je viens d’assass……続きを見る