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Drame mystique, le «Soulier de Satin» relate l'amour impossible entre Dona Prouhèze et le capitaine Don Rodrigue. L'action, qui s'étale sur vingt années, se passe à la Renaissance, au temps des conq……続きを見る

This book is about literary representations of the both left- and right-wing Italian terrorism of the 1970s by contemporary Italian authors. In offering detailed analyses of the many contemporary no……続きを見る

This book is about the presence of utopian and dystopian elements in the Italian literary landscape. It focuses on four authors that are representatives of the various positions in the Italian cultu……続きを見る

Rethinking Joseph Conrad's Concepts of Community uses Conrad's phrase 'strange fraternity' from The Rover as a starting point for an exploration of the concept of community in his writing, including……続きを見る

This book examines how Tennyson’s career was mediated, organised and directed by the publishing industry. Founded on neglected archival material, it examines the scale and distribution of Tennyson’s……続きを見る

This collection includes twelve provocative essays from a diverse group of international scholars, who utilize a range of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze “real” and “representational” animal……続きを見る

Jane Austen’s minor female characters expose the economic and social realties of British women in the long eighteenth century and reflect the conflict between intrinsic and expressed value within th……続きを見る

This book is the first collection of essays to discuss Oscar Wilde’s love and vast knowledge of philosophy. Over the past few decades, Oscar Wilde scholars have become increasingly aware of Wilde’s ……続きを見る

This book investigates how, alongside Beatrice Webb’s ground-breaking pre-World War One anti-poverty campaigns, George Bernard Shaw helped launch the public debate about the relationship between equ……続きを見る

This book examines how German-language authors have intervened in contemporary debates on the obligation to extend hospitality to asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants; the terrorist threat post-9/……続きを見る

This book is about reading Proust’s novel via philosophical and musicological approaches to “modern” listening. It articulates how insights into the way we listen to and understand classical music i……続きを見る

Il faisait encore grand jour, et Élisabeth, restée seule un moment dans la chambre démeublée, s’approcha de la fenêtre. Ce côté de la maison donnait sur des jardinets carrés, étroits, séparés les un……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "HENRY DAVID THOREAU - Ultimate Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Books Walden (Life in the Woods) A Week on t……続きを見る

This collection of essays by international specialists in the literature of Berlin provides a lively and stimulating account of writing in and about the city in the modern period. The first eight ch……続きを見る

Ris, ne te gène point, ami très cher, ô philosophe ! Je te vois d’ici lisant ces lignes au fond du fastueux cabinet encombré de la dépouille des âges où, parmi les tableaux anciens, les émaux, les t……続きを見る

This study explores Proust’s answers to some of the fundamental challenges of the inevitable human experience of mourning. Thinking mourning and creativity together allows for a fresh approach to th……続きを見る

This book of interdisciplinary essays serves to situate the original Sherlock Holmes, and his various adaptations, in a contemporary cultural context. This collection is prompted by three main and r……続きを見る

This book presents the first English introduction to the broad history of the Gothic mode in Spain. It focuses on key literary periods, such as Romanticism, the fin-de-siècle, spiritualist writings ……続きを見る

This book examines the literary impact of famed British poet, Barry MacSweeney, who worked at the forefront of poetic discovery in post-war Britain. Agitated equally by politics and the possibilitie……続きを見る

Lois Gordon's absorbing biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age, and whom William Carlos Williams once ca……続きを見る

"In den großen Städten gehen die Menschen fremd aneinander vorüber, und nur der Neuangekommene hat ein gewisses Interesse für alles und für alle, denen er begegnet. Wir interessieren uns nur für die……続きを見る

Leggendo alcuni grandi capolavori della letteratura, può capitare di chiedersi: “Perché queste pagine mi piacciono tanto? Perché non riesco a staccarmene e resto a leggere fino a notte fonda? Perché……続きを見る

The first book to put contemporary affect theory into conversation with early modern studies, this volumedemonstrates how questions of affect illuminate issues of cognition, political agency, histor……続きを見る

‘This book makes an important intervention into debates about influence and contemporary Irish poetry. Supported throughout by incisive reflections upon allusion, word choice, and formal structure, ……続きを見る

This book is the first sustained examination of Samuel Beckett’s pivotal engagements with post-war BBC radio. The BBC acted as a key interpreter and promoter of Beckett’s work during this crucial pe……続きを見る

Extrait : Dans certaine ville de certain comté vivait, il y a quelque quarante ans, un jurisconsulte nommé Wilkins. Il y exerçait cette profession spéciale qui est désignée sous le nom de conveyanci……続きを見る

A unique and personal portrait of the beloved, legendary Swiss writer, finally in English After a nervous breakdown in 1929, Robert Walser spent the remaining twenty-seven years of his life in menta……続きを見る

This book discusses D. H. Lawrence’s interest in, and engagement with, transport as a literal and metaphorical focal point for his ontological concerns. Focusing on five key novels, this book explor……続きを見る

What is the body? How was it culturally constructed, conceived, and cultivated before and after the advent of rationalism and modern science? This interdisciplinary study elaborates a cultural genea……続きを見る

Natural Disasters and Victorian Empire looks at the relationship between epidemics and famines in south Asia and Victorian literature and culture. It suggests that much of how we think today about d……続きを見る