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This book is about the role of food in the works of Joseph Conrad, analysing the social, political and anthropological context of references to meals, eating, food production and cannibalism. It off……続きを見る

This book explores the reciprocal influence of friendship ideals and narrative forms in eighteenth-century British fiction. It examines how various novelists, from Samuel Richardson to Mary Shelley,……続きを見る

Exploring the effects of traveling, migration, and other forms of cultural contact, particularly within Europe, this edited collection explores the act of traveling and the representation of traveli……続きを見る

A Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts provides a series of answers written by more than forty editors of diverse texts addressing the 'how-to's' of completing an excellent scholarly edition. The ……続きを見る

An original, wide-ranging contribution to the study of French writing in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book examines the ways in which the unconscious was understood in literatu……続きを見る

This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique m……続きを見る

This book investigates what it is that makes John Clare’s poetic vision so unique, and asks how we use Clare for contemporary ends. It explores much of the criticism that has appeared in response to……続きを見る

In Leo Tolstois Meisterwerken 'Krieg und Frieden' und 'Anna Karenina', die in diesem Band zusammengefasst sind, erforscht der Autor auf eindrucksvolle Weise die menschliche Natur, die Gesellschaft u……続きを見る

In 'Die Inseln der Weisheit' entführt uns der Autor Alexander Moszkowski in eine faszinierende Welt voller philosophischer Gedanken und Reflexionen. Mit seinem klaren und prägnanten Schreibstil präs……続きを見る

This innovative volume employs theoretical tools from the field of literary geography to explore Virginia Woolf’s writing and the ways in which she constructs her human subjects. It follows the rout……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la monarchie française en moins d’une heure ! Si la France est aujourd'hui une République, il n'en a pas toujours été ainsi. En effet, l'Histoire de Fra……続きを見る

This collection of essays examines representations of the English countryside and its mutations, and what they reveal about a nation’s, communities’ or individuals’ search for identity – and fear of……続きを見る

This book examines the range of the colonial imaginary in Eliot’s works, from the domestic and regional to ancient and speculative colonialisms. It challenges monolithic, hegemonic views of George E……続きを見る

The Francophilia of the Beat circle in the New York of the mid-1940s is well known, as is the importance of the Beat Hotel in the Paris of the late 1950s and early 1960s, but how exactly did French ……続きを見る

Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Werk 'Wilhelm Meister' präsentiert sich dem Leser als ein einzigartiges literarisches Erlebnis, das drei Bildungsromane in einem Band vereint. Die Geschichte folgt dem ju……続きを見る

Anatole Frances Werk "Nützliche und erbauliche Meinungen des Herrn Abbé Jérôme Coignard" ist eine faszinierende Mischung aus philosophischer Reflexion, historischer Fiktion und satirischem Humor. Da……続きを見る

In 'Gesammelte Erzählungen von Anatole France' präsentiert der Autor eine Sammlung seiner faszinierenden literarischen Werke, die sowohl eine tiefe philosophische Reflexion als auch eine subtile Iro……続きを見る

This book argues that the most interesting depictions of blindness in French fiction are those which call into question and ultimately undermine the prevailing myths and stereotypes of blindness whi……続きを見る

Instead of asserting any alleged rivalry between Marlowe and Shakespeare, Sawyer examines the literary reception of the two when the writers are placed in tandem during critical discourse or artisti……続きを見る

This book examines intersections of poetry and performance during the British Poetry Revival. Its investigations are centered on four specific performance events: The First International Poetry Inca……続きを見る

This book brings together recent Spanish fictions and films that point to individualism as the root problem driving diverse circumstances of social, economic, and psychological suffering in the pres……続きを見る

This book is the first comprehensive study of mainstream British dystopian fiction and the Cold War. Drawing on over 200 novels and collections of short stories, the monograph explores the ways in w……続きを見る

This book focuses on W. B. Yeats’s critical writings, an aspect of his oeuvre which has been given limited treatment so far. It traces his critical work from his earliest articles, through to his oc……続きを見る

Die wichtigsten Werke von Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski bieten einen faszinierenden Einblick in das Leben und die Gedanken des berühmten russischen Schriftstellers des 19. Jahrhunderts. Dieser B……続きを見る

This volume is the first to provide a book-length study of Pinter’s overtly political activity. With chapters on political drama, poetry, and speeches, it charts a consistent tension between aesthet……続きを見る

This book examines the role of food in the life and works of Thomas Hardy, analysing the social, political and historical context of references to meals, eating and food production during the ninete……続きを見る

This is the first volume to explore the reception of the Pythagorean doctrine of cosmic harmony within a variety of contexts, ranging chronologically from Plato to 18th-century England. This origina……続きを見る

This bookuses the figure of the Victorian heroine as a lens through which to examine Jane Austen’s presence in Victorian critical and popular writings. Aimed at Victorianist readers and scholars, th……続きを見る

Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies is an anthology of poems and essays that aims to provide an organic profile of the evolution of Italian poetry after World War II. Beginning with the birth of Off……続きを見る

This book examines the letters, diaries, and published accounts of English and Scottish travelers to Greece in the seventeenth century, a time of growing interest in ancient texts and the Ottoman Em……続きを見る