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This book argues that there are a number of contemporary novels that challenge the reductive 'us and them' binaries that have been prevalent not only in politics and the global media since 9/11, but also in many works within the emerging genre of '9/11 fiction' itself.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-29
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This collection of essays approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the History of Emotions. Contributions come from established and emergent scholars from a range of disciplines, including performance history, musicology and literary history.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-06-29
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A Companion to Food in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of the cultural aspects relating to the production, preparation, and consumption of food and drink in antiquity. • Provides an up-to-date overview of the study of food in the ancient world •...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-06-29
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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This collection of authoritative essays represents the latest scholarship on topics relating to the themes, movements, and forms of English fiction, while chronicling its development in Britain from the early 18th century to the present day. Comprises cutting-edge...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-06-29
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Der Autor identifiziert das Blattdolmetschen als eine autonome Translationsart, die er typologisch zuordnet. Seine Untersuchungen vollziehen sich im Paradigma der anthropozentrischen Translatorik von F. Grucza und S. Grucza. Sie stützen sich auf originelles...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-06-26
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Das Buch erschließt Altgermanisten wie an Walther als Quelle interessierten Historikern die 200-jährige historische und altgermanistische Forschung zum «Reichston». Keinem anderen Sangspruchton Walthers von der Vogelweide wurde mehr wissenschaftliche Aufmerksamkeit...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-06-26
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Das Buch befasst sich mit dem Thema «Raum in der Literatur» im russischen Sprachraum. Dabei stellt der Autor klar, dass Raumvorstellungen kulturell determiniert sind. Sie prägen die Struktur künstlerischer Texte wesentlich und geraten dabei nicht selten in Konflikt mit...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-06-26
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Lawrence Venuti’s distinction between foreignizing and domesticating translation is a powerful concept in translation studies. This volume discusses domestication and foreignization in Polish-English and English-Polish translation and presents case studies of film,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-06-26
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Jealous curses and hate poems, love lyrics and erotic dances: John Fuller has always written light verse, and Song & Dance is a boisterous and engaging collection, fizzing with intelligence and wit. There are tributes, and there are celebrations. Jokes abound in 'The...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2015-06-25
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This study offers a reappraisal of the contribution of the poet Antonio Machado to Modernism, seeking to open up new perspectives for the interpretation of his poetry, and includes for the first time a comparative analysis of Machado's translators into English. While...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-06-25
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This volume provides an accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date survey of the ancient Greek genre of historical writing from its origins before Herodotus to the Greek historians of the Roman imperial era, seven centuries later. Focuses on the themes of power and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-06-25
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Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
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A Modern Coleridge shows the interrelatedness of the discourses of cultivation, addiction and habit in Coleridge's poetry and prose, and argues that these all revolve around the problematic nexus of a post-Kantian idea of free will, essential to Coleridge's eminently...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-06-24
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This book examines the dramatic work of Dickens, Browning, Collins, and Tennyson, their interaction with the theatrical world, and their attempts to develop their reputations as playwrights. These major Victorian writers each authored several professional plays, but why...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-06-23
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A Companion to Ancient Education presents a series of essays from leading specialists in the field that represent the most up-to-date scholarship relating to the rise and spread of educational practices and theories in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Reflects the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-06-23
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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The contributions in this volume focus on the Bayesian interpretation of natural languages, which is widely used in areas of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and computational linguistics. This is the first volume to take up topics in Bayesian Natural...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-06-19
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‘You come away from Murphy’s book with a renewed amazement at what Lee was able to achieve with a single perfect novel’ Entertainment WeeklyFirst published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird is not only a beloved classic, but also a touchstone in literary and social...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2015-06-18
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In Shakespeare's Tragedies: All That Matters, Michael Scott explores and explains the secrets that have made Shakespeare's tragedies so enduring that they continue to be performed, watched and studied by millions of people every year. Professor Scott concentrates on the...
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John Murray
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2015-06-18
Collection :
All That Matters
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Politics and Political Culture in the Court Masque considers the interconnections of the masque and political culture. It examines how masques responded to political forces and voices beyond the court, and how masques explored the limits of political speech in the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-06-17
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Samuel Pepys was a great collector of books, news, and gossip. This study uses his surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late seventeenth century. Offering the first extensive history of reading during the...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-06-12
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This book takes the work of three contemporary poets John Burnside, John Kinsella and Alice Oswald to reveal how an environmental poetics of place is of significant relevance for the Anthropocene: a geological marker asking us to think radically of the human as one part...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-06-11
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