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Although studies on Stephen King (1947–) traditionally belong to the field of popular culture, some of his work, such as The Dark Half and popular culture, some of his work, such as The Dark Half and «Secret Window, Secret Garden,» give an insightful perspective on...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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The body remains the most visibly gendered social and cultural construction. Not only does it classify individuals into two different sexes from the very start of their lives, but some of the most obvious social divisions – such as race and nationality, age and physical...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-05-29
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The Everyday of Memory explores manifestations of the communist past in the everyday lives of Eastern Europeans today. Representing a wide range of disciplines including cultural studies, film studies, urban studies, sociology, media, literature and art, the...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-29
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Written by one of the world’s leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-05-29
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This book critically examines a wide range of contemporary literary scandals in order to identify the cultural and literary anxieties revealed by controversial works. It explores how scandal predominantly emerges in relation to texts which offer challenging...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-29
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In Marina Cvetaevas Dichtung kommt Orten und Räumen eine besondere Bedeutung zu, die für verschiedene Schaffensphasen untersucht wird.In diesem Zusammenhang stellt sich die Frage nach der Relevanz der Kategorie des Raumes für die Literatur und die Literaturwissenschaft....
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-27
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WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JAMES FENTONSubtitled 'An education in the twenties', this work blends autobiography and fiction to describe the inner life of a writer evolving from precocious public school boy to Cambridge drop-out at large in London’s Bohemia. It contains...
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Vintage Digital
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2013-05-23
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This study examines the vital centrality of 'readings' of nature in a variety of literary forms in the period 1830-1914. It is exploratory and original in approach, stressing the philosophical and cultural implications in a range of texts from Tennyson, Hardy, Jefferies...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-05-23
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Kurt Tucholsky war einer der bekanntesten und wichtigsten politischen Publizisten und Satiriker der Weimarer Republik. Seine Beiträge entlarvten die Machenschaften der konservativen preußisch-deutschen Eliten in Politik, Justiz und Militär, die mit Hartnäckigkeit daran...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-21
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Das Buch wirft ein neues Licht auf die Frage der frühen semitischen Lehnwörter im Griechischen. Es untersucht ca. 400 griechische Wörter auf einen möglichen semitischen Ursprung. Aus dieser Untersuchung ergibt sich, dass der von der mykenischen bis zum Ende der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-21
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Thanks to the accurate and detailed Ultimate study guide Collection, you have now the possibility to know everything about Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.We entrust university specialists with the writing of each study guides.Our editorial work...
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Les Editions de l'Ebook malin
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2013-05-20
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Thanks to the accurate and detailed Ultimate study guide Collection, you have now the possibility to know everything about Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoë.We entrust university specialists with the writing of each study guides.Our editorial work is especially...
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Les Editions de l'Ebook malin
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2013-05-20
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Thanks to the accurate and detailed Ultimate study guide Collection, you have now the possibility to know everything about Charles Dicken's novel Oliver Twist.We entrust university specialists with the writing of each study guides.Our editorial work is especially...
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Les Editions de l'Ebook malin
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2013-05-20
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The Literary Theory Handbook introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, showing them how to perform literary analysis, and providing a greater understanding of the historical contexts for different theories. A new edition of this highly...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-05-20
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Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks
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This volume offers a critical insight into the life and work of the controversial Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). Analysis focuses on his travel accounts and erotic translations, which both re-elaborated and challenged dominant...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-17
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This book is a collection of papers using samples of real language data (corpora) to explore variation in the use of English.This collection celebrates the achievements of Toshio Saito, a pioneer in corpus linguistics within Japan and founder of the Japan Association...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-17
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This book is a collection of essays from the conference «Re/membering Place», held at Stendhal University from 13 to 15 October 2011. It explores the issue of «Re/membering Place» in a colonial and postcolonial context of displacement, loss, and alienation. The authors...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-17
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This book reconsiders the Celtic Revival by examining appropriations of Shakespeare, using close readings of works by Arnold, Dowden, Yeats and Joyce to reveal the pernicious manner in which the discourse of Anglo-Irish cultural politics informed the critical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-05-14
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Striking cultural developments took place in the twelfth century which led to what historians have termed 'the emergence of the individual.' The Medieval Fold demonstrates how cultural developments typically associated with this twelfth-century renaissance...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-05-14
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This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-05-14
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