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This book is a collection of wonderful and thoughtful essays that explore the theme of beautiful sanctuaries in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European literature. The book focuses especially on selected works by Percy Shelley, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Henrik Ibsen,...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-06-27
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Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present provides a concise and authoritative overview of the development of Western literary criticism and theory from the Classical period to the present day An indispensable and intellectually stimulating introduction to the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-24
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This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out what we know about Ovid's life, presents the author's works within their poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes. The first...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-24
Collection :
Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
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A Companion to the Latin Language presents a collection of original essays from international scholars that track the development and use of the Latin language from its origins to its modern day usage. Brings together contributions from internationally renowned...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-24
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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Science Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination of romance, science and prophecy; as a genre based on an imagined alternative to the reader's environment; and as a form of fantastic fiction and historical literature.
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Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-06-23
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Science Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination of romance, science and prophecy; as a genre based on an imagined alternative to the reader's environment; and as a form of fantastic fiction and historical literature.
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Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-06-23
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What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare's great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-06-23
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What is it about Hamlet that has made it such a compelling and vital work? Murder Most Foul: Hamlet Through the Ages is an account of Shakespeare's great play from its sources in Scandinavian epic lore to the way it was performed and understood in his own day, and then...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-06-23
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Alliteration occurs in a wide variety of contexts in stress-initial languages, including Icelandic, Finnish and Mongolian. It can be found in English from Beowulf to The Sun . Nevertheless, alliteration remains an unexamined phenomenon. This pioneering volume takes...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-21
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The Halletts' investigation differs from anything that has been written about the relationship between Thomas More and William Shakespeare in that it approaches the subject from a dramaturgical point of view. This book defines, in specific terms, what Shakespeare...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-20
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Identifying an apprehension about the nature and constitution of urbanism in North American plays, Westgate examines how cities like New York City and Los Angeles became focal points for identity politics and social justice at the end of the twentieth century, and how...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-20
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An important part of the national imaginary, Yeat's work has helped to invent the nation of Ireland, while critiquing the modern state that emerged from it's revolutionary period. This study offers a chronological account of Yeat's volumes of poetry,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-20
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Die Küchenmeisterei, als erstes gedrucktes deutschsprachiges Kochbuch bereits 1485 in Nürnberg bei Peter Wagner erschienen, erlebte rasch zahlreiche Auflagen und Abdrucke, unter anderem 1486 bei Johann Petri in Augsburg und 1487 bei Peter Schöffer in Mainz. Erhalten...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-06-15
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These stories by Otti Binswanger, the niece of the German aviator Otto Lilienthal, were written in the 1940s in New Zealand, where they were published originally in 1945. Otti Binswanger had come to New Zealand in 1939 as a refugee from Nazi Germany together with her...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-06-15
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This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy. Places key authors and novels in their cultural and historical context...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-15
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Il presente volume contiene una raccolta di saggi dedicati alla figura e all’opera di Piergiuseppe Scardigli (Altopascio 1933 - Firenze 2008), insigne docente di filologia germanica e geniale studioso del mondo germanico antico e medievale, apprezzato in Italia e...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-06-15
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Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo , this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-13
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What is 'Wordsworthian' Romanticism and how did it evolve? This book argues that only by reading Charlotte Smith's poetry in tandem with William Wordsworth's can this question be answered, demonstrating their mutual contribution to the creation of the 'Wordsworthian',...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-06-13
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When Alice was nine years old, she and her father - a beloved school librarian - made a promise to read aloud together for 100 consecutive nights. Upon reaching their goal, they celebrated over pancakes, but it was clear that neither wanted to let go of what had become...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2011-06-09
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