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In der offiziellen Begründung zur Verleihung des Nobelpreises an William G. Golding (1983) ist u. a. hervorgehoben, dass sein Romanwerk «die menschlichen Bedingungen in der heutigen Welt» beleuchtet. Es stellt sich die spannende Frage, wie sich die in den Romanen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-02-03
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A belief in progress tells us something about the way a society views itself. Progress speaks of confidence, optimism and dynamism. It assures us of pattern and structure. In the nineteenth century, as the Christian model of development is increasingly challenged and as...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-02-03
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Im Gegensatz zu anderen Wissenschaftlern teilen die Akteure der Literaturtheorie mit dem Gegenstand ihrer Analyse sowohl das Medium wie auch dessen literarisch-rhetorische und poetologische Mittel. Dieser Band fragt in einem Querschnitt von Kierkegaard über Nietzsche,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-02-03
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In the first expansive study of American pastoral since Leo Marx's The Machine in the Garden , Mikkelsen reinvigorates discussion of this literary mode as a form of cultural commentary whose subjects extend beyond the simple or rustic life to encompass the major social,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-01-31
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Through the consideration of canonical authors such as Blake, Scott, and Wordsworth and of lesser-studied works such as radical press writings and popular drama, this study explores the imaginative appeal of the social structures and literary forms of the Middle Ages,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-31
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This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-31
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This book offers a careful and measured response to Noam Chomsky's criticism against deconstructive theories of language. The author reveals the connections between Chomsky's linguistic theories and politics by demonstrating their shared philosophical basis.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-31
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This is the first book to concentrate not only on the triumph of the vernacular in modern China but also on the critical role of the rise of the vernacular in world literature, invoking parallel cases from countries throughout Europe and Asia.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-31
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The author analyzes and discusses the socio-historical meanings and implications of Pedro Henríquez Ureña's (1884-1946) writings on language. This important twentieth century Latin American intellectual is an unavoidable reference in Hispanic Linguistics and Cultural...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-01-31
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What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that happen every day? But where and when? In this remarkable book, Roberto Calasso sets out not to dispel the mystery but to let it be illuminated by its own light. With his unique vision,...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-01-31
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This collection by leading scholars in the field provides a fascinating and ground-breaking introduction to current research in Irish Romantic studies. It proves the international scope and aesthetic appeal of Irish writing in this period, and shows the importance of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-28
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The publication of Robinson Crusoe in London in 1719 marked the arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling - one which reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom...
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Bbc Digital
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2011-01-27
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The publication of Robinson Crusoe in London in 1719 marked the arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling - one which reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom...
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Bbc Digital
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2011-01-27
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The publication of Robinson Crusoe in London in 1719 marked the arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling - one which reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom...
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Bbc Digital
Parution :
2011-01-27
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The publication of Robinson Crusoe in London in 1719 marked the arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling - one which reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom...
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Bbc Digital
Parution :
2011-01-27
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The publication of Robinson Crusoe in London in 1719 marked the arrival of a revolutionary art form: the novel. British writers were prominent in shaping the new type of storytelling - one which reflected the experiences of ordinary people, with characters in whom...
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Bbc Digital
Parution :
2011-01-27
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Writing the Lives of Painters explores the development of artists' biographies in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. During this period artists gradually distanced themselves from artisans and began to be recognised for their imaginative and intellectual...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-01-27
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What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader,...
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E-Penguin
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2011-01-25
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During the seventeenth century, in response to political and social upheavals such as the English Civil Wars, women produced writings in both manuscript and print. This volume represents recent scholarship that has uncovered new texts as well as introduced new paradigms...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-01-19
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'Thank you, O golden mother, / For giving me a life,' says Paul Durcan in this brilliant new collection, a poignant tribute to 'the first woman I ever knew'. Sheila MacBride came from a political family – her uncle John MacBride was executed in 1916 for his part in the...
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Vintage Digital
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2011-01-18
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