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The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre places the Revels Office and Elizabeth I's court theatre in a pre-modern, patronage and gift-exchange driven-world of centralized power in which hospitality, liberality, and conspicuous display were fundamental...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-08-17
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An important question concerning literary studies is the circulation of literary works beyond their place of origin. Many other aspects must also be taken into consideration, such as the asymmetric positioning of authors and their work in international circulation,...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
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2017-08-17
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Taking as its point of departure The Odyssey, Plato’s account of Atlantis and The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor, this book examines the profound influence of these works on the development of island fiction as a genre specific to English literature. Close readings of...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-08-17
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This book addresses the questions 'What did Thomas Hardy think about history and how did this enter into his writings?' Scholars have sought answers in 'revolutionary', 'gender', 'postcolonial' and 'millennial' criticism, but these are found to be unsatisfactory. Fred...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-17
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This book is about the metanarrative and metafictional elements of J. M. Coetzee’s novels. It draws together authorship, readership, ethics, and formal analysis into one overarching argument about how narratives work the boundary between art and life. On the basis of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-08-16
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Provides a detailed map of contemporary critical theory in Renaissance and Early Modern English literary studies beyond Shakespeare A Handbook of English Renaissance Literary Studies is a groundbreaking guide to the contemporary engagement with critical theory within...
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Wiley
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2017-08-14
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Critical Theory Handbooks
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In der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts gewann jener Prozess an Dynamik, der mit der Entfremdung des Menschen von der Natur unzureichend beschrieben wird. Die Städte entwickelten sich nicht nur zu Motoren der Industrialisierung, sondern wurden zu Zentren des modernen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-08-11
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Translating for younger audiences is in need of critical investigation, as children’s and teenagers’ literature and media products are being increasingly globalized and glocalized, with translation playing an important role in the process. Media phenomena such as Harry...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-08-10
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The relationship between biological thought and literature, and between science and culture, has long been an area of interest by no means confined to literary studies.The Darwin Anniversary celebrations of 2009 added to this tradition, inspiring a variety of new...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-08-10
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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 aesthetics and politics through Pinter’s later career and defines the politics...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-09
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Obwohl sich der Film als Gegenstand im Deutschunterricht etabliert hat, stellt sich die Frage nach Unterrichtskonzepten stetig neu. Dieser Sammelband thematisiert die permanente Veränderung der Inhalte, die im Kontext der Ausprägung von Visual Literacy zu betrachten...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-08-09
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William Blake (1757–1827) is one of the most significant figures in the history of English poetry. He is also one of the most mysterious, most challenging, and most frequently misunderstood. His Songs of Innocence and of Experience, on the surface so simple, are laden...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-08-08
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Giovanni Arpino (1927–1987) bezeichnete sein Schreiben als «ricerca dell’umano», als eine «Erforschung des Menschlichen». Im Vordergrund steht dabei, was eine Figur fühlt und denkt. Diese Selbsteinschätzung des bisher kaum erforschten Autors fungiert als...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-08-08
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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 routes of characters from The Voyage, Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-07
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Platonic concerns and conceptions profoundly affected early modern English and continental poetics, yet the effects have had little attention. This book defines Platonism's roles in early modern theories of literature, then reappraise the Platonizing major poet Edmund...
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OUP Oxford
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2017-08-04
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Die chinesische Germanistik erlebt gegenwärtig ihre Blütezeit – insbesondere dadurch, dass die Zahl der Universitäten, an denen man Germanistik als Bachelorstudiengang belegen kann, stark gestiegen ist.Die vorliegende Publikation besteht aus den Beiträgen chinesischer...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-08-04
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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 his life and work, and asks hard questions about the modes and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-02
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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 material that illustrates a radically changing notion of literature in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-01
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Die Studie unternimmt am Beispiel des deutschsprachigen Exilromans zur Zeit des ‚Dritten Reichs‘ den Versuch, die Ästhetik des Komischen als Teil einer modernen Exilpoetik zu etablieren. Sie berücksichtigt dabei das gesamte Spektrum komischer Schreibformen von der...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2017-08-01
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Poetic Conventions as Cognitive Fossils offers a major theoretical statement of where poetic conventions come from. The work comprises Reuven Tsur's research in cognitive poetics to show how conventional poetic styles originate from cognitive rather than cultural...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-08-01
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