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Historical Writing in Britain, 1688-1830 explores a series of debates concerning the nature and value of the past in the long eighteenth century. The essays investigate a diverse range of subjects including art history, biography, historical poetry, and novels, as well...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-21
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The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-17
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Tracing the changing conceptions of nationality in the work of traveling writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Gertrude Stein, and Claude McKay, Modernism and Mobility argues that the passport system is an indispensable segue into discussions of literary modernism.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Manche Romantiker drücken Leidenschaft und deren Bändigung mit musikartigen Mitteln aus – hier Friedrich Schlegel und E.T.A. Hoffmann. Die psychologisch versierten Realisten tun es durch den rhythmischen Atem des Erzählens, des Dramas; ferner mit Skepsis, Resignation,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Harold Pinter is inarguably one of the most influential modern British dramatists. The horizon of his literary, cultural and political activity stretches far beyond the borders of his homeland, as well as beyond the theatrical and literary world. The essays in this...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Shakespeare's Princes of Wales spotlights the surprising abundance of princes of Wales--English and Welsh alike--appearing onstage in the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In drawing our attention to the oft-overlooked and frequently misunderstood Welsh inheritance,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-10-16
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In early eighteenth-century texts, the gypsy is frequently figured as an amusing rogue; by the Victorian period, it has begun to take on a nostalgic, romanticized form, abandoning sublimity in favour of the bucolic fantasy propagated by George Borrow and the founding...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Die gegenwärtige Migrationsliteratur befindet sich im Allgemeinen am Schnittpunkt diverser Komplexitäten, die ihre Wahrnehmung erheblich beeinflussen.Die Konstruktion von und Auseinandersetzung mit Fremdem und Eigenem und insbesondere mit Identität stehen daher im...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Dieser Band vereinigt Beiträge zur Deutschen Romantik, zu ihren vielfältigen Transformationen und transgressiven Adaptionen. Auf der einen Seite werden einzelne Aspekte der Philosophie und der Literatur der Früh- und Spätromantik beleuchtet, auf der anderen Seite wird...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-16
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A Tale Blazed Through Heaven examines developments in the representation of the classical tale of Mars, Venus, and Vulcan in the literature and painting of the Golden Age of Spain (c.1526-1681). Anchored in close analysis of individual primary texts, the five chapters...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-10-16
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Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-15
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This companion volume to The Return of Theory in Early Modern English Studies: Tarrying with the Subjunctive exemplifies the new directions in which the field is going as well as the value of crossing disciplinary boundaries within and beyond the humanities. Topics...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-14
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In historischen und zeitgeschichtlichen Jugendromanen über Auswanderung, Flucht und Vertreibung, soweit in den letzten Jahren erschienen, spielt das Thema des Heimatverlustes eine zentrale Rolle. Es geht in diesen Texten allerdings um mehr als nur den äußeren Vorgang...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-14
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This book shows the evolution of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, a famous and innovative dictionary for native speakers of English. It traces changes in the dictionary from 1911 to recent times. By comparing samples from each edition, the author provides insights into...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-14
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In recent decades, and in particular as a result of global climate change, the significance of the Arctic has radically shifted, from a remote periphery to a region of intensifying political and academic interest and of conflicting interests. This collection of texts...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2014-10-14
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Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit den Formen und Funktionen von Sprachmischungen zwischen dem Englischen und dem Deutschen der Gegenwart. Als Datengrundlage dient ein synchrones Pressekorpus aus 52 Ausgaben des Nachrichtenmagazins Der Spiegel, das seit den 1960ern immer...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-10-14
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Shakespeare and the Embodied Heroine is a bold new investigation of Shakespeare's female characters using the late plays and the early adaptations written and staged during the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-10
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Looking at the works of the Brontë sisters through a translingual, transnational, and transcultural lens, this collection is the first book-length study of the Brontës as received and reimagined in languages and cultures outside of Europe and the United States.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-09
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This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-07
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The Narrative Turn in Fiction and Theory explores the philosophical and historical underpinnings of the postwar crisis and return of storytelling and shows their relevance for the ongoing debate on the significance of narrative for human existence.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-10-06
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