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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel

    Edición de Graham Bartram ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel, first published in 2004, provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the German novel from the 1890s to the present. Written by an international team of experts, it encompasses both modernist and realist traditions, and also includes a look back to the roots of the modern novel in the Bildungsroman of the late ... Leer más

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  • Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

    A Routledge Study Guide

    Series series Routledge Guides to Literature
    Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism. This classic tale transcends the boundaries of time and place and has inspired famous film and television adaptations emphasising the cultural significance and continued ... Leer más

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  • The Philosophy of Piers Plowman

    The Ethics and Epistemology of Love in Late Medieval Thought

    de David Strong ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines William Langland’s late medieval poem, The Vision of Piers Plowman, in light of contemporary intellectual thought. David Strong argues that where the philosophers John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham revolutionize the view of human potential through their theories of epistemology, ethics, and freedom of the will, Langland vivifies these ideas by contextualizing them in an ... Leer más

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  • The New Woman Gothic

    Reconfigurations of Distress

    The controversial and compelling figure of the New Woman in late Victorian fiction has garnered extensive scholarly attention, but rarely has she been investigated through the fascinating lens of the Gothic. Yet the presence of sinister Gothic elements is so widespread in the generally realisitic British novels that the term "New Woman Gothic" readily comes to mind. Drawing from and reworking ... Leer más

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  • Scandal on Stage

    European Theater as Moral Trial

    New plays and operas have often tried to upset the status quo or disturb the assumptions of theatre audiences. Yet, as this study explores, the reactions of the audience or of the authorities are often more extreme than the creators had envisaged, to include outrage, riots, protests or censorship. Scandal on Stage looks at ten famous theater scandals of the past two centuries in Germany and France ... Leer más

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  • Postcolonial Readings of Romanian Identity Narratives

    The book offers a view of national self-identification in the literary culture of twentieth century Romania with a special focus on the postcolonial paradigm. Romanian identity narratives downplay the colonial setup of the country’s past and the colonial past goes unmentioned in the country’s historiography and popular culture. However, the postcolonial paradigm helps readers grasp national self ... Leer más

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  • The Ethical Poetic of the Later Middle Ages

    A decorum of convenient distinction

    Series series Heritage
    This study of the definition of literature in the late medieval period is based on manuals of writing and on literary commentary and glosses. It defines a method of reading which may now profitably explain medieval texts, and identifies new primary medieval evidence which may ground and guide new reading.Allen chooses texts whose commentary tradition provides the greatest opportunity for ... Leer más

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov

    Edición de Julian W. Connolly ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Vladimir Nabokov held the unique distinction of being one of the most important writers of the twentieth century in two separate languages, Russian and English. Known for his verbal mastery and bold plots, Nabokov fashioned a literary legacy that continues to grow in significance. This 2005 volume offers a concise and informative introduction into the author's fascinating creative world. Specially ... Leer más

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  • Joyce and the Science of Rhythm

    de W. Martin ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book situates Joyce's critical writings within the context of an emerging discourse on the psychology of rhythm, suggesting that A Portrait of the Artist dramatizes the experience of rhythm as the subject matter of the modernist novel. Including comparative analyses of the lyrical prose of Virginia Woolf and the 'cadences' of the Imagists, Martin outlines a new concept of the 'modern period' ... Leer más

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  • Joyce / Shakespeare

    Series series Irish Studies
    Shakespeare’s presence in Joyce’s work is tentacular, extending throughout his career on many different levels: cultural, structural, lexical, and psychological; yet a surprisingly long time has passed since the last monograph on this literary nexus was published. Joyce/Shakespeare brings together fresh work by internationally recognized Joyce scholars on these two icons, reinvigorating our ... Leer más

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  • Writers as Public Intellectuals

    Literature, Celebrity, Democracy

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it. ... Leer más

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