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No author in the English canon seems more deserving of the epithet sublime than John Milton. Yet Milton's sublimity has long been dismissed as an invention of eighteenth-century criticism. The poet himself, the story goes, could hardly have had any notion of the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-29
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«Through detailed, elegant interpretations of utopian novels produced in the United States and the Soviet Union, Pavla Veselá casts aside standard commonplaces about East / West cultural divergences and reveals the critical function of utopian fiction that is shared in...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2023-11-29
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Ließ Brechts zum Diktum gewordenes Versfragment «Gespräch über Bäume» die Naturlyrik zum fragwürdigen Genre werden, so rief es gleichwohl bald Widerspruch hervor, nicht nur in Paul Celans lyrischer Replik «Ein Blatt, baumlos» und den ebenfalls auf Brecht antwortenden...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2023-11-27
Collection :
Kontemporär. Schriften zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur
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Seldom has a royal court invited such intensive study as that of Henry VIII, or become so prominent in popular culture. Nonetheless, Intercultural Explorations and the Court of Henry VIII is committed to offering a fresh perspective on Tudor court culture, by using...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-27
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How was modern character made or remade at the turn of the twentieth century? Modern Character: 1888-1905 considers a range of literary and dramatic texts, showcasing the extraordinary efforts of various writers to rethink and reinvent 'human character' during this...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-27
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This book offers an in-depth analysis of the work of prolific writer, activist and publisher, Jack Lindsay (1900-1990). It maps the development of his ideas across the twentieth century by reference to the five British writers about whom he published major studies:...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-26
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Philosophical Allusions in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake is the first study to offer complete and comprehensive explanations of the most significant philosophical references in James Joyce's avant-garde masterpiece.
Philosophy is important in all of Joyce's works, but...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-26
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The beginning of the 21st century saw the rise of "New" Atheism and a resulting conflict with Theists – at the same time as the resurgence of fantasy in popular culture. This volume analyses the impact of Theist and Atheist thought on the narratology of four highly...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-11-24
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This book advances five original readings of Shakespeare's King Lear, influenced by Giorgio Agamben, but tempered by primary research into Jacobean literature, law, religion, and philosophy. To grasp Lear’s encounter between politics and identity, the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-23
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Ernest Dowson: Lyric Lives is the first full-length critical study of this canonical writer to appear in English. It challenges the many myths that have surrounded Dowson's life and work for more than a century, contending that, in his distinct theory of muse-fired...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-23
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Queering W. B. Yeats and Gabriele D’Annunzio: Modernist Playwrights challenges the general resistance in scholarship and queer studies to approach Yeats and D’Annunzio through a queer lens because of their controversial affiliations with fascism and elitism, their...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-22
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Is poetry a visual art? Why do the pages of nineteenth-century poetry look so different to those of twentieth-century verse? Exploiting the expressive possibilities of print--from spacing and indentation to alignment and typeface--is one of the defining ways in which...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-22
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This is an open access book. The role of the Indonesian language holds paramount significance, as it serves as an instrumental medium for educating the populace. It retains a steadfast position as a conduit for national communication, a unifying force, and a vital...
Editeur :
Atlantis Press
Parution :
2023-11-21
Collection :
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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La ricezione della storia di Adelphi ha risentito a lungo dell’influenza di una delle sue figure più autorevoli: Roberto Calasso. Quest’ultimo ha dedicato una parte della sua produzione a un discorso sulla figura dell’editore a cui si intrecciano percorsi autobiografici...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2023-11-21
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Seldom has a royal court invited such intensive study as that of Henry VIII, or become so prominent in popular culture. Nonetheless, Intercultural Explorations and the Court of Henry VIII is committed to offering a fresh perspective on Tudor court culture, by using...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-20
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Walter Höllerer (1922–2003) gestaltete als Mitglied der Gruppe 47 und langjähriger Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift Akzente maßgeblich die Modernisierung der deutschen Literatur in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er gründete das Institut und die Zeitschrift...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2023-11-17
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This book investigates how culture and economics define novel forms of cosmopolitanism and cosmopolitan fiction. Tracing cosmopolitanism’s transition from universalism to vernacularism, the book opens up new avenues for reading cosmopolitan fiction by offering a precise...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-17
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In the world’s so-called honor and face cultures, certain values and codes related to the protection of a family’s stainless reputation are deep-rooted. When they are violated by what is perceived as an immoral action, and the respective transgression becomes known, the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-11-16
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Questo volume si propone di aggiornare la mappa della produzioneletteraria ottocentesca di argomento filellenico, stabilendo un confrontocon autori la cui opera non è stata ancora sufficientemente studiatada tale prospettiva. Partendo da una necessaria...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2023-11-16
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No author in the English canon seems more deserving of the epithet sublime than John Milton. Yet Milton's sublimity has long been dismissed as an invention of eighteenth-century criticism. The poet himself, the story goes, could hardly have had any notion of the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-14
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