Qui connait vraiment le premier Thomas Mann, celui qui se fit fort de representer la culture de son pays alors que celui-ci etait en conflit avec la France et l'Angleterre durant le Premier Conflit Mondial ?
This distinguished critical book reveals to the reader a comprehensive picture of the great writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, one of the pillars of the twentieth-century Arab literary renaissance.
The first comprehensive study of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham Since her first book appeared in 1980, Jorie Graham has challenged readers with her bold, innovative, and capacious poetry.
The first comprehensive study of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham Since her first book appeared in 1980, Jorie Graham has challenged readers with her bold, innovative, and capacious poetry.
Als Goethe 1779 an der Seite seines Dienstherrn Herzog Carl August durch Schwaben reiste, begegnete er in Stuttgart auch dem jungen Carlsschüler Friedrich Schiller.
Im August 1922 bereist der damals 23-jährige Ernest Hemingway, seit einem Jahr als Korrespondent des Toronto Star in Paris, mit seiner Frau Hadley für drei Wochen den Schwarzwald.
Die erste umfangreiche deutschsprachige Biografie Ernst Tollers, des Revolutionärs, der im Gefängnis zum berühmtesten Dramatiker der Weimarer Republik wurde.
Einfühlsam, wortgewaltig und analytisch brillant: die Lebensgeschichte Theodor Lessings erzählt von Rainer MarwedelDer jüdische Philosoph Theodor Lessing wurde am 8.
Die erste umfangreiche deutschsprachige Biografie Ernst Tollers, des Revolutionärs, der im Gefängnis zum berühmtesten Dramatiker der Weimarer Republik wurde.
Einfühlsam, wortgewaltig und analytisch brillant: die Lebensgeschichte Theodor Lessings erzählt von Rainer MarwedelDer jüdische Philosoph Theodor Lessing wurde am 8.
"e;Simply Proust pulls off with ease the arduous task of making Marcel Proust's masterwork accessible, without sacrificing none of the complexity that makes it one of the most important novels of the 20th Century.
Jane Austen Daddy's Girl: The Life and Influence of the Revd George Austen is a poignant and pertinent examination of a relationship which became the cornerstone of Jane's life, the bedrock of family and faith as she knew them.
Tales from the Riverside tells true and unique stories about one man's struggle with alligators, snakes, killer bees, and hordes of nasty critters on a daily basis in his swamp.
'All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn; for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds,' said Virginia Woolf.
This book investigates how Zimbabwean literary texts subvert state-sponsored amnesia when it comes to the many forms of past and ongoing political violence in Zimbabwe.
WINNER OF THE 2012 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2012 US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZEFrom Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo comes a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the world s most lively but treacherous cities.
This book investigates how Zimbabwean literary texts subvert state-sponsored amnesia when it comes to the many forms of past and ongoing political violence in Zimbabwe.