Comparative literature

This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture.

This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture.

The analyses of German and Brazilian cultures found in this book offer a much-needed rethinking of the intercultural paradigm for the humanities and literary and cultural studies.

The analyses of German and Brazilian cultures found in this book offer a much-needed rethinking of the intercultural paradigm for the humanities and literary and cultural studies.

Symbolic representation is a crucial subject for and a potent heuristic instrument of diaspora studies.

Symbolic representation is a crucial subject for and a potent heuristic instrument of diaspora studies.

This book examines the striking resurgence of the literary letter at the end of the long twentieth century.

One of the most contentious questions in contemporary literary studies is whether there can ever be a science of literature that can lay claim to objectivity and universality, for example by concentrating on philological criticism, by appealing to cognitive science, or by exposing the underlying media of literary communication.

This book explores one of the central questions that has haunted husbands and wives and lovers over the millennia of history: What kind of afterlife might they expect for their love once one or both of them have died?

Recent developments in cognitive narrative theory have called attention to readers' active participation in making sense of narrative.

By the early middle ages vernacular aristocratic traditions of heroic narration were firmly established in Western and Northern Europe.

Recent developments in cognitive narrative theory have called attention to readers' active participation in making sense of narrative.

By the early middle ages vernacular aristocratic traditions of heroic narration were firmly established in Western and Northern Europe.

One of the most contentious questions in contemporary literary studies is whether there can ever be a science of literature that can lay claim to objectivity and universality, for example by concentrating on philological criticism, by appealing to cognitive science, or by exposing the underlying media of literary communication.

Magic realism has become a significant mode of expression in Jewish cultural production.

The contributors to the present volume examine, from a wide variety of perspectives, the issues of war and peace in the Middle Ages and early modern time, probing the direction of the relevant discourse regarding the legitimacy and justification of military operations.