A fascinating exploration of the science and psychology behind fear, madness, and the haunting stories that linger in our mindsScientists throughout centuries have mined the depths of humanity looking forand findinganswers to life's most mysterious questions, but perhaps the most memorable accounts of hidden dimensions have been left to us by science fiction writers like Philip K.
A fascinating exploration of the science and psychology behind fear, madness, and the haunting stories that linger in our mindsScientists throughout centuries have mined the depths of humanity looking forand findinganswers to life's most mysterious questions, but perhaps the most memorable accounts of hidden dimensions have been left to us by science fiction writers like Philip K.
This is Bourdieu's long-awaited study of Flaubert and the formation of the modern literary field, it is an important contribution to the study of the social and historical conditions of literary works.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Channelling the dark magic at the heart of one of Shakespeare's most intriguing anti-heroes, this reimagining of Lady Macbeth is full of witchcraft, deadly power games, dark schemes, supernatural elements, and a touch of romance.
«Como raro y dramático testimonio de nuestras letras, La Ciudad del Dolor nos devuelve la imagen de un hombre de élite que se muestra vulnerable y que, visto por sí mismo y por otros como enfermo, sigue su función de intelectual crítico publicando notas de prensa acerca de las duras condiciones del lazareto Agua de Dios (1870-1961).
«El entusiasmo y la capacidad de identificación que Jane despierta resultan tan profundos que la interpretación contemporánea ha colocado a la escritora en el centro de su familia, de su sociedad e incluso de su tiempo, y la contempla y debate sobre ella, sus gustos, sus amoríos, sus desgracias o sus características literarias conforme a la importancia de la que en la actualidad goza.
«Si hubiera vivido un poco más, apenas tres años, Joseph Roth habría asentido ante la escena de Casablanca en la que el mayor Strasser le pregunta a Rick por su nacionalidad.
Das Licht der Erinnerung" ist eine Geschichte über Liebe, Abschied und die Magie, die bleibt, wenn ein Herz für immer weiterlebt - so zart und unvergänglich wie der Flug eines Schmetterlings.
Magical truly original Writing of people who limited themselves and died of it, Als has overcome limits The New York Times Book Review What are the forces that shape us?
A special student edition of Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, with an introduction and study notesWinston Smith lives in a world that controls every action and thought of its citizens through the all-seeing eye of Big Brother.
An exploration of the generative energy of literary texts, from Frankenstein's origin stories and Jane Austen's loose ends to the genius of William EmpsonIn Romanticism's Generative Reading, Susan Wolfson convenes an innovative array of subjects, texts, and cultural situations: lightning, Frankenstein, textual editing, Shakespeare read by girls, and William Empson's revelatory influence.
In diesem fiktiven Prosadialog, welcher das Gespräch eines Freundeskreises umfasst, führt Goethe seine Leser in die Thematik der "guten und bösen Frauen" ein.
An exploration of the generative energy of literary texts, from Frankenstein's origin stories and Jane Austen's loose ends to the genius of William EmpsonIn Romanticism's Generative Reading, Susan Wolfson convenes an innovative array of subjects, texts, and cultural situations: lightning, Frankenstein, textual editing, Shakespeare read by girls, and William Empson's revelatory influence.
The first volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, author of 'The Grass is Singing' and 'The Golden Notebook', and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.
In den Brennpunkt-Analysen in diesem Band werden Katastrophen, Krisen und Verlusterfahrungen zum Ausgangspunkt des Erzählens über Frauen, deren Lebensgeschichten durch eine Gratwanderung zwischen Unterwerfung und Selbstermächtigung geprägt sind.
Jane Austen is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English literary canon, and recent film and television adaptations of her works have brought them to a new audience almost 200 years after her untimely death.
