Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

Ausgehend von der Frage, inwiefern Literatur sowohl auf gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen reagiert als auch auf diese einwirkt, geht die vorliegende Studie dieser Eigenschaft der Literatur im Falle des Bildungsromans in Japan nach.

A focused history of women and popular culture in Afghanistan from the Soviet invasion, to 9/11, to the Taliban's takeover.

"e;Pestilence entered.

While critics collect around the question of what comes "e;after postmodernism,"e; this book asks something different about recent American fiction: what if we are seeing not the end of postmodernism but its belated success?

That Borges is one of the key figures in 20th-century literature is beyond debate.

What is it about certain books that makes them bestsellers?

A history of Western culture's fascination with undead creatures in film and television.

'Thoughtful, witty, occasionally comic, often effortlessly profound - not a conventional journalistic memoir.

This book contains a selection of papers from the workshop Women in the History of Analytic Philosophy held in October 2019 in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Kennern gilt Max Kommerell (1902–1944) als einer der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Intellektuellen des 20.

David Copperfield, Roman im Genre des Bildungsromans von Charles Dickens, der von dem gleichnamigen Protagonisten erzählt und seine Abenteuer auf dem Weg von der Kindheit zum Erwachsenwerden schildert, ist auch ein autobiografischer Roman: "eine sehr komplizierte Verflechtung von Wahrheit und Erfindung", mit Ereignissen, die Dickens' eigenem Leben folgen.

Im Jahr 1921 legt der Expressionist Alfred Wolfenstein »Erzählungen« von Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855) in einer Auswahl und in eigener Übertragung vor; sie erscheinen in drei Bänden im renommierten Münchner Drei Masken Verlag.

Analyzes Black expressive culture in the 1980s as authors grappled with the contradictory legacies of the civil rights era.

Die Essaysammlung An-denken der Komparatistin Sarah C.

Ein Schriftsteller dürfe sich eigentlich »niemals vom Schreibtisch entfernen«, »mit den Zähnen« müsse »er sich festhalten«.

First published in 1954, Thackeray is intended as a reminder that Thackeray is, after all, a great novelist.

This collection of essays explores the hotel as a site of modernity, a space of mobility and transience that shaped the transnational and transcultural modernist activity of the first half of the twentieth century.

This collection of essays explores the hotel as a site of modernity, a space of mobility and transience that shaped the transnational and transcultural modernist activity of the first half of the twentieth century.

"En México gané mi nombre", dijo alguna vez José Saramago, y no parece que fuera sólo por compromiso con sus anfitriones desde Morelia hasta Guadalajara o Chiapas, o en los diversos recintos universitarios que recibieron al novelista.

Emily Brontës "Sturmhöhe" ("Wuthering Heights") erscheint hier in hochwertiger Hardcover-Ausstattung in der feinfühligen, kongenialen Übersetzung des Exildichters Alfred Wolfenstein.

Die Menschheit hat die Grenzen des ihr bekannten Himmels überschritten, die Erde ist zu einer Nichtigkeit geworden, der Mensch selbst seines die Nacktheit beschützenden Schleiers beraubt.

Die Studentenbewegung und die sexuelle Revolution, der Staatssozialismus sowie die Kontroversen um die Postmoderne haben mit ihren unterschiedlichen Vorstellungen von Emanzipation die Diskurse um Geschlecht und Sexualität in Deutschland nachhaltig verändert.

Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) gilt insbesondere durch seine Lyrik als Kultfigur.

Stanisław Lem gilt als "Exportschlager" der polnischen Literaturszene.

This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell's ideas about free speech and related matters - freedom of the press, the writer's freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness - and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his political vision of socialism.

This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell's ideas about free speech and related matters - freedom of the press, the writer's freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness - and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his political vision of socialism.

Trastornos en la sobremesa literaria reúne más de cin­cuenta artículos publicados por David Viñas a lo largo de casi tres décadas.

Born in rural Mississippi, the grandson of slaves, Richard Wright overcame every social obstacle, including poverty, racism, and limited education to achieve literary recognition as the creator of some of America's most powerful Black literature.

One of America's most noted contemporary novelists, John Irving has created a body of fiction of extraordinary range, moving with ease from romance to fairytale to thriller.

A look at the surprising nineteenth-century technology that inspires this literary and cultural movement: "e;I was very impressed by this book.

"e;A journey through Fleming's direct involvement in World War II intelligence and how this translated through his typewriter into James Bond's world.

James Bond is possibly the most well known fictional characters in history.

A look at the surprising nineteenth-century technology that inspires this literary and cultural movement: "e;I was very impressed by this book.

Imagine being one of the most well-loved children's authors of all time, yet your readers don't know if you're a man or a woman.

A detailed look at the British world of science fiction in the 1950s.

An insightful portrait of Austen's friend and fellow writer Anne Lefroy and the society that surrounded these two literary women.

An insightful portrait of Austen's friend and fellow writer Anne Lefroy and the society that surrounded these two literary women.

Imagine being one of the most well-loved children's authors of all time, yet your readers don't know if you're a man or a woman.

A detailed look at the British world of science fiction in the 1950s.

The Absence of Grace is a study of male fantasy, representation anxiety, and narratorial authority in two sixteenth-century books, Baldassare Castiglione's Il libro del Cortegiano (1528) and Giovanni Della Casa's Galateo (1558).

The Absence of Grace is a study of male fantasy, representation anxiety, and narratorial authority in two sixteenth-century books, Baldassare Castiglione's Il libro del Cortegiano (1528) and Giovanni Della Casa's Galateo (1558).

Dantes Divine Comedy is one of the most highly regarded works of world literature and a classic that continues to inspire fiction and poetry today.

Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe.

Sutherland House Classics is proud to bring back to print Julian Symons' The Tell-Tale Heart, an acclaimed and best-selling biography of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most influential authors in the English language.