This two-volume co-authored study explores the history of the concept of barbarism from the eighteenth century to the present and highlights its foundational role in modern European and Western identity.
The book explores the encounter of the self with situations of crisis from diverse disciplinary and cultural perspectives from antiquity to contemporary times.
This edited volume explores the historical, cultural and literary legacies of Polish Britain, and their significance for both the British and Polish nations.
Das Musil-Forum, Publikationsorgan der Internationalen Robert-Musil-Gesellschaft, ist eine interdisziplinäre Plattform für die Erforschung der Literatur der klassischen Moderne und insbesondere des Werks von Robert Musil (1880–1942).
Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film includes a collection of essays exploring the ways in which recent literary and filmic representations of vulnerability depict embodied forms of vulnerability across languages, media, genres, countries, and traditions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film includes a collection of essays exploring the ways in which recent literary and filmic representations of vulnerability depict embodied forms of vulnerability across languages, media, genres, countries, and traditions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Jake Barnes, a man with a war injury that makes him question himself as a man, is able to go back into society as an American journalist living in Paris.
Sebastian Rodl's Self-Consciousness and Objectivity is one of the most original and thought-provoking books in analytic philosophy for the last several years.
Sebastian Rodl's Self-Consciousness and Objectivity is one of the most original and thought-provoking books in analytic philosophy for the last several years.
This book examines the validity of the notion of the 'vernacular' and the position of the so-called 'vernaculars' in colonial and postcolonial settings.
This book examines the validity of the notion of the 'vernacular' and the position of the so-called 'vernaculars' in colonial and postcolonial settings.
This encyclopedic guide to the American dime novel contains over 1,200 entries on serial publications, major writers and editors, publishers, and major characters, fiction genres, themes, and locales.
Der ägyptische Schriftsteller Sonallah Ibrahim gewährt in seinem Notizbuch einen Einblick in zwei seiner Romane, die in einem eher dokumentarischen Stil geschrieben sind, eine persönliche Geschichte mit dem politischen Umfeld verweben und Exzerpte von Zeitschriften und Ansprachen zitieren.
Focusing on the war on the Western and Southern fronts and inclusive of material from all sides of the conflict, this book explores the novels and poems of significant soldier-writers alongside important contemporary historical documents.
This meticulously annotated edition of Nella Larsen's novel Passing contextualizes the novel's many historical and cultural references and introduces readers to a central theme: crossing the color line in the hopes of living a more privileged life.
As a genetic study, this book uncovers the creative DNA of James Joyce's oeuvre by looking at the cultural forces that shaped him and that he in turn shaped in the creation of his books, developing a two-way relationship with history, memory and national identity.
As a genetic study, this book uncovers the creative DNA of James Joyce's oeuvre by looking at the cultural forces that shaped him and that he in turn shaped in the creation of his books, developing a two-way relationship with history, memory and national identity.
The book explores the encounter of the self with situations of crisis from diverse disciplinary and cultural perspectives from antiquity to contemporary times.
John Grisham is one of the most prolific and beloved mystery writers today, still reaching the top of the bestseller lists with books like The Testament (1999) and King of Torts (2003).
Exploring the importance of Ernest Hemingways time in Italy to his writing and legacyFrom his World War I service in Italy through his transformational return visits during the decades that followed, Ernest Hemingways Italian experiences were fundamental to his artistic development.
Written by the author of "e;The Poetry of Seamus Heaney: All the Realms of Whisper"e; and "e;Contemporary Irish Poetry: A Collection of Critical Essays"e;, this is a collection of critical essays on Seamus Heaney.
Modernist Poetry, Gender and Leisure Technologies: Machine Amusements explores how modernist women poets were inspired by leisure technologies to write new versions of the gendered subject.
First published in 2006, Alek's Sierz's The Theatre of Martin Crimp provided a groundbreaking study of one of British theatre's leading contemporary playwrights.
David Greig has been described as 'one of the most interesting and adventurous British dramatists of his generation' (Daily Telegraph) and 'one of the most intellectually stimulating dramatists around' (Guardian).
