Literary studies: general

This book provides a reading of the manifestations of postmodernism in the new Arab novel through significant models.

This book includes a collection of recent studies in the field of linguistic planning and linguistic policy, presenting various cases from various parts of the world, through which the variables of linguistic policy become clear, including the conflict of identities and the differences in economic, social, and linguistic visions, and the extent of the importance of language planning, whether in promoting it or reviving it.

Après la chute de la royauté le 10 août 1792, le palais du Roi-Soleil n’est plus qu’une carcasse.

Ce livre s’inscrit dans une Catena Aurea – cette chaîne d’or qui va du plus fugace aujourd’hui à la nuit des temps.

Fils légitime de la Révolution, le XIXe siècle doit créer un nouveau monde, il hésite entre l’empire, la monarchie, la république.

The story of Omar Tall, a hero also known under the appellation of El Hadj Omar (or Umar), is well known.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Dramen und Dramatische Szenen vor der Jahrhundertwende (1788–1799), 1.

"Natur" wird um 1800 zu einem zentralen Thema, auf das aus den verschiedensten Perspektiven geblickt wird: naturmagisch, religiös, dämonisch bedrohend, märchenhaft, philosophisch, medizinisch, naturwissenschaftlich etc.

In Erosion, Gina Caison traces how American authors and photographers have grappled with soil erosion as a material reality that shapes narratives of identity, belonging, and environment.

Exploring twentieth- and twenty-first century texts that wrestle with the Irish domestic interior as a sexualized and commodified space, this book provides readings of the power and authority of the feminized body in Ireland.

"e;They called it the Reagan revolution,"e; Ronald Reagan noted in his Farewell Address.

There is an increased awareness on the relevance of nutraceutical and functional foods as alternatives to harmful synthetic additives used in industry.

The essays in this second volume from Helmut Gneuss are devoted to the study of books, their readers, and libraries in medieval England, especially in the Anglo-Saxon period.

This book includes four hitherto unpublished papers together with a substantial introductory historiographical and bibliographical overview.

Comfort and domestic space are complex narratives that can help draw our attention to everything from urban planning, everyday objects, and new technologies to class conflict, racial and ethnic segregation, and the gendering of domestic labour.

John Polidori's novella The Vampyre (1819) is perhaps 'the most influential horror story of all time' (Frayling).

Presenting up-to-date data in an easy-to-use format, this comprehensive overview of the chemistry of bioactive components of fruits and cereals addresses the role of these compounds in determining taste, flavor, and color, as well as recent claims of anticarcinogenic, antimutagenic, and antioxidant capabilities.

Middle English literature is intimately concerned with sleep and the spaces in which it takes place.

This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Twelfth Night was received and understood by critics, editors and general readers.

Dans cet essai incontournable, la psychanalyste Cécile Orsoni déconstruit radicalement l’interprétation traditionnelle du conte de la Belle au bois dormant.

«Trois ans, avait-elle dit, mais ce laps de temps est dépourvu de sens à mes yeux, je ne peux pas le concevoir.