This is a collection of selected and translated Chinese legends and tales arranged under specific topics important to Chinese culture, with an introduction and reading guide for each piece.
Far from causing the "e;death of the book,"e; the publishing industry's adoption of digital technologies has generated a multitude of new works that push the boundaries of literature and its presentation.
Far from causing the "e;death of the book,"e; the publishing industry's adoption of digital technologies has generated a multitude of new works that push the boundaries of literature and its presentation.
A critical deep-drive into conceptions of power and society in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, this book brings together experts in fantasy literature, political sciences, economics, philosophy, history, and journalism to consider the intricate social tapestry of one of the most intricate worlds in modern fantasy.
The second installment of the Album of Dated Latin Inscriptions from Rome and the Neighborhood offers a rich continuation of epigraphical and palaeographical study, covering the period from A.
This volume explores the relationship between oneiric and historical episodes of atrocity as depicted in transnational twentieth- and twenty-first-century art, film, literature and theatre.
La producción dramática de las últimas décadas en América Latina y España se halla en un momento de esplendor, tanto por la diversidad, como por la calidad y ambición de sus propuestas.
The chapters in this book vary from methods of assessing and monitoring nutritional status to those of the use of intravenous and enternal nutritional support.
En este libro se recogen estudios de autores muy relevantes de la literatura italiana del Novecientos, así como un apéndice que contiene dos estudios sobre dos autores norteamericanos bastante presentes en la literatura europea del siglo XX.
The first thing that draws the attention of a visitor to the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in his hometown of Odense is the huge number of editions in which his stories were published in all languages of the world.
Antonio's Devils deals both historically and theoretically with the origins of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature by tracing the progress of a few remarkable writers who, for various reasons and in various ways, cited Scripture for their own purpose, as Antonio's "e;devil,"e; Shylock, does in The Merchant of Venice.