Literary studies: general

Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans.

From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us-and always will beIn this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history.

How the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identityThe rabbinic corpus begins with a question';when?

A landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuriesThanks to modern technological advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information.

A groundbreaking biography of Milton's formative years that provides a new account of the poet's political radicalizationJohn Milton (1608-1674) has a unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest narrative poem in English, and prose defences of the execution of Charles I that influenced the French and American revolutions.

How transatlantic thinkers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries promoted the unification of Britain and the United StatesBetween the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the unification of Britain and the United States.

An innovative reassessment of philosopher P.

A major reinterpretation of Horace's famous literary manualFor two millennia, the Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry), the 476-line literary treatise in verse with which Horace closed his career, has served as a paradigmatic manual for writers.

A wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from Chaucer to the presentIn literary and cultural studies, tradition is a word everyone uses but few address critically.

From the author of Wittgenstein's Poker and Would You Kill the Fat Man?

A groundbreaking biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant's son became one of the most celebrated of all English poets More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political life-yet his poems are anything but conventional.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Three Guineas (a book-length essay)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Microsomes, Drug Oxidations, and Chemical Carcinogenesis, Volume I, documents the proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Microsomes and Drug Oxidations held in Ann Arbor, July 1979.

Dieses eBook: "Odyssee" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Reinaldo Arenas was born to a poverty-stricken family in rural Cuba.

Eight hundred years ago, the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France.

'The scent of God.

How Black poets have charted the direction of American poetics for the past two centuriesBefore Modernism examines how Black poetics, in antagonism with White poetics in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, produced the conditions for the invention of modern American poetry.

Discover biblical wisdom and practical advice for new moms that will help you thrive as you take care of yourself and your new baby.

Mucho se ha escrito sobre las luchas feministas, sobre qué es el feminismo y sobre los tipos de feminismos existentes.

Roman für Jugendliche von 13–16 Jahren, auch als Klassenlektüre an weiterführenden Schulen geeignet, Fach: Deutsch, Förderunterricht, Klasse 8–10 +++ K.

Nuestra comprensión de Federico García Lorca siempre se ha construido en diálogo con el archivo.

In 'Immer mutig!

De sobra es conocido que el incremento de las enfermedades crónico–degenerativas está minando los recursos destinados a la salud en diversas naciones.

Leo Tolstoy's 'The Complete Works' stands as a monumental collection of some of the greatest literary works to have ever graced the world of literature.

Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love' is a captivating and insightful exploration of the realm of love and relationships during the medieval period.

El Bernardode Balbuena es una obra clave de la historia literaria hispánica.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Collected Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Short Stories, Novels, Poems and Essays"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Lustrum Band 64, eine Fortsetzung der Lustrum-Bände 54 (2012), 56 (2014) und 61 (2019), bietet ein weiteres großes Kapitel des Forschungsberichtes von Edzard Visser (Basel) zu Homer 1977-2000: In Kapitel IX gibt Edzard Visser jetzt einen ebenso gründlichen wie gehaltvollen Überblick über "Homerische Darstellungsformen und Erzähltechnik", in dem er die Forschungsliteratur aus Narratologie und Intertextualität sowie zu Zeitdarstellungen, "Beinahe-Szenen", psychologischen Aspekten der Darstellung sowie "typischen Szenen", Katalogdichtung, Ekphrasis und Gleichnissen (um nur einige Darstellungsmodi zu nennen) äußerst kenntnisreich vorstellt und bespricht.

In 'Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol & Other Christmas Books', readers are treated to a collection of five classic Christmas tales by the renowned author Charles Dickens.

In an era where resilience and faith were essential for survival, Judith's story shines as a beacon of courage and spiritual triumph.

In 'Iphigenie auf Tauris: Ein Schauspiel' von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wird die Geschichte der Prinzessin Iphigenie erzählt, die von den Göttern gerettet und auf der Insel Tauris gebracht wurde.

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If the Arabic language, with its eloquent word, was delivered to the old Arab poets until their poems were linguistic arguments, then in some of their poets, expressions have come out of their meanings from integrity, which is prepared by the author of this book, illusions that show their mistake and delusion.

If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're missing the most magical fun.

'Mind-blowing - will change the way you eat forever.

This carefully crafted ebook: "John Keats: The Eve of St.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Ode on a Grecian Urn (Complete Edition)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Collected Short Stories: The Necklace + The Piece of String + Boule de Suif + Mademoiselle Fifi + Pierrot + Two Friends + La Maison Tellier + Ghosts and much more"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

In The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Anthony Trollope captures the essence of Victorian England through his detailed portrayal of the residents of the fictional county of Barsetshire.

Dieses eBook: "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge (Ein Klassiker der deutschen Literatur)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Jesus' arrival on earth changed the course of history forever.

Peor está que estaba es una de las más logradas y exitosas comedias de enredo del repertorio calderoniano.

Schon wieder ein Buch übers Dicksein?

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Complete Poetry"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Spain’s decadence and England’s rise to power is commonly believed to be the result of the uncontested victory of the English navy over Philip II and the Duke of Medina Sidonia’s obsolete and slow Spanish Armada in 1588.

Spain’s decadence and England’s rise to power is commonly believed to be the result of the uncontested victory of the English navy over Philip II and the Duke of Medina Sidonia’s obsolete and slow Spanish Armada in 1588.

"Köln ist keine, war nie eine Stadt der Literatur", konstatierte im Jahre 1980 der Kölner Autor Jürgen Becker in seiner Laudatio auf den in Köln gebürtigen Literaturwissenschaftler Hans Mayer, der seinerzeit den Kölner Literaturpreis erhielt.

Uncover the deep riches of one of the Bible's greatest calls to godly living.

Although Classical Athenian ideology did not permit women to exercise legal, economic, and social autonomy, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides often represent them as influential social and moral forces in their own right.