While James Joyce was a central figure of high modernism, Malcom Lowry spoke for the next generation of modernist writers and, despite his denials, was almost certainly influenced by Joyce.
Here is the ideal introduction to satire for the student and, for the experienced scholar, an occasion to reconsider the uses, problems, and pleasures of satire in light of contemporary theory.
A leading critic of contemporary Spanish poetry examines here the work of ten important poets who came to maturity in the immediate post-Civil War period and whose major works appeared between 1956 and 1971: Francisco Brines; Eladio Cabanero; Angel Crespo; Gloria Fuertes; Jaime Gil de Biedma; Angel Gonzalez; Manuel Mantero; Claudio Rodriguez; Carlos Sahagun; and Jose Angel Valente.
Die Kultur des Gehens entwickelt sich parallel zur mechanisierten Fortbewegung in Eisenbahn und Automobil und knüpft an die alte Tradition an, die zwischen Gehen, Denken und Schreiben Korrespondenzen entdeckt.
This book examines contemporary visual poetry and how conceptual writing, poem-objects, and computational texts shape a posthumanist understanding that is "e;situated"e;.
Das Erzählen in frühen Hochkulturen führt in seinem zweiten Band "Eine Archäologie der narrativen Sinnbildung" die bereits im Vorgängerband "Der Fall Ägypten" gestellten Fragen zu den Bedingungen des Erzählens in einer frühen Hochkultur nun im interdisziplinären Kontext fort.
Cet ouvrage est un récit de vie qui suscite l’émotion et met en valeur certaines réalités en Afrique, où l’auteure, une jeune femme, a vu le jour et a grandi.
It was Shaw's general contention that all great art was didactic; it was his specific contention that he wrote plays to convert people to his opinions on 'Social Economy', 'Political Economy' and 'Vital Economy'.
This study explores the theater actually known and frequented by Dickens in order to show in terms of concrete structural analysis of his novels the nature of the predominantly "e;dramatic"e; or "e;theatrical"e; quality of his genius.
Sabine Narr erschließt ein Forschungsfeld, das in der französischen Literaturwissenschaft, Literatur- und Mediengeschichte bisher kaum wahrgenommen wurde.
Die Demokratie kann nur überleben, wenn sie sich als Reich verwirklicht - so lautet die provokative These, die Hermann Broch in seinem Roman Der Tod des Vergil propagiert.
The Rise of Sensationalism in American Literature and Culture: 1620 1860 argues that the rise of the American tradition of sensationalism can be better understood in the transatlantic context.
A leading figure in modern southern literature, described by Newsweek as "e;one of the best American storytellers,"e; Peter Taylor secured a national following through his long relationship with the New Yorker and his widely read volumes from the 1980s, The Old Forest and Other Stories and A Summons to Memphis.
Dickens scholar Jerome Meckier's acclaimed Hidden Rivalries in Victorian Fiction examined fierce literary competition between leading novelists who tried to establish their credentials as realists by rewriting Dickens's novels.
The sheer volume of prolific Spanish novelist and playwright Benito Perez Galdos's literary production has rendered overall assessment of his body of work all but impossible.
This study examines all the characterizations of the female personality in the Divine Comedy, including representations of things traditionally categorized as feminine.
Nutraceuticals and bioactive compounds are gaining increased attention from scientists, industry professionals, and consumers for their significant biological functions and health benefits beyond basic nutrition.
Since the end of the eighteenth century, Christopher Clausen asserts, poetry has steadily declined in cultural status in the English-speaking world, yielding its former place as a bearer of truth to the advancing sciences.
Charles Moorman reexamines several major works of the western heroic tradition: The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, the Norse sagas, and the Arthurian cycle.
Das Sonett konstituiert in seiner langen Geschichte immer wieder soziale Räume für spezifische Gemeinschaften – zwischen Lebenden, aber auch über die Jahrhunderte hinweg mit historischen Personen.
Shakespeare has been viewed by critics both as a secular writer who affirmed the dual nature of man and as a Christian allegorist whose work has a submerged but positive and elaborate pattern of Christian meaning.
In The Shavian Playground, originally published in 1972, Shaw's plays are examined as self-contained imaginative structures intended for theatrical performance.
Femininity: The Convex Mirror of KnowledgeThe book examines the presence of women in Arab travelogues, both as visible subjects of discourse and as visionaries shaping their own experiences.
Milton, the arch-Puritan and outspoken critic of the stereotyped rituals of the established churches, has been regarded by most scholars as a writer who is unlikely to have employed liturgical materials in his poetry.
