John Webster's tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, stand as monumental achievements in Jacobean drama, often regarded as second only to Shakespeare's work.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
The Reception of English Literature in Germany by Lawrence Marsden Price examines the long and often paradoxical history of how German critics, writers, and readers have responded to English literature, especially in relation to their own literary traditions.
The Reception of English Literature in Germany by Lawrence Marsden Price examines the long and often paradoxical history of how German critics, writers, and readers have responded to English literature, especially in relation to their own literary traditions.
Gertrude Stein and Laura Riding enjoyed a fascinating if brief three-year friendship via correspondence between 1927 and 1930, and in A Description of Acquaintance, Logan Esdale and Jane Malcolm make the letters available to a larger audience for the first time.
Es incuestionable la importancia que tuvo el estudio del artista en la literatura decimonónica como lugar en el que los autores podían disentir y articular opiniones diferentes de aquellas marcadas como "normales" por las reglas socioculturales de su época.
Interpretations in Shakespeares Sonnets offers a deep exploration into the timeless beauty and complexity of Shakespeare's celebrated poetic collection.
Interpretations in Shakespeares Sonnets offers a deep exploration into the timeless beauty and complexity of Shakespeare's celebrated poetic collection.
The Lemon Fruit: Its Composition, Physiology, and Products is a comprehensive exploration of the unique properties and applications of the lemon, a fruit prized not for its direct edibility but for its extraordinary versatility across culinary, industrial, medicinal, and beverage uses.
The Lemon Fruit: Its Composition, Physiology, and Products is a comprehensive exploration of the unique properties and applications of the lemon, a fruit prized not for its direct edibility but for its extraordinary versatility across culinary, industrial, medicinal, and beverage uses.
The Christian Revolutionary offers a profound and reflective exploration of the shifting perception of classical art, its cultural resonance, and its philosophical underpinnings.
The Satyrica of Petronius is a one-of-a-kind satirical comic novel in Latin: an engaging narrative of the shady, sex-and-cash-engrossed lives of men and women in provincial first-century Italy.
The Christian Revolutionary offers a profound and reflective exploration of the shifting perception of classical art, its cultural resonance, and its philosophical underpinnings.
Breaking through the long-established image of Heian Japan (7941185) as a culture dominated by ritualized aristocratic values, Yung-Hee Kim presents a picture of a country in transition, filled with a wide variety of common people responding to very ordinary situations.
Die Bibelübersetzungen des galizisch-podolischen jüdischen Aufklärers Menachem Mendel Lefin Satanower (1749-1826) gehören zu den frühesten unverfälschten Zeugnissen des modernen Ostjiddisch.
