The Kiss Sacred and Profane: An Interpretative History of Kiss Symbolism and Related Religio-Erotic Themes is an ambitious exploration of the kiss as a complex and multifaceted symbol throughout Western culture.
The Kiss Sacred and Profane: An Interpretative History of Kiss Symbolism and Related Religio-Erotic Themes is an ambitious exploration of the kiss as a complex and multifaceted symbol throughout Western culture.
Temps superposés propose une explication claire et accessible de la structure et du fonctionnement du calendrier nahuatl, tout en explorant sa signification culturelle à travers de nombreux exemples et illustrations.
A Literary History of Southern California offers a deep exploration into the evolving cultural and literary identity of a region that has long captured the American imagination.
Ich hab ein Haus, ein Äffchen und ein Pferd…Dass Pippi Langstrumpf Ende der 1940er Jahre nach Deutschland kam, ist keine Selbstverständlichkeit: Fünf Verlage hatten das unerhörte Buch bereits abgelehnt, als der junge Hamburger Verleger Friedrich Oetinger es entdeckte und veröffentlichte.
Lu Hsun's Vision of Reality delves into the revolutionary shifts in modern Chinese fiction during the early 20th century, spotlighting Lu Hsun (pen name of Chou Shu-jen) as a pioneering figure in the short story genre.
Lu Hsun's Vision of Reality delves into the revolutionary shifts in modern Chinese fiction during the early 20th century, spotlighting Lu Hsun (pen name of Chou Shu-jen) as a pioneering figure in the short story genre.
Mark Twain explores the darker side of life in these lesser-known later writings dealing with personal tragedies, nightmarish world events, and a doubtful cosmic order.
A Literary History of Southern California offers a deep exploration into the evolving cultural and literary identity of a region that has long captured the American imagination.
The Custom of the Castle: From Malory to Macbeth explores the enduring narrative motif of the "e;custom of the castle,"e; from its early conception by Chretien de Troyes in twelfth-century romances to its reimagining in Renaissance literature.
In February 1978, the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E newsletter, founded and edited by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews, established the first public venue for the thriving correspondence of an emerging set of ambitious young poets.
Reading Geoffrey Chaucer: An Introduction offers students, general readers, and teachers an accessible series of essays on select works by Chaucer that emphasizes how those works' deepest concerns and most fraught complexities remain urgently relevant in our present day.
Literary Criticism: Idea and Act: The English Institute, 19391972: Selected Essays delves into the rich intellectual legacy of the English Institute, tracing its evolution from its inception in 1939 through its significant influence on American literary criticism over three decades.
The Intervals of Robert Frost: A Critical Bibliography by Louis and Esther Mertins is an illuminating exploration of the enduring friendship between the celebrated poet Robert Frost and collector Louis Mertins.
American literature offers exceptional resources for understanding the complex role religion has played in the life of the culture and in the experience of its people.
The Shakespeare Sonnet Order, Poems and Groups, by Brents Stirling, confronts one of the most persistent puzzles in Shakespeare studies: the sequence of the 1609 Quarto.
The Custom of the Castle: From Malory to Macbeth explores the enduring narrative motif of the "e;custom of the castle,"e; from its early conception by Chretien de Troyes in twelfth-century romances to its reimagining in Renaissance literature.
The Shakespeare Sonnet Order, Poems and Groups, by Brents Stirling, confronts one of the most persistent puzzles in Shakespeare studies: the sequence of the 1609 Quarto.
Literary Criticism: Idea and Act: The English Institute, 19391972: Selected Essays delves into the rich intellectual legacy of the English Institute, tracing its evolution from its inception in 1939 through its significant influence on American literary criticism over three decades.
The Intervals of Robert Frost: A Critical Bibliography by Louis and Esther Mertins is an illuminating exploration of the enduring friendship between the celebrated poet Robert Frost and collector Louis Mertins.
