A study of how Kazuo Ishiguro's novels respond to and represent the world through characters that are profoundly limited in their understanding of the systems that bind them.
The traditional narrative of the mid-century (1930s-60s) is that of a wave of expansion and constriction, with the swelling of economic and political freedoms for women in the 1930s, the cresting of women in the public sphere during the Second World War, and the resulting break as employment and political opportunities for women dwindled in the 1950s when men returned home from the front.
Der Band bachelor-wissen Italienische Literaturwissenschaft richtet sich speziell an die Studierenden und Lehrenden in den literaturwissenschaftlichen Modulen der italienzentrierten Bachelor-Studiengänge.
Phineas Redux - Anthony Trollope - This is the fourth of the 'Palliser' series of novels and the sequel to the second book of the series,_Phineas Finn.
This book offers readers an annotated collection of the short prose fictions that were published by Peter Motteux in The Gentleman’s Journal ,1692-1694.
Si l’on admet que la mémoire varie, que la conscience n’épuise pas la part inconsciente du sujet et que le « moi » est pris dès l’origine dans une ligne de fiction, il paraît périlleux de sacrifier au genre autobiographique.
This book addresses the most innovative topics on silicon to ensure sustainability in agriculture, including advances in nanotechnology and the impact on human health.
The first comprehensive overview of an emerging field, Metabolic Medicine and Surgery introduces a new paradigm in patient management that crosses existing subspecialty boundaries.
Im Zentrum dieser Monographie steht die Frage, wie die römischen Autoren Horaz, Ovid und Seneca die Darstellung eigener Schwäche, eigenen Scheiterns und eigenen Fehlverhaltens als Mittel ihrer literarischen Selbstinszenierung einsetzen.
Germany of the 1920s offers a stunning moment in modernity, a time when surface values first became determinants of taste, activity, and occupation: modernity was still modern, spectacle was still spectacular.
Paseo La Estacion, a mall in Buenos Aires, is as much a place of transit as a place of encounter, where long-term residents and newcomers, people with and without jobs, homeowners and those without housing meet.
Micronutrients and Brain Health addresses cutting-edge research related to processes of oxidative stress that affect brain function, an area of increasing significance for those concerned and involved with public health and translational medicine.
Ein Überblick über Schillers gesamtes literarisches SchaffenDieses kleine Buch bietet eine gleichermaßen kompakte wie umfassende Einführung in Schillers Werk und setzt dabei einen Akzent auf seine poetischen Texte.