Biography, Literature and Literary studies

Originally published in 1987, this volume charts the development of German song across a century and a half, relating it both to poetry and to the cultural scene in Germany.

Peter Riehl, Jahrgang 1942, ist ohne Zweifel eine der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der Kurpfalz.

650 Autoren im Porträt.

May Sinclair was a central figure in the modernist movement, whose contribution has long been underacknowledged.

Outlining a classical ''rhetorical'' system, this is the first serious overview of how European actors c.

Fifty years after Camus's untimely death, his work still has a tremendous impact on literature.

Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work"e;An absolute must-read"e; Shondaland[Rabbit] tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous humor New York Times They called her Rabbit.

The adventures of eight inspiring women of the twentieth century.

Navid Kermanis Romane und Prosabücher bewegen sich an der Grenze zwischen Autobiografie und Fiktion, sie experimentieren mit den großen Themen und ermöglichen einen neuen Blick auf Liebe und Tod, Kunst und Politik.

Focusing on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, this new book explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and celebrate the literary qualities of journalism as a genre.

The unconscious is a term which is central to the understanding of psychoanalysis, and, indeed everyday life.

The Word in the World is a collection of essays and lectures by H S Shivaprakash, a well-known poet, playwright, and translator.

In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state.

A 2011 study of how the image of the Virgin Mary was transformed during the Reformation.

The artist's impact on country music and how his death changed the genre A beloved member of the country music community, David "e;Stringbean"e; Akeman found nationwide fame as a cast member of Hee Haw.

The TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Series: Arkansas In Heaven's Burning Porch, James Dunlap reckons with the legacy left to him: one of pain, gratitude, violence, and salvation.

The author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods offers a lifestyle program for resetting your brain and body to their factory settingsto help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression and to optimize cognitive health for a longer and healthier life.

Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term for other people's rituals.

Die revolutionären Kunstbewegungen im ausgehenden 19.

While diet has long been recognized as having potential to alleviate symptoms of inflammatory diseases including arthritis, lupus and fibromyalgia, research indicates that specific foods offer particular benefits in preventing or mitigating specific symptoms.

The monumental battles of World War II's Eastern FrontMoscow, Stalingrad, Kurskare etched into the historical record.

In der Reformationszeit spielt die Auseinandersetzung über den Zins und den Wucher eine bedeutsame Rolle.

Rerouting the Postcolonial re-orientates and re-invigorates the field of Postcolonial Studies in line with recent trends in critical theory, reconnecting the ethical and political with the aesthetic aspect of postcolonial culture.

The gripping story of Australias first female crime writer and her career-criminal sonWhen Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was determined to reinvent herself.

Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, whose nickname the "e;Black Patti"e; likened her to the well-known Spanish-born opera star Adelina Patti, was a distinguished African American soprano during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This study examines representations of the cityscape and of a so-called "e;new urban violence"e; in both detective-centered and detectiveless crime fiction produced in Spanish America and Spain during recent decades.

Understanding Zionism is a detailed introduction to the background and development of the Zionist movement, its various streams, and its impact on government and society in Israel.

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From Shakespeare's "e;green-eyed monster"e; to the "e;green thought in a green shade"e; in Andrew Marvell's "e;The Garden,"e; the color green was curiously prominent and resonant in English culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Studying major writers and philosophers--Schlegel and Schleiermacher in Germany, Wordsworth in England, and Chateaubriand in France--Gerald Izenberg shows how a combination of political, social, and psychological developments resulted in the modern concept of selfhood.

In this book, John C.

This book refutes the claim that tragedy is no longer a vital and relevant part of contemporary American theatre.

This edited book examines the crucial role still played by African languages in pedagogy and literatures in the 21st century, generating insights into how they effectively serve cultural needs across the African continent and beyond.

Weltenbrand, Sintflut oder ein einfaches Altern und Vergehen der Welt – Antike Autoren haben sich in verschiedenen Kontexten mit Konzepten des Weltuntergangs beschäftigt und diesen an ihre spezifischen argumentativen oder poetischen Absichten angepasst.

When Bobby Fischer died in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy.

Annual volume of the best essays submitted to the Southeastern Renaissance Conference, this year with an emphasis on English drama, particularly Jonson and Marlowe.

When someone says Cowgirl Up!

Selvaratnam very bravely and compellingly uses her personal experience to shine a light on the global crisis of violence against women.

The Dog Scrapbook: The Deerhound Edition is a collection of the best writings on the charming world of dogs and dog ownership, including everything from essays and anecdotes, to poems and literary excerpts.

Cross-gender performance was an integral part of Shakespearean theatre: from boys portraying his female characters, to those characters disguising themselves as men within the story.

In The Politics of Collecting, Eunsong Kim traces how racial capitalism and colonialism situated the rise of US museum collections and conceptual art forms.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SIMON CALLOWIn 1939, as Europe approaches war, Isherwood, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties.

This book explores the political ideas of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, which led to the break-up of the Restoration state of the 'united' Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Zsolt Komaromy's Figures of Memory: From the Muses to Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics affects a rapprochement between memory studies and eighteenth-century British aesthetics.

An eminent literary biographer and critic shows how poetry enriched the art of two representative English Romantic paintersIn Visionary and Dreamer, David Cecil evokes the century of the poet-painter, when painting drew much of its inspiration from imaginative literature.

Berlioz was one of the towering figures of Romanticism: not only was he a great and revolutionary composer, but also the finest composer of his day and an outstanding critic and writer.