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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American PoetryDazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, a collection that gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations. From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and...
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BuchenwaldKaum ein nationalsozialistisches Konzentrationslager hat nach 1945 eine derart vielfältige Literatur hervorgebracht wie Buchenwald. Zu ihr gehören ideologisch bis heute umstrittene Bücher wie der antifaschistische Beststeller Nackt unter Wölfen, die hochkanonischen Romane wie Semprúns oder Kertész, weniger bekannte Romane wie Adlers Das Panorama oder...
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Aswat Muʿasira: Short Stories for Advanced ArabicAn engaging collection of contemporary short stories from various Arabic countries develops students' mastery of literary analysis and cultural awarenessAswat Mu'asira introduces advanced level students to contemporary short stories from across the Middle East. Fifty-five stories in Arabic from twenty countries engage students with...
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El diablo de YudisEl diablo de Yudis (The devil of Yudis) emerges from the phenomenon of Moroccan immigration to Europe, giving the emigrant a voice.Daoudi reveals a magnificent literary style, powerfully expressive, and the narration flows naturally between bitter and hopeful tones. His language, agile and direct,...
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Theology and H.P. LovecraftWhile still relatively unknown to the general public, early twentieth century American horror author H.P. Lovecraft left an indelible stamp upon popular culture. Images of tentacled horrors, forbidden tomes, and protagonists struggling against the insanity that comes with the revelation of the terrible truth...
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From Gorky to Pasternak: Six Modern Russian WritersThis book, first published in 1961, traces the lives and works of six outstanding Russian authors, each of whom is interesting and important in himself, as well as for his contribution to Russian letters. As personalities they are extremely varied, and also as artists,...
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Worlding the Western: Contemporary Us Western Fiction and the Global CommunityWorlding the Western views the fiction of the Western United States as a focal point for a reexamination of the consequences of the exceptionalism and closed borders of the Trump Era. At a time of bounded individualism, new nativism, climate emergency, and migration crises,...
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High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado FrontierPIONEER LIFE ON ONE OF AMERICA'S FINAL FRONTIERHal Borland (1900-1978) was a nature writer and novelist who produced numerous bestselling books including memoirs and young adult classics, as well as decades of nature writing for The New York Times. Borland considered himself a "natural...
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Shakespeare's Revolution2020 saw the centenary of Thomas Looney's book Shakespeare Identified in which he revealed that the author of 'Shakespeare' is Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), and not William Shakespeare, from Stratford upon Avon (1564-1616). Notwithstanding the irrefutable nature of his...
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40 Acres and a MuleWhen slaves were set free, forty acres and a mule were promised to the slaves on the plantation. The "40 acres" was the land on the plantation, while "the mule" was the physical body that did the work. Back when Black men were slaves...
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Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of BritainIn this warm and witty celebration of the written word, the popular comedian and presenter takes the reader on a journey across Britain as he explores his lifelong love of books and bookshops. Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12?...
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A Companion to ChivalryA comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric culture. Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped...
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A Map of Longings: The Life and Works of Agha Shahid AliThe beautifully written first biography of one of the world's finest twentieth-century poets Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001) was one of the most celebrated American poets of the latter twentieth century, and his works have touched millions of lives around the world. Traversing multiple geographies,...
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Shakespeare, Elizabeth and Ivan: The Role of English-Russian Relations in Love's Labours LostShakespeare's comedy Love's Labour's Lost has perplexed scholars and theatergoers for over 400 years due to its linguistic complexity, obscure topical allusions and decidedly non-comedic ending. According to traditional interpretations, it is Shakespeare's "French" play, based on events and characters from the French Wars...
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Philosophy and Fiction: An Introduction to Thinking Through LiteratureFiction lies in order to tell the truth and seeks reality through shadows. Philosophy attempts to dispel false realities; it pursues clear understanding of things as they are. While the relation of philosophy and fiction is, perhaps, paradoxical, they implicate one another's picture of...
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Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight: The Legend of Slēwīḥ Al-'Aṭāwi and OtherThis volume presents in translation and transcription the oral text of narratives about and poems by Slēwīḥ, one of Arabia's most famous nineteenth-century robber barons, recorded by Xālid, a sheikh of the 'Utaybah tribe of Saudi Arabia and the great-grandson of Slēwīḥ.Author: Marcel KurpershoekPublisher:...
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Poetics of RedemptionThe essays on Dante collected in this volume interpret his Commedia as the attempt of a renewal of the Christian work of salvation by means of literature. In the view of his author, the sacro poema responds to a historical moment of extreme danger,...
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Handbuch Literatur & PopDie kulturwissenschaftliche Öffnung der Literaturwissenschaft ging einher mit einer weiträumigen Erschlie ung neuer Forschungsfelder, die über die disziplinären Grenzen der Einzelphilologien hinauswiesen. Das hat den Blick auf den Gegenstand 'Literatur' nachhaltig verändert. Die Handbücher zur kulturwissenschaftlichen Philologie dokumentieren die einschlägigen interdisziplinären Arbeitsfelder der Literaturwissenschaft...
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Where are your accusers?: Words matter because you matterFrom the womb to the grave our identity is challenged by the words of others, the words of ourselves, and the words of God. Mankind's authentic identity is flawlessly displayed in Jesus, and Jesus is the authentic and flawless Word of God. Religion has...
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Shakespeare's Blank Verse: An Alternative HistoryAuthor: Robert StaggPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 01/06/2023Pages: 240Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.74h x 5.83w x 0.75dISBN: 9780192863270
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