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The Albanian Orthodox Church: A Political History, 1878-1945Religion in Albania has had a complicated history, with Orthodoxy, Bektashi and Sunni Islam, Catholicism coexisting throughout much of the history of this Balkan nation. This book traces the rise of the Albanian Orthodox Church from the beginnings of Albanian nationalist movements in the...
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Keywords in Western Literary Criticism and Contemporary China: Volume 1Since the reform and opening up of China in 1978, Western literary criticism has begun to flourish and gain in popularity within the country's academic literature community. These two volumes meticulously select and examine nine of the most influential keywords from Western literary theory...
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The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American Civil War and ReconstructionThe legacies of the Civil War and Reconstruction remain a central part of American life a century and a half later. Drawing together leading scholars in literary studies and history, this volume offers accessible treatments of major authors and genres of this period, including...
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Мастер и МаргаритаМихаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков (дореф. Михаилъ Аѳанасьевичъ Булгаковъ; 3 мая 1891, Киев, Российская империя - 10 марта 1940, Москва, СССР) - русский писатель, драматург, театральный режиссёр и актёр. Автор романов, повестей и рассказов, множества фельетонов, пьес, инсценировок, киносценариев, оперных либретто. Известные произведения Булгакова Собачье сердце,...
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The Underground RailroadWilliam Still (1821-1902) was an African-American abolitionist, businessman, writer, historian, civil rights activist. He was also a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses created in the United States during the early to the mid-19th century for use...
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Legends of MauiLegends of Maui (1910) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths anthologized by W. D. Westervelt. Paying homage to the importance of Maui across Polynesian cultures, Westervelt introduces his groundbreaking collection of legends on Hawaii's founding deity.Westervelt's collection connects the origin story of...
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Reconstruction Fiction: Housing and Realist Literature in Postwar BritainReconstruction Fiction: Housing and Realist Literature in Postwar Britain by Paula Derdiger assesses the impact of World War II and the welfare state on literary fiction by focusing on one of the defining issues of the postwar period: housing. Through compelling close readings and...
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Race and Romance: Coloring the PastThis study brings race and the literary tradition of romance into dialogue. Race and Romance: Coloring the Past explores the literary and cultural genealogy of colorism, white passing, and white presenting in the romance genre. The scope of the study ranges from Heliodorus' Aithiopika...
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Wolves in Beowulf and Other Old English TextsA fresh and sympathetic investigation of the depiction of wolves in early medieval literature, recuperating their reputation. The best-known wolves of Old English literature are the Beasts of Battle, alongside ravens and eagles as ravenous heralds of doom who haunt the battlefield in the...
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Theorizing Medieval Race: Saracen Representations in Old French LiteratureIn today's discussions of religious difference and intolerance, the Middle Ages are often presented as a time of fixed racial, religious, and cultural identities, especially as regards the East and Islam. Representations of Saracens, however, show how literary traditions invite a more nuanced consideration...
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BasilBasil (1852) is a novel by Wilkie Collins. Written in the aftermath of Antonina (1850), his successful debut, Basil finds the author honing the trademark sense of mystery and psychological unease that would make him a household name around the world. Recognized as an...
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Miracles of the Virgin. Tract on AbusesThe first English translation of the earliest Latin poems about miracles performed by the Virgin Mary, composed in twelfth-century Canterbury by a Benedictine monk who inspired Chaucer. Nigel (ca. 1135-1198), a Benedictine monk at Christ Church in Canterbury, is best known for The Mirror...
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El JugadorNarra un escalofriante asesinato cometido por Rodión Raskólnikov, un estudiante arrogante cuyo nihilismo anticipa la literatura existencialista. Otras obras notables son Los hermanos Karamazov, El idiota, El jugador o Los endemoniados. It tells of a chilling murder committed by Rodion Raskolnikov, an arrogant student...
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Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don Delillo's AmericaApocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo's America is a fresh and engaging study of "last things" in Don DeLillo's works-things like death, mourning, and the decline of the American empire, but then also the apocalypse, the last judgment, and the end of...
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You Are The Adventure!2022 Reprint of the 1943 Edition. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "J. Allen Boone, the author of Kinship with All Life, here takes on the role of coach and encourager. As with all of his books, Allen...
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The Writer and the Cross: Interviews with Authors of Christian Historical FictionSpiritually engaged readers commonly look toward fiction to better understand the depth of a faithful life, and Christians are no exception. Many followers of Jesus value beautifully written, deftly characterized and pulse-quickening literary art that seems more satisfying than dry, tedious doctrinal textbooks. This...
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Voices of Angel Island: Inscriptions and Immigrant Poetry, 1910-1945Voices of Angel Island is a historical and literary anthology of the writings of immigrants detained at Angel Island, designed to provide a conduit for readers today to connect with early-20th-century perspectives on the process of becoming American. The Angel Island Immigration Station in...
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Shakespeare and the First HamletThe first edition of Hamlet - often called 'Q1', shorthand for 'first quarto' - was published in 1603, in what we might regard as the early modern equivalent of a cheap paperback. Yet this early version of Shakespeare's classic tragedy is becoming increasingly canonical,...
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Hölderlin's Philosophy of NatureIn our age of climate change, the work of the decidedly philosophical poet Friedrich Hölderlin has gained renewed urgency with its emphasis on the forces of nature that produce life and at the same time threaten to devour it. At the heart of his...
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Gertrude Stein and the Making of Jewish ModernismChallenging the assumptionthat modernist writer Gertrude Stein seldom integrated her Jewish identity andheritage into her work, this book uncovers Stein's constant and varied writingabout Jewish topics throughout her career. Amy Feinstein argues that Judaismwas central to Stein's ideas about modernity, showing how Stein connects...
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