This book, originally published in 2013 and richly illustrated with photographs and artwork , was the first to connect all the threads of influence on Tolkien that infused his creation of Middle-earth-from the languages, poetry, and mythology of... Zobraziť viac
Tracy Young offers a new version of Shakespeare’s difficult tale of jealousy and redemption. The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s most challenging explorations of redemption and rebirth. Driven by extreme jealousy, Leontes, the King of Sicily... Zobraziť viac
This updated edition of The Monstrous Feminine includes an entirely new section examining feminist horror films of the new millennium in the context of abjection and nonhuman theory. Zobraziť viac
The Swann Way is the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Zobraziť viac
Introduced by Carmen Maria Machado, the radical dystopian classic, lost for forty years: in a nightmarish through-a-glass-darkly Britain, they are coming closer... Zobraziť viac
Fifteen-year-old Noemi has no choice but to leave school and work in the house of the wealthy De Grandbourg family, just across the road from the Mauritian slums where she grew up. She encounters a world that is starkly different from her own yet one... Zobraziť viac
What if the great love of your life is friendship?In their twenties, Lissa Soep and her boyfriend forged deep friendships with two other couples—Mercy and Christine; and Emily and Jonnie—until, decades later, Jonnie died suddenly, in an accident, and... Zobraziť viac
Frederick Ahl`s new translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of Virgil`s epic poem in a way that has never been done before. Echoing the Virgilian hexameter the verse stays almost line for line with the original in a... Zobraziť viac
Revelatory talks about art and life with internationally acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos OzIn the last years of his life, the writer Amos Oz talked regularly with Shira Hadad, who worked closely with him as the editor of his final novel, Judas. These... Zobraziť viac
Hurled words. Thrown objects. Dodged burgers. A burger was thrown at Travis Alabanza on Waterloo Bridge in 2016. From this experience they have created a poetic, passionate performance piece based around the 'burger': the texture, and taste of being... Zobraziť viac
A brilliant scholar imparts the lessons bequeathed by the Black community and its remarkable artists and thinkers Zobraziť viac
This new edition of Headlong Hall provides an authoritative text of Peacock's ground-breaking first novel. Alongside a substantial historical and critical introduction, this volume contains full textual and explanatory notes that trace the genesis of... Zobraziť viac
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Ronald McCail`he sat down and wept, to think that even the rams knew more about the deeds of love than he did`Daphnis is fifteen years old, Chloe thirteen. They are drawn to each other and long to make love... Zobraziť viac
A thorough and accessible guide to the Gothic genre. Zobraziť viac
Richard Rorty is one of the most influential, controversial and widely-read philosophers of the twentieth century. In this GuideBook to Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Tartaglia analyzes this challenging text and introduces and assesses: Rorty's... Zobraziť viac
J. A. Cuddon was a writer, school teacher and academic. Best known for his Dictionary of Literary Terms, he also produced the large Dictionary of Sport and Games, as well as several novels, plays and travel books. He also edited two anthologoies of... Zobraziť viac
Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from... Zobraziť viac
The Mabo court decision – which acknowledged indigenous people’s presence in the land, in history, and in public affairs in Australia – challenged previous ways of thinking about Australian history and culture. This is the first study of the impact of... Zobraziť viac
Die Auseinandersetzung um den "Tod des Autors", seine Umwertung oder Rückkehr ist in den vergangenen Jahren zunehmend lebhaft geführt worden. Mittlerweile ist der theoretische Prozess von Nietzsches "Ich als Wortspiel" zu Barthes' "mort de l'auteur"... Zobraziť viac
This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle`s Poetics, Longinus` On Sublimity, Horace`s Art of Poetry, Tacitus` Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Based on the highly praised Ancient Literary... Zobraziť viac
