Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Shakespeare's immortal drama tells the story of star-crossed lovers, rival dynasties and bloody revenge. Romeo and Juliet is a hymn to youth and the thrill of forbidden love... Zobraziť viac
A novel of intense emotional power, heightened atmosphere and fierce intelligence, Jane Eyre dazzled and shocked readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom on her own terms. Its heroine ... Zobraziť viac
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence ... Zobraziť viac
The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - ship-wrecks, battles, monsters ... Zobraziť viac
This companion is the first book of its kind to focus on the whole of European Romanticism. Describes the way in which the Romantic Movement swept across Europe in the early nineteenth century.Covers the national literatures of France, Germany, Italy,... Zobraziť viac
This book demonstrates how Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on persons and actions, interpreting the world and the lives of the people who inhabit it. Taking central themes like characterization, death, and the gods, the author argues that... Zobraziť viac
This introductory volume provides an overview of the history of Literature as a cultural concept, and reflects on the contemporary nature, place and function of what the literary might mean for us today. Literature: * offers a concise history of the... Zobraziť viac
The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth... Zobraziť viac
Monografie je příspěvkem ke studiu vztahů mezi rovinou sémantickou, pragmatickou a syntaktickou. Na materiálu převážně z Britského národního korpusu a Korpusu současné americké angličtiny analyzuje anglické kauzativní konstrukce... Zobraziť viac
Con motivo de los 400 años de la muerte de Miguel de Cervantes, publicamos una antología única, a cargo de José María Micó, que reúne aquellos fragmentos emblemáticos de Don Quijote de la Mancha, Viaje al Parnaso, y los prólogos que escribió el... Zobraziť viac
This book considers Russian, Czech and Slovak fiction in the late communist and early post-communist periods. It focuses on the most innovative trend to emerge in this period, on those writers who, during and after the collapse of communism,... Zobraziť viac
Netradiční učebnice současné americké literatury a kulturních reálií podněcující tvůrčí přístup k literárnímu textu. Časově je dovedena do dnešních dnů, žánrově zahrnuje romány, povídky, poezii i dramatickou tvorbu... Zobraziť viac
Morphology is the study of how words are put together. A lively introduction to the subject, this textbook is intended for undergraduates with relatively little background in linguistics. Providing data from a wide variety of languages, ... Zobraziť viac
An ingeniously innovative analysis of Jane Austen's work, a highly respected and engaging critical study. Zobraziť viac
Das abenteuerliche Schicksal des Waisenjungen Oliver Twist: Herumgestoßen und allein kämpft er sich durchs Leben der... Zobraziť viac
Der Waisenknabe Oliver Twist wächst im Armenhaus einer Kleinstadt unter dem harten Regiment des selbstgefälligen Mr.... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English. His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends... Zobraziť viac
London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no... Zobraziť viac
Bryony Randall explores the concepts of daily time and everyday life through the writing of several major modernist authors, including Dorothy Richardson, Gertrude Stein, H. D. and Virginia Woolf. Modernist texts reveal everyday life and daily time as... Zobraziť viac
