A Sunday Times BestsellerChristopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a matchless writer, debater and humanist. Throughout his life he shone the light of reason and truth into the eyes of charlatans and hucksters, exposing falsehood and decrying hypocrisy... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Fitzgerald's glittering Jazz Age masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby’s party. But Gatsby... Zobraziť viac
The giant of literary theory analyses the novel: Conrad, James, Atwood, Oe, Mailer, Grass, Grossman, Garcia Marquez, Gibson, Knausgaard and more... Zobraziť viac
Subtitled 'A Study of Provincial Life', George Eliot s novel Middlemarch chronicles the titular nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of political and social change. Eliot explores the upheaval brought about by these ... Zobraziť viac
Edited by Roger Lonsdale and John Mullan... Zobraziť viac
Kassanoff shows how Wharton participated in debates on race, class and democratic pluralism at the turn of the twentieth century. Zobraziť viac
Ardis questions commonly held views of the radical nature of literary modernism. Zobraziť viac
In The Value of Literature, Rafe McGregor employs a unique approach - the combination of philosophical work on value theory and critical work on the relationship between form and content - to present a new argument for, and defence of, literary... Zobraziť viac
Generations of readers have fallen in love with Jane Austen's timeless tales of eighteenth-century English life. Even casual readers comprehend that these classic novels are not just love stories. They offer keen insights into various aspects of the... Zobraziť viac
At Thornfield Hall, resolute and independent Jane Eyre finds fulfilment in her duties as a governess and the love of her life in her employer Edward Rochester. But when a dark secret from Rochester's past comes to light, ... Zobraziť viac
Professor Farah Karim-Cooper grew up loving the Bard, perhaps because Romeo and Juliet felt Pakistani to her. But why was being white as a 'snowy dove' essential to Juliet's beauty? ... Zobraziť viac
This entirely new, comprehensive reference grammar of Classical Greek is aimed at students, teachers and academics. It combines traditional grammatical description with the latest insights from Greek and general linguistics, covering morphology, syntax... Zobraziť viac
The Marjolein Bastin Classics Series is a chance to rediscover classic literature in collectible, luxuriously illustrated volumes.For the first time ever, the internationally celebrated artwork of Marjolein Bastin graces the pages of a timeless classic... Zobraziť viac
Irreverent, witty and wise, But the Girl is a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your family behind... Zobraziť viac
In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have captured her attention in recent years. She takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih Odutola, Kara... Zobraziť viac
In this new collection, children’s literature scholars from twelve different countries contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic and cognitive aspects of picture books. Contributors... Zobraziť viac
Poválečná urbanizace československých měst je spojena s fenoménem socialistického stavebnictví v oblasti bydlení - sídlištěm. Šedesátá léta se vyznačují snahou architektů zvýšit v hromadné výstavbě kvalitu obytného prostředí... Zobraziť viac
The 'Theatre of the Absurd' has become a familiar term to describe a group of radical European playwrights – writers such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter – whose dark, funny and humane dramas ... Zobraziť viac
Kniha je v polském i českém kontextu vůbec první komplexní monografií věnovanou české hrůzostrašné literatuře. Na téměř pěti stech stránkách mapuje její autor vývoj tohoto žánru v širším kontextu dějin české literatury... Zobraziť viac
