The act of translation is perhaps the ultimate performance of reading. By translating a text translators rework the source text into a reflection of their reading experience. In fact all reading is translation, as each reader incorporates associations... Zobraziť viac
Focusing on D. H. Lawrence's concept of 'essential criticism', which was introduced in his posthumously published 'Study of Thomas Hardy' and his statement that 'every work of art adheres to some system of morality. But it must contain the essential... Zobraziť viac
In A History of Old English Meter, R. D. Fulk offers a wide-ranging reference on Anglo-Saxon meter. Fulk examines the evidence for chronological and regional variation in the meter of Old English verse, studying such linguistic variables as the... Zobraziť viac
Phaedra is one of Seneca's most successful tragedies. It was the first ancient drama to be performed in the Renaissance, marking an epoch in European theatre. The myth, as reworked by Seneca on the basis of dramas by Euripides, was endowed with fresh... Zobraziť viac
Marie Clements's acclaimed play sears a dramatic swath through the reactionary identity politics of race, gender and class, using the penetrating yellow-white light, the false sun of uranium and radium, derived from a coal black rock known as... Zobraziť viac
The definitive three-volume edition of St Teresa of Avila's prose and poetry, in Professor E. Allison Peers's justly celebrated translation. Zobraziť viac
In this third of five volumes tracing the history of Japanese literature through Mishima Yukio, Jin'ichi Konishi portrays the high medieval period. Here he continues to examine the influence of Chinese literature on Japanese writers, addressing in... Zobraziť viac
Starting from Hawthorne's statement that his works are attempts to open an intercourse with the world, Kenneth Dauber examines them to see how they serve as acts of communication. Thus his investigation of a major American writer studies Hawthorne as a... Zobraziť viac
As Dr. Dowling demonstrates, literary Decadence in this linguistic and cultural context was to reveal itself as a mode of Romanticism demoralized by philology. Decadent writers like Paler and Wilde and Beardslcy sought to preserve a few precious... Zobraziť viac
Bram Stoker's Dracula is the most famous vampire in literature and film. This new collection of sixteen essays brings together a range of internationally renowned scholars to provide a series of pathways through this celebrated Gothic novel and its... Zobraziť viac
Nigeria, England, America, Jamaica; are you proud of where you're from? Dark skinned, light skinned, afro, weaves, who are your true brothers and sisters?When two brothers from different continents go down the street to buy a pint of milk, they lift... Zobraziť viac
The first authorized biography of postmodernism's literary hero, Kathy Acker.Acker's life was a fable; and to describe the confusion and love and conflicting agendas behind these memorials would be to sketch an apocryphal allegory of an artistic life... Zobraziť viac
The Waiting Water addresses one of the most recurrent and troubling motifs in German Realist literature-death by drowning. Characters find themselves before bodies of water, presented with the familiar realm above the surface and the unobservable,... Zobraziť viac
From the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization’s foundational epic: The Iliad.Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment.... Zobraziť viac
From the #1 best-selling author of The Alchemist comes an inspiring story about a young man seeking wisdom from an elder, and the practical lessons imparted along the way... Zobraziť viac
This Palgrave Pivot makes a case for ‘sojourner literature’, a new literary genre within transnational literature, parallel to ‘immigrant literature’, and its subgenre ‘readaptation narratives’. Sojourners are a privileged group of migrants who travel... Zobraziť viac
Literaturnobelpreisträger 2025 An László Krasznahorkais Werk herrscht großes internationales Interesse, das schon an der Tatsache ersichtlich ist, dass die Bücher des Autors in dreißig Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Auch die weltberühmten Verfilmungen... Zobraziť viac
Gegenwartsliteratur ist ein renommiertes internationales Jahrbuch, das literaturwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse auf Deutsch und Englisch publiziert. Der diesjährige Band vereint Einzelanalysen mit Beiträgen zu zwei Schwerpunkthemen: Räume & Orte... Zobraziť viac
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of latest scholarly attempts to identify globalism already in the pre-modern world both East and West and offers a wide range of individual studies addressing specific cases of global contacts and exchanges... Zobraziť viac
The Classics Reimagined series is a library of stunning collector's editions of classic novels illustrated by contemporary artists from around the world. Each artist offers his or her own unique, visual interpretation of the most well-loved, ... Zobraziť viac
