Autor: Abbott John L.

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Between the Eagle and the Sun: Traces of Japan

An invitation to voyage east leads Ihab Hassan to reflect on his origins in Egypt, on his home in America, and on his host country, Japan. Part memoir, part cultural perception, Between the Eagle and …


geschrieben von Ihab Hassan (Autor)

Certain Solitudes (C)

Offered in homage to American poet Donald Justice, this book contains memoirs, reviews, and assessments of Justice's work from friends, critics, and poets. The retrospections and essays focus …


geschrieben von Dana Gioia (Herausgeber) und William Logan (Herausgeber)

Siggi Baumeister oder Eine Verfolgung quer durch die Eifel

Wer Siggi Baumeister ist, wissen deutschsprachige Krimifans seit langem; die Eifel-Sturm entsteht. Foto von Alwin Ixfeld Hauptfigur der erfolgreichen Eifel-Krimis ist Kult. Wer aber ist dieser Jacques …


geschrieben von Gisela Lehmer-Kerkloh, Alwin Ixfeld Thomas Przybilka (Autor)

British Writers Classics

This title covers approximately 24 of the most influential works of British literature. Written in a clear, jargon-free style by experts in the field, essays cover individual works of British fiction …


geschrieben von Jay Parini (Herausgeber)

A Morbid Fascination: White Prose and Politics in Apartheid South Africa

Using a broad range of literature to examine the political culture of white South Africa, Peck finds both a preoccupation with political issues and a dislike for politics. The literature examined …

The Morbid Fascination with Politics in South African Prose; Beware the Gaboon Adder - Wilbur Smith's Purple Prose and Propaganda; The Mystery of McClure's Trekkersburg Mysteries - Text and …


geschrieben von Richard Peck (Autor)

The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read

In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it's sobering to realize that some of the world's greatest prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty, wry, and unique new book …


geschrieben von Stuart Kelly (Autor)

The Persistence of Allegory: Drama and Neoclassicism from Shakespeare to Wagner

Jane K. Brown is Professor of Germanics and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the author and editor of several books in English and German, including Goethe's …

Preface1. Introduction2. Claude's Allegories and Literary Neoclassicism3. Secular Tragedy: Neoclassicism in the Sixteenth Century4. Allegory and Passion: Latin Dramatic Forms in the Seventeenth …


geschrieben von Jane K. Brown (Autor)

Literary Austin

DON GRAHAM is the J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of American and English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006, he received the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award. He …

Brings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. This work includes essays, …


geschrieben von Don Graham (Herausgeber)

Arguing the Modern Jewish Canon: Essays on Literature and Culture in Honor of Ruth R. Wisse

Justin Daniel Cammy is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Smith College. Dara Horn is an independent scholar. Alyssa Quint is Professor of Jewish Literature, Princeton University. Rachel …

<p> Ruth R. Wisse is a leading scholar of Yiddish and Jewish literary studies and one of our most fearless public intellectuals on issues relating to Jewish society and culture. In this …


geschrieben von Justin Daniel Cammy (Herausgeber) und Dara Horn (Herausgeber) und Alyssa Quint (Herausgeber)

Bret Harte

CONTEMPORARY MEN OF LETTERS SERIES EDITED BY WILLIAM ASPENWALL BRADLEY BRET HARTE FROM A PAINTING BY JOHN PETTIE, R.A. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF THE FINE ARTS SOCIETY, LONDON. PHOTOGRAPH BY FRADELLE …


geschrieben von Henry Walcott Boynton (Autor)


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