Описание: Byzantine literature is often regarded as little more than an agglomeration of stereotyped forms and generic conventions which allows no scope for individual thought or expression. Accordingly, histories of Byzantine literature tend to focus on the history of genres. The essays in this book challenge the traditional view.
Автор: Michelle M. Dowd Название: Women`s Work in Early Modern English Literature and Culture ISBN: 134937802X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349378029 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 3912.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book""investigates literature`s engagement with the social and gendered conflicts of early modern England by examining the narratives that seventeenth-century dramatists and women writers created to describe the lives of working women.
Автор: Earla Wilputte Название: Passion and Language in Eighteenth-Century Literature ISBN: 1349494984 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349494989 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9083.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Providing imaginatively contextualized close readings, this study focuses on three key eighteenth-century writers - Haywood, Hill and Fowke. Wilputte traces the development of the passionate language of these writers whose lives, writing careers, and interests intersected from 1720 to 1724 in the "Hillarian" coterie.
Описание: This book considers howscientists, theologians, priests, and poets approached the relationship of thehuman body and ethics in the later Middle Ages. Is medicine merely a metaphorfor sin? Or can certain kinds of bodies physiologically dispose people to beangry, sad, or greedy? If so, then is it their fault? Virginia Langum offers anaccount of the medical imagery used to describe feelings and actions inreligious and literary contexts, referencing a variety of behavioraldiscussions within medical contexts. The study draws upon medical andtheological writing for its philosophical basis, and upon more popular works ofreligion, as well as poetry, to show how these themes were articulated,explored, and questioned more widely in medieval culture.
Описание: Examines four texts of the Imperial period by Strabo, Dio of Prusa, Lucian, and Philostratus in order to elucidate how each author formulates very different conceptions of Homer, his motivations, and his poetic methods in constructing his imaginative and innovative treatment of Homer`s relation to heroic history.
Автор: J. Feerick; V. Nardizzi Название: The Indistinct Human in Renaissance Literature ISBN: 1349343080 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349343089 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Argues for the necessity of a re-articulation of the differences that separated man from other forms of life. The essays in this collection argue for recognition of the persistently indistinct nature of humans, who cannot be finally divided ontologically or epistemologically from other forms of matter.
Автор: J. Rider; J. Friedman Название: The Inner Life of Women in Medieval Romance Literature ISBN: 1349289612 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349289615 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Exploration of the emotionologies of several medieval, romance emotional communities through both fictional and non-fictional narratives. The contributors analyze texts from different linguistic traditions and different periods, but they all focus on women characters.
Описание: Examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people, their religious, social, and political views; their literary and stylistic methods; ethnographic stereotypes current at the time; and more.
Автор: Vaul-grimwood, Marita Le Название: Holocaust literature of the second generation ISBN: 1403979804 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403979803 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Exploring five key texts from the emerging canon of second generation writing, this exciting new study brings together theories of autobiography, trauma, and fantasy to understand the how traumatic family histories are represented.
Автор: V. Glajar; D. Radulescu Название: “Gypsies” in European Literature and Culture ISBN: 1349371548 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349371549 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book traces representations of "Gypsies" that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies.
Автор: Deborah Nelson-Campbell; Rouben Cholakian Название: The Legacy of Courtly Literature ISBN: 3319607286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319607283 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 1 Introduction.- 2 The Failures of Courtly Love in Three Late Medieval Glosses: The Arthurian Knight Remythified Ovidian.- 3 Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and the Fabliau.- 4 Villon's Dreams of the Courtly.- 5 "You Make me Want to be a Better Man" Courtly Values Revived in Modern Film.- 6 From Marie de France to J.K. Rowling: the Weasel.- 7 Courtly Literature: "Yesterday" is Today.- 8 Variations on a Transcultural Phenomenon: The Potion Scene in Four Film Versions of the Legend of Tristan and Iseult.- 9 The Musical Incongruities of Time Travel in Arthurian Film.- 10 . The Fool and the Wise Man: The Legacy of the Two Merlins in Modern Culture.- 11 A Legacy of Japanese Courtly Literature: The Imperial New Year Poetry Recitation Ceremony.
Автор: Gamsa, Mark Название: Reading of russian literature in china ISBN: 1349384801 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349384808 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book traces the profound influence that Russian literature, which was tied inseparably to the political victory of the Russian revolution, had on China during a period that saw the collapse of imperial rule and the rise of the Communist Party.
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