Literary History – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 6

Natalie Prizel
Victorian Ethical Optics

Explores the way that characters and figures in Victorian literature and visual art encountered and observed the bodies of others, particularly those bodies which were aberrant, deformed, and disabled.

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The Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis: Left Wings Over Europe

Part of the Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis critical edition, which brings together all of Wyndham Lewis's published writings for the first time, this is a scholarly edition of an inflammatory political …

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Homa Katouzian
Humour in Iran

"Humorous and satirical writing is a prevalent yet little-discussed aspect of Persian literature, from the classical poets to contemporary writers. This book offers a chronological overview and anthology …

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Horror in Classical Antiquity and Beyond

A conceptual and cultural history of 'horror' as effect, concept, experience and emotion in Graeco-Roman antiquity and beyond.

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Miranda Seymour
I Used to Live Here Once

Jean Rhys is one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. Memories of her Caribbean girlhood haunt the four short and piercingly brilliant novels that Rhys wrote during her extraordinary y…

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Sachiko Kusukawa
Andreas Vesalius

A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius--the father of modern anatomy--as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture. In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most f…

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Priyasha Mukhopadhyay
Required Reading

How ordinary forms of writing—including manuals, petitions, almanacs, and magazines—shaped the way colonial subjects understood their place in empire In Required Reading, Priyasha Mukhopadhyay offers a n…

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Sheila T Cavanagh,
Multisensory Shakespeare and Specialized Communities

"How can Shakespearean performance be used with different communities to assist personal growth and development, while advancing social justice goals? Employing an integrative approach that draws from sci…

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Ari Kaplan,
From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books

The creators of such famous comic books as "Superman, Spider-Man, X-Men," and "Batman"--as well as the founders of "MAD" Magazine--were Jewish. This oversized, full-color volume demonstrates how they brou…

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Political Ontology, Community, and Institutions

Focuses on key aspects of Robert Esposito's thought and explores the ways in which some major contemporary thinkers have been crucial interlocutors in their elaboration.

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Tony Hsu
Chasing the Modern

At the height of his literary prowess, Xu Zhimo was the most famous living poet in all of China. With his round spectacles and aristocratic profile, Xu had a face that became as iconic as his poetry. Duri…

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Leon Battista Alberti,
Dinner Pieces

A collection of stories meant to be read while dining and drinking, the Dinner Pieces, or Intercenales, are among Alberti's most innovative works. They constitute an important monument in the history of c…

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Ryokan,
This and That

Zen poems of everyday awakening. A fresh translation of short poems by the Japanese Zen poet Ryokan that reads well as modern American poetry, accompanied by an introduction and commentaries on the poems …

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Al-Sh&,
The Book of Monasteries

"A literary tour of Christian monasteries of the medieval Middle East The Book of Monasteries takes readers on an engaging tour of the monastic centers of the medieval Middle East, illustrated with a rich…

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Leon Battista Alberti,
Dinner Pieces

A collection of stories meant to be read while dining and drinking, the Dinner Pieces, or Intercenales, are among Alberti's most innovative works. They constitute an important monument in the history of c…

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Tony Hsu
Chasing the Modern

At the height of his literary prowess, Xu Zhimo was the most famous living poet in all of China. With his round spectacles and aristocratic profile, Xu had a face that became as iconic as his poetry. Duri…

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A Midsummer Night's Dream: The State of Play

This volume offers new critical and performance approaches to Shakespeare's most well-known comedy of desire, a play that speaks powerfully to contemporary concerns. A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of S…

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Megan Garber
Plot Twist

From the popular and award-winning staff writer for The Atlantic, an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape has incentivized us to see our fellow citizens as characters in an ongoing entertai…

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Ed Simon
Devil's Contract

"Lively . . . excoriating, eloquent . . . We are all Faustians now." — James Wood, The New Yorker A devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and beyon…

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Andrea Horbinski
Manga's First Century

A comprehensive English-language history of a beloved medium, Manga's First Century tells the story of the artists and fans who built a cultural juggernaut. Manga is the world's most popular style of co…

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