With this book, Amy Motlagh considers how racial thinking underpins cultural practices in Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Despite cultural traditions depicting black people and the documented presence of black Iranians, many have insisted that race...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300284409)
An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle Earth Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves and fairies are a firmly established part of W...Loe edasi...
Platos Charmides is a rich mix of provocative drama and intricate argument. This book offers a comprehensive interpretation of its disparate elements. Paying close attention to its complex structure, and to the methodology of reading Plato, Raphael...Loe edasi...
Sari: Understanding Contemporary American Literature
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Apr-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of South Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781643365770)
New insights into the work of an acclaimed science fiction author. Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006), a pioneer of science fiction and foremother of Afrofuturism, is among the most influential science fiction writers of all time. Her work blurs the boun...Loe edasi...
A vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to today’s graphic novels. John Sutherland, who has researched, taught and written on th...Loe edasi...
A vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present “( A) fizzing, exhilarating book.”—Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London“Delightful.’”—New York Times Book Review Poetry is...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Mar-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300244434)
A fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Italy and Tudor England, great rulers,...Loe edasi...
Octavia E. Butler is widely recognized today as one of the most important figures in contemporary science fiction. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering Butlers complete works from the bestselling novel Kindred, to h...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Sep-2021, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Duke University Press, ISBN-13: 9781478014621)
Modernity arrived in Japan, as elsewhere, through new forms of ownership. In A Fictional Commons, Michael K. Bourdaghs explores how the literary and theoretical works of Natsume Sōseki (1867&;1916), widely celebrated as Japans greate...Loe edasi...
Nordic Literature of Decadence discusses literature from five Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia and offers alternative perspectives to the cosmopolitan traffic and cultural exchanges of literary decadence that h...Loe edasi...
Unravel the fundamental ingredients of visual storytelling and discover how top children’s illustrators portray narrative, intrigue, and suspense through art. In this visually captivating volume, a vibrant selection of loved and revered child...Loe edasi...
Sari: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jan-2018, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Rochester Press, ISBN-13: 9781580469265)
Interweaves Eastern European postwar history, dissidence, and literature to expand our understanding of the significance of this important Lithuanian writer. Magnetic North: Conversations with Tomas Venclova is a book in the European t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Mar-2004, Hardback, Kirjastus: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781578065592)
American Literature -- Literary Criticism--> There are three wars in the mind and in the art of William Faulkner--the American Civil War, World War I, and World War II. Although he did not fight in any war, he postured as a...Loe edasi...
Asks important questions about the very nature of stories--examines why we read stories rather than just learning the endings. Asks important questions about the very nature of stories and examines why we read stories rather than just learnin...Loe edasi...
