Literary studies: general books

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Febris Erotica: Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination

Febris Erotica: Lovesickness in the Russian Literary...

Author: Valeria Sobol ,  Elena Kupriyanova
ISBN: 9798887192499
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Aims to probe beyond the perception of 'love and death' as a constant theme of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Avoid The Panic: Easy & Proven Strategies for a Resilient Retirement Amid Economic Chaos

Avoid The Panic: Easy & Proven Strategies for a Resilient...

Author: Carla E Garcia
ISBN: 9798394257162
Format: Paperback
$26.37

"Avoid The Panic, where inspiration meets convenience. This book was crafted with the busy lives of many in mind,...  Read More >>

Contemporary Arab World – Literary and Linguistic Issues

Contemporary Arab World – Literary and Linguistic Issues...

Author: Barbara Michalak-Pikulska
ISBN: 9788323349334
Format: Paperback
$90.56

This book is a collection of six papers on selected issues in teaching Arabic as a foreign language, and the many...  Read More >>

Jane Austen, Early and Late

Jane Austen, Early and Late

Author: Freya Johnston
ISBN: 9780691229805
Format: Paperback
$42.99

"A reexamination of Austen's unpublished writings that uncovers their continuity with her celebrated novels-and...  Read More >>

Why Argument Matters

Why Argument Matters

Author: Lee Siegel
ISBN: 9780300271072
Format: Paperback
$30.95

An impassioned case for argument’s central role in human life, by one of America’s most distinguished cultural critics...  Read More >>

Ancient Memory: Remembrance and Commemoration in Graeco-Roman Literature

Ancient Memory: Remembrance and Commemoration in Graeco-Roman...

Author: Katharine Mawford ,  Eleni Ntanou
ISBN: 9783111267739
Format: Paperback
$34.23

This volume brings together studies on the workings of memory in Greek and Roman literature, including epic, tragedy,...  Read More >>

The Fiction of Occasion in Hellenistic and Roman Poetry

The Fiction of Occasion in Hellenistic and Roman Poetry...

Author: Adrian Gramps
ISBN: 9783111270647
Format: Paperback
$34.23

Voices speak to us out of poetry books. When we as moderns read ancient poetry, we attempt to make those voices...  Read More >>

Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory

Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory

Author: Sophia Papaioannou ,  Andreas Serafim
ISBN: 9783111271040
Format: Paperback
$34.23

The volume examines the features and functions of comic invective in ancient Greek and Roman oratory. Thereby the...  Read More >>

Mythical Narratives in Stesichorus: Greek Heroes on the Move

Mythical Narratives in Stesichorus: Greek Heroes on...

Author: Sofia Carvalho
ISBN: 9783111265698
Format: Paperback
$34.23

The mythical narratives of Stesichorus provide the earliest surviving examples of poetry in the Greek West. This...  Read More >>

Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome

Rhetoric and Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author: Sophia Papaioannou ,  Andreas Serafim
ISBN: 9783111262703
Format: Paperback
$34.23

The chapters of this volume shed new light on the complicated relationship between religious discourse and rhetoric...  Read More >>

Between Daily Routine and Violent Protest: Interpreting the Technicity of Action

Between Daily Routine and Violent Protest: Interpreting...

Author: Ernst Wolff
ISBN: 9783111267227
Format: Paperback
$34.23

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The Apocalyptic Dimensions of Climate Change

The Apocalyptic Dimensions of Climate Change

Author: Jan Alber
ISBN: 9783111269764
Format: Paperback
$25.65

This collection brings together essays by climatologists, theologians, historians, literary scholars, and philosophers...  Read More >>

The Search for the Self in Statius' ›Thebaid‹: Identity, Intertext and the Sublime

The Search for the Self in Statius' ›Thebaid‹: Identity,...

Author: Jean-Michel Hulls
ISBN: 9783111265865
Format: Paperback
$34.23

This book is a detailed study of identity and selfhood in the Thebaid which explores major characters in the poem...  Read More >>

Convergence and divergence in Ibero-Romance across contact situations and beyond

Convergence and divergence in Ibero-Romance across contact...

Author: Miriam Bouzouita ,  Renata Enghels
ISBN: 9783111273730
Format: Paperback
$34.23

This book presents new perspectives on convergence and divergence phenomena in the Ibero-Romance languages. It brings...  Read More >>

The Layers of the Text: Collected Papers on Classical Literature 2008–2021

The Layers of the Text: Collected Papers on Classical...

Author: Richard Hunter ,  Antonios Rengakos
ISBN: 9783111276496
Format: Paperback
$68.55

This volume collects the most recent essays of Richard Hunter, one of the world's leading experts in the field of...  Read More >>

In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays

In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays...

Author: Farah Jasmine Griffin ,  Farah Jasmine Griffin
ISBN: 9798212920742
Format: Audio
$65.97

"Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature,...  Read More >>

Porphyry, ›On Principles and Matter‹: A Syriac Version of a Lost Greek Text with an English Translation, Introduction, and Glossaries

Porphyry, ›On Principles and Matter‹: A Syriac Version...

Author: Yury Arzhanov ,  Porphyry
ISBN: 9783111274669
Format: Paperback
$25.65

The treatise On Principles and Matter preserved in Syriac derives most probably from Porphyry of Tyre. This text...  Read More >>

Paragesellschaften: Imaginationen – Inszenierungen – Interaktionen in den Gegenwartskulturen

Paragesellschaften: Imaginationen – Inszenierungen –...

Author: Teresa Hiergeist ,  Agnes Bidmon
ISBN: 9783111263274
Format: Paperback
$34.23

"In political and media debates, questions of societal homogeneity and heterogeneity are discussed using the keyword...  Read More >>

Kulturgeschichte der mittelalterlichen Wahrsagerei

Kulturgeschichte der mittelalterlichen Wahrsagerei

Author: Christa Agnes Tuczay
ISBN: 9783111253688
Format: Paperback
$42.81

The quest for truth, foreseeing the future, finding answers to acute questions: all this was promised by oracles...  Read More >>

Chinese Literature in the World: Dissemination and Translation Practices

Chinese Literature in the World: Dissemination and Translation...

Author: Junfeng Zhao ,  Defeng Li
ISBN: 9789811682070
Format: Paperback
$310.47

This book features a collection of articles on comparative literature from a translational perspective, with a special...  Read More >>

Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity

Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy...

Author: Sune Borkfelt
ISBN: 9783030989170
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity examines literary depictions of slaughterhouses...  Read More >>

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