Domestic Biographies: Stowe, Howells, James, and Wharton at Home presents comparative domestic biographies of four American Realist writers: Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Dean Howells, Henry James, a
Wich-Schwarz (English and humanities, Maryville U., St. Louis) explores the crisis of language and religion by looking at German lyric poet Rilke (1875-1926), saying that he was deeply involved in a d
Assaiante (German language and literature, Trinity College, Connecticut) examines the centrality of corporeal finitude in German philosopher Hamann's (1730-88) construction of subjectivity and the res
Editors A.D. Cousins, Dani Napton, and Stephanie Russo are all affiliated with Macquarie U., Australia. They provide an introductory chapger before presentation of nine scholarly essays (including the
Voices of the Headland: Robinson Jeffers and the Bird of Prey explores the image of the raptor in the poetry of Robinson Jeffers. Emanating from the continent’s end of the American West, Jeffers’ poet
Serious Fiction explores the novels of J.M. Coetzee, in dialogue with key works of the European literary tradition and several contemporary masterworks of world literature, in order to flesh out an et
US literary critic Eisenhauer presents four meditations on the work of Latin lyric poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 BC) concerned with who he thought he was, the logodaedal hypercube, the irony of
Ten essays by Al-Dabbagh (English literature, United Arab Emirates U.) explore literary and cultural issues of British literary criticism, in seven of the essays, and Arab intellectuals and Arab liter
Scheherazade, the fictional storyteller of The Arabian Nights, spins her tales to the Sultan in an effort to delay and eventually end his rampage of wife-killing and thus to change her world for the b
Armbruster (English, Suffolk U.) examines the home lives of four major American authors whose writing was dominated by the consumer and materialistic culture that followed the Civil War. She covers Ha
Hugo (English, humanities, Berkeley College New Jersey) discusses the depiction and the representation of magnificent houses and architectural creations in 20th century European literature, in works b
Svarta fanor was the last major satirical novel by Swedish playwright and novelist Strindberg (1849-1912), and though completed by 1904, could find no publisher until 1907. An American scholar of Scan
This unique work of scholarship explores contemporary issues of male spectatorship and the importance of biography for art criticism in the work of Tracy Chevalier, Eunice Lipton, Anna Banti, Kate Bra
Since ancient times, writers and poets have grappled with death, dying, grief, and mourning in their works. The Final Crossing: Death and Dying in Literature compiles fifteen in-depth, scholarly, and
Turkey is often visualized as a modern nation-state having a perfect balance of Eastern and Western cultural mores and traditions within dominant ideological constructions and representations, but on
In Seven Essays: Studies in Literature, Drama, and Film, Abdulla Al-Dabbagh’s unique approach to literary and cultural issues succeeds in casting new light on these subjects, revealing innovative fiel
This book is an introductory examination of the Hermetic tradition in the Renaissance and how James Joyce made use of certain of its salient features in his four works of fiction: Dubliners, A Portrai
Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), best known as the author of The Golem (1915), experimented with the occult in a time rife with occult experimentation. As a seeker of esoteric truth, he practiced and wrote
When reading Ludwig Tieck’s texts, the reader becomes aware that dreams, the unconscious, and art play a key role. This study posits that Ekphrasis and dream interpretation are similar due to both ana
