The New Criticism. Formalist Literary Theory in America, Unabridged ed, Hardback - ***

This volume covers a variety of authors and topics related to the New Criticism school of the 1920s-1950s in America. Contributors trace the histor...

Beginning with more accessible critical approaches and gradually introducing more challenging critical perspectives, this title provides extensive ...

Terry Eagleton's witty and acerbic attacks on contemporary culture and society are read and enjoyed by many, and his studies of literature are rega...

This book offers a substantial and up-dated discussion and presentation of the new European "frontiers" related to complex and controversial social...

The Russian formalists emerged from the Russian Revolution with ideas about the independence of literature. They enjoyed that independence until St...

Critically investigating the gender of programming in popular culture, Sexing Code proposes that the de facto representation of technical ability s...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This collection of provocative new essays, mainly by French scholars, on Shakespeare's great tragedy, focuses on linguistic, aesthetic and philosop...

This book is a passionate rendezvous with cinema, the most collaborative of art forms. The essays here explore the possibilities offered by a close...

Using ethnographic data gathered in violent locations across Latin America, Eduardo Moncada shares new insights into the widespread problem of crim...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Pelagia (University of Oxford, UK) GoulimariNumber of pages: 378Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 232 x 1...

Reducere. Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "eclectic, exciting, convincing, provocative" and in The Washington Post Book World as "brilliantly ori...

This book explores the legacy of colonial heritage on Nigerian political activities and journalistic practices.Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publis...

The benefits of the digital age are huge. Our lives have been transformed, both in the developed and the undeveloped world. However, this transform...

The specter of the apocalypse has always been a semiotic fantasy: only at the end of all things will their true meaning be revealed. Our long roman...

This book addresses the topic of geospatial computing in smartphones, including positioning, mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and smart ...

Examines a dozen works of digital literature, a category comprising creative works that are principally (but not exclusively) textual in character,...

Byron at the Theatre is a collection of essays by a wide spectrum of European scholars, dealing with Byron's dramas in a variety of ways.Publisher:...

Suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in the field of astrophysics and mathematical physics, this book lays the mathematical foundatio...

Provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. An intr...

A comprehensive case for a fresh literary approach to the New Testament

This book introduces the homological methods used in modern representation theory and discusses several landmark results that illustrate their powe...

The aim of this volume is to record the resurgent influence of Language Learning in Translation Studies and the various contemporary ways in which ...

Who Defines Me: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature is a collection of insightful articles that represent an interdisciplinary study of...

Presents a comprehensive, evidence-based review of the make-or-break factors that determine the efficacy of criticism, praise, and advice. This boo...

November 2012 saw the joint annual conference of the British branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY UK) and the MA cours...

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Ernest MorrellNumber of pages: 228Collection: CounterpointsPublication date: 2008Dimensions: 157 x 2...

This book offers a comprehensive, region-wide examination of the politics of taxation in Latin America, one of the most pressing issues to confront...

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love a...

DescriptionThis unique anthology presents the important historical essays on tragedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historica...

We wanted the house to lie amid the woods | Landscape, esthetics, and common sense are the three axes that direct the work of Argentine architect L...

One of the most important French poets of the twentieth century, Paul Valery (1871-1945) influenced generations of poets who came after him. Major ...

Aimed at graduate students, this book benefits from the author's research expertise and extensive teaching experience, introducing string theory in...

Mapping out the Rushdie Republic differs from existing studies on the work of Salman Rushdie by dint of its seriousness of intent and profundity of...

Researching the Self originated in a conference held at the University of Amsterdam in 2005, where scholars from various academic backgrounds prese...

Aspects of Byron's Don Juan is, in part, a proceedings volume from the 2012 conference held by the Newstead Byron Society at Nottingham Trent Unive...

This collection of essays is an invaluable companion for scholars, students, and general readers who want to better understand Alexis de Tocquevill...

Reducere. Some Versions of Pastoral: Literary Criticism, Paperback

As chaste women devoted to God, nuns are viewed as the purest of the pure. Yet, as females who reject courtship, sex, marriage, child bearing, and ...

Popular anthologies hold that the Romantic Era in Great Britain ended promptly in 1832 and that the early Twentieth Century was the time of Moderni...

Offers engineers assistance for their work involving microwave circuit analysis and design. This practical book provides a thorough understanding o...

Ethics has become a particularly relevant topic for discussion and a subject for serious study. It has a very long tradition, of course; but nowada...