Zbirka: Od 1500 do 1800
321 rezultatov
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Nun(2008) DIDEROT, DENISDiderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders. A novel mingling mysticism, madness, sadistic cruelty and nascent sexuality, it gives a scathing insight into theVezava: Mehka14,92 € -
Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature(2021) QUAYSON, ATO (STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA)This book focuses on a comparative reading of tragedy from the Greeks through Shakespeare to postcolonial examples from Africa, India, Ireland, and the African-American tradition. It will appeal to a wide range of both specialists and non-specialists alikVezava: Trda64,30 € -
Rhetoric of the Page(2020) MAGUIRE, LAURIE (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, OXFORD UNIVERSITY AND TUTORIAL FELLOW, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, OXFORD UNIVERSITY AND TUTORIAL FELLOW, MAGDALEN COLLEGE)A readable account of the book as an object: a history of the page as well as a history of the book. Drawing an arc from the medieval scriptorium to googlebooks, this volume shows the creative and playful opportunities blank spaces on the page afforded reVezava: Trda74,40 € -
Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Early Modern England(2022) ULLYOT, MICHAEL (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY)This book investigates the role of exemplarity as a rhetorical device in late Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and culture. Ullyot argues that exemplarity is driven by both reader and author, and that positive moral examples were presented as aspiratioVezava: Trda145,02 € -
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Radical Botany(2019) MEEKER, NATANIA,SZABARI, ANTONIARadical Botany uncovers a speculative tradition that conjures new languages to grasp the life of plants in all its specificity and vigor. Plants complement and challenge notions of human life. The book traces the implications of the speculative mobilizatiVezava: Mehka48,22 € -
William Shakespeare(2015) WELLS, STANLEY (HONORARY PRESIDENT, THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST)In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world's greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how andVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems(2017) POST, JONATHAN F. S. (DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UCLA)Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry, including the sonnets and his great narrative poems, and explores themes of love and lust in these works. He also considers the debates surrounding their disputed authorship, and the impact these poemsVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Gothic Novel in Ireland, c. 1760–1829(2018) MORIN, CHRISTINAA compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland. -- .Vezava: Trda75,30 € -
Black and Blur(2017) MOTEN, FREDIn Black and Blur—the first volume in his consent not to be a single being trilogy—Fred Moten engages in a capacious consideration of the place and force of blackness in African diaspora arts, politics, and life, exploring a wide range of thinkers, musiciVezava: Mehka38,57 € -
Jane Austen's Cousin(2021) WALTON, GERIProvides new insight into the real side of a vivacious socialite who inspired several fictional characters in her cousin Jane Austen's highly acclaimed books.Vezava: Trda27,78 € -
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Five Elizabethan Progress Entertainments(2021) SCRAGG, LEAHA fully annotated, modern-spelling edition of entertainments performed for the monarch during her summer progress, the collection affords an insight into a neglected area of Elizabethan cultural activity. -- .Vezava: Mehka27,55 € -
Washington Irving and the Fantasy of Masculinity(2022) TSCHACHLER, HEINZSitting at the intersection of literary studies and masculinity studies, this reading reconstructs Washington Irving’s life-long struggle to somehow win a place among other men. The book is the first of its kind to encompass and examine Irving’s writings.Vezava: Mehka46,70 € -
Taming of the Shrew York Notes A-level English Literature - for 2025, 2026 exams(2015) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM,WARREN, REBECCA,GRAY, FRANCESThis updated edition is ideal to support students when studying and revising for the new A level English Literature exams.Vezava: Mehka12,70 € -
Othello York Notes A-level English Literature - for 2025, 2026 exams(2015) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM,WARREN, REBECCAThis updated edition is ideal to support students when studying and revising for the new A level English Literature exams.Vezava: Mehka12,70 € -
King Lear York Notes A-level English Literature - for 2025, 2026 exams(2015) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM,WARREN, REBECCA,SHERBORNE, MICHAELThis updated edition is ideal to support students when studying and revising for the new A level English Literature exams.Vezava: Mehka12,70 € -
Women’s Colonial Gothic Writing, 1850-1930(2018) EDMUNDSON, MELISSAThis book explores women writers’ involvement with the Gothic. The chapters show how Gothic themes told from a woman’s perspective emerge in unique ways when set in the different colonial regions that comprise the scope of this book: Canada, the CaribbeaVezava: Trda19,69 € -
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