This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p...This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United...more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p...This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United...more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p...This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United...more
This book first published in 1949 is an abridged version of Mirsky s classic t...This book first published in 1949 is an abridged version of Mirsky s classic two texts on Russian literature updated with a postscript by the editor assessing the development of Soviet literature. Beautifully written Mirsky s analyses of Russian...more
Unlike most previous studies ofliterature and film which tend to privilege pa...Unlike most previous studies of literature and film which tend to privilege particular authors texts or literary periods David Gillespie and Marina Korneeva consider the multiple functions of filmed Russian literature as a cinematic subject in its...more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p...This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United...more
Silence and the Rest argues that throughout its entire historyRussian poetry ...Silence and the Rest argues that throughout its entire history Russian poetry can be read as an argument for “verbal skepticism � positing a long-running dialogue between poets philosophers and theorists central to the antiverbal strain of...more
Volume 7 examines a broad range of American literatureofthe past half centur...Volume 7 examines a broad range of American literature of the past half century revealing complex relations to changes in society. Christopher Bigsby discusses American dramatists from Tennessee Williams to August Wilson. Morris Dickstein describes...more
Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profou...Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe Emerson Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis...more
Historyof English Literature is a comprehensive eight-volume survey of Englis...History of English Literature is a comprehensive eight-volume survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the early twenty-first century. This reference work provides insightful and often revisionary readings of core texts in the English...more
Literature in English is a term that has recently appeared to include both Eng...Literature in English is a term that has recently appeared to include both English literature in the traditional sense of the word and all the newly emerging literatures written and published in English whose authors may represent various ethnic and...more
This book is the first to offer a cultural historyof French literature from i...This book is the first to offer a cultural history of French literature from its very beginnings analysing the relationship between French literature and France s evolving power structures from the Middle Ages through to the present day. It shows...more
From The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897) to The Hobbit: The Battle ofthe Five Arm...From The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897) to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and beyond cinematic adaptations of British literature participate in a complex and fascinating history. The History of British Literature on Film 1895-2015 is...more
Global in scope this volume uncovers the deep historyofthe short story as an...Global in scope this volume uncovers the deep history of the short story as an impure genre by challenging the commonplace understanding in contemporary literary studies that the short story is primarily a product of Western modernity. Genres do not...more