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Herr Fridolin und sein Glück
De Gruyter 1993; US$ 133.00Ferdinand von Saar : Kritische Texte und Deutungen. Bd 5, Herr Fridolin und sein Glück more...
Spanische Literatur - Literatur Europas
De Gruyter 1996; US$ 224.00Der vorliegende Band enthält 38 Beiträge renommierter Hispanisten aus Europa und Übersee. Das Themenspektrum umfaßt die ganze Breite der spanischen Literaturgeschichte vom Mittelalter bis in die unmittelbare Gegenwart. Im Mittelpunkt des Untersuchungsinteresses steht die Frage nach den Bezügen der spanischen zu anderen europäischen (oder amerikanischen)... more...
Saint Genet
University of Minnesota Press 2012; US$ 25.00". Saint Genet is Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic biography of Jean Genet—thief, convict, and great artist—a character of almost legendary proportions whose influence grows stronger with time. Bringing together two of the century’s greatest minds and artists, Saint Genet is at once a compelling psychological portrait, masterpiece... more...
The Reception of the Writings of Marcel Proust in Spain
The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 209.95The influence of Prousts writings on Spanish authors has been enormous. Several key Spanish authors have written critical essays on Proust. This book draws together Spanish analysis of Prousts conception of time, memory, setting, and character development, among other things. Spanish authors actually borrowed many ideas from this now canonical... more...
Men and Mothers
Karnac Books 2013; US$ 26.95Not all men vie with their fathers for the love of their mothers. In some families the mother becomes the central figure for her son - the father is excluded (or excludes himself) and does not come between mother and son. The main thesis of this book - using clinical vignettes and quotes from the work of Marcel Proust to illustrate the author's points... more...
"Nur einmal noch werd ich dir untreu sein"
Wallstein Verlag 2013; US$ 64.69Hauptbeschreibung Die Briefe zwischen Claire Goll, Yvan Goll und Paula Ludwig sind Zeugnisse leidenschaftlicher Liebe, weisen aber auch in Abgründe des Zweifels, der Eifersucht und der Verzweiflung. Zugleich spiegeln sie Leben und Wirken dreier Dichter, die sich in dieser Dreieckskonstellation wechselseitig beeinflussten. Nicht zuletzt rücken die... more...
Thirst for Annihilation
Routledge 1992; US$ 59.95An impassionate and fearless study of Georges Bataille which goes beyond analysis and criticism to actually engage with him. more...
Blanchot
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 48.95Blanchot provides a compelling insight into one of the key figures in the development of postmodern thought. Although Blanchot's work is characterised by a fragmentary and complex style, Leslie Hill introduces clearly and accessibly the key themes in his work. He shows how Blanchot questions the very existence of philosophy and literature and how... more...
Michel Leiris
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 42.00This is the first full-length study in English of Michel Leiris's work. Frequently cited as a central figure in contemporary French culture, Seán Hand explores Leiris's participation in some of the most striking intellectual and artistic movements of the twentieth century; surrealism, ethnography and existentialism amongst others. more...
Simone de Beauvoir, Gender and Testimony
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 42.00This is the first full-length study to explore Simone de Beauvoir's autobiographical and biographical writings in the context of ideas on selfhood formulated in The Second Sex and other philosophical essays. Ursula Tidd offers new readings of Beauvoir's unpublished diaries and recently published letters along with more well-known texts. more...









