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  • 'Germinal' and Zola's Philosophical and Religious Thoughtby Philip Walker

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1984; US$ 98.00

    Zola's masterpiece of working life, Germinal (1885), exposes the inhuman conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s. By Zola's death in 1902 it had come to symbolize the call for freedom from oppression so forcefully that the crowd which gathered at his State funeral chanted "Germinal! Germinal!"While it is a dramatic novel... more...

  • "Nur einmal noch werd ich dir untreu sein"by Claire Goll; Yvan Goll; Paula Ludwig; Barbara Glauert-Hesse; Barbara Glauert-Hesse

    Wallstein Verlag 2013; US$ 64.69

    Hauptbeschreibung 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...

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Study Guideby Saddleback Educational Publishing

    Saddleback Publishing 2010; US$ 24.95

    Thirty-five reproducible activities per guide reiforce basic reading and comprehension skills while teaching higher-order critical thinking. Also included are teaching suggestions, background notes, summaries, and answer keys. more...

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Study Guideby Jules Verne

    Saddleback Publishing 2008; US$ 12.95

    Containing 11 reproducible exercises to maximize vocabulary development and comprehension skills, these guides include pre-and post-reading activities, story synopses, key vocabulary, and answer keys. more...

  • Alain Robbe-Grilletby Roger-Michel Allemand; Christian Milat

    Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2010; US$ 24.99

    La mort d?Alain Robbe-Grillet, en 2008, est à l?origine du colloque international Alain Robbe-Grillet : balises pour le XXIe siècle, tenu à l?Université d?Ottawa en juin 2009 et dont cet ouvrage constitue les Actes. Cette réunion avait pour objectifs de faire le point sur Robbe-Grillet et son ?uvre, tant littéraire que cinématographique, désormais... more...

  • Albert Camus the Algerianby David Carroll

    Columbia University Press 2007; US$ 25.99

    This original reading of Albert Camus' novels, short stories, and political essays concentrates on Camus' conflicted relationship with his Algerian background and finds important critical insights into issues of justice, the effects of colonial oppression, and the deadly cycle of terrorism and counterterrorism that characterized the Algerian War... more...

  • Alcoolsby Guillaume Apollinaire; Donald Revell

    Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 14.99

    A new translation of this complex and beautiful poetry. more...

  • Alcoolsby Guillaume Apollinaire; Garnet Rees

    Continuum International Publishing 2000; US$ 130.00

    Guiilaume Apollinaire, a leading figure amongst the young writers and artists in France until his death in 1918, published 'Alcools', his first book of poems, in 1913. With its wide range of verse forms and contrasting registers of style, 'Alcools' had a considerable influence on Surrealist poetry. The poems provide a splendid example... more...

  • Alfred Jarryby Jill Fell

    Reaktion Books 2010; US$ 20.95

    Alfred Jarry’s (1873–1907) creation of the monster-tyrant Ubu in his play Ubu Roi was a watershed in theater history and brought him instant notoriety following its Paris premiere in 1896. In this concise, critical biography, Jill Fell explores this and the many achievements that this multi-talented and influential writer and playwright... more...

  • Aliscansby Fritz Peter Knapp; Fritz Peter Knapp

    De Gruyter 2013; US$ 419.00

    For the first time, this volume presents a German translation of the Old French heroic epic Aliscans, which served as a template for Wolfram von Eschenbach?s novel in verse, Willehalm, one of the most important works of the German Middle Ages and in world literature. The primary source for the text is the edition based on the Venetian manuscript M... more...