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From Romanticism to Critical Theoryby Andrew Bowie
Routledge 1996; US$ 48.95This study offers a new view of literary theory as an essential part of modern philosophy and contests the view that it is a product of deconstruction. more...
Stories and Talesby Hans Christian Andersen; Hermann Hesse
Routledge 2002; US$ 17.95True classics of Western literature, these stories have delighted young and old for generations. This unique collection features more than 80 of Andersen's best loved tales and many original illustrations by A.W. Bayes. more...
Fagrskinna, a catalogue of the Kings of Norwayby A. Finlay
BRILL 2004; US$ 155.00This work includes the first complete translation of a 13th-century vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the 12th centuries. This translation preserves many of the metrical features of this complex verse form, which are explained in the commentary. more...
History Of German Literatureby Wolfgang Beutin; Klaus Ehler
Taylor & Francis 1993; US$ 215.00A classic work in its first translation into English. The volume traces the development of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is both a scholarly study and an invaluable reference work for students. more...
Icelanders and the Kings of Norwayby Patricia Pires Boulhosa
BRILL 2005; US$ 164.00The book discusses the relation between the Icelanders and the mediaeval Norwegian kings, as it appears in sagas and legal texts. By reassessing legal material and the sagas of Möðruvallabók, it finds the Icelanders partly subjects of the king, and partly beyond his power. more...
Contemporary German Fictionby Stuart Taberner
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 36.00These accessible and informative essays explore the central themes and contexts of the best writers working in Germany today. more...
Old Norse-Icelandic Literatureby Heather O'Donoghue
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 129.95From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse. An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland. Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed. Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature. more...
Deutschsprachige Romane Der Klassischen Moderneby Matthias Luserke-Jaqui
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 176.00The volume is a collection of contributions by renowned literary scientists on selected German-language novels from the Classical Modern Age (ca. 1890-1933). Each text is introduced individually according to a set scheme and classified within the cultural-historical context of the Classic Modern Age. Emphasis is placed on current approaches to interpretation, providing the reader with an extensive overview of the respective latest research. more...
Die Karlamagnús-Saga I und ihre altfranzösische Vorlageby Gustav Adolf Beckmann
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 104.00The 13th century Old Norse Karlamagnús-Saga, a monumental biography of Charlemagne from translated and adapted French Caroline epics such as the Chanson de Roland, is a fascinating example of intensive reception at a distance. Its first branch appears to pre-empt the whole in a compressed form, and has thus been puzzling scholars for more than a century. This study is the first to illuminate the circumstances surrounding the genesis of its French model, and a running commentary allows the present-day reader to approach the text (even without a knowledge of Old Norse). more...
The True Story of My Lifeby Hans Christian Andersen; Mary Howitt
The Floating Press 1847; US$ 8.95From the translator: No literary labor is more delightful to me than translating the beautiful thoughts and fancies of Hans Christian Andersen. My heart is in the work, and I feel as if my spirit were kindred to his; just as our Saxon English seems to me eminently fitted to give the simple, pure, and noble sentiments of the Danish mind. This True Story of his Life will not be found the least interesting of his writings; indeed, to me it seems one of the most so... more...









