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Handbuch Komparatistik
J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2013; US$ 75.43Hauptbeschreibung Wegweiser für literaturwissenschaftliche Grenzüberschreitungen. Womit beschäftigt sich die Komparatistik? Welches sind die Gegenstände und Themen? Was kennzeichnet die Klassiker wie Erich Auerbachs "Mimesis" oder E. R. Curtius' "Europäische Literatur und lateinisches Mittelalter"? Erstmals führt ein Handbuch alle Aspekte der Komparatistik... more...
True Story
Profile 2013; US$ 15.00Helen Humphreys' brother, Martin, was her closest ally and friend. Two years ago, he suddenly became ill and died in just a few months. In the year that followed, Humphreys wrote this intense and affecting memoir. Though the book is deeply personal, it is also, inescapably, about the devastating events that we all experience. As the year goes on,... more...
Norm und Poesie
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 140.00This collected volume was motivated by the lack of scholarly attention previously devoted to the abundance of poetics from the Early Modern period that, from the 15th century onward, drew on ancient traditions. These poetics were primarily published in Latin. The authors analyze explicit normative poetics, major tractates about poetology, and common... more...
Zwischen den Stühlen
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 126.00The Alexandrine Schism (1159?1177) has generally been interpreted as a conflict between Pope Alexander III and Friedrich I Barbarossa. In contrast to past research, this study uses privately held original sources to examine different perceptions of this ecclesiastical crisis across imperial Italy, and explores the strategic responses of those below... more...
Polemic
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 36.95These new essays by leading scholars examine some famous and less well-known instances of polemical encounters. The essays are enhanced by an interview with Gayatri Spivak, specially conducted by Jane Gallop for this volume Historically rigorous, theoretically astute, and sometimes wickedly funny, Polemic makes criticism a critical issue. more...
Doddie
Black & White Publishing 2012; US$ 13.11Alex ?Doddie? MacDonald was one of the finest footballers we have produced. As a midfield dynamo he had an incredible will to win, and his passion on the field and uncompromising style made him a great favourite with Rangers fans everywhere. Having set out with St Johnstone, his twelve years at Ibrox saw him win a glittering total of twelve medals,... more...
Worm Work
University of Minnesota Press 2012; US$ 83.00Worms. Natural history is riddled with them. Literature is crawling with them. From antiquity to today, the ubiquitous and multiform worm provokes an immediate discomfort and unconscious distancing: it remains us against them in anthropocentric anxiety. So there is always something muddled, or dirty, or even offensive when talking about worms.... more...
Planning for Learning through Fairy Stories
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 11.49Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of fairy stories. The Planning for Learning series is a series of topic books written around the Early Years Foundation Stage designed to make planning easy. This book takes you through six weeks of activities on the theme of fairy stories.... more...
Wege in die Moderne
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 210.00In diverse ways, Arcadian utopias led the way toward modernity in European literature. Support for this notion is provided by the studies in this volume, written by Klaus Garber. They provide examples of interdisciplinary research in the humanities that is not only independent from shifting academic theoretical models, but also exemplary in its approaches,... more...
When Barry Met Ronnie
Hillcrest Media Group, Inc. 2012; US$ 8.99What would happen if you took a titan of progressivism and the patron saint of conservatism sat them in a 1964 Cadillac convertible and drove them across the country? When Barry Met Ronnie provides the answer to that question as the main characters discuss global warming, energy policy, immigration, education, taxes, and healthcare. Along the way they... more...









