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This work explores Shakespeare's deep fascination with dangerous and disorderly forms of speaking - especially rumour, slander, insult, vituperation and curse - and through them offers a vision of the work of words in his plays.
A completely revised and updated edition of this standard anthology of medieval Latin, this work has been provided with 14 new selections, doubling the coverage of women writers, expanding a quarter of the original selections, and including a substantive grammatical introduction.
This work argues that a crisis of masculinity among European writers and artists played a key role in the modernist revolution. The author revises the notion that the feminine provided a pre-modern refuge for artists critical of individualism and materialism.
Myra Jehlen's aim in these essays is to read for what she calls the edge of literature: the point at which writing seems unable to say more, which is also, for Jehlen, the threshold of the real.
Examining the writings of 19th-century German women, the text explores their social and cultural... Læs mere
Jane Austen's lasting appeal to both popular and elite audiences has lifted her to legendary status. This title begins by exploring the most important monuments and... Læs mere
Contemporary American women are writing long poems in a variety of styles which repossess history, reconceive female subjectivity, and seek to revitalize... Læs mere
A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre.
This study of works by five 20th-century Italian writers, investigates the abiding influence of the Greek and Roman classics, and their rich legacy in our own day. The writers studied include Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino.