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Drawing on both published and on unpublished sources, this volume offers the first-ever comprehensive reconstruction of Salomon... Læs mere
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Sabev investigates the first Ottoman/Muslim printer Ibrahim Müteferrika and his printing activity in the first half of the 18th century. By... Læs mere
Acts of Logos examines the 19th-century foundations of St. Petersburg’s famous literary tradition, with a focus on the unifying principle... Læs mere
A sophisticated but accessible fusion of theory and critical popular culture of Leonard Cohen’s mystical songbook... Læs mere
A searingly personal memoir of the great Russian poet by his American friend and publisher, containing much previously unknown material about how Brodsky left Russia and how he... Læs mere
A searingly personal memoir of the great Russian poet by his American friend and publisher, containing much previously unknown material about how Brodsky left Russia and how he... Læs mere
The first book-length study of how teachers teach and how students learn to read Talmud. Through a series of classroom studies conducted by... Læs mere