This book examines the plays of four women—Nathalie Sarraute, Marguerite Duras, Helene Cixous and Noelle Renaude—writing in the latter years of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first century.
This book analyses the ways in which divorce informed the development of French fiction until the First World War, arguing that in France the divorce question was intimately related to the rhythm of revolution.
This study of a wide selection of literary texts from the beginning of the twenty-first century aims to explore various ways in which a sense of belonging is being articulated and understood in contemporary Germany.
This book is a collection of selected letters from the correspondence between John Ruskin and his cousin Joan (Agnew Ruskin) Severn. It explores the roles she occupied in Ruskin's life and home, comparing their epistolary relationship with those Ruskin shared with other.
This book discusses the on-going exchange of ideas between variationist linguistics and sociology by extending the debate to post-war France. It describes... Læs mere
This book covers periods that vary from roughly a century to several hundred years, because the development of English metre has not proceeded uniformly either in time or... Læs mere
Examining stone vessels in the Levant during the 2nd millennium BC, the author Rachael Thyrza Sparks explores the links between material culture and society through a comprehensive study of production and distribution.
This book explores the mechanics of architectural writing, its relation to perception. It examines the effects of... Læs mere
This book, a collection of essays to honour Hilary Gatti, reflects her interest in the principles of cultural freedom... Læs mere
This book explores the palimpsestic realm of translation, illustration and interpretation in the act of reading, with examples from Dante to the sculptor Rachel Whiteread. Reynolds Matthew shows that the practice of reading readings suggests tactics for criticism in general.