Drawing on stories he heard as a boy from female relatives, Jilali El Koudia presents a cross section of utterly bewitching narratives. Filled with ghouls and fools, kind magic and... Læs mere
In this anthology, the poet Adonis evokes the wisdom of Whitman's ""Leaves of Grass"" (which he liberally excerpts and remolds), the modernism of William Carlos Williams, and the haunting urban imagery of Baudelaire, Cavafy, and Lorca.
In 1905 Iranian women had been sold to pay taxes or taken as booty in a raid by tribesmen from a village. The narration... Læs mere
Two early works by S.Y. Abramovitsh, . Sholem Aleichem s Tevye reemerges from new translations of "Hodel" and "Chava". The... Læs mere
In Blood and Faith, Berry explores the causes of a shift away from, and resulting hostility toward, Christianity among white nationalists, as... Læs mere
Challenges the paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding the Ottoman society and state during... Læs mere
Maureen ORourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey 13 centuries of Irish literature, including old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs and a... Læs mere
Bringing together everyday language, social interaction and cultural warfare, this work forms a social history of humour in American culture. It argues that jokes provide a cultural barometer of concerns and anxieties, and that laughter is transformative.