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This is an illustrated and accessible biography of Agrippina the Younger, who was pivotal in the early Roman empire as the sister of the emperor Caligula, the wife of emperor Claudius, and the mother of emperor Nero.
Edmund Curll is traditionally considered a pornographer, remembered for having been condemned to gaol and the pillory. Shedding... Læs mere
The book is the first scholarly edition of Flush. It provides readers with an authoritative text based on the collation of the different published versions of Flush, and contains... Læs mere
An engaging and experimental biography of Danilo Kis (1935–89), the Yugoslav novelist, essayist, poet, and translator whose work generated storms of controversy in his homeland but today holds classic status.
This volume presents all known Conrad letters from the years 1917–1919, many published for the first time, in a framework highlighting their literary, historical,... Læs mere
Argues that after the Nazis came to power, prominent exile writers fictionalized and metaphorized the lives of real people in order to provide readers with rigorous forms of critical analysis to identify root causes of political oppression.
This crisply written biography traces the successful writing life of Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) from the time of her childhood, through her tumultuous... Læs mere
Vladimir Nabokov taught at Cornell University from 1948 to 1959. This book examines Nabokov's work and interests durring these years, from his poetry and prose, to criticism of literature and the visual arts, and writings on the humanities and science.
Édith Thomas (1909–1970), a remarkable French woman of letters, was deeply involved in the traumatic upheavals of her time: most crucially the resistance to Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime, but also the Spanish Civil War and the...
Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), Poland's national poet, was one of the extraordinary personalities of the age. In chronicling the events of his life—his travels, numerous loves, a troubled marriage, years spent as a member of a heterodox religious sect...
This work shows how Wollstonecraft's political ideology guided her personal life, and how she subverted the patriarchal plot of political theory and framed an alternative vision of women as citizens, making her truly a "rebel writer".