Language & Literature

ISBN: 9781907975622
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
This collection brings together textual commentaries on thirty representative works of literature in Portuguese — either complete poems or extracts from longer works — ranging from the medieval lyric of the 13th centur... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975615
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
This book addresses three key areas of intellectual enquiry: literary criticism, cultural critique, and philosophical theology. Once closely related, especially in the Catholic tradition, they often appear to be separate and uncon... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789491431296
Published by : Barkhuis
Die vorliegende Abhandlung untersucht die Arbeit und die Netzwerke weiblicher Vermittler skandinavischer Literatur und Kultur in Europa um 1900. Es handelt sich dabei um drei Autorinnen aus dem niederländischen/flämischen Sprachraum - Margaretha M... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975745
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Comparative Literature
Volume: 29
Since the revelation of Iris Murdoch's (1919-1999) affair with Elias Canetti (1905-1994), scholarship on their relationship has been largely biographical, focusing in particular on Canetti's alleged role as the real-life model for... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975523
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Comparative Literature
Volume: 25
On Zeus’ order, Prometheus was chained to Mount Caucasus where, every day, he was to endure his liver being devoured by a bird of prey — his punishment for bringing fire to mankind. Through the impulse of Goethe, his f... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975554
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
French realist texts are driven by representations of the body and depend on corporeality to generate narrative intrigue. But anxieties around bodily representation undermine realist claims of objectivity and transparency. Aspects... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975899
Published by : Legenda
Series: Germanic Literatures
Volume: 3
Goethe's ideas on colour and imagery crossed many borderlines: those of artistic processes and philosophical aesthetics, art history and colour theory, together with the science of perception. This investigation into his writings ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975707
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Comparative Literature
Volume: 28
The nineteenth century realist author was a contradictory figure. He was the focus of literary criticism, but obscured his creative role by insisting on presenting his works as ‘copies’ of reality. He was a celebrity w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975790
Published by : Legenda
Series: Italian Perspectives
Volume: 25
Dante and Epicurus seem poles apart. Dante, a committed Christian, depicted in the Commedia a vision of the afterlife and God’s divine justice. Epicurus, a pagan philosopher, taught that the soul is mortal and that all relig... .... Learn More