Language & Literature

ISBN: 9781592110254
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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Written by one of the country’s most renowned rulers, A Description of Moldavia provides unique insight into the geography, history, economy, ethnography, culture, and traditions of the principality. Born to a noble family, the author, Dimitrie Ca... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110308
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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This classic Romanian novel lends valuable psychological insight into the tragic situation confronting minorities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. It is the story of Apostol Bologa, a middle-class Romanian officer serving in the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788772190174
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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Hans Christian Andersen is an cultural icon. But what is an icon exactly? And how did Hans Christian Andersen become one? In Denmark and abroad. This book looks into the different meanings and uses of the word icon and into the making of the cultu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110339
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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Poems and Prose of Mihai Eminescu is a selection of the best English-language renditions of poems and prose by this remarkable cultural figure of the nineteenth century, whom the British writer George Bernard Shaw once referred to as “the Moldavia... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110391
Published by : Vita Histria
Series: Vita Histria
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Lucrezia Borgia is among the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the Renaissance. The daughter of Pope Alexander VI, she was intensely involved in the political life of Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819579300
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
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Hailed by Milan Kundera as “an heir of Joyce and Kafka,” Prix Goncourt winner Patrick Chamoiseau is among the leading Francophone writers today. With most of his novels having appeared in English, this book opens a new window on his oeuvre. A movi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819579492
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Series: Wesleyan Poetry
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In 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry that challenged Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781463206369
Published by : Gorgias Press
A Spanish translation of George Kiraz's popular New Syriac Primer. This fruitful integration of scholarly introduction and practical application provides a primer that is more than a simple grammar or syntactic introduction to the language. Writte... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819579423
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Series: American Poets
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North American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Beyond Lyric and Language is an important new addition to the American Poets in the 21st Century series. Like the earlier anthologies, this volume includes generous selections of poetry by some of th... .... Learn More