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The alleged affair between Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, and his slave Sally Hemings was proven as a fact by DNA analysis in 1998. While many historians continue to deny the affair, some have accepted the love affair between Jefferson and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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Traditional detective fiction celebrates the victory of order and reason over the senseless violence of crime. Yet in spite of its apparent valorization of rationality, the detective genre has been associated from its inception with three paradoxical motifs – the...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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Domestic Biographies: Stowe, Howells, James, and Wharton at Home presents comparative domestic biographies of four American Realist writers: Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Drawing upon extensive primary sources to...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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Crossing Cultures/Cruzando culturas focuses on the creation of literary works and how these works reflect the life experiences of the authors. The purpose of this book is to inspire young Mexican-American, Hispanic, and Latino people by demonstrating that education is...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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This book is the broad application of queer theories to the original plays of the contemporary Irish dramatist Frank McGuinness, the only author in Ireland to consistently utilize gay and lesbian themes in his writing. McGuinness continually represents sexual difference...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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Identity in Place analyzes the role of place and its cultural significance in the fiction of eight contemporary Indigenous women writers from the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, four former colonies of the British Empire.Identity in Place addresses...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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The Fabric of Subcultures reflects on the state of the postcolonial signature behind stylistic refinements – a world of letters relatively dependent on the West for economic and political realms, and in which language systems, aesthetic orders, and genres struggle for...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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This book is a collection of wonderful and thoughtful essays that explore the theme of beautiful sanctuaries in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European literature. The book focuses especially on selected works by Percy Shelley, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Henrik Ibsen,...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2011-06-27
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Novel Characters offers a fascinating and in-depth history of the novelistic character from the “birth of the novel” in Don Quixote, through the great canonical works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the most influential international novels of the present...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-24
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This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out what we know about Ovid's life, presents the author's works within their poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes. The first...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-24
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Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
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VIRGIL “A truly useful introduction to Vergil and his poetry. Smith combines up-to-date information on the issues with an intelligent and well-written assessment. Highly recommended.” Karl Galinsky, University of Texas at Austin “For the newcomer to Virgil, this book...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-24
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Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
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A Companion to the Latin Language presents a collection of original essays from international scholars that track the development and use of the Latin language from its origins to its modern day usage. Brings together contributions from internationally renowned...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-06-24
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy. Places key authors and novels in their cultural and historical context...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2011-06-20
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Die Küchenmeisterei, als erstes gedrucktes deutschsprachiges Kochbuch bereits 1485 in Nürnberg bei Peter Wagner erschienen, erlebte rasch zahlreiche Auflagen und Abdrucke, unter anderem 1486 bei Johann Petri in Augsburg und 1487 bei Peter Schöffer in Mainz. Erhalten...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-06-15
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These stories by Otti Binswanger, the niece of the German aviator Otto Lilienthal, were written in the 1940s in New Zealand, where they were published originally in 1945. Otti Binswanger had come to New Zealand in 1939 as a refugee from Nazi Germany together with her...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-06-15
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Il presente volume contiene una raccolta di saggi dedicati alla figura e all’opera di Piergiuseppe Scardigli (Altopascio 1933 - Firenze 2008), insigne docente di filologia germanica e geniale studioso del mondo germanico antico e medievale, apprezzato in Italia e...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-06-15
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When Alice was nine years old, she and her father - a beloved school librarian - made a promise to read aloud together for 100 consecutive nights. Upon reaching their goal, they celebrated over pancakes, but it was clear that neither wanted to let go of what had become...
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Two Roads
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2011-06-09
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This book is the definitive guide to Victorian poetry, which its author approaches in the light of modern critical concerns and contemporary contexts. Valentine Cunningham exhibits encyclopedic knowledge of the poetry produced in this period and offers dazzling close...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-03
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Guides to Literature
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Previous criticism has not adequately discussed oriental aspects of the content of Shakespearean drama. In addition to his portrayal of oriental figures (such as Cleopatra, Othello, and Shylock) and his use of literary genres and motifs that have roots in oriental...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-05-27
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This text makes use of contemporary work in linguistics to provide up-to-date commentary on the development of Latin, from its prehistoric origins in the Indo-European language family, through the earliest texts, to the creation of the Classical Language of Cicero and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-05-23
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