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Author : Julian Preece
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521663911
Offers a rounded contemporary appraisal of Central Europe's most distinctive Modernist.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 5216631488
Author : Carolin Duttlinger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107244207
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) is one of the most influential of modern authors, whose darkly fascinating novels and stories - where themes such as power, punishment and alienation loom large - have become emblematic of modern life. This Introduction offers a clear and accessible account of Kafka's life, work and literary influence and overturns many myths surrounding them. His texts are in fact far more engaging, diverse, light-hearted and ironic than is commonly suggested by clichés of 'the Kafkaesque'. And, once explored in detail, they are less difficult and impenetrable than is often assumed. Through close analysis of their style, imagery and narrative perspective, Carolin Duttlinger aims to give readers the confidence to (re-)discover Kafka's works without constant recourse to the mantras of critical orthodoxy. In addition, she situates Kafka's texts within their wider cultural, historical and political contexts illustrating how they respond to the concerns of their age, and of our own.
Author : Graham Bartram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521483921
The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel, first published in 2004, provides a broad ranging introduction to the major trends in the development of the German novel from the 1890s to the present. Written by an international team of experts, it encompasses both modernist and realist traditions, and also includes a look back to the roots of the modern novel in the Bildungsroman of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The structure is broadly chronological, but thematically-focused chapters examine topics such as gender anxiety, images of the city, war, and women's writing; within each chapter, key works are selected for close attention. Unique in its combination of breadth of coverage and detailed analysis of individual works, and featuring a chronology and guides to further reading, this Companion will be indispensable to students and teachers.
Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107159624
A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.
Author : Ben Etherington,Jarad Zimbler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108471374
This Companion presents lucid and exemplary critical essays, introducing readers to the major ideas and practices of world literary studies.
Author : David Herman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521856966
The Cambridge Companion to Narrative provides a unique and valuable overview of current approaches to narrative study. An international team of experts explores ideas of storytelling and methods of narrative analysis as they have emerged across diverse traditions of inquiry and in connection with a variety of media, from film and television, to storytelling in the 'real-life' contexts of face-to-face interaction, to literary fiction. Each chapter presents a survey of scholarly approaches to topics such as character, dialogue, genre or language, shows how those approaches can be brought to bear on a relatively well-known illustrative example, and indicates directions for further research. Featuring a chapter reviewing definitions of narrative, a glossary of key terms and a comprehensive index, this is an essential resource for both students and scholars in many fields, including language and literature, composition and rhetoric, creative writing, jurisprudence, communication and media studies, and the social sciences.
Author : Pericles Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107493605
Modernism arose in a period of accelerating globalization in the late nineteenth century. Modernist writers and artists, while often loyal to their country in times of war, aimed to rise above the national and ideological conflicts of the early twentieth century in service to a cosmopolitan ideal. This Companion explores the international aspects of literary modernism by mapping the history of the movement across Europe and within each country. The essays place the various literary traditions within a social and historical context and set out recent critical debates. Particular attention is given to the urban centers in which modernism developed – from Dublin to Zürich, Barcelona to Warsaw – and to the movements of modernists across national borders. A broad, accessible account of European modernism, this Companion explores what this cosmopolitan movement can teach us about life as a citizen of Europe and of the world.
Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107493735
Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who produced The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005).
Author : Carolin Duttlinger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107085497
Accessible essays place Kafka in historical, political and cultural context, providing new and often unexpected perspectives on his works.
Author : Reiner Stach
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691178189
The eagerly anticipated final volume of the award-winning, definitive biography of Franz Kafka How did Kafka become Kafka? This eagerly anticipated third and final volume of Reiner Stach's definitive biography of the writer answers that question with more facts and insight than ever before, describing the complex personal, political, and cultural circumstances that shaped the young Franz Kafka (1883–1924). It tells the story of the years from his birth in Prague to the beginning of his professional and literary career in 1910, taking the reader up to just before the breakthrough that resulted in his first masterpieces, including "The Metamorphosis." Brimming with vivid and often startling details, Stach’s narrative invites readers deep inside this neglected period of Kafka’s life. The book’s richly atmospheric portrait of his German Jewish merchant family and his education, psychological development, and sexual maturation draws on numerous sources, some still unpublished, including family letters, schoolmates’ memoirs, and early diaries of his close friend Max Brod. The biography also provides a colorful panorama of Kafka’s wider world, especially the convoluted politics and culture of Prague. Before World War I, Kafka lived in a society at the threshold of modernity but torn by conflict, and Stach provides poignant details of how the adolescent Kafka witnessed violent outbreaks of anti-Semitism and nationalism. The reader also learns how he developed a passionate interest in new technologies, particularly movies and airplanes, and why another interest—his predilection for the back-to-nature movement—stemmed from his “nervous” surroundings rather than personal eccentricity. The crowning volume to a masterly biography, this is an unmatched account of how a boy who grew up in an old Central European monarchy became a writer who helped create modern literature.
Author : Derek Attridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107494947
This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Joyce contains several revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyce's politics, a fresh sense of the importance of his engagement with Ireland, and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. This Companion gathers an international team of leading scholars who shed light on Joyce's work and life. The contributions are informative, stimulating and full of rich and accessible insights which will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. The Companion's reading lists and extended bibliography offer readers the necessary tools for further informed exploration of Joyce studies. This volume is designed primarily as a students' reference work (although it is organised so that it can also be read from cover to cover), and will deepen and extend the enjoyment and understanding of Joyce for the new reader.
Author : Andrew Feldherr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827690
No field of Latin literature has been more transformed over the last couple of decades than that of the Roman historians. Narratology, a new receptiveness to intertextuality, and a re-thinking of the relationship between literature and its political contexts have ensured that the works of historians such as Livy, Sallust, and Tacitus will be read as texts with the same interest and sophistication as they are used as sources. In this book, topics central to the entire tradition, such as conceptions of time, characterization, and depictions of politics and the gods, are treated synoptically, while other essays highlight the works of less familiar historians, such as Curtius Rufus and Ammianus Marcellinus. A final section focuses on the rich reception history of Roman historiography, from the ancient Greek historians of Rome to the twentieth century. An appendix offers a chronological list of the ancient historians of Rome.
Author : Dana Villa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521645719
A distinguished team of contributors examines the primary themes of Arendt's multi-faceted thought.
Author : Ritchie Robertson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521653703
Specially-commissioned essays explore key dimensions of Thomas Mann's writing and life.