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Women, rhetoric, and drama in early modern Italy Sixteenth-century Italy witnessed the rebirth of comedy, tragedy, and tragicomedy in the pastoral mode. Traditionally, we think of comedy and tragedy as remakes of ancient models, and…
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Tolstoi and the evolution of his artistic world Joe Andrew and Robert Reid assemble thirteen analytical discussions of Tolstoi’s key works, written by leading scholars from around the world. The works studied cover almost the…
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Nordic literature of decadence Nordic Literature of Decadence fills a gap on the map of world literature and participates in a thriving area of research by extending the investigation of broadly understood fin de siècle…
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Contested selves: life writing and German culture Investigates the field of German life writing, from Rahel Levin Varnhagen around 1800 to Carmen Sylva a century later, from Döblin, Becher, women’s WWII diaries, German-Jewish memoirs, and…
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Water and Women in the Victorian Imagination During the Victorian period, naturally wet spaces – marshland, rivers and the sea – were construed as feminised loci, articulating contrasted visions of Woman as the angelic Undine…
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„1966 erhielt sie mit 75 Jahren den Literatur-Nobelpreis. Die Schriftstellerin Nelly Sachs wird als „die Stimme Israels“ gefeiert. Ihr Lebensweg ist geprägt von der Flucht aus dem von den Nazis regierten Deutschland. In den letzten…
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„“Ich könnte mich wirklich nicht im Ernst hinsetzen, um eine ernsthafte Romanze zu schreiben, es sei denn, es ginge um Leben und Tod; und wenn dies der Fall wäre, wenn ich schreiben müsste und niemals…
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„Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding French writers of the twentieth century. The novels of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873–1954) always had women at their centre, from youth to mid-life to old age, and…
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Explore literature in context Discovering Literature brings to life the social, political and cultural context in which key works of literature were written. Enjoy digitised treasures from our collection, newly commissioned articles, short documentary films…