Aging Studies and Ecocriticism: Interdisciplinary Encounters argues that both aging studies and ecocriticism address the complex dynamics of individual and collective agency, oppression and dependency, care and conviviality, vulnerability and resistance as well as intergenerationality and responsibility. Yet, even though both fields employ overlapping methodologies and theoretical frameworks and scrutinize “boundary texts” in different literary genres, which have been analyzed from ecocrit...

Sammelband mit über 700 Seiten unheimlichem LesevergnügenStephen Kings Erzählband vereint 19 Short Storys und die Horrornovelle »Der Nebel«, die Vorlage für den gleichnamigen Kinofilm von Frank Darabont (Die Verurteilten, The Green Mile). So unterschiedlich die Geschichten in diesem Band auf den ersten Blick erscheinen – sie alle demonstrieren, wie Stephen King es schafft, mit verborgenen menschlichen Ängsten zu spielen. Blut versammelt die drei E...

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The soul of Irish wit is captured in this unique tale of a barstool philosopher, the concluding story from 'Here Are Ladies' by James Stephens.