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  • Balzac: Oeuvres complètes

    Édition mise à jour et corrigée avec sommaire interne actif

    Ce livre numérique comprend des oeuvres complètes de Balzac. L'édition est méticuleusement éditée et formatée. Honoré de Balzac est un des maîtres incontestés du roman français dont il a abordé plusieurs genres : le roman historique et politique, avec Les Chouans, le roman philosophique avec Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, le roman fantastique avec La Peau de chagrin ou encore le roman poétique avec Le ... En savoir plus

    1,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Le sujet dans le tableau. Essais d'iconographie analytique de Daniel Arasse (Les Fiches de Lecture d'Universalis)

    Les Fiches de Lecture d'Universalis

    Dans sa pratique courante, l'histoire de l'art a deux façons d'aborder la question du « sujet » en peinture. D'un côté, elle s'intéresse au « sujet » créateur, de l'autre, au « sujet » représenté. D'une part l'auteur : catalographie, biographie, etc. ; d'autre part la signification des œuvres : iconographie et iconologie. ... En savoir plus

    6,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Spacecraft

    Collection series Object Lessons
    Science fiction is filled with spacecraft. On Earth, actual rockets explode over Texas while others make their way to Mars. But what are spacecraft, and just what can they teach us about imagination, ecology, democracy, and the nature of objects? Why do certain spacecraft stand out in popular culture?If ever there were a spacecraft that could be detached from its context, sold as toys, turned into ... En savoir plus

    Avant 13,38 € Après 11,63 €

  • Come stare soli

    Lo scrittore, il lettore e la cultura di massa

    Traduit par Silvia Pareschi ...
    Il lettore che si addentra nel variegato insieme di generi e argomenti affrontati in questo volume non si sente mai solo: l'autore, con il suo stile inconfondibile e il suo appassionato spirito critico, è infatti una presenza viva e costante. Il linguaggio brillante e raffinato di Franzen ritorna nelle sue molteplici sfaccettature, adattandosi docilmente alle esigenze del saggio letterario, del ... En savoir plus

    6,99 €

  • An Analysis of Robert O. Keohane's After Hegemony

    Collection series The Macat Library
    Robert O. Keohane’s After Hegemony is both a classic of international relations scholarship and an example of how creative thinking can help shed new light on the world.Since the end of World War II, the global political landscape had been dominated by two superpowers, the USA and the USSR, and the tense stand-off of the Cold War. But, as the Cold War began to thaw, it became clear that a new ... En savoir plus

    8,27 €

  • Jewish Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Ilan Stavans ...
    Collection series Very Short Introductions
    The story of Jewish literature is a kaleidoscopic one, multilingual and transnational in character, spanning the globe as well as the centuries. In this broad, thought-provoking introduction to Jewish literature from 1492 to the present, cultural historian Ilan Stavans focuses on its multilingual and transnational nature. Stavans presents a wide range of traditions within Jewish literature and the ... En savoir plus

    6,93 €

  • Sartre

    Collection series Modern Literatures In Perspective
    First published in 1996. This text provides an introduction to the historical and cultural context of Sartre and his work. It explores and explains the conflicting critical reactions to Sartre's work. A glossary of critical terms and cultural references provides background information. ... En savoir plus

    62,70 €

  • L'art d'écrire enseigné en vingt leçons

    par Antoine Albalat ...
    Collection series Bibliothèque des introuvables
    Antoine Albalat (1856-1935), spécialiste de la littérature française et auteur bien connu de plusieurs manuels sur l'art d'écrire et d'essais en plus de quelques romans. Voici ce que disait un critique très connu de l'époque sur ce livre : « L'originalité de cet ouvrage venant après tant d'autres du même genre, c'est d'être pratique. M. Albalat a réussi à condenser, en vingt chapitres, les ... En savoir plus

    4,22 €

  • Ireland, Reading and Cultural Nationalism, 1790–1930

    Bringing the Nation to Book

    par Andrew Murphy ...
    The emergence of an Irish 'common reader' in the nineteenth century had significant implications for the evolution of Irish cultural nationalism. The rise of literacy rates prompted a cultural crisis, with nationalists fearing that the beneficiaries of mass education were being drawn to populist publications emanating from London which were having the effect of eroding Irish identity and ... En savoir plus

    99,59 €

  • Levned og tolkninger. Studier i nordisk selvbiografi

    par Johnny Kondrup ...
    Den selvbiografiske genre har forandret sig betydeligt over hundredvis af år og har påvirket vores syn på individet gennem tiden.I "Levned og tolkninger" undersøger Johnny Kondrup selvbiografien som litterær genre og belyser genrens historiske udvikling fra den spæde begyndelse i oldtiden til den store forandring op gennem middelalderen og renæssancen, før Jean Jacques Rousseau og Johann Wolfgang ... En savoir plus

    9,98 €

  • Transoceanic Perspectives in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy

    Collection series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Transoceanic Perspectives in Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy studies Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies (2008), River of Smoke (2011) and Flood of Fire (2015) in relation to maritime criticism. Juan-José Martín-González draws upon the intersections between maritime criticism and postcolonial thought to provide, via an analysis of the Ibis trilogy, alternative insights into nationalism(s), cosmopolitanism and ... En savoir plus

    64,88 €

  • Transgressing Time

    The Device at the Heart of Time Travel

    par Edward Royston ...
    The first systemic analysis of time travel as narrative device, Edward Royston’s Transgressing Time argues that as a fictional conceit, time travel can most fruitfully be understood from a narratological perspective that sidesteps questions of its plausibility. In service of this goal, Royston identifies the precise narrative device, “anachronic metalepsis,” that powers time travel. Existing at ... En savoir plus

    27,49 €

  • Extranjero en todas partes

    Los días argentinos de Witold Gombrowicz

    par Mercedes Halfon ...
    Un viaje biográfico al exilio porteño de Witold Gombrowicz.En agosto de 1939 un buque llega a Buenos Aires con una delegación de empresarios, diplomáticos y periodistas polacos a bordo. A los pocos días, el capitán recibe la orden de regresar frente al inminente comienzo de la guerra en Europa. En el último momento, uno de ellos decide desembarcar y quedarse en puerto. Así es como empieza la ... En savoir plus

    10,99 €

  • Figures of Reality

    A Perspective on the Poetic Imagination

    par Roger Cardinal ...
    Collection series Routledge Revivals
    Figures of Reality (1981) may be described as a polemic against those who feel poetry to be remote from normal life – an abstruse and empty game. The author argues from a contrary perspective, shared by many poets in the Romantic and Surrealist tradition, in which poetry is viewed as being vitally related to our awareness of reality. This penetrating discourse on the roots of poetry in the ... En savoir plus

    66,25 €

  • Literary Criticism in Antiquity

    A Sketch of Its Development: Greek

    par J. W. H. Atkins ...
    Collection series J. W. H. Atkins on Literary Criticism
    Originally published in 1934, this book contains the first volume of Atkins' 'sketch' of the development of ancient literary criticism. Atkins begins his history with a look at the styles of literary criticism prevalent in ancient Greece, and includes the responses of figures such as Aristophanes, Plato and Callimachus to changes in the literature of their day. This work is aimed primarily at ... En savoir plus

    37,85 €

  • An Analysis of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

    Collection series The Macat Library
    The German sociologist Max Weber is considered to be one of the founding fathers of sociology, and ranks among the most influential writers of the 20th-century. His most famous book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, is a masterpiece of sociological analysis whose power is based on the construction of a rigorous, and intricately interlinked, piece of argumentation.Weber’s object ... En savoir plus

    8,27 €

  • Media Transformation

    The Transfer of Media Characteristics among Media

    par L. Elleström ...
    Collection series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This is a methodical study of the material and mental limits and possibilities of transferring information and media traits among dissimilar media. Elleström proposes a model for pinpointing the most vital conceptual entities and stages in intermedial transfers involving different media types such as speech, writing, music, films, and websites. ... En savoir plus

    64,88 €

  • T. S. Eliot and the Mother

    par Matthew Geary ...
    Collection series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
    The first full-length study on T. S. Eliot and the mother, this book responds to a shortfall in understanding the true importance of Eliot’s poet-mother, Charlotte Champe Stearns, to his life and works. In doing so, it radically rethinks Eliot’s ambivalence towards women. In a context of mother–son ambivalence (simultaneous feelings of love and hate), it shows how his search for belief and love ... En savoir plus

    53,23 €

  • Mask

    Collection series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.From the theater mask and masquerade to the masked criminal and the rise of facial recognition software, masks have long performed as an instrument for the protection and concealment of identity.Even as they conceal and protect, masks – as faces – are an extension of the self. At the same time ... En savoir plus

    13,38 €

  • Postmodernity in Latin America

    The Argentine Paradigm

    Collection series Post-Contemporary Interventions
    Postmodernity in Latin America contests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on recent developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture. While European and North American theorists of postmodernity generally view Latin American fiction without regard for its political and cultural context, ... En savoir plus

    19,97 €

  • Modeling Interpretation and the Practice of Political Theory

    Political theory offers a great variety of interpretive traditions and models. Today, pluralism is the paradigm. But are all approaches equally useful? What are their limits and possibilities? Can we practice them in isolation, or can we combine them? Modeling Interpretation and the Practice of Political Theory addresses these questions in a refreshing and hands- on manner. It not only models in ... En savoir plus

    48,50 €

  • Excess and Transgression in Simone de Beauvoir's Fiction

    The Discourse of Madness

    par Alison Holland ...
    Alison Holland’s innovative book fills a gap in Beauvoir studies by focusing on the writer’s frequently neglected novels and short stories, L’Invitée, Les Mandarins, Les Belles Images, and La Femme rompue. In illuminating the density and rich complexity of Beauvoir’s style, Holland challenges the often accepted view that Beauvoir’s writing is flat, detached, and controlled, revealing, rather, that ... En savoir plus

    54,42 €

  • British Muslim Fictions

    Interviews with Contemporary Writers

    par C. Chambers ...
    Collection series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Through interviews with leading writers (including Ahdaf Soueif and Hanif Kureishi), this book analyzes the writing and opinions of novelists of Muslim heritage based in the UK. Discussion centres on writers' work, literary techniques, and influences, and on their views of such issues as the hijab, the war on terror and the Rushdie Affair. ... En savoir plus

    46,34 €

  • La Chevalerie

    La poésie chevaleresque forme la portion la plus considérable, la plus originale et, à quelques égards, la plus intéressante de la littérature du moyen-âge. Les troubadours et les trouvères ont exprimé dans leurs chants lyriques ce que ces sentimens et les mœurs que la chevalerie a créés ont eu de plus délicat, de plus ingénieux, de plus raffiné ; les épopées de ces poètes réfléchissent ces ... En savoir plus

    1,92 €