Kategoria BISAC: Literary Criticism >> General

Trotz der literaturtheoretischen Aufwertung des Lesens durch die Arbeiten von Barthes, Jau und Iser seit den 1960er Jahren und der ihnen nachfolgenden sozialgeschichtlichen Orientierung der Philologien, ist das Lesen aus einer dezidiert literaturwissenschaftlichen Perspektive bisher noch nicht umfassend in den Blick genommen worden. Vielmehr dominierten im Feld der Leseforschung seit den 1990er Jahren eher didaktische, buch- und kommunikationswissenschaftliche sowie soziologische Fragestellungen. Nichtsdestotrotz gab und gibt es eine breit gefacherte Forschung zum Lesen aus...

The renowned and illustrious tales of King Arthur, his knights and the Round Table pervade all European vernaculars, as well as the Latin tradition. Arthurian narrative material, which had originally been transmitted in oral culture, began to be inscribed regularly in the twelfth century, developing from (pseudo-)historical beginnings in the Latin chronicles of "historians" such as Geoffrey of Monmouth into masterful literary works like the romances of Chretien de Troyes. Evidently a big hit, Arthur found himself being swiftly translated, adapted and integrated into the literary traditions...

In the course of the 11th century, the Papacy increasingly claimed a universal authority over all Christians. Even if this programme was not fully implemented, it is still the most successful example of territorial claims being staked in medieval Europe.

The present volume of collected papers approaches this topic from a number of directions, dealing above all with the organisation of papal power, legal processes and the ways in which religious ideas were communicated. The basic approach of the papers is to examine the history of communication and to analyse the paths of information...

The volume contains 422 letters. Constant marries Charlotte von Hardenberg, which leads to an estrangement from Germaine de Stael, his fellow-writer and mistress of long standing. In the letters from this period, political life takes a back seat, and after the appearance of Wallstein his literary creativity enters a dormant phase. The reader is confronted above all with Constant's turbulent private life.

Between 1919 and 1923, Kurt Schwitters assembled five notebook collections, compiling almost 600 divergent texts and images, including correspondence, advertising leaflets, and newspaper articles. For the first time, this book furnishes comprehensive access to these rich materials. This is the first of nine volumes in a new complete edition of Schwitters writings, together with other previously unknown materials from the artist s legacy.

These essays explore aspects of the English colony in medieval Ireland and its relations with the Gaelic host society. They deal both with the foundation and expansion of the English lordship in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, and with the problems sand adjustments that accompaneid its contraction in the later middle ages. Attention is paid both to the government and society of the colony itself, and to the interactions between settler and native.

In recent times, Chick Lit has risen to a certain level of prominence. This is the first book length study that looks into the distinctive features of this much-discussed genre.

Chick Lit is examined in relation to its linguistic peculiarities and their role as far as narrative, sociological and feminist issues are concerned, amongst others. Montoro's stylistics includes a cognitive slant that highlights futher readerly aspects of the texts.

The approach illuminates how the genre works, and how it is set apart from others. In this respect, the stylistics of chick lit is...

Since 1966 readers new to James Joyce have depended upon this essential guide to Ulysses. Harry Blamires helps readers to negotiate their way through this formidable, remarkable novel and gain an understanding of it which, without help, it might have taken several readings to achieve.

The New Bloomsday Book is a crystal clear, page-by-page, line-by-line running commentary on the plot of Ulysses which illuminates symbolic themes and structures along the way. It is a highly accessible, indispensible guide for anyone reading Joyce's masterpiece for the first...