Lartillot Francoise Lartillot & Merlio Gilbert Merlio 
Kritikfiguren / Figures de la critique [PDF ebook] 
Festschrift fuer Gerard Raulet zum 65. Geburtstag / En Hommage a Gerard Raulet

Much of the criticism on Stephenie Meyer”s immensely popular ”Twilight” novels has underrated or even disparaged the books while belittling the questionable taste of an audience that many believe …

Beyond the Iron House is a critical study of a crucial period of life and work of the modern Chinese writer Lu Xun. Through thorough research into historical materials and archives, the author demons …

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) needs little introduction as the central figure in Romantic poetry and a crucial influence in the development of poetry generally. This broad-ranging survey redefines t …

Michael R. Gottfredson and Travish Hirschi’s 1990 A General Theory of Crime is a classic text that helped reshape the discipline of criminology. It is also a testament to the powers of clear reasonin …

Edward Said’s Orientalism is a masterclass in the art of interpretation wedded to close analysis. Interpretation is characterized by close attention to the meanings of terms, by clarifying, questioni …

Our Common Future is a joint work produced in 1987 by a United Nations commission headed by former Norwegian Prime Minister, Gro Brundtland. Also known as The Brundtland Report, it offers a classic a …

John Maynard Keynes’s 1936 General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is a perfect example of the global power of critical thinking. A radical reconsideration of some of the founding principles …

Friedrich Hayek’s 1944 Road to Serfdom is a classic of conservative economic argument. While undeniably a product of a specific time in global politics – which saw the threat of fascism from Nazi Ger …

John Stuart Mill’s 1861 Utilitarianism remains one of the most widely known and influential works of moral philosophy ever written. It is also a model of critical thinking – one in which Mill’s reaso …

‘The Scarlet Letter has proved our most enduring classic, ‘ writes Sacvan Bercovitch, ‘because it is the liberal example par excellence of art as ideological mimesis. To understand the office of the …