AA.VV. & Alberto Frigerio 
Rainer Maria Rilke [PDF ebook] 
Alla ricerca dello “spazio interiore del mondo” tra arti figurative, musica e poesia

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 …

’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 …

Nicolae Babuts believes that the study of metaphoric thought and literature can be enriched by the application of recent discoveries from neuroscientific c experiments. He maintains that metaphors ar …

First published in 1970, this work outlines the principles of English prosody in a way that will enable the reader to recognise and scan any piece of English verse. It illustrates the close relations …

This book, first published in 2000, explores the intersections of race, gender and gay identities in writings by contemporary American lesbians of colour in order to show how this subject is sometime …

This work, first published in 1919, is an endeavour to apply some of the methods of psychoanalysis to literature. It traces a writer’s books back to the outward and inner events of their life and to …

Since the first permanent English colony was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 and accounts of the new world started to arrive back on the English shores, English men and women have had a f …

The historiography of the Italian Renaissance has been much studied, but generally in the context of a few key figures. Much less appreciated is the extent of the enthusiasm for the subject in the 19 …

During much of the twentieth century, Irish women”s position was on the boundaries of national life. Using Julia Kristeva”s theories of nationhood, often particularly relevant to Ireland, this stud …