Walter Schmitz 
Modernisierung oder Überfremdung? [PDF ebook] 
Zur Wirkung deutscher Exilanten in der Germanistik der Aufnahmelander

Demonstrating and defending a method of close reading and historical contextualisation of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, this collection of essays by Tom Mc Alindon combines a number of …

"Wuthering Heights" is a novel by Emily Bronte, first published in 1847. The story revolves around the love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan boy who is brought to live …

The Merchant of Modernism examines how the figure of the economic Jew symbolizes the struggle of authors from Dickens to Pound to reconcile their critique of capitalism with their own literary practi …

First Published in 1968. The following studies are based to a considerable extent upon the evidence presented in a former volume, The Voyagers and Elizabethan Drama. The author draws the conclusions …

In his attitude toward religion, George Orwell has been characterised in various terms: as an agnostic, humanist, secular saint or even Christian atheist. Drawing on the full range of his public and …

Medievalism, the later reception of the Middle Ages, has been used by many writers, not just during the Victorian period but from the Renaissance to the present, as a means of commenting on their own …

Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Book Award This book visits a range of textual forms including diary, novel, and picturebook to explore the relationship between second-generation me …

Writing and Race brings together specially commissioned essays by new and established authors from a range of disciplines. Texts are drawn from subjects and genres that include philosophy, politics, …

Understanding evidence is critical in a court of law – and it is just as important for critical thinking. Elizabeth Loftus, a pioneering psychologist, made a landmark contribution to both these are …

For many centuries, the history of the crusades, as written by Western historians, was based solidly on Western sources. Evidence from the Islamic societies that the crusaders attacked was used only …