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W. G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity (2007)
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Offering a unique and original reading of Sebald's dazzling oeuvre, this title argues that his work is concerned first and foremost with the problem of modernity. It focuses in particular on the numerous archival institutions and processes that lie a... Read More about W. G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity.

Poetry and History in Novalis and in the Tradition of the German Enlightenment. (1984)
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Novalis's theory of poetic historiography is seen here for the first time in its Enlightenment context. Novalis did not, as traditionally supposed, merely negate the ideals of Enlightenment historiography: rationality, objectivity, evidence. In typic... Read More about Poetry and History in Novalis and in the Tradition of the German Enlightenment..

Auden, MacNeice, Spender: The Thirties Poetry. (1992)
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The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music (2006)
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The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance. Drawing on a massive amount of documentary evidence r... Read More about The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music.

The Legends of the Holy Harlots: Thaïs and Pelagia in Medieval Spanish Literature (2007)
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The legends of the holy harlots, Thaïs and Pelagia, are two of the most controversial accounts of female sanctity to have circulated in Spain during the Middle Ages. In this book, which reviews the origin and development of their cults, the author re... Read More about The Legends of the Holy Harlots: Thaïs and Pelagia in Medieval Spanish Literature.

The Poetry of Anna Akhmatova: Living in Different Mirrors (2006)
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The book arose from several years of research on Akhmatova. Her career falls into two distinct periods, an 'earlier' and a 'later', the dividing line being her period of relative silence between 1925 and 1940. As is often observed, her return to poet... Read More about The Poetry of Anna Akhmatova: Living in Different Mirrors.

B. de Montagut: Louange de la danse. (2000)
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Performing Spanishness: History, Cultural Identity and Censorship in the Theatre of José María Rodríguez Méndez (2007)
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Performing Spanishness delves into the theatre of Spanish dramatist José María Rodríguez Méndez, one of the most significant Spanish playwrights of the twentieth century and an acerbic cultural commentator. This book traces the development of Rodrígu... Read More about Performing Spanishness: History, Cultural Identity and Censorship in the Theatre of José María Rodríguez Méndez.

The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid (2005)
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Statius' Achilleid is a playful, witty, and open-ended epic in the manner of Ovid. As we follow Achilles' metamorphosis from wild boy to demure girl to lover to hero, the poet brilliantly illustrates a series of contrasting codes of behavior: male an... Read More about The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid.

The Novels of Thomas Bernhard: Form and its Function (2001)
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Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) is one of the most important writers of the postwar period, not only in his native Austria, but throughout Europe. Almost all his works have been translated into English, and his novels, plays, and non-fiction works have w... Read More about The Novels of Thomas Bernhard: Form and its Function.

Live Flesh: The Male Body in Contemporary Spanish Cinema (2007)
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In post-Franco Spain, a re-shaping of notions of the masculine has been under way for some time. The authors of "Live Flesh" demonstrate how contemporary Spanish films, during this modern period, have contributed to this process. They do so by visual... Read More about Live Flesh: The Male Body in Contemporary Spanish Cinema.

Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema (2007)
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Propaganda--so crucial to winning the battle of hearts and minds in warfare--witnessed a transformation during World War II, when film was fast becoming the most popular form of entertainment. In Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany, Jo Fox co... Read More about Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema.

Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms (2005)
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This book re-evaluates the nature of Elizabethan politics and Elizabeth's queenship in late sixteenth-century England, Wales and Ireland. Natalie Mears shows that Elizabeth took an active role in policy-making and suggests that Elizabethan politics h... Read More about Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms.

Sapphism on Screen: Lesbian Desire in French and Francophone Cinema (2006)
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This is a study of lesbian desire in French and Francophone films. This book sets out to investigate and theorise mediations of lesbian desire in a substantial corpus of films (spanning the period 1936-2002) by male and female directors working in Fr... Read More about Sapphism on Screen: Lesbian Desire in French and Francophone Cinema.

Lesbian Desire in Post-1968 French Literature (2002)
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The focus of this work has been almost exclusively on deterosexual women, albeit not necessarily constructed as in the first instance sexual beings. Cairn's study focuses on realist texts that appeared after 1968. The importance of that date as a cul... Read More about Lesbian Desire in Post-1968 French Literature.

Adorno's Aesthetics of Music. (1993)
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Consuming Keats: Nineteenth-Century Representations in Art and Literature (2006)
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The following text is taken from the publisher's website: "Consuming Keats explores the impact of John Keats on authors and artists from the poet's death in 1821 to the end of the First World War. The study examines the work of authors including Shel... Read More about Consuming Keats: Nineteenth-Century Representations in Art and Literature.

Adorno, Modernism and Mass Culture: Essays on Critical Theory and Music. (1996)
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Zola et la littérature naturaliste en parodies (2004)
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The Guénégaud Theatre in Paris (1673-1680). Volume One: Founding, Design and Production. (1998)
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This is the first detailed study of the Hôtel Guénégaud, the first home of the Paris Opéra in 1670, and the first home of the Comédie Française ten years later. The account books remain in the Archives of the Comédie Française, providing the source f... Read More about The Guénégaud Theatre in Paris (1673-1680). Volume One: Founding, Design and Production..