Dostoevsky and the Christian Tradition (Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature)
This collection brings together Western and Russian perspectives on the issues raised by the religious element in Dostoevsky’s work. The essays cover such topics as temptation, his use of the gospels,...
View ArticleA Companion to Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan (Studies in German...
The legend of Tristan and Isolde — the archetypal narrative about the turbulent effects of all-consuming, passionate love — achieved its most complete and profound rendering in the German poet...
View ArticleOld Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions...
From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Covers...
View ArticleThe Essential Victor Hugo (Oxford World’s Classics)
‘To the English, I am “shocking”…What’s more, French, which is disgusting; republican, which is abominable; exiled, which is repulsive; defeated, which is infamous. To top it all off, a poet…’ Victor...
View ArticleCamus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
Patrick McCarthy analyzes The Stranger, one of the vital texts of existentialism and twentieth-century literature, in the context of French and French-Algerian history and culture. McCarthy examines...
View ArticleSelected Writings of Max Reger
Max Reger (1873-1916) was a celebrated German composer, performer on piano and organ, and conductor. Well known for his compositions for keyboards and orchestra, Reger worked during the crucial decades...
View ArticleCollected Maxims and Other Reflections: with parallel French text (Oxford...
Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld’s shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behavior have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire, Proust,...
View ArticleThe Cambridge Introduction to Russian Literature (Cambridge Introductions to...
Russian literature arrived late on the European scene. Within several generations, its great novelists had shocked – and then conquered – the world. In this introduction to the rich and vibrant Russian...
View ArticleKafka and Photography
Throughout his life, Franz Kafka was fascinated by photography, a medium which for him came to encapsulate both the attractions and the pitfalls of modern life. Kafka’s personal engagement with the...
View ArticleBefore Auschwitz: Irène Némirovsky and the Cultural Landscape of Inter-war...
This book analyses Irene Némirovsky’s literary production in its relationship to the literary and cultural context of the inter-war period in France. It examines topics of central importance to our...
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