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Linda Wagner-Martin
From the heart of the Great Depression to the turbulent 1960s, the mid-century in America was a vibrant literary era. Linda Wagner-Martins comprehensive study encompasses the political literature that flourished…
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This work probes the differences between the biographies of men and women, stereotypes about women’s lives and roles, and what is private and public. It looks at issues of authorial…
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Sylvia Plath, 1932-63, American poet and novelist, established her reputation by the courageous and controlled treatment of extreme and painful states of mind. The volume covers the period 1960-1985.
A clear and engaging guide to an exciting period of literature, this is the ultimate guide for those seeking an overview of American Modernism.
L. Wagner-Martin
Linda Wagner-Martin brings a wealth of new information to this detailed portrait of Hemingway and his world, concentrating particularly on his friendships with women and the history of his four…
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With special attention to Emily Dickinson’s growth into a poet, this literary biographical study charts Dickinson’s hard-won brilliance as she worked, largely alone, to become the unique American woman writer…
A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison - fiction, non-fiction, and other - drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts. The author aligns Morrison’s…
This book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending…
Sylvia Plath: A Literary Life examines the way Plath made herself into a writer. Close analysis of Plath’s reading and apprenticeship writing both in fiction and poetry sheds considerable light…
Linda Wagner-Martin’s Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is a twenty-first century story. Using cultural and gender studies as contexts, Wagner-Martin brings new information to the story of the Alabama judge’s daughter who…
Sylvia Plath, 1932-63. American poet and novelist, established her reputation by the courageous and controlled treatment of extreme and painful states of mind. The volume covers the period 1960-1985.
The 1999 centennial of Ernest Hemingway’s birth marks a time for the re-evaluation of his position as America’s premier modernist writer. The previously unpublished essays discuss biographical details of his…
As the international vacationers move from Paris to Pamplona for the bullfight festival, the characters wend their various narratives through the impressionistic colours of modern European life. The text provides…
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was born at the dawn of the twentieth century, destined for celebrity as one half of the infamous darlings of the Jazz Age literary world. This is…
Each essay is devoted to a major aspect of the novel: Hemingway’s use of humor, the literary and historical context of the book, the atypically prevalent character of Brett Ashley…
‘Go Down, Moses’ (1942) came to fruition during the Second World War, was written during one of Faulkner’s most traumatic periods, and has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast…
Offers a comprehensive analysis of a range of literary works that extends into the 21st century. This book covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels. It…
Offers an analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st century. This book covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels. It…
Listeria monocytogenes is still a major threat to public health. A new book in the Methods in Molecular Biology series, Listeria monocytogenes: Methods and Protocols addresses its titular pathogen with…
David G. Smith
This book continues where **The Book of Griswold & Wagner ended– illustrating hundreds of items not included in the previous book. With over 845 photographs of cast iron pieces from…
Philipp Wagner
Gillon le Muisi - Abt von St. Martin in Tournai, sein Leben und seine Werke, Kap I.-III. ist ein unveranderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1896. Hansebooks ist…
Martin Knust
Richard Wagner kam aus einer Familie von Schauspielern und Sangern, arbeitete als Theaterkapellmeister und Regisseur und widmete sein Schaffen als Dichter und Komponist ganz dem dramatischen Musiktheater. Martin Knust zeigt…
A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison-fiction, non-fiction, and other-drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts, Toni Morrison: A Literary Life, second edition provides…
Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Life includes new research on the best-known of the posthumous publications: A Moveable Feast, 1964 (and the 2009 A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition);
Walt Whitman: A Literary Life highlights two major influences on Whitman’s poetry and life: the American Civil War and his economic condition. In addition to establishing Whitman’s attention to the…
German painter Martin Mannig (born 1974) stages diverse figures from pop culture–comics, manga, horror and action films, fairy tales and folk art–in ways that contradict their visual appearance. For the…
Die forschungsleitende These des Sammelbandes ist, dass die Genese von OEffentlichkeit und Privatheit sich spezifischen, empirisch nachvollziehbaren Herstellungspraktiken verdankt, die jeweils an mediale Bedingungen gekoppelt ist.
Aluminum-based light-weight materials offer great potential for novel engineering applications, particularly when they are optimized to exhibit high strength and yet provide sufficient reliability. The last decade has thus seen…
Das ADHGB von 1861 gilt in nahezu allen Mitgliedstaaten des Deutschen Bundes, daruber hinaus auch in nicht zum Deutschen Bund gehoerenden Gebieten des Kaisertums OEsterreich und der Preussischen Monarchie. Ausserdem…
Die nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg neu entstehenden Staaten Ostmitteleuropas ubernahmen zunachst das bislang auf ihrem Territorium geltende Recht. Jedoch wurde schon bald die Schaffung einer eigenen, einheitlichen Zivilrechtsordnung angestrebt. Die…
Anne Wagner,Darby English
Accompanying the landmark exhibition by renowned Hudson Valley-based artist Puryear, who is representing the U.S. at the 58th Venice Biennale, this book captures a high point in the career of…
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Martin Carmann
Warum genugt Kants Subjekttheorie den Anforderungen der modernen Gesellschaft nicht mehr wirklich? Unter Bezugnahme auf Derrida und Luhmann werden die Grundzuge einer Theorie menschlicher Individualitat in der polykontexturalen Gesellschaft entworfen…
This book explores Toni Morrison’s use of family in her narratives, particularly on the roles of mother and child. .
Gernot Wagner,Martin L. Weitzman
If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you’d take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss…
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises captures the quintessential romance of the expatriate Americans and Britons in Paris after World War I. As the international vacationers move from Paris to Pamplona for…
John Steinbeck,Linda Wagner-Martin
A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl.
Johann Martin Wagner
Tells the story of Bavaria’s acquisition of ancient Greek sculptures that rivaled those acquired by England from the Parthenon.
