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A critical study of the convergence of moralistic analysis and metalinguistic commentary that characterises French literature as illustrated in the works of Gide, Proust, Malraux, Camus, Duras and Sarraute.
This volume is a critical examination of the texture created by minor characters in the works of literature. It explores the theoretical limits of character, from structuralist taxonomies to reader-response concerns, with examples from a range of literature.
Mexico is a developing society that has only recently begun to fully appreciate the importance of technology to economic success. This study shows the importance of the role of beliefs and values, focusing on the ethos of science and how it is conveyed to students.
This study of Milton's decade in government uses the State Papers. It examines international affairs and analyses the government bureaucracy that conceived and articulated foreign policy during the 1650s. Milton's State Letters reveal his knowledge of international affairs.
Offers a new interpretation of Wordsworth's "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal", as well as "Strange Fits of Passion" and "She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways", making a contribution to an interpretive debate concerning the first poem and the theoretical issues to which it gives rise.
This work, which includes discussions of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, and Scott Fitzgerald, focuses on the provenance and central character of writing by mainstream figures in America's literary past.
A study of Amos Oz's fiction from his first uncollected stories to his latest novel, "The Third Generation". It argues that his fiction has followed Jung's psychological theory, examines the religious dimension of Oz's work and considers the impact of his personal life on his writings.
This study of the life, work and influence of one of Russia's most popular writers of Romantic fiction attempts to re-establish his position in Russian cultural history, while at the same time introducing a forgotten library to a new audience.
A portrait of the life of Father John of Kronstadt, a priest in tsarist Russia, venerated in his lifetime and later elevated to sainthood. It draws on documents from the Russian archives, thousands of letters he received from his followers and police reports on the sect that formed around him.
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