Cambridge Introductions to Literature – serie
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The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing
Av David Morley
Häftad, 2007
464 kr
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This pioneering book introduces students to the practice and art of creative writing and creative reading. It offers a fresh, distinctive and beautifully written synthesis of the discipline. David Morley discusses where creative writing comes from, the various forms and camouflages it has taken, …
The Cambridge Introduction to the Novel
Häftad, 2010
447 kr
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Beginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel and its history: where …
The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga
Häftad, 2010
448 kr
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The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing …
The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov
Häftad, 2010
486 kr
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Chekhov is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential literary figures of modern times. Russia's preeminent playwright, he played a significant role in revolutionizing the modern theatre. His impact on prose fiction writing is incalculable: he helped define the modern short story. Beginning …
The Cambridge Introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin
Häftad, 2021
386 kr
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In this introduction to Mikhail Bakhtin, Ken Hirschkop presents a compact, readable, detailed, and sophisticated exposition of all of Bakhtin's important works. Using the most up-to-date sources and the new, scholarly editions of Bakhtin's texts, Hirschkop explains Bakhtin's influential ideas, …
The Cambridge Introduction to French Literature
Av Brian Nelson
Häftad, 2015
486 kr
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In this highly accessible introduction, Brian Nelson provides an overview of French literature - its themes and forms, traditions and transformations - from the Middle Ages to the present. Major writers, including Francophone authors writing from areas other than France, are discussed …
The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies
Häftad, 2008
435 kr
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Providing thorough coverage of the methods and tools required in studying historical and contemporary theatre, this Introduction examines the complexities of a rapidly changing and dynamic discipline. Following a cross-cultural perspective, the book surveys the ways theatre and performance are …
The Cambridge Introduction to Francophone Literature
Häftad, 2007
486 kr
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The literature of French-speaking countries forms a distinct body of work quite separate from literature written in France itself, offering a passionate creative engagement with their postcolonial cultures. This book provides an introduction to the literatures that have emerged in the …
The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Derrida
Av Leslie Hill
Häftad, 2007
429 kr
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Few thinkers of the latter half of the twentieth century have so profoundly and radically transformed our understanding of writing and literature as Jacques Derrida (1930-2004). Derridian deconstruction remains one of the most powerful intellectual movements of the present century, and Derrida's …
The Cambridge Introduction to Michel Foucault
Av Lisa Downing
Häftad, 2008
420 kr
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French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault is essential reading for students in departments of literature, history, sociology and cultural studies. His work on the institutions of mental health and medicine, the history of systems of knowledge, literature and literary theory, criminality and …
The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan
Av Todd McGowan
Häftad, 2025
399 kr
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The difficulty of Jacques Lacan's thought is notorious. The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan cuts through this difficulty to provide a clear, jargon-free approach to understanding it. The book describes Lacan's life, the context from which he emerged, and the reception of his theory. Readers …
The Cambridge Introduction to Modernist Poetry
Häftad, 2011
486 kr
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Modernist poems are some of the twentieth-century's major cultural achievements, but they are also hard work to read. This wide-ranging introduction takes readers through modernism's most famous poems and some of its forgotten highlights to show why modernists thought difficulty and disorientation …
The Cambridge Introduction to French Poetry
Häftad, 2003
486 kr
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The Cambridge Introduction to French Poetry is a comprehensive survey of French poetry. The poets discussed - all quoted in the original, followed by an English translation - belong to every period from the eleventh century to the present, and include Francophone authors from areas other than …
The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry
Häftad, 2004
504 kr
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The Cambridge Introduction to Russian Poetry presents the major themes, forms, genres and styles of Russian poetry. Using examples from Russia's greatest poets, Michael Wachtel draws on three centuries of verse, from the beginnings of secular literature in the eighteenth century up to the present …
The Cambridge Introduction to American Literary Realism
Häftad, 2011
486 kr
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Between the Civil War and the First World War, realism was the most prominent form of American fiction. Realist writers of the period include some of America's greatest, such as Henry James, Edith Wharton and Mark Twain, but also many lesser-known writers whose work still speaks to us today, for …
The Cambridge Introduction to Byron
Inbunden, 2012
710 kr
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Author of the most influential long poem of its era (Childe Harold's Pilgrimage) and the funniest long poem in European literature (Don Juan), Lord Byron was also the literary superstar of Romanticism, whose effect on nineteenth-century writers, artists, musicians and politicians - but also …
The Cambridge Introduction to Christopher Marlowe
Av Tom Rutter
Häftad, 2012
429 kr
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Providing a comprehensive survey of Christopher Marlowe's literary career, this Introduction presents an approachable account of the life, works and influence of the groundbreaking Elizabethan dramatist and poet. It includes in-depth discussions of all of Marlowe's plays, stressing what was new and …
The Cambridge Introduction to Byron
Häftad, 2012
429 kr
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Author of the most influential long poem of its era (Childe Harold's Pilgrimage) and the funniest long poem in European literature (Don Juan), Lord Byron was also the literary superstar of Romanticism, whose effect on nineteenth-century writers, artists, musicians and politicians - but also …
The Cambridge Introduction to George Orwell
Häftad, 2012
411 kr
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Arguably the most influential political writer of the twentieth century, George Orwell remains a crucial voice for our times. Known world-wide for his two best-selling masterpieces Nineteen Eighty-Four, a gripping portrait of a dystopian future, and Animal Farm, a brilliant satire on the Russian …
The Cambridge Introduction to British Romantic Poetry
Häftad, 2012
486 kr
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The best way to learn about Romantic poetry is to plunge in and read a few Romantic poems. This book guides the new reader through this experience, focusing on canonical authors - Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Blake and Shelley - whilst also including less familiar figures as well. Each …
The Cambridge Introduction to Toni Morrison
Av Tessa Roynon
Häftad, 2012
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429 kr
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Toni Morrison has written some of the most significant and demanding fiction of the modern age. Her dazzling depictions of African-American experience are studied in high schools and colleges, debated in the media and analyzed by scholars at an astounding rate. This Introduction offers readers a …
The Cambridge Introduction to Christopher Marlowe
Av Tom Rutter
Inbunden, 2012
1554 kr
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Providing a comprehensive survey of Christopher Marlowe's literary career, this Introduction presents an approachable account of the life, works and influence of the groundbreaking Elizabethan dramatist and poet. It includes in-depth discussions of all of Marlowe's plays, stressing what was new and …
The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy
Häftad, 2014
381 kr
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Literature and philosophy have long shared an interest in questions of truth, value, and form. And yet, from ancient times to the present, they have often sharply diverged, both in their approach to these questions and in their relationship to one another. Moreover, the vast differences among …
The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Historiography
Inbunden, 2009
989 kr
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This Introduction - an indispensable 'how to' guide for students and teachers alike - investigates the methods and aims of historical study in the performing arts, from archival research to historical writing. Beginning with case studies on Shakespearean theatre and avant-garde theatre, this study …
The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Historiography
Häftad, 2009
502 kr
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This Introduction - an indispensable 'how to' guide for students and teachers alike - investigates the methods and aims of historical study in the performing arts, from archival research to historical writing. Beginning with case studies on Shakespearean theatre and avant-garde theatre, this study …
The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga
Inbunden, 2010
1872 kr
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The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing …
The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust
Av Adam Watt
Inbunden, 2011
1554 kr
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Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, 1913-27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a …
The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature
Inbunden, 2011
1554 kr
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An approachable and stimulating introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature, this book provides indispensable guidance for students on this important and rewarding area of literary studies. The chapters are clearly organized by topic and significant attention is paid to key individual works, including …
The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature
Häftad, 2002
617 kr
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The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature offers students a literary history of American writing in English between 1492 and 1820, as well as providing a concise social and cultural history of these three centuries. Emory Elliott traces the impact of race, gender, and ethnic conflict …
The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story
Häftad, 2006
486 kr
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This wide-ranging introduction to the short story tradition in the United States of America traces the genre from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century with Irving, Hawthorne and Poe via Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Faulkner to O'Connor and Carver. The major writers in the genre are covered …
