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Exciting hybrid of science fiction and literature. 2. Dietmar Dath is the winner of the 2009 and 2013 Kurd Lasswitz Prize, the equivalent of the Nebula Prize in Germany. The German author takes his place among such science fiction greats as Ursula K. Le Guin and Neal Stephenson, who have also been awarded...

“A pioneer in lesbian literature . . . a believer in the power of stories.”—Lambda Book ReportThe reprint of a long out-of-print classic short story collection featuring the treasured erotic novella O Captain, My Captain. Also includes stories featuring LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield...

This volume engages critically with the recent and ongoing consolidation of "world literature" as a paradigm of study. On the basis of an extended, active, and ultimately more literary sense of what it means to institute world literature, it views processes of institutionalizationnot as...

Dr. Nonyelum Chibuzo Mba is from Nigeria. She is a Lecturer in the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Abuja, Abuja. She has a PhD in Feminism (Womanism) and Gender Discourse in African Literature in English. Her other qualifications are an MA in English Literature; a BA (Ed)...

Hear What the Critics are Saying"Wow, a very interesting and entertaining book. It really makes you think. A Must Read."-Mary Jones – Valley Daily News“I give this book Five Stars All The Way! It most definitely makes my list as one of the top reads of the year.”-Theresa...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is one of America’s greatest and most dark and mysterious writers. The circumstances surrounding his untimely death are still unknown, as is what made him tick. Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, and he...

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is one of America’s greatest and most dark and mysterious writers. The circumstances surrounding his untimely death are still unknown, as is what made him tick. Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, and he...

In The Value of Literature, Rafe McGregor employs a unique approach – the combination of philosophical work on value theory and critical work on the relationship between form and content – to present a new argument for, and defence of, literary humanism. He argues that literature has value for...

Since its beginning, Comparative Literature has been characterized as a discipline in crisis. But its shifting boundaries are its strength, allowing for collaboration and growth and illuminating a path forward. In Comparative Literature for the New Century a diverse group of scholars argue for a distinct...

Critical approaches to the study of topics related to Persian literature and Iranian culture have evolved in recent decades. The essays included in this volume collectively demonstrate the most recent creative approaches to the study of the Persian language, literature, and culture, and the way these...

Memoirs of Life and Literature William Hurrell Mallock, english novelist and economics writer (1849-1923) This ebook presents «Memoirs of Life and Literature», from William Hurrell Mallock. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents...

Poetry, literature, fiction, all are the various gifts of the same genre, that is arts. The book covers some of the areas of arts, literature and poetry, reflecting on different figures of American literature, poetry, like Conrad Aiken, Susan Howe, Beduwin Arab Women poetry and Bankim Anandamath....

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The following paper deals with AIDS in Literary History and the influence in different...

The Sydney Review of Books is Australia’s leading space for longform literary criticism. Now celebrating five years online, the SRB has published more than five hundred essays by almost two hundred writers. To mark this occasion, The Australian Face collects some of the best essays published in...