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Author: Owen Heathcote
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-02-02
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1107066476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeading specialists shed new light on key narrative and thematic features of the writings of Honoré de Balzac.
Author: Owen Heathcote
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-01-16
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1316867382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the founders of literary realism and the serial novel, Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a prolific writer who produced more than a hundred novels, plays and short stories during his career. With its dramatic plots and memorable characters, Balzac's fiction has enthralled generations of readers. 'La Comédie humaine', the vast collection of works in which he strove to document every aspect of nineteenth-century French society, has influenced writers from Flaubert, Zola and Proust to Dostoevsky and Oscar Wilde. This Companion provides a critical reappraisal of Balzac, combining studies of his major novels with guidance on the key narrative and thematic features of his writing. Twelve chapters by world-leading specialists encompass a wide spectrum of topics such as the representation of history, philosophy and religion, the plight of the struggling artist, gender and sexuality, and Balzac's depiction of the creative process itself.
Author: Timothy Unwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-10-28
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521499149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers a unique and valuable insight into the novel in French over the past two centuries. In a series of essays, acknowledged experts discuss a variety of topics including nineteenth-century realism, women and fiction, popular fiction, experiment and innovation, war and the Holocaust, the Francophone novel, and postmodern fiction. They offer a challenging reassessment of major figures, while deliberately reading traditional views of literary history against the grain. Theoretical discussion is combined with close reading of texts and exploration of context, comparison with other genres and other literatures, and reference to novels from earlier periods. This companionable introduction includes a chronology and guide to further reading. From it emerges a strong sense of the vitality and energy of the modern French novel, and of the debates surrounding it.
Author: Michael Bell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-06-14
Total Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 0521515041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA survey of 25 major European novelists from Cervantes to Kundera, highlighting their contributions to the genre.
Author: Anna-Louise Milne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-08
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1107005124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive exploration of Paris through the texts and experiences of a vast and vibrant range of authors.
Author: Gerald Dawe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1108420354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fresh, accessible and authoritative study that conveys the richness and diversity of Irish poets, their lives and times.
Author: Brian Nelson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-06-11
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0521887089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn engaging, highly accessible and informative introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Author: Harriet Turner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-09-11
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780521778152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel presents the development of the modern Spanish novel from 1600 to the present. Drawing on the combined legacies of Don Quijote and the traditions of the picaresque novel, these essays focus on the question of invention and experiment, on what constitutes the singular features of evolving fictional forms. It examines how the novel articulates the relationships between history and fiction, high and popular culture, art and ideology, and gender and society. Contributors highlight the role played by historical events and cultural contexts in the elaboration of the Spanish novel, which often takes a self-conscious stance toward literary tradition. Topics covered include the regional novel, women writers, and film and literature. This companionable survey, which includes a chronology and guide to further reading, conveys a vivid sense of the innovative techniques of the Spanish novel and of the debates surrounding it.
Author: Dennis Danielson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-07-22
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1107494184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible, helpful guide for any student of Milton, whether undergraduate or graduate, introducing readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. This second edition contains several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Milton's politics, the social conditions of his authorship and the climate in which his works were published and received, a fresh sense of the importance of his early poems and Samson Agonistes, and the changes wrought by gender studies on the criticism of the previous decade. By contrast with other introductions to Milton, this Companion gathers an international team of scholars, whose informative, stimulating and often argumentative essays will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. The Companion's reading lists and extended bibliography offer readers the necessary tools for further informed exploration of Milton studies.
Author: Paul Guyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-06-14
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 0521710111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first collective commentary in English on Kant's landmark 1871 publication.
