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Japanese Literature: From Murasaki to Murakami
Paperback || Marvin Marcus || Association for Asian Studies
Japanese Literature: From Murasaki to Murakami provides a concise introduction to the literature of Japan that traces its origins in the seventh century and explores a literary legacyand its cultural contextsmarked by the intersection of aristocratic elegance and warrior austerity. Coverage extends to the present day with a focus on the complex twists and turns that mark Japans literature in the modern period. In under one-hundred pages of narrative, Marcuss account of Japanese litera...
European Literary History
An Introduction
2018 || Paperback || Maarten De Pourcq e.a. || Taylor & Francis
This clear and engaging book offers readers an introduction to European Literary History from antiquity through to the present day. Each chapter discusses a short extract from a literary text, whilst including a close reading and a longer essay examining other key texts of the period and their place within European Literature. Offering a view of Europe as an evolving cultural space and examining the mobility and travel of literature both within and out of Europe, this guide offers an introduc...
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The Mystical Roots of Genius
2024 || Paperback || Harry Freedman || Bloomsbury Publishing
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The Literature Review / 2nd edition
A Step-by-Step Guide for Students
2012 || Paperback || Diana Ridley || SAGE
The complete guide to doing a literature search and review also contains a wealth of features to calm students overwhelmed at the prospect of doing their dissertation or thesis
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Special English edition with bonus essay
2024 || Paperback || Quentin Tarantino || Nijgh & Van Ditmar
With an exclusive bonus essayThe long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual t...
Brine
The writer, the professor, and the shrimp that changed the world
2024 || Paperback || Dieter Honoré || Borgerhoff & Lamberigts
Patrick Sorgeloos is the scientist who made it his mission to eliminate hunger from the world. He found the key to accomplish that impossible task in the most unlikely niche, the brine shrimp. After the death of his father, writer Dieter Honoré meets Professor Sorgeloos, an old childhood friend of said deceased father. What starts out as a friendly, warm conversation soon culminates in a great admiration for the professor's work. The writer does what he does and documents the amazing life st...
A Theory of Adaptation / 2nd edition
2012 || Paperback || Linda Hutcheon e.a. || Taylor & Francis
A Theory of Adaptation explores the continuous development of creative adaptation, and argues that the practice of adapting is central to the story-telling imagination. Linda Hutcheon develops a theory of adaptation through a range of media, from film and opera, to video games, pop music and theme parks, analysing the breadth, scope and creative possibilities within each. This new edition is supplemented by a new preface from the author, discussing both new adaptive forms/platforms and recent...
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Shame Machine
Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
2022 || Paperback || Cathy O'Neil || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics—from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction
“O’Neil reminds us that we must resist the urge to judge, belittle, and oversimplify, and instead allow always for complexity and lead always with empathy.”—Dave Eggers, author of The Every
Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we pu...
Colonialism/Postcolonialism / 3rd edition
2015 || Paperback || Ania Loomba || Taylor & Francis
Colonialism/Postcolonialism is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the historical, theoretical and political dimensions of colonial and postcolonial studies. This new edition includes a new introduction and conclusion as well as extensive updates throughout. Topics covered include globalization, new grassroots movements (including Occupy Wall Street), the environmental crisis, and the relationship between Marxism and postcolonial studies.
Loomba also discusses how ongoing struggles such a...
Beowulf and Other Stories / 2nd edition
A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures
2011 || Paperback || Joe Allard e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Beowulf & Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that the study of Old English - and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman - can be a genuine delight, covering a period as replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature.