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Nerea and I
Laura Mintegi's Nerea and I provides a unique viewpoint from which to examine women's role in the world of Basque nationalism, and Linda White's translation gives us a rare example …
Hoelderlin and Blanchot on Self-sacrifice
"A scene of self-sacrifice can never be staged or secured." The work of Friedrich Holderlin, arguably one of the most profound writers of the German Enlightenment, supports this …
Two Plays by Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was one of the French philosophers and writers of the Enlightenment. This volume contains the first English translations of his plays, The Illegitimate …
Parody and Palimpsest
Parody and Palimpsest: Intertextuality, Language, and the Ludic in the Novels of Jean-Philippe Toussaint adds to the emerging body of work on intertextuality through expansion of …
Disabusing Women in the Old French Fabliaux
Disabusing Women in the Old French Fabliaux provides a much-needed reevaluation of the role of women in the fabliaux. Spanning the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the …
Valéry’s Graveyard
Valéry’s Graveyard is in two parts. The first part presents the French text of Paul Valéry’s poem Le Cimetière marin (The Graveyard by the Sea) and a facing English translation, …
The Rise of Pseudo-Historical Fiction
Fray Antonio de Guevara (1482-1545), the most prolific writer of pseudo-historical prose in sixteenth-century Spain, was named official chronicler by Emperor Charles V in 1526. …
I'm Henry IV, I Am
This book focuses on Henry IV of France as he is presented in selected works by Voltaire, Alfred de Vigny, Alexandre Dumas père, and George Sand. The book depicts King Henry from …
Travel Narratives in Dialogue
Travel Narratives in Dialogue examines nineteenth-century imperialist travelogues written about Peru and examines Peruvian writers of the same period who fashioned their own …
360º Diary
Luis Goytisolo’s novel, 360º Diary, constitutes a reflection on the act of creativity. The novel is in the form of a diary that begins on the author’s birthday and concludes one …
A Literary History of the Fourteenth Century
Any one wishing to investigate the literary development of the golden century of early Italian literature, the Trecento, must read Natalino Sapegno’s extensive writings on the …
The Intellectual as a Detective
The Intellectual as a Detective: From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano offers a fresh perspective on both Italian crime fiction and the role of the intellectual in Italian …