Selectively represents the developing understanding of the modern self from the time of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) to the present. Contextualizes the late-20th-century crisis of the self by exp
Among the works discussed are Rushdie's The Satanic Verses , Conrad's Victory , Finnegans Wake , and Absolutely Fabulous . Other topics include domesticating the monster; peaking through keyholes;
Sneeringer (Germanic languages and literature, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri) broadens the conventional discussion of honor and argues that Strassburg's early 13th-century Middle High Ger
Turkey is often visualized as a modern nation-state having a perfect balance of Eastern and Western cultural mores and traditions within dominant ideological constructions and representations, but on
Examines the literary representation of two people first meeting in six 19th-century realist texts, exploring among other dimensions how the scene relates to previous and subsequent scenes. Among the
During the eighteenth century, the need for European literature to expand chronological and national boundaries and the function of historical discourse to articulate this need, found two valid suppor
Erich Maria Remarque was one of a few twentieth-century novelists that described the heroism of ordinary people and the beautiful friendships that can arise among them. In discussing these moments of
In the second of three collections of his essays on literature, the visual arts, and philosophy, Eisenhauer addresses a reversion to and/or recuperation of the ancient past, especially Latin antiquity
Eleven contributions from scholars explore some of the many ways that stories speak to, from, within, and across cultures in North America. The volume opens with an examination of how the tale of "Lit
Wilkinson (English, Wilmington College) explores modern novels by women that portray the education of young female characters from the middle and upper classes. The women negotiate their own ways in t
Assaiante (German language and literature, Trinity College, Connecticut) examines the centrality of corporeal finitude in German philosopher Hamann's (1730-88) construction of subjectivity and the res
This unique work of scholarship explores contemporary issues of male spectatorship and the importance of biography for art criticism in the work of Tracy Chevalier, Eunice Lipton, Anna Banti, Kate Bra
Examines some implications of the American Indian concept that material and spiritual reality are defined within the symbolic framework of the four seasons and four directions. Suggests that quaternit
Using literary criticism, theory, and sociohistoric data, this book brings into conversation black migrations with mystery novels by African American women, novels which explore fully the psychic, eco
While exile is a popular contemporary theme, this study is perhaps the first in its field to examine literary representations of adolescent girls' exile experience. Harwell (Russian and German, Wabash
This concise study analyzes the motif of the labyrinth in Kafka's Prozess, Hesse's Steppenwolf, and Mann's Zauberberg as a signifier of the cultural crisis of the early 20th century. Josef K., Harry H
The works of six contemporary authors of short fiction, of disparate gender and cultural origin, are examined for the similarities and differences in their attitudes toward marriage. Geldrich-Leffman
In the first book-length study of the fiction and non-fiction of Mann (1906-49) to explore the relationship between his development as an anti-fascist writer and as one of the first openly gay German
