This book presents a collection of essays discussing a history of the five myths of Dionysus, Narcissus, Prometheus, Marcolf, and Labyrinth in twentieth-century literature. The author traces their tra
Over the last decades Clifford Geertz’ interpretive anthropology has played an important role in the field of socio-cultural anthropology. The study presents the critical reception of his thoughts in
The Persona of Czeslaw Milosz considers the poetry of Milosz in the innovative light of world literature and comparative literary studies. The author employs critical debates about Milosz in American
This book illustrates the problems connected with the body and the sign: the real body and the body of the text, somaticism and semiology (both as a general sign theory and in the medical sense as «sy
Bolecki explores Gustaw Herling’s account of life in Soviet camps and Stalinist communist ideology, A World Apart. After a short biography of Gustaw Herling-Gruziski, he discusses Ha
Irish playwright and novelist Beckett (1906-89) is certainly the central figure in this study, says Momro, but does not totally occupy it. He shows how Beckett's plays, prose, and poetry allowed him t
This is a reader’s book about Wislawa Szymborska’s poetry. She holds the Nobel Prize in Literature of 1996. The Contents of the book are the Nobel Lecture held in Stockholm at the official ceremony by
In The Hidden Ways, Alistair Moffat traverses the lost paths of Scotland - its Roman roads tramped by armies, its warpaths and pilgrim routes, drove roads and rail roads, turnpikes and sea roads - in
Hood, a nature writer and environmentalist, traveled one-lane dirt roads not maintained during the winter in Steuben County, New York, and takes readers on a tour of these seasonal roads to show how t
Scenic routes, charming hotels, authentic regional cuisine… Take a journey through the back roads of California to discover the area's real soul and charm. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Calif
Scenic routes, charming hotels, authentic regional cuisine… Take a journey through the back roads of California to discover the area's real soul and charm. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Calif
Scenic routes, charming hotels, authentic regional cuisine… Take a journey through the back roads of California to discover the area's real soul and charm.DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Califo
Describes the history of roads, examines modern road design and construction, presents information on noteworthy roads, and discusses the future of road building.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Northern & Central Italy takes you away from the main roads to beautiful villages and picturesque landscapes. This full-color travel guide uses in-depth loca
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Back Roads Great Britain takes you to the beautiful villages and stunning landscapes that can only be discovered along the scenic routes and back roads of England, Scotland
