Riddles and Wonders: Defining Humanity in Anglo-Saxon England Throughout the history of human civilization, the definition of the animal and its relationship to humans have been contentious issues. This book investigates the notion of what constituted an animal in Early … Weiterlesen
„Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. First published ninety years ago in Paris, Joyce’s masterpiece is a sprawling and startlingly original work charting a single day in the life of the Dubliner Leopold Bloom. Some early … Weiterlesen
Language and characterisation in television series This book explores how language is used to create characters in fictional television series. To do so, it draws on multiple case studies from the United States and Australia. Brought together in this book … Weiterlesen
Im Oktober 2023 sprach David Sterritt im Very Short Introductions Podcast über eins seiner Forschungsthemen, zu dem er ein Buch in der gleichnamigen Reihe bei Oxford University Press geschrieben hat: In this episode, David Sterritt introduces the Beats, the generation … Weiterlesen
On the avenue of the mystery: the postwar counterculture in novels and film This volume is a study of eight major novels from the postwar period (1945–65) in conjunction with the films made from them during a later period of … Weiterlesen
The grammar of English infinitives with Czech comparison This book aims to clarify some puzzles that have been topical in formal linguistics for many decades now. It concerns the status of English and, for comparison, Czech infinitives, as opposed to … Weiterlesen
Der von der Universität Glasgow herausgegebene Thesaurus dokumentiert Bedeutungsentwicklungen im englischen Vokabular: It consists of almost every recorded word in English from early medieval times to the present day, all arranged into detailed hierarchies of meaning. Of major interest to … Weiterlesen
„Der Roman „Stolz und Vorurteil“ ist einer der populärsten Klassiker der englischen Literatur. Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts schreibt die Autorin Jane Austen eine Liebesgeschichte — und kombiniert sie mit Sozialkritik. Elizabeth ist eine der fünf unverheirateten Töchter der Familie Bennet. … Weiterlesen
English complex words: Exercises in construction and translation English Complex Words is a lively, essential companion for multilingual explorations of word-formation processes, both in English and across 40 other languages. It offers today’s broadest available coverage of English prefixation, suffixation … Weiterlesen
„The chef and co-founder of The River Cafe, Ruth Rogers, picks the life of the writer and activist James Baldwin. A writer, poet, playwright and activist, Baldwin was known as a trailblazing explorer of race, class and sexuality in America … Weiterlesen
„In 1920, a Dutch writer named Gerard Nolst Trenité published a poem in English titled The Chaos, designed to draw attention to English spelling and pronunciation — and all the confusion its absurdities have let loose upon the world. It … Weiterlesen
New Englishes, New Methods There is an ever-growing body of work on New Englishes, and the time has come to take stock of how research on varieties of English is carried out. The contributions in this volume critically explore the … Weiterlesen
„Jessica Mitford ist schon als Kind rebellisch – und bleibt es bis zu ihrem Tod am 23. Juli 1996. Statt in der starren Welt der britischen Aristokratie zu verharren, macht sie als gesellschaftskritische Autorin Karriere. „Von meinen Töchtern ist eine … Weiterlesen
The Modern American Poetry Site is devoted to the teaching and study of modern and contemporary American poetry with particular emphasis on original and excerpted scholarship about key poems, poets, and contexts. This criticism is accompanied by images, media, and … Weiterlesen