“…This book introduces new readers and students of Fitzgerald to his trademark themes, his memorable characters, his significant plots, the literary modes and genres from which he borrowed, and his inimitable style…”

“…Der Band widmet sich nicht zuletzt auch verschiedenen Genres, die sich mit Religion und Religiosität kritisch oder affirmativ auseinandersetzen, wobei sich das Feld hier über den Bereich der Schriftkultur hinaus zur Untersuchung anderer medialer Formen (etwa des Films, des Comics, der Fernsehserie oder des Computerspiels) öffnet…”

“…He explains, phrase by phrase, in clear, direct terms what has been learned about the genre of writings called "apocalyptic literature"—of which Revelation is a part - and how that knowledge can be properly used to interpret the images and symbols of Revelation. …”

“…"Au XIXe siècle, la fiction littéraire se présente comme une sphère de résistance à la rationalité scientifique tandis que le genre fantastique, à travers les grands mythes de la littérature européenne, éloigne l'être humain de la réalité objective pour le placer à la frontière de la folie. …”

“…Allí despliega diálogos, cosas que se ven por la ventanilla, catástrofes silenciosas, gente sentada al otro lado del pasillo, o medita, se ríe, filosofa y poetiza. …”

“…Content is drawn from a wide range of genres - blogs, artists' statements and fiction, as well as critical writings - and organized in themed sections covering touch, memory, structure, politics, production and use. …”

“…Conçu pour un dialogue entre les disciplines (histoire, archéologie, histoire de l’art, et littérature), ce livre envisage de façon thématique, le récit de guerre comme « source et genre », expression de la « violence des soldats » et de la « place des civils » dans les guerres, de l’Antiquité à nos jours.-- Contracubierta…”

“…Each chapter presents a survey of scholarly approaches to topics such as character, dialogue, genre or language, shows how those approaches can be brought to bear on a relatively well-known illustrative example, and indicates directions for further research. …”
Sumario

“…From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms.Adaptation and Appropriation explores:· multiple definitions and practices of adaptation and appropriation· the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt· diverse ways in which contemporary literature and film adapt, revise and reimagine other works of art· the impact on adaptation and appropriation of theoretical movements, including structuralism, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, feminism and gender studies· the appropriation across time and across cultures of specific canonical texts, but also of literary archetypes such as myth or fairy tale.Ranging across genres and harnessing concepts from fields as diverse as musicology and the natural sciences, this volume brings clarity to the complex debates around adaptation and appropriation, offering a much-needed resource for those studying literature, film or culture…”
Sumario

“…Cet ouvrage se donne pour objet de décrire ce passage par l'examen de pratiques d'écriture, de genres scolaires, de codes grammaticaux et esthétiques prescrits. …”

“…The essays draw on a range of primary material from the medieval period to postmodernism and from several countries, disciplines and genres. Each essay suggests further reading to explore this field further. …”
Sumario

“…The author then addresses questions of biography, gender, genre and the varied roles of the courtier, expanding the perspective of Castiglione's text to include the lives and writings of other courtiers and patrons. …”

“…Narrative is an important element in our daily life and the novel is arguably the most popular genre of our times. The theory of narrative or narratology, which was developed in the 1960s, has helped us towards a better understanding of the how and why of narrative. …”

“…In fifteen interdisciplinary perspectives from the United States and Europe, this volume provides a critical diagnosis of the genre's politics of gender and ethnicity, difference, normativity and representational control. …”

“…Bacchylides (c. 520-450 BC) was one of the nine Greek lyric poets selected as models of this genre by the Alexandrian scholars who first collected and edited their songs in the 3rd century BC. …”
Sumario

“…The result reveals the micro-politics of right-wing populism: how discourses, genres, images and texts are performed and manipulated in both formal and also everyday contexts with profound consequences. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…an example of Tacitean intratextuality / Aske Damtoft Poulsen -- The staging of death: Tacitus' Agrippina the Younger and the dramatic turn / Rhiannon Ash -- Tiberius and tears: grief and genre / Johan Vekselius -- Migration and mobile memory in the Roman historical digression / Kyle Khellaf -- Epilogue: history in Pompeii / Anne-Marie Leander Touati…”

“…Hay fanzines de ciudades grandes y de provincias; fanzines de los que aún habla la gente décadas después y otros con un solo número y tirada de 50 copias; fanzines de los que han salido nombres famosos para el gran público y aquellos hechos en diez minutos por tres amigos. …”

“…Su desconcierto, y no la contienda propiamente dicha, es el eje en torno al cual gira La sal de la tierra, la obra maestra de Józef Wittlin, que se lee, gracias a su sugerente tono irónico, como un singular alegato contra la guerra y un hermoso homenaje a la grandeza de la gente humilde" -- Contracubierta…”

“…No tenemos nada en común con nadie, nos hemos construido con nuestro propio aliento, somos esenciales para nosotros mismos, exclusivos y disonantes, los únicos de nuestra especie. La gente corriente que ha revoloteado alrededor nuestro ha terminado quemándose las alas. …”