The Cambridge Introduction to Postmodernism surveys the full spectrum of postmodern culture - high and low, avant-garde and popular, famous and obscure - across a range of fields, from architecture and visual art to fiction, poetry, and drama. It deftly maps postmodernism's successive historical phases, from its emergence in the 1960s to its waning in the first decades of the twenty-first century. Weaving together multiple strands of postmodernism - people and places from Andy Warhol, Jeffers...

In keeping with the first edition, this is a thorough yet concise introduction to Chaucer's language in the original, which does not assume prior knowledge of linguistics or Middle English. This updated, expanded edition features a glossary on Chaucer's words, along with sample quotes, and a section on how to use the Middle English Dictionary.

In Pillendraaiers beschrijft Dick Bijl de opkomst en triomftocht van de farmaceutische industrie. In de negentiende eeuw leidde de samenwerking tussen de opkomende chemische industrie en de verfindustrie in Duitsland en Zwitserland tot de eerste bedrijven die op industriële schaal medicijnen gingen produceren. Sommige zijn uitgegroeid tot invloedrijke multinationals. Die ontwikkeling kende vele hoogte- en dieptepunten: er kwamen levensreddende middelen als penicilline en insuline, maar ook, ...

All too often, attention is paid only to those children's novels that were written in English, with non-English-language works being passed over and neglected. Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature examines eleven of the most celebrated European children's novels in substantial, critical essays written by well-known international scholars. This approach provides a comprehensive discussion of the selected works from a variety of theoretical perspectives.

Each essay offe...

The popularity of such books as Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Mary Karr's The Liars' Club, and Kathryn Harrison's controversial The Kiss, has led columnists to call ours "the age of memoir." And while some critics have derided the explosion of memoir as exhibitionistic and self-aggrandizing, literary theorists are now beginning to look seriously at this profusion of autobiographical literature. Informed by literary, scientific, and experiential concerns, How Our Lives Become Stories enhance...

Soms lijkt het of de wereld zoals we die kenden voor onze ogen ineenstort. Volgens betekeniseconoom Kees Klomp is dat terug te voeren op één en dezelfde crisis. Eentje die zich niet buiten ons afspeelt, maar binnen in ons. In onze kapitalistische samenleving proberen we existentiële spanningen te dempen door materiële verlangens te bevredigen. Onze economie is eigenlijk één groot copingmechanisme. Het is tijd voor een samenleving die aan onze immateriële behoef­tes tegemoetkomt. Met e...