This book offers both an introduction to the vibrant field of literary tourism studies and a selection of cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research. Indispensable for students and scholars of nineteenth-century literature and culture, it provides fascinating insights into the reception of, among others, Shakespeare, Dickens, Byron and Wordsworth.
Alberto Moravia is something of a forgotten figure now. Yet when he died, in 1990, he was often considered to have been one of Italy’s leading novelists of the twentieth century. In a review of the posthumously published draft of a novel Moravia had been working on since 1950, Michael P. McDonald suggests that the authors’s reluctance to complete and publish his novel at the time was provoked by the fierce reception given to his study of political disaffection Il conformista when it was published in 1951. REUPLOAD NEEDED
German Culture in Nineteenth-Century America - Reception, Adaptation, Transformation
This volume examines the circulation and adaptation of German culture in the United States during the so-called long nineteenth century -- the century of mass German migration to the new world, of industrialization and new technologies, American westward expansion and Civil War, German struggle toward national unity and civil rights, and increasing literacy on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Shadow of Callimachus: Studies in the reception of Hellenistic poetry at Rome
Through a series of critical readings this book builds a picture of the Roman reaction to, and adoption of, the Greek poetry of the last three pre-Christian centuries. Although the poetry of the greatest figure of Greek poetry after Alexander, Callimachus of Cyrene, and his contemporaries stands at the heart of the book, the individual studies embrace the full scope of what remains of Hellenistic poetry, both high literary productions and the more marginal poetry, such as that in honour of the great goddess Isis.
Abby has her hands full at her cousin Jillian's wedding as florist, bridesmaid, and grandma-sitter-all while wearing a hideous dress. Then the groom's 90-year-old grandmother goes missing from the reception. On her search, Abby finds the corpse of guest Jack Snyder. Now she must find out who killed Jack in the pulpit.
