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  • Bruttezza

    par Moshtari Hilal ...
    In questo saggio dirompente e suggestivo, l'artista tedesca di origine afghana Moshtari Hilal prosegue in forma scritta – ma anche attraverso disegni, fotografie e stranianti autoritratti – la sua indagine sugli aspetti sociali e politici delle categorie estetiche. Secondo Hilal, infatti, la "bruttezza" è un fatto sociale, politico, persino economico, indissolubilmente legato alla razzializzazione ... En savoir plus

    CHF 14.00 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Paul de Man

    par Martin McQuillian ...
    Collection series Routledge Critical Thinkers
    Paul de Man's work is key to the American deconstruction movement and to the so-called political turn in critical theory. Seventeen years after his death, his works continue to arouse violent reactions among critics. This book explains why de Man is such an important voice, detailing his critical position, exploring his intellectual and historical contexts, tracing the influence of his work and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 27.05

  • Reading for the Plot

    Design and Intention in Narrative

    par Peter Brooks ...
    A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.04

  • Balzac: Oeuvres complètes

    Édition mise à jour et corrigée avec sommaire interne actif

    par Honoré de Balzac ...
    Ce livre numérique comprend des oeuvres complètes de Balzac. L'édition est méticuleusement éditée et formatée. Honoré de Balzac est un des maîtres incontestés du roman français dont il a abordé plusieurs genres : le roman historique et politique, avec Les Chouans, le roman philosophique avec Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, le roman fantastique avec La Peau de chagrin ou encore le roman poétique avec Le ... En savoir plus

    CHF 2.00 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Manufacturing Consent

    The classic analysis of how power shapes the news

    par Edward S Herman, Noam Chomsky ...
    A foundational text on media, propaganda and democracy.First published in 1988 and still startlingly relevant, Manufacturing Consent lays bare the economic and political forces that influence mass media. In this seminal work, linguist Noam Chomsky and economist Edward Herman argue that the press serves powerful interests, not public truth - subtly filtering stories through ownership, advertising ... En savoir plus

    CHF 12.00

  • Ways of Seeing

    par John Berger ...
    Collection series Penguin Modern Classics
    How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we ... En savoir plus

    CHF 9.00

  • Giving up the Ghost

    A memoir

    par Hilary Mantel ...
    ‘Like Lorna Sage's Bad Blood … A masterpiece’ RACHEL CUSKAt no. 58 the top of my head comes to the outermost curve of my great-aunt, Annie Connor. Her shape is like the full moon, her smile is beaming; the outer rim of her is covered by her pinny, woven with tiny flowers. It is soft from washing; her hands are hard and chapped; it is barely ten o'clock and she is getting the cabbage on. 'Hello, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.75

  • A Year With Aslan

    Daily Thoughts and Questions from the One True King of Narnia

    par C. S. Lewis ...
    This long-awaited daily reader brings 365 selections from The Chronicles of Narnia to provide daily inspiration, solace and guidance, as well as a memorable reminder of the power of C.S. Lewis’s enchanting stories and insightful themes.The Chronicles of Narnia have long been mainstays of children’s literature, but when re-read as an adult can deliver an entirely new experience. In the midst of ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.20

  • Mothers, Fathers, and Others

    Essays

    par Siri Hustvedt ...
    'Dizzyingly flexible, deeply human, often funny, it blasts aside our preconceptions and urges us to see the world as it is' iFeminist philosophy meets family memoir in Siri Hustvedt's most personal essay collection yet, a scintillating and profound exploration of motherhood, the maternal and misogyny.Ranging across artistic mothers such as Jane Austen and Louise Bourgeois, psychoanalysis, science, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 3.95

  • The Bestseller Code

    par Matthew Jockers, Jodie Archer ...
    What if an algorithm could predict which manuscripts would become mega-bestsellers?Girl on the Train. Fifty Shades. The Goldfinch. Why do some books capture the whole world's attention? What secret DNA do they share? In The Bestseller Code, Archer and Jockers boldly claim that blockbuster hits are highly predictable, and they have created the algorithm to prove it. Using cutting-edge text mining ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.00

  • 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

    par John Sutherland ...
    Collection series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works.From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen , 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important literary concepts ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.95

  • The Art of Fiction

    par David Lodge ...
    In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism and Symbolism, and illustrating each topic with a passage taken from a classic or modern novel, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.00

  • Cruel Optimism

    par Lauren Berlant ...
    A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States and Europe has retracted. People have remained attached to unachievable fantasies of ... En savoir plus

    CHF 15.48

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Jonathan Culler ...
    Collection series Very Short Introductions
    What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter?These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining ... En savoir plus

    CHF 6.36

  • Nouveaux Documents sur Marie Stuart

    par Philarète Chasles ...
    La vie de Marie Stuart est trop connue pour que nous pensions à la refaire. Il nous suffira de réunir les lumières nouvelles que le cours des âges et des recherches récentes ont répandues sur ce drame. Elles détruisent bien des chimères, elles déchirent bien des voiles. Elles ajoutent plus d’une faute et plus d’un crime aux crimes et aux fautes de l’humanité. Mais la vérité est un noble culte, et ... En savoir plus

    CHF 2.08

  • The Illusions of Postmodernism

    par Terry Eagleton ...
    In this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular "brands" of postmodern thought. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 30.00

  • Animaladies

    Gender, Animals, and Madness

    par Carol J. Adams ...
    Do depictions of crazy cat ladies obscure more sinister structural violence against animals hoarded in factory farms?Highlighting the frequent pathologization of animal lovers and animal rights activists, this book examines how the “madness” of our relationships with animals intersects with the “madness” of taking animals seriously. The essays collected in this volume argue that “animaladies” are ... En savoir plus

    CHF 30.36

  • Essential Bukowski: Poetry

    par Charles Bukowski ...
    ‘The best poet in America’ Jean Genet‘He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels’ Leonard CohenThe definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring markHere is Bukowski eating walnuts and scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the mid-afternoon.Here is Bukowski ... En savoir plus

    CHF 11.15

  • Beginning theory

    An introduction to literary and cultural theory: Fourth edition

    par Peter Barry ...
    Collection series Beginnings
    Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field.The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions ... En savoir plus

    Avant CHF 12.08 Après CHF 10.35

  • Meander, Spiral, Explode

    Design and Pattern in Narrative

    par Jane Alison ...
    "How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writers the freedom to explore but with enough guidance to thrive." ―VultureAs Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s ... En savoir plus

    CHF 9.84

  • Infographic Guide to Literature

    par Joanna Eliot ...
    Collection series Infographic Guides
    100 stunning, ingenious and absorbing infographics all about literature, featuring your favourite books and authors!Infographic Guide to Literature presents unique, witty and surprising facts about literature, from Shakespeare and Austen to Nabakov and Orwell, to George R. R. Martin and E. L. James. Fascinating stats and all the facts on your favourite writers, poets and playwrights, it features ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.95

  • Littérature anglo-américaine

    par Philarète Chasles ...
    Voici une nouveauté curieuse, un Rabelais américain. Imaginez ce que serait le prodigieux Pantagruel, si notre curé de Meudon avait jeté des teintes élégiaques, transparentes et nacrées sur le canevas de sa vigoureuse ironie, et rehaussé de métaphysique panthéiste l’invention de ses arabesques. Imaginez Daphnis et Chloé ou Paul et Virginie dansant au sein des nuages, avec Aristote et Spinoza ... En savoir plus

    CHF 2.08

  • The Order of Things

    par Michel Foucault ...
    Collection series Routledge Classics
    When one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showmanship, he weaves an intensely complex history of thought. He dips into literature, art, economics and even biology in The Order of Things, possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century. Eclipsed by his later work on ... En savoir plus

    CHF 24.66

  • The Woman in White

    par Wilkie Collins ...
    Collection series Collins Classics
    HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature that has remained unknown to us till she appeared.’One of the earliest works of ‘detective’ fiction with a narrative woven together from multiple characters, Wilkie Collins partly based his infamous ... En savoir plus

    CHF 2.27