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Interiors and Narrative
Interiors and Narrative shows how crucial interiors are for our understanding of the nature of narrative. A growing cultural fascination with interior dwelling so prevalent in the late nineteenth century parallels an intensification of the rhetorical function interior architecture plays in the development of fiction. The existential dimension of dwelling becomes so intimately tied to the novelistic project that fiction surfaces as a way of inhabiting the world. This study illustrates this through a comparative reading of three realist masterpieces of the Luso-Hispanic nineteenth century: Machado de Assis’s Quincas Borba (1891), Eça de Queirós’s The Maias (1888), and Leopoldo Alas’s L...
Shadows of a Stranger
Lilian McGuiness returns to bury her husband. Following the murder of William, she is determined to find out who killed him and why. After searching through his possessions, she realises that she had never really known the only man she had ever loved. Detective Inspectors Luke Naylor and Scott Reed return to try and solve the murder. This time they are working closely with a new team. With the help of Stacey Calvert and Phil Moxon, they are determined to uncover the truth. Family secrets, kidnap, blackmail, and revenge are all on the cards. When four other men are murdered, from Monte Carlo to Madrid, Interpols Antoine Chouzenoux must put his own guilty secret to the back of his mind and con...
Mysteries Unlocked
In honor of the 70th birthday of Professor Douglas G. Greene, mystery genre scholar and publisher, this book offers 24 new essays and two reprinted classics on detective fiction by contributors around the world, including ten Edgar (Mystery Writers of America) winners and nominees. The essays cover a myriad of authors and books from more than a century, from J.S. Fletcher's The Investigators, originally serialized in 1901, to P.D. James' Death Comes to Pemberley, published at the end of 2011. Subjects covered include detective fiction in the Edwardian era and the "Golden Age" between the two world wars; hard-boiled detective fiction; mysteries and intellectuals; and pastiches, short stories and radio plays.
Social Psychology
This is an introductory social psychology textbook that acknowledges two very different approaches being taken to social psychology - experimental and critical. These conflicting approaches are brought together in a single, coherent text.
Manual of Discourse Traditions in Romance
Discourse Traditions are a key concept of diachronic Romance linguistics. The present manual aims to establish this approach at an international level by assembling contributions that introduce its theoretical foundations, discuss connections with alternative approaches of text and discourse analysis, show the relevance of Discourse Traditions for the history of Romance languages, and explore possibilities for future applications of the concept.
Lisbon Tales
A selection of newly translated short stories centred on Lisbon represent the literary heritage and culture of this diverse and extraordinary city. From famous names to new voices, Lisbon Tales describes a city in continuous and vibrant change.
