Situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis, Terror and Pity: Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia
Given the identity of Israel as a refuge for Holocaust victims, claims for redress of historical wrongs committed by its democratic government pose legal, ethical, and social dilemmas. Amir (political
One of the most fascinating and controversial novels of the twentieth century, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is renown for its innovative style and notorious for its subject matter and influence on popula
In Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, Dahlia Moore explores the social and cultural forces at play in Israeli society and their effects on the changing status of women. While delving into some of Isra
All the Same the Words Don't Go Away brings together twenty-five years of essays and reviews, linked loosely by three themes. First is the creative potential inherent in transposing classic literary
Focusing on the years 1870 to 1914, Robinson (Brandeis University) explores the ways in which metaphors of vampires and blood were used to express anxieties about political, cultural, and scientific m
This bilingual collection in honor of the great scholar and writer Alexander Zholkovsky brings together new work from forty-four leading scholars in nine countries. Like Zholkovsky’s oeuvre, this volu
