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13961) Orwell's roses
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"A fresh take on George Orwell as a far more nature-loving figure than is often portrayed, and a dazzlingly rich meditation on roses, gardens, and the value and use of beauty and pleasure in the face of brutality and horror. "In the spring of 1936 a man planted roses." That man was George Orwell, shortly before he went off to fight against fascism in Spain. Today, those rosebushes are still thriving. This is the starting point for Rebecca Solnit's...
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Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women's places in intellectual history by engaging the work of writers, educators, activists, religious leaders, and social reformers in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Dedicated to recovering the contributions of thinkers marginalized by both...
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In a unique analysis of Cuban literature inside and outside the country's borders, Eduardo Gonzalez looks closely at the work of three of the most important contemporary Cuban authors to write in the post-1959 diaspora: Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-2005), who left Cuba for good in 1965 and established himself in London; Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931-2005), who settled in the United States; and Leonardo Padura Fuentes (b. 1955), who still lives and...
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In Catching Fire, the translation of Diamela Eltit's Never Did the Fire unfolds in real time as a conversation between works of art, illuminating both in the process. The problems and pleasures of conveying literature into another language-what happens when you meet a pun? a double entendre?-are met by translator Daniel Hahn's humor, deftness, and deep appreciation for what sets Eltit's work apart, and his evolving understanding of what this particular...
13965) Coming of Age
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This title examines the role and theme of the coming of age archetype in A Separate Peace, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Giver, and The Fault in Our Stars. It features four analysis papers that consider the coming of age theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis...
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Embark on a creative journey with "Brass & Bolts: Crafting Your First Steampunk Universe," your essential guide to the world of steampunk writing. This book is a treasure trove for anyone eager to blend the charm of Victorian aesthetics with bold futuristic innovation. Perfect for both new writers and steampunk aficionados, it offers a comprehensive roadmap to crafting your own unique steampunk stories. Starting with an engaging introduction to steampunk,...
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"Chasing Legends: The Truth behind the Chupacabra" is a captivating exploration into the mysterious creature known as the Chupacabra. Delve into the historical origins, eyewitness accounts, scientific investigations, and cultural impact surrounding this enigmatic cryptid. From debunking hoaxes to unearthing evidence, this book uncovers the truth and invites readers to join the quest for answers in the realm of cryptozoology.
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Yves Saint Laurent, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:
• Descubrir la vida y obra de Yves Saint Laurent, el célebre modisto francés que transforma para siempre los códigos vestimentarios masculinos y femeninos
• Profundizar en los momentos clave de su vida, marcada por el trauma que supone su paso...
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Janet Sorensen is associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British Writing.
How vocabularies once associated with outsiders became objects of fascination in eighteenth-century Britain
While eighteenth-century efforts to standardize the English language have long been studied-from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary to grammar and elocution books of the period-less...
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In this original and engaging work, author Kent Puckett looks at how British filmmakers imagined, saw, and sought to represent its war during wartime through film. The Second World War posed unique representational challenges to Britain's filmmakers. Because of its logistical enormity, the unprecedented scope of its destruction, its conceptual status as total, and the way it affected everyday life through aerial bombing, blackouts, rationing, and...
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"Chasing Legends: The Truth behind the Loch Ness Monster" is an in-depth exploration of the world's most famous lake monster. Delve into the rich folklore, historical accounts, and compelling eyewitness testimonies. Uncover the scientific investigations, examine cryptozoological theories, and unravel the mysteries surrounding this elusive creature. From ancient myths to modern technology, this book separates fact from fiction, providing an engrossing...
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Dickens's Idiomatic Imagination offers an original analysis of how Charles Dickens's use of "low" and "slangular" (his neologism) language allowed him to express and develop his most sophisticated ideas. Using a hybrid of digital (distant) and analogue (close) reading methodologies, Peter J. Capuano considers Dickens's use of bodily idioms-"right-hand man," "shoulder to the wheel," "nose to the grindstone"-against the broader lexical backdrop of the...
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In this innovative approach to southern literary cultures, Thadious Davis analyzes how black southern writers use their spatial location to articulate the vexed connections between society and environment, particularly under segregation and its legacies. Basing her analysis on texts by Ernest Gaines, Richard Wright, Alice Walker, Natasha Trethewey, Olympia Vernon, Brenda Marie Osbey, Sybil Kein, and others, Davis reveals how these writers reconstitute...
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"Finalist for the Religion and the Arts Book Award, American Academy of Religion" Jerome Tharaud is assistant professor of English at Brandeis University.
How nineteenth-century Protestant evangelicals used print and visual media to shape American culture
In nineteenth-century America, "apocalypse" referred not to the end of the world but to sacred revelation, and "geography" meant both the physical landscape and its representation in printed maps,...
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"Honorable Mention for the ASLE Ecocritical Book Award, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment" "Honorable Mention for the 2017 James Russell Lowell Prize, Modern Language Association" Susan Scott Parrish is Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. She is the author of American Curiosity: Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic...
13976) The Burns Supper Companion
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In 1801, some five years after Robert Burns’ death, nine of his friends sat down to dinner in what is now known as Burns Cottage in Alloway to celebrate his extraordinary life and to give thanks for his friendship. Over the years the informal theme from that evening has developed into the ritual known as Burns Night. This best-selling book is the essential guide for anyone intending to hold or attend a Burns Night of any size. In addition to setting...
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Collected through firsthand interviews, author Mindy Campbell Hudson brings local lore to life in The Headless Horseman of Booger Holler and Other Dover Tales with stories of Dover, Arkansas's own legends, history, and supernatural tales. Complete with photographs of historical Dover, this collection of tales captures the legacy and traditions of rural Arkansas and sets it against the larger scope of folklore studies, providing an insightful and at...
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Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at age 11, and spent every vacation in France, desperate to escape her Englishness and to have some French chic rub off on her. In Au Revoir, Tristesse, Groskop mixes literary history and memoir to explore how the classics of French literature can infuse our lives with joie de vivre...
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These chapters provide a comprehensive exploration of Celtic magic and mythology, covering the pantheon of deities, mythical beings, the roles of druids and seers, the rituals and festivals embedded in the Celtic calendar, and the enchanting landscapes that hold spiritual significance in Celtic belief systems.
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Reassessing the archive of the Black Hawk War, The Corpse in the Kitchen explores relationships between the enclosure of Indigenous land, histories of resource extraction, and the literary culture of settler colonialism. While conventional histories of the Black Hawk War have long treated the conflict as gratuitous, Adam John Waterman argues that the war part of a struggle over the dispensation of mineral resources specifically, mineral lead-and the...
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