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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This volume analyzes Jewish tropes in popular science fiction including Star Trek, Marvel, and other top franchises. The essays examine representations of Jewish characters and culture in the genre that range from poignant metaphor to banal tokenism. Author: Valerie Estelle FrankelISBN-10: 1666901474ISBN-13: 9781666901474Publisher: Lexington...

The Routledge Critical Adoption Studies Reader presents fundamental questions about how adoption, as a complex practice of family-making, is represented in art, philosophy, the law, history, literature, political science, and other humanities.Author: Emily HipchenISBN-10: 1032067829ISBN-13: 9781032067827Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/22/2023Pages: 270Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x...

An illuminating and thought-provoking collection of essays that explores the history and practice of censorship in public libraries. The author presents a clear and persuasive argument for the importance of intellectual freedom and the dangers of censorship. Censorship and the Public Library is an...

This collection of verse by the British explorer and scholar Richard Francis Burton offers a unique glimpse into the spiritual and philosophical traditions of the Middle East. The Kasîdah Couplets is a masterpiece of mystical poetry that explores the nature of God, the meaning...

This volume includes a selection of James Clarence Mangan's finest poetry, including his famous 'Dark Rosaleen'. The poems express a deep love of Ireland and its culture, as well as Mangan's struggle with poverty and addiction.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer is a biography written by William Godwin, the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft. The book offers an in-depth look at the life of the 14th century poet, including his relationship with John of Gaunt, one of the most powerful men...

In this impressive book Antonia Amprino breaks the silence on women loving women in Latin America. In cultures where religion and patriarchy reign romantic bonds between women are proscribed and driven underground. While these relationships have been invisible in the historical record, they have...

Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding...

This historical novel, Encounter (Mannam), by Hahn Moo-Sook, one of Asia's most honored writers, is a story of the resilience in the Korean spirit. It is told through the experiences of Tasan, a high-ranking official and foremost Neo-Confucian scholar at the beginning of the...

What is there to see in invisible artworks, empty books, or blank screens? How do formal absences generate meaning? Constructing an argument by way of montage, this book is an annotated inventory of textual, visual, and conceptual figures of absence. Spanning different media, it...

The beach confronts us with crucial issues of our times: migration, postcolonial power structures and mass tourism, climate change and pollution as well as gender and burkini swimwear controversies are examples of the numerous conflicts, discourses and practices that manifest within this liminal zone...

Alice in a World of Wonderlands: The English-Language Editions of the Four Alice Books Published Worldwide is a two-volume set; this is Volume 1 (Essays and Illustrations). Volume 2 (Checklists and Appendices) is available separately. This is a companion to the 2015 three-volume Alice...

Safe space conversations can be the foundations to build bridges between our differences of race, culture, social issues, and all things that affect everyday people. This workbook is intended to help professors and other educators, public leaders, non-profits, community organizers, and the public interested...

Literary artefacts--the stories people tell, the songs they sing, the scenes they enact--are neither a by-product nor a side-issue in human culture. They provide a model of everything that cognition does. They refuse to separate thought from emotion, bodily responses from ethical reflection, perception...

Magazine. Poetry. The debut issue includes work by Kazim Ali, Tara Betts, Laynie Browne, Amanda Cobb, Adam Fieled, Alice B. Fogel, Mariela Griffor, Brian Henry, Ilya Kaminsky, Talia Katowicz, Nikoletta Nousiopoulos, Verandah Porhce, Steven Riel, Edith Sodergran, and Miguel Alejandro Valerio.Author: Jacqueline GensISBN-10: 1934851205ISBN-13:...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Robert HerrickISBN-10: 1500658189ISBN-13: 9781500658182Publisher: Createspace Independent...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

A poetic work by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, telling the story of a young woman's journey of self-discovery and artistic expression. Touches on themes of social justice, gender roles, and the role of art in society.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

Published in 1913, this collection of essays explores the intersection of literature and psychology. Walkley applies the principles of modern psychology to works of literature by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and William Shakespeare. Walkley's insights into the workings of the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In Olympus Heights, poets Kevin Carey and Colleen Michaels reimagine the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology as contemporary neighbors in a gated community. You know them: overblown architecture, inflated ego, misplaced desire. This collaborative chapbook, offered up as farce, is the result of...

Milton's Poetical Works is a collection of the finest poetry written by the English poet John Milton. It includes such masterpieces as Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, and Lycidas, as well as a host of shorter poems. This beautifully designed edition is accompanied by an...

A master of the art of the essay, Mary McCarthy's 'On the Contrary' offers a thoughtful and incisive exploration of the issues and ideas that defined mid-century America. Whether reflecting on the challenges of feminism, the contradictions of politics, or the complexities of art...

Alice in a World of Wonderlands: The English-Language Editions of the Four Alice Books Published Worldwide is a two-volume set; this is Volume 2 (Checklists and Appendices). Volume 1 (Essays and Illustrations) is available separately. This is a companion to the 2015 three-volume Alice...

"If you have time you can obtain money- usually. But... you cannot buy yourself a minute more time than I have." You have to live on twenty-four hours of daily time. Out of it you have to spin health, pleasure, money, content, respect, and...

Social Minds in the Novel is the highly readable sequel to Alan Palmer's award-winning and much-acclaimed Fictional Minds. Here he argues that because of its undue emphasis on the inner, introspective, private, solitary, and individual mind, literary theory tells only part of the story...

Over the past two decades, theatre practitioners across the West have turned to documentary modes of performance-making to confront new socio-political realities. The essays in this book place this work in context, exploring historical and contemporary examples of documentary and 'verbatim' theatre, and applying...

How can children grow to realize their inherent rights and respect the rights of others? In this book, authors Jonathan Todres and Sarah Higinbotham explore this question through both human rights law and children's literature. Both international and domestic law affirm that children have...

The history of travel writing goes back thousands of years. Long practised in several different cultures and languages around the world, it is as varied as the people who journey and their reasons for doing so. Pilgrims and atheists, agents of imperialism and revolutionaries,...

Customised Books in Early Modern Europe and the Americas, 1400‒1700 examines the form, function, and meaning of alterations made by users to the physical structure of their book, through insertion or interpolation, subtraction or deletion, adjustments in the ordering of folios or quires, amendments...

This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these realist novelists created fiction using rhetoric...

"Thomas Carlyle" from John Nichol. Scottish literary academic (1833-1894).Author: The Perfect Library, John NicholISBN-10: 1512292621ISBN-13: 9781512292626Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2015Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Murat HalsteadISBN-10: 1499286651ISBN-13: 9781499286656Publisher: Createspace Independent...

The book ""The Meaning of the Myth of Kadmos, and of the Drama The Adorers of Bakcheus"" by James Morgan Pryse is a comprehensive analysis of the ancient Greek myth of Kadmos and the drama ""The Adorers of Bakcheus"". The author delves deep into...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In Of Effacement, David Marriott endeavors to demolish established opinion about what blackness is and reorient our understanding of what it is not in art, philosophy, autobiography, literary theory, political theory, and psychoanalysis. With the critical rigor and polemical bravura which he displayed in...

Folklore: The Basics is an engaging guide to the practice and interpretation of folklore. Taking examples from around the world, it explores the role of folklore in expressing fundamental human needs, desires, and anxieties that often are often not revealed through other means. Providing...

This collection of lyrical and inspirational poems by Edwin Markham, one of America's most beloved poets of the early 20th century, celebrates the beauty, diversity, and dignity of human experience. Markham's poetry blends a deep appreciation for nature, art, and spirituality with a compassionate...

This collection of poems features the works of acclaimed poet James Montgomery. A prolific writer in the late 1700s and early 1800s, Montgomery was known for his poignant and lyrical verse, which often addressed social and political issues of the time. This volume includes...

This book aims to broaden Borgesian scholarship by presenting the ignored and suppressed juvenilia, 1919-1923-the poetry, essays, manifestos and criticism-of a "literary genius" who, two decades later, would become one of the twentieth century's most celebrated authors. Borges aficionados, upon reading this book, will...

Daniel Defoe's account of his travels through the west of England, from London to Land's End. Defoe describes the towns, villages, and countryside he encounters, as well as the people he meets along the way, offering a colorful and engaging portrait of life in...

The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age is a classic work by Andrew Lang and William Young Sellar that examines the work of Horace and the elegiac poets of ancient Rome. Lang and Sellar provide a detailed analysis of the poetry of these great...