wyszukanych pozycji: 11
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London in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associ
ISBN: 9781609387112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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369,50 zł |
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Trickster Lives
ISBN: 9780820322773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At once criminal and savior, clown and creator, antagonist and mediator, the character of trickster has made frequent appearances in works by writers the world over. As Margaret Atwood observed, trickster gods "stand where the door swings open on its hinges and the horizon expands; they operate where things are joined together and, thus, can also fall apart." A shaping force in American literature, trickster has appeared in such characters as Huckleberry Finn, Rinehart, Sula, and Nanapush. Usually a figure both culturally specific and transcendent, trickster leads the way to the... At once criminal and savior, clown and creator, antagonist and mediator, the character of trickster has made frequent appearances in works by write... |
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156,51 zł |
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Trickster Lives
ISBN: 9780820352671 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Thirteen new and challenging interpretations of trickster in American writing, including essays on works by African American, Native American, Pacific Rim, and Latino writers, as well as an examination of trickster politics. This innovative collection of work conveys the trickster's unmistakable imprint on the modern world.
Thirteen new and challenging interpretations of trickster in American writing, including essays on works by African American, Native American, Pacific...
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522,78 zł |
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Jack London's Racial Lives : A Critical Biography
ISBN: 9780820327891 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Jack London (1876-1916), known for his naturalistic and mythic tales, remains among the most popular and influential American writers in the world. "Jack London's Racial Lives" offers the first full study of the enormously important issue of race in London's life and diverse works, whether set in the Klondike, Hawaii, or the South Seas or during the Russo-Japanese War, the Jack Johnson world heavyweight bouts, or the Mexican Revolution. Jeanne Campbell Reesman explores his choices of genre by analyzing racial content and purpose and judges his literary artistry against a standard of racial... Jack London (1876-1916), known for his naturalistic and mythic tales, remains among the most popular and influential American writers in the world.... |
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192,52 zł |
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Jack London's Racial Lives: A Critical Biography
ISBN: 9780820337814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jack London (1876-1916), known for his naturalistic and mythic tales, remains among the most popular and influential American writers in the world. "Jack London's Racial Lives" offers the first full study of the enormously important issue of race in London's life and diverse works, whether set in the Klondike, Hawaii, or the South Seas or during the Russo-Japanese War, the Jack Johnson world heavyweight bouts, or the Mexican Revolution. Jeanne Campbell Reesman explores his choices of genre by analyzing racial content and purpose and judges his literary artistry against a standard of racial... Jack London (1876-1916), known for his naturalistic and mythic tales, remains among the most popular and influential American writers in the world.... |
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182,65 zł |
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Jack London, Photographer
ISBN: 9780820329673 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jack London (1876-1916) remains one of the most widely read American writers, known for his naturalist fiction, socialist novels and essays, journalism, and the many adventures that he shared with the world. London was also an accomplished photographer, producing nearly twelve thousand photographs during his lifetime. "Jack London, Photographer," the first book devoted to London's photography, reveals a vital dimension of his artistry, barely known until now. London's subjects included such peoples as the ragged homeless of London's East End and the freezing refugees of the... Jack London (1876-1916) remains one of the most widely read American writers, known for his naturalist fiction, socialist novels and essays, journa... |
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215,46 zł |
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Speaking the Other Self
ISBN: 9780820337982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Exploring a variety of writers over an array of time periods, subject matter, race and ethnicity, sexual preference, tradition, genre, and style, this volume represents the fruits of Exploring a variety of writers over an array of time periods, subject matter, race and ethnicity, sexual preference, tradition, genre, and style, t... |
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193,10 zł |
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American Designs: The Late Novels of James and Faulkner
ISBN: 9780812282535 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. American Designs addresses three major literary critical issues: the hermeneutics of the novel genre; the intense importance of this genre for American literature; and the way James and Faulkner; by writing within hermeneutic traditions of the modern American novel, explore further than any other writers the particular functions of the novelistic designs they inherited and transformed. Jeanne Campbell Reesman contends that in the late fiction of James and Faulkner the search for knowledge of the self and others is presented as a metafictive issue of power, authority, and... American Designs addresses three major literary critical issues: the hermeneutics of the novel genre; the intense importance of this genre f... |
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432,42 zł |
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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Jack London
ISBN: 9781603291422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A prolific and enduringly popular author--and an icon of American fiction--Jack London is a rewarding choice for inclusion in classrooms from middle school to graduate programs. London's biography and the role played by celebrity have garnered considerable attention, but the breadth of his personal experiences and political views and the many historical and cultural contexts that shaped his work are key to gaining a nuanced view of London's corpus of works, as this volume's wide-ranging perspectives and examples attest. The first section of this volume, "Materials," surveys the many... A prolific and enduringly popular author--and an icon of American fiction--Jack London is a rewarding choice for inclusion in classrooms from middl... |
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487,31 zł |
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A Companion to the American Short Story
ISBN: 9781119685647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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240,71 zł |