wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Literature and Cartography: Theories, Histories, Genres
ISBN: 9780262036740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the text. Today, the convergence of digital mapping and globalization has spurred a cartographic turn in literature. This book gathers leading scholars to consider the relationship of literature and cartography. Generously illustrated with full-color maps and visualizations, it offers the first systematic overview of an emerging approach to the study of literature. The literary map is not merely an... Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bea... |
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171,52 zł |
Martial Aesthetics: How War Became an Art Form
ISBN: 9780804799942 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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105,28 zł |
Visualizing War: Emotions, Technologies, Communities
ISBN: 9780367322731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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210,62 zł |
Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things
ISBN: 9780674967649 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Napoleon's campaigns were the most complex military undertakings in history before the nineteenth century. But the defining battles of Austerlitz, Borodino, and Waterloo changed more than the nature of warfare. Concepts of chance, contingency, and probability became permanent fixtures in the West's understanding of how the world works. Empire of Chance examines anew the place of war in the history of Western thought, showing how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge. Soldiers returning from the battlefields were forced to reconsider basic questions about... Napoleon's campaigns were the most complex military undertakings in history before the nineteenth century. But the defining battles of Austerlitz, ... |
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254,75 zł |
Contextualising Early Christian Martyrdom
ISBN: 9783631595138 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This collection of essays examines Christian martyrdom by locating it in different historical, cultural and social contexts. Chronologically, the book analyses traditions predating the Christian martyr literature and ideology proper, and studies an example of how this ideology was transformed in the post-Constantinian era. Within this chronological span the following contextual themes are discussed: the arena and the values represented by gladiatorial combat and executions; the reaction of others to Christian martyrdom and martyr ideology; how Christians differentiated suicide from martyrdom;...
This collection of essays examines Christian martyrdom by locating it in different historical, cultural and social contexts. Chronologically, the book...
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473,72 zł |
Visualizing War: Emotions, Technologies, Communities
ISBN: 9781138693432 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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790,02 zł |
War and Aesthetics: Art, Technology, and the Futures of Warfare
ISBN: 9780262048736 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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197,51 zł |
War and Literary Studies
ISBN: 9781316511480 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. War and Literary Studies poses two main questions: First, how has war shaped the field of literary studies? And second, when scholars today study the literature of war what are the key concepts in play? Seeking to complement the extant scholarship, this volume adopts a wider and more systematic approach as it directs our attention to the relation between warfare and literary studies as a field of knowledge. What are the key characteristics of the language of war? Of gender in war? Which questions are central to the way we engage with war and trauma or war and sensation? In which ways were...
War and Literary Studies poses two main questions: First, how has war shaped the field of literary studies? And second, when scholars today study the ...
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405,47 zł |