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Disasters and Heroes: On War, Memory and Representation
ISBN: 9780708318676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Images of war and its commemoration are an everyday presence in contemporary culture, from the embedded reporter in the field to the Last Post at the Menin Gate. "Disasters and Heroes: On War, Memory and Representation" revisits campaigns from the plains of Troy to recent events in the Balkans, examining how wars are represented and remembered. Angus Calder shows how the 'facts'of war are transformed into myths that condition later responses to war, and how the construction of memory begins with wartime events themselves.Beginning with a section devoted to war memorials and the public...
Images of war and its commemoration are an everyday presence in contemporary culture, from the embedded reporter in the field to the Last Post at the ...
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29,69 zł |
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The Myth Of The Blitz
ISBN: 9780712698207 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. During World War II, there seemed to be a gap between the reality and what could be called the myth of the Blitz. The author shows that this myth was not purely propaganda but was a deep-rooted, common conception of pastoral England and the perfect gentleman. This book is the sequel to The People's War. Angus Calder is the author of Speak for Yourself: A Mass-Observation Anthology.
During World War II, there seemed to be a gap between the reality and what could be called the myth of the Blitz. The author shows that this myth was ...
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132,83 zł |
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Selected Poems
ISBN: 9780140435481 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The author of Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is known all over the world as a master storyteller, yet his achievements as a poet have been strangely neglected. This book reveals how much we have been missing. Fascinated by a wide variety of verse techniques, Robert Louis Stevenson produced superb work in styles ranging from folk ballads to witty conversational offerings for his friends. Pieces using Robert Burns's stanza form and dialect rank among the most attractive Scots poetry of the nineteenth century. Angus Calder has brought together many uncollected poems,...
The author of Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is known all over the world as a master storyteller, yet his achievements as a p...
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69,02 zł |