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Movies in the Age of Obama: The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
ISBN: 9781442241299 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn't let race prevent them for casting their ballots in his favor. In addition to reflecting the changing political climate, Obama's presidency also spurred a cultural shift, notably in music, television, and film. In Movies in the Age of Obama: The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema, David Garrett Izzo presents a varied...
The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By votin...
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370,71 zł |
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Stephen Vincent Benet: Essays on His Life and Work
ISBN: 9780786413645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The first group of essays address Benet's life, times, and personal relationships. Thomas Carr Benet reminisces about his father in the first essay, and others consider Benet's marriage to his wife Rosemary; Archibald MacLeish, Thornton Wilder and Benet as friends, liberal humanists and public activists; and his friendships with Philip Barry, Jed Harris, and Thornton Wilder. The second group contains essays about Benet's poetry, fiction, and drama. They discuss Benet's role in the development of historical poetry in America, John Brown's Body and the Civil War, Hawthorne, Benet and historical...
The first group of essays address Benet's life, times, and personal relationships. Thomas Carr Benet reminisces about his father in the first essay, a...
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221,24 zł |
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Christopher Isherwood Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780786446872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) A comprehensive and accessible reference to the life and work of Christopher Isherwood. It includes entries on influential friends, including W.H. Auden, Aldous Huxley and Stephen Spender, and details the 'roles' Isherwood exemplified during his life - writer, rebel, gay-activist hero, and proud exponent of the Eastern philosophy known as Vedanta.
A comprehensive and accessible reference to the life and work of Christopher Isherwood. It includes entries on influential friends, including W.H. Aud...
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275,04 zł |
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Christopher Isherwood: His Era, His Gang, and the Legacy of the Truly Strong Man
ISBN: 9781570034039 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In a Comprehensive Critical Study of the literary artist, mystic, and gay-activist icon Christopher Isherwood, David Garrett Izzo draws on previously unavailable material to offer a fresh appraisal of the writer's literary milieu and his influence on twentieth-century literature and culture. The first thorough examination of Isherwood's work and life in twenty years, Izzo's analysis brings into play the Mortmere stories, by Isherwood and Edward Upward (dating from the 1920s but published only in 1994), and the Diaries, 1939-1960, published in 1996, to reposition Isherwood within a circle of...
In a Comprehensive Critical Study of the literary artist, mystic, and gay-activist icon Christopher Isherwood, David Garrett Izzo draws on previously ...
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165,85 zł |
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Charles Chesnutt Reappraised: Essays on the First Major African American Fiction Writer
ISBN: 9780786441112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Though he was the first African-American writer of fiction to win major acclaim, recent history has largely ignored the writings of Charles Chesnutt. This collection of essays seeks to confirm and reevaluate the stature of this great American novelist. With essays on his stories and novels, as well as his non-fiction works, this volume looks at topics as diverse as phenomenology, race relations, American historical memory, the Wilmington Race Riots, and the presence of women in Chesnutt's writings, and all with the intent of reaffirming the power of this too easily forgotten chronicler of the...
Though he was the first African-American writer of fiction to win major acclaim, recent history has largely ignored the writings of Charles Chesnutt. ...
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221,24 zł |
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Bruce Springsteen and the American Soul: Essays on the Songs and Influence of a Cultural Icon
ISBN: 9780786459087 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) [For 40 years Bruce Springsteen has been making music on his way to becoming an icon, the conscience of rock 'n roll, and one of the greatest live performers of his generation. This critical work examines the man, his music, the cultural importance of his narrative songs and the singular experience of his live performances. Particular attention is paid to his political consciousness, including his alignment with the working poor, the unemployed, those down on their luck, and those suffering from social and political issues that permeate the American social landscape. It also explores his role...
[For 40 years Bruce Springsteen has been making music on his way to becoming an icon, the conscience of rock 'n roll, and one of the greatest live per...
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167,43 zł |
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Henry James Against the Aesthetic Movement: Essays on the Middle and Late Fiction
ISBN: 9780786425785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Writer Henry James (1843-1916) was born in America but preferred to live in Europe; he finally become a British subject near the end of his life. His status as a permanent outsider is responsible for the recurring themes in his writing dealing with European sophistication (decadence) compared to American lack of sophistication (or innocence). He is respected in modern times for his psychological insight, for being able to reveal his characters' deepest motivations. These 11 essays, along with an introduction and an afterword, examine James's work through the prism of the author's latest...
Writer Henry James (1843-1916) was born in America but preferred to live in Europe; he finally become a British subject near the end of his life. His ...
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221,24 zł |
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The Influence of Mysticism on 20th Century British and American Literature
ISBN: 9780786441068 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book discusses the relationships between the philosophy of Mysticism and more traditional philosophy and literature. The author examines the works of Heraclitus, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Iris Murdoch, Yeats, AE (George Russell), Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Auden, Huxley, Lessing, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Tony Kushner, among others.
This book discusses the relationships between the philosophy of Mysticism and more traditional philosophy and literature. The author examines the work...
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221,24 zł |
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W.H. Auden Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780786449132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Those new to Auden and his writing will find in this book a comprehensive introduction, whilst for Auden scholars the book offers quick access to the details of all his writings, along with entries on the people and events in his life.
Those new to Auden and his writing will find in this book a comprehensive introduction, whilst for Auden scholars the book offers quick access to the ...
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409,82 zł |
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Huxley's Brave New World: Essays
ISBN: 9780786436835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Aldous Huxley's prophetic novel of ideas warned of a terrible future then 600 years away. Though Brave New World was published less than a century ago in 1932, many elements of the novel's dystopic future now seem an eerily familiar part of life in the 21st century. These essays analyze the influence of Brave New World as a literary and philosophical document and describe how Huxley forecast the problems of late capitalism. Topics include the anti-utopian ideals represented by the rigid caste system depicted, the novel's influence on the philosophy of "culture industry"...
Aldous Huxley's prophetic novel of ideas warned of a terrible future then 600 years away. Though Brave New World was published less than a cent...
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167,43 zł |
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Movies in the Age of Obama: The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
ISBN: 9780810895348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This collection of essays looks at how films in the last few years have reflected and juxtaposed the ascent of Barack Obama and his administration. The films examined here include The Help, Django Unchained, Lincoln, The Mist, Invictus, Black Dynamite, and The Great Gatsby.
This collection of essays looks at how films in the last few years have reflected and juxtaposed the ascent of Barack Obama and his administration. Th...
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146,34 zł |
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