wyszukanych pozycji: 25
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Owen Wister and the West, 30
ISBN: 9780806146751 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Westerns are rarely only about the West. From the works of James Fenimore Cooper to Gary Cooper, stories set in the American West have served as vehicles for topical commentary. More than any other pioneer of the genre, Owen Wister turned the Western into a form of social and political critique, touching on such issues as race, the environment, women's rights, and immigration. In Owen Wister and the West, a biographical-literary account of Wister's life and writings, Gary Scharnhorst shows how the West shaped Wister's career and ideas, even as he lived and worked in the East. Westerns are rarely only about the West. From the works of James Fenimore Cooper to Gary Cooper, stories set in the American West have served as vehic...
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163,58 zł |
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Bret Harte: Opening the American Literary West
ISBN: 9780806153513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bret Harte was the best-known and highest-paid writer in America in the early 1870s, yet his vexed attempts to earn a living by his pen led to the failure of his marriage and, in 1878, his departure for Europe. Gary Scharnhorst's biography of Harte traces the growing commercial appeal of western fiction and drama on both sides of the Atlantic during the Gilded Age, a development in which Harte played a crucial role. Harte's pioneering use of California local color in such stories as "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" challenged genteel assumptions about western writing and helped open... Bret Harte was the best-known and highest-paid writer in America in the early 1870s, yet his vexed attempts to earn a living by his pen led to the ... |
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134,40 zł |
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Kate Field: The Many Lives of a Nineteenth-Century American Journalist
ISBN: 9780815608745 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Kate Field was among the first celebrity journalists. A literary and cultural sensation, she reported the news while frequently becoming news herself because of her sharp wit and vibrant presence. She wrote for several prestigious newspapers, such as the "Boston Post", "Chicago Tribune", and "New York Herald", as well her own "Kate Field's Washington". Field's friends and professional acquaintances included Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anthony Trollope, and George Eliot. Legendary novelist Henry James patterned the character of Henrietta Stackpole after her in...
Kate Field was among the first celebrity journalists. A literary and cultural sensation, she reported the news while frequently becoming news herself ...
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116,51 zł |
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The Life of Mark Twain: The Early Years, 1835-1871volume 1
ISBN: 9780826221445 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 718 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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264,69 zł |
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The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years, 1891-1910volume 3
ISBN: 9780826222411 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 712 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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264,69 zł |
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Mark Twain on Potholes and Politics: Letters to the Editorvolume 1
ISBN: 9780826220462 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Whether he was taking us along for a journey down the Mississippi with a couple of runaways or delivering speeches on the importance of careful lying, Mark Twain had an innate ability to captivate readers and listeners alike with his trademark humor and sarcasm. Twain never lacked for material, either, as his strong opinions regarding most issues gave him countless opportunities to articulate his thoughts in the voice that only he could provide.
A frequent outlet for Twain s wit was in letters to the editors of various newspapers and periodicals. Sharing his thoughts and opinions on... Whether he was taking us along for a journey down the Mississippi with a couple of runaways or delivering speeches on the importance of careful lying,...
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232,25 zł |
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A History of Poets' Reception of Mark Twain, 1863-1936
ISBN: 9781036403577 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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394,70 zł |
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The Life of Mark Twain 3 Volume Set
ISBN: 9780826222770 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This three-volume, hardcover set of Gary Scharnhorst's biography of Samuel Clemens includes The Life of Mark Twain: The Early Years, 1835-1871; The Life of Mark Twain: The Middle Years, 1871-1891; and The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years, 1891-1910.
This three-volume, hardcover set of Gary Scharnhorst's biography of Samuel Clemens includes The Life of Mark Twain: The Early Years, 1835-1871; The Li...
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551,57 zł |
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Owen Wister and the West
ISBN: 9780806194097 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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122,72 zł |
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The Life of Mark Twain: The Middle Years, 1871-1891volume 2
ISBN: 9780826221896 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 777 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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264,69 zł |
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Julian Hawthorne: The Life of a Prodigal Son
ISBN: 9780252038341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and the Beecher family, Julian became a promising novelist in his twenties, but his writing soon devolved into mediocrity. What talent the young Hawthorne had was spent chasing across the changing literary and publishing landscapes of the period in search of a paycheck, writing everything from potboilers to ad copy. Julian was consistently short of funds because--as biographer Gary... Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Rai... |
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178,45 zł |
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Vital Issues: Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the Boston Woman's Journal, 1904
ISBN: 9780826366542 / Angielski / 01-10-2024 Książka dostępna od: 01-10-2024 |
Planowany termin premiery książki: 01-10-2024
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176,55 zł |
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Literary Eats: Emily Dickinson's Gingerbread, Ernest Hemingway's Picadillo, Eudora Welty's Onion Pie and 400+ Other Recipes from Amer
ISBN: 9780786475483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes, some 500 in all, for drinks and dishes that more than 150 American authors since the late 18th century are known to have enjoyed. The book should appeal to amateur chefs and so-called "foodies" who may want to test some of the recipes in their kitchens; to American literature instructors and scholars who may use it as a teaching tool; and general readers who will read it for pleasure. In effect, this is a celebrity cookbook to which many literary celebrities, living and dead, have contributed, among them Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rudolfo...
This is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes, some 500 in all, for drinks and dishes that more than 150 American authors since the late 18t...
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181,08 zł |
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Bibliography
ISBN: 9780810846593 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. New in Paperback Gilman (1860-1935), best known today for "The Yellow Wall-paper" and Women and Economics and a prolific writer, was virtually forgotten until the 1970s. Even now her publications are still largle inaccessible, and this first comprehensive bibliography traces the original appearances of her works, their republications, and their translations. Cloth edition published in 1985.
New in Paperback Gilman (1860-1935), best known today for "The Yellow Wall-paper" and Women and Economics and a prolific writer, was virtually forgot...
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438,15 zł |
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Vital Issues: Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the Boston Woman's Journal, 1904
ISBN: 9780826366535 / Angielski / 01-10-2024 Książka dostępna od: 01-10-2024 |
Planowany termin premiery książki: 01-10-2024
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435,37 zł |
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The Critical Response to Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter
ISBN: 9780313275999 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Scarlet Letter is virtually unique among works of American fiction because it has not lapsed from print in over 140 years. The history of its reception, which is fully articulated in the volume introduction, may be read as a case study in canon formation. The collection of documents in the volume outline the highs and lows of Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary reputation and the elevation of his first and best-known romance to the rank of masterpiece and classic. Also included is a selective bibliography of modern scholarship. Among the early documents reprinted are... The Scarlet Letter is virtually unique among works of American fiction because it has not lapsed from print in over 140 years. The history of its r... |
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346,08 zł |
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Twain in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associ
ISBN: 9781587299148 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Never one to suffer fools gladly, especially if they wore crinolines, Mark Twain lost as many friends as he made, and he targeted them all indiscriminately. The first major American writer born west of the Mississippi River, he enjoys a reputation unrivaled in American literary history, and from the beginning of his career he tried to control that reputation by fiercely protecting his public persona. Not a debunking account of Twain s life but refreshingly immune from his relentless image making, Gary Scharnhorst s "Twain in His Own Time" offers an anecdotal version of Twain s life over... Never one to suffer fools gladly, especially if they wore crinolines, Mark Twain lost as many friends as he made, and he targeted them all indiscri... |
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129,51 zł |
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The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Writings
ISBN: 9780140439175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bret Harte was at the forefront of western American literature, paving the way for other writers, including Mark Twain. For the first time in one volume, The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Writings brings together not only Harte's best-known pieces including "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," but also the original transcription of the famous 1882 essay "The Argonauts of '49" as well as a selection of his poetry, lesser-known essays, and three of his Condensed Novels-parodies of James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
For... Bret Harte was at the forefront of western American literature, paving the way for other writers, including Mark Twain. For the first time in one volu...
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75,03 zł |
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Ragged Dick and Risen from the Ranks
ISBN: 9781554812363 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger's most successful book, Alger codified the basic formula he would follow in nearly a hundred subsequent novels for boys: a young hero, inexperienced in the temptations of the city but morally armed to resist them, is unexpectedly forced to earn a livelihood. The hero's exemplary struggle--to retain his virtue, to clear his name of accusations, and to gain economic independence--was the basis of the Alger plot. Hugely popular at the turn of the twentieth century, Alger's works have at different times been framed as a model for the "American dream" and... In Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger's most successful book, Alger codified the basic formula he would follow in nearly a hundred subsequent nove... |
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107,88 zł |
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John Ermine of the Yellowstone
ISBN: 9780803218789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. No one knew how the blue-eyed, blond-haired white baby came to be abandoned, but the Crow tribe that found him raised him as one of its own. As he grew into adolescence, White Weasel was taken to Crooked-Bear, a white man who had long ago abandoned society for a solitary mountain existence and who acted as counselor to the Crow elders. Under Crooked-Bear's tutelage, White Weasel was schooled in white ways and rechristened John Ermine. Frederic Remington's compelling tale relates Ermine's successful reintroduction into white society, his heroic exploits as a scout in the military, and his...
No one knew how the blue-eyed, blond-haired white baby came to be abandoned, but the Crow tribe that found him raised him as one of its own. As he gre...
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66,73 zł |