wyszukanych pozycji: 9
To Be an Author: Letters of Charles W. Chesnutt, 1889-1905
ISBN: 9780691606613 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Collected in this volume are the 1889--1905 letters of one of the first African-American literary artists to cross the "color line" into the de facto segregated American publishing industry of the turn of the century. Selected for inclusion are those chronicling the rise of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), an attorney and businessman in Cleveland, Ohio, who achieved prominence as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and lecturer despite the obstacles faced by a man of color during the "Jim Crow" period. In his insightful commentaries on his own situation, Chesnutt provides as well a... Collected in this volume are the 1889--1905 letters of one of the first African-American literary artists to cross the "color line" into the de fac... |
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269,10 zł |
To Be an Author: Letters of Charles W. Chesnutt, 1889-1905
ISBN: 9780691635323 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Collected in this volume are the 1889--1905 letters of one of the first African-American literary artists to cross the "color line" into the de facto segregated American publishing industry of the turn of the century. Selected for inclusion are those chronicling the rise of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), an attorney and businessman in Cleveland, Ohio, who achieved prominence as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and lecturer despite the obstacles faced by a man of color during the "Jim Crow" period. In his insightful commentaries on his own situation, Chesnutt provides as well a... Collected in this volume are the 1889--1905 letters of one of the first African-American literary artists to cross the "color line" into the de fac... |
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658,46 zł |
Frank Norris: A Life
ISBN: 9780252077296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Born in Chicago in 1870, Frank Norris led a life of adventure and art. He moved to San Francisco at fifteen, spent two years in Paris painting, returned to San Francisco to become an internationally famous author, and died at age thirty-two from a ruptured appendix. During his short life, he wrote an inspired series of novels about the United States coming of age, including The Octopus, The Pit, and McTeague. Until recently, various obstacles prevented a comprehensive biography of Norris: the writer burned most of his correspondence, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and... Born in Chicago in 1870, Frank Norris led a life of adventure and art. He moved to San Francisco at fifteen, spent two years in Paris painting, ret... |
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110,55 zł |
The Pit: A Story of Chicago
ISBN: 9780140187588 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This classic literary critique of turn-of-the-century capitalism in the United States reveals Norris's powerful story of an obsessed trader intent on cornering the wheat market and the consequences of his unchecked greed.
This classic literary critique of turn-of-the-century capitalism in the United States reveals Norris's powerful story of an obsessed trader intent on ...
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99,02 zł |
John Steinbeck: The Contemporary Reviews
ISBN: 9780521410380 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 590 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck's generation to his many fiction and nonfiction works, as they appeared from the late 1920s on. The articles trace the record of Steinbeck's progress through the 1930s and go on to reflect his steady series of achievements through the 1960s, including his attainment of the Nobel Prize in 1967. These articles offer at last a means of seeing Steinbeck's writings as they were perceived by his contemporaries, whose task it was first to evaluate and interpret them for an ever-growing readership.
This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck's generation to his many fiction and nonfiction works, as they appeared from t...
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774,70 zł |
John Steinbeck: The Contemporary Reviews
ISBN: 9780521114097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck's generation to his many fiction and nonfiction works, as they appeared from the late 1920s on. The articles trace the record of Steinbeck's progress through the 1930s and go on to reflect his steady series of achievements through the 1960s, including his attainment of the Nobel Prize in 1967. These articles offer at last a means of seeing Steinbeck's writings as they were perceived by his contemporaries, whose task it was first to evaluate and interpret them for an ever-growing readership.
This volume is the first to collect the critical responses of Steinbeck's generation to his many fiction and nonfiction works, as they appeared from t...
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406,47 zł |
Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris 1896-1898: Volume 1, 1896-1897, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 219)
ISBN: 9780871692191 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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263,34 zł |
Key Concepts in Crime and Society
ISBN: 9780857022554 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The four authors of this concise volume provide an authoritative introduction to diverse key concepts about crime and its relationship to society. Each chapter starts with a definition (e.g., deviance, social control, normalization), providing readers with the vocabulary and conceptual framework for fully understanding chapter contents... a very good way to expose students and the public (and scholars from outside fields) to definitions, ideas, and theories of crime and society."
- K. Evans, Indiana State University, Choice Key Concepts in... "The four authors of this concise volume provide an authoritative introduction to diverse key concepts about crime and its relationship to society. Ea...
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521,41 zł |
Charles W. Chesnutt: Essays and Speeches
ISBN: 9780804744324 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 636 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the life and work of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), considered by many the major African-American fiction writer before the Harlem Renaissance by virtue of the three novels and two collections of short stories he published between 1899 and 1905. Less familiar are the essays he wrote for American periodicals from 1899 through 1931, the majority of which are analyses of and protests against white racism. Collected as well in this volume are the addresses he made to both white and black audiences from 1881 through 1931, on topics...
Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the life and work of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), considered by many the major African...
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193,73 zł |