wyszukanych pozycji: 47
Stephen Crane
ISBN: 9780746310267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Stephen Crane provides a general overview of all of Stephen Crane's major works, most notably The Red Badge of Courage the work that arguably shaped Crane's reputation, and many of his minor ones. It seeks to understand the many literary genres in which Crane wrote: newspaper journalism, novels, poetry, sketch and short story.
Stephen Crane provides a general overview of all of Stephen Crane's major works, most notably The Red Badge of Courage the work that arguably shaped C...
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102,24 zł |
The Mind of a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas
ISBN: 9780813927589 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Mind of a Patriot presents an intellectual life of a major figure who has traditionally been seen as an anti-intellectual -child of nature.- This was the view of Patrick Henry that William Wirt presented in his Life of Henry, and it has pervaded every biography since. Hayes presents a very different view of Henry. Starting with neglected pieces of evidence-the inventory of Henry's library-Hayes's unique perspective allows him to position Henry's life within the intellectual currents of the day. After the opening chapter, which shows how Thomas Jefferson's opinions of... The Mind of a Patriot presents an intellectual life of a major figure who has traditionally been seen as an anti-intellectual -child of nat... |
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102,43 zł |
The Two-Wheeled World of George B. Thayer
ISBN: 9780803255258 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Cyclotourism has recently risen to prominence with growing national media coverage and thousands of participants taking to America s roadways on two wheels and under their own pedal power. But the concept is not new. More than a century ago, George B. Thayer took his own first century, or one-hundred-mile bicycle ride. The Two-Wheeled World of George B. Thayer brings to life the experience of late nineteenth-century cycling through the heartfelt story of this important cycling pioneer. In 1886, just two years after his first century, Thayer rode his high wheeler across... Cyclotourism has recently risen to prominence with growing national media coverage and thousands of participants taking to America s roadways on tw... |
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118,85 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9780521797276 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This Companion consists of 14 essays by leading international scholars. They provide a series of new perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. Specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, the essays examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stores and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. This volume will be of interest to scholars as well as students. It features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading.
This Companion consists of 14 essays by leading international scholars. They provide a series of new perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and con...
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119,49 zł |
George Washington: A Life in Books
ISBN: 9780190456672 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally considered the great minds of early America. George Washington, instead, is toasted with accolades regarding his solid common sense and strength in battle. Indeed, John Adams once snobbishly dismissed him as "too illiterate, unlearned, unread for his station and reputation." Yet Adams, as well as the majority of the men who knew Washington in his life, were unaware of his singular devotion to self-improvement. Based on a comprehensive amount of research at the Library of...
When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally considered the great minds of early A...
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144,11 zł |
An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887
ISBN: 9780803244931 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1887 a twenty-one-year-old newspaperman named George Nellis (1865-1948) rode a bicycle from Herkimer, New York, to San Francisco in seventy-two days, surpassing the transcontinental bicycle record by several weeks. He averaged fifty miles a day pedalling a fifty-two-inch, high-wheeled Columbia Expert "ordinary" bicycle with a tubular steel frame and hard rubber tires, and he lost twenty-three pounds in the process. He bicycled ever westward through sleepy villages, farmlands, and growing cities of the rapidly changing nation and trekked across uninhabited stretches of prairies and...
In 1887 a twenty-one-year-old newspaperman named George Nellis (1865-1948) rode a bicycle from Herkimer, New York, to San Francisco in seventy-two day...
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81,90 zł |
Franklin in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associ
ISBN: 9781587299827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In his time Benjamin Franklin (1706 1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as the author of" Poor Richard s Almanack," as a pioneer in the study of electricity and a major figure in the American Enlightenment, as the creator of such life-changing innovations as the lightning rod and America s first circulating library, and as a leader of the American Revolution. His friends also knew him as a brilliant conversationalist, a great wit, an intellectual filled with curiosity, and most of all a master anecdotist whose vast store... In his time Benjamin Franklin (1706 1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as th... |
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131,02 zł |
A History of Virginia Literature
ISBN: 9781107057777 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A History of Virginia Literature chronicles a story that has been more than four hundred years in the making. It looks at the development of literary culture in Virginia from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the twenty-first century. Divided into four main parts, this History examines the literature of colonial Virginia, Jeffersonian Virginia, Civil War Virginia, and modern Virginia. Individual chapters survey such literary genres as diaries, histories, letters, novels, poetry, political writings, promotion literature, science fiction, and slave narratives. Leading scholars also devote...
A History of Virginia Literature chronicles a story that has been more than four hundred years in the making. It looks at the development of literary ...
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523,27 zł |
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 9781578067565 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. There are few writers about whom it can be said that they write just like they speak, but Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) is clearly one of them. In 1958, Kerouac was a struggling writer trying to create a new literary aesthetic based on the rhythms of human speech, jazz-based improvisation, autobiography, and American slang. That year saw the publication of his second novel On the Road, which would instantly propel him to fame and ensconce him in the literary establishment. By 1969, he was dead of internal hemorrhaging brought on by excessive drinking. Though his literary reputation may... There are few writers about whom it can be said that they write just like they speak, but Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) is clearly one of them. In 1958,... |
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163,84 zł |
Joy of My Heart: A Saint Patrick's Day Tale
ISBN: 9781401087777 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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68,93 zł |
Sam Peckinpah: Interviews
ISBN: 9781934110638 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984), an accomplished writer and director of television westerns, did not attract media attention until the release of his second feature-length film, the award-winning Ride the High Country. Peckinpah revealed in early interviews his deep knowledge of film history, an uncompromising aesthetic, and an intolerance for any crew members who did not share his capacity for hard work. As his career progressed, he began having increasingly difficult times with producers who did not share his vision. His problems with them emerge as a major focus of his interviews.... Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984), an accomplished writer and director of television westerns, did not attract media attention until the release of his sec... |
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287,21 zł |
Melville's Folk Roots
ISBN: 9780873386258 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Herman Melville's reputation as a great writer has gradually evolved throughout the past century. Tempered by studies that emphasize the Western literary tradition, literary appreciation for Melville's use of folklore has been slow in developing. This ground-breaking study brings to the forefront the depth of Melville's immersion with and borrowing from oral traditions. Though intended as a survey of Melville's use of folklore, this book serves also as a general introduction to his work. Unencumbered by critical jargon and narrated in an engaging manner, this book will appeal to general...
Herman Melville's reputation as a great writer has gradually evolved throughout the past century. Tempered by studies that emphasize the Western liter...
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163,84 zł |
The Future of the Book: Images of Reading in the American Utopian Novel
ISBN: 9780192856883 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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166,27 zł |
A Colonial Woman's Bookshelf
ISBN: 9781498290227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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127,27 zł |
Edgar Allan Poe in Context
ISBN: 9781107009974 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Edgar Allan Poe mastered a variety of literary forms over the course of his brief and turbulent career. As a storyteller, Poe defied convention by creating Gothic tales of mystery, horror, and suspense that remain widely popular today. This collection demonstrates how Poe's experience of early nineteenth-century American life fueled his iconoclasm and shaped his literary legacy. Rather than provide critical explications of his writings, each essay explores one aspect of Poe's immediate environment, using pertinent writings verse, fiction, reviews, and essays to suit. Examining his...
Edgar Allan Poe mastered a variety of literary forms over the course of his brief and turbulent career. As a storyteller, Poe defied convention by cre...
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523,27 zł |
A Journey Through American Literature
ISBN: 9780199862078 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A vivid snapshot of America's kaleidoscopic literary tradition, A Journey Through American Literature illuminates the authors, works, and events that have shaped our cultural heritage. Kevin J. Hayes charts this history through a series of approachable thematic chapters--Narrative Voice and the Short Story, the Drama of the Everyday, the Great American Novel--that reveal the richness of American literature while providing a compelling set of footholds with which to engage it. Among the topics covered are the role of travel and the symbolism of geography, characters and the importance...
A vivid snapshot of America's kaleidoscopic literary tradition, A Journey Through American Literature illuminates the authors, works, and eve...
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483,87 zł |
Poe and the Printed Word
ISBN: 9780521109628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Kevin Hayes examines the impact of nineteenth-century print culture on Edgar Allan Poe's work.
Kevin Hayes examines the impact of nineteenth-century print culture on Edgar Allan Poe's work.
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166,06 zł |
The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson
ISBN: 9780195307580 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Thomas Jefferson was an avid book-collector, a voracious reader, and a gifted writer--a man who prided himself on his knowledge of classical and modern languages and whose marginal annotations include quotations from Euripides, Herodotus, and Milton. And yet there has never been a literary life of our most literary president. In The Road to Monticello, Kevin J. Hayes fills this important gap by offering a lively account of Jefferson's spiritual and intellectual development, focusing on the books and ideas that exerted the most profound influence on him. Moving chronologically...
Thomas Jefferson was an avid book-collector, a voracious reader, and a gifted writer--a man who prided himself on his knowledge of classical and moder...
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464,18 zł |
At War with the Red Badge of Courage: A Critical and Cultural History
ISBN: 9781640140561 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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415,76 zł |