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The Sagebrush Anthology: Literature from the Silver Age of the Old West
ISBN: 9780826216625 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Sagebrush"" School" is a term applied to a group of writers who spent their creative years in Nevada from the 1860s to the early twentieth century its most illustrious representative being Mark Twain. Yet most of their work was never republished from the periodicals in which it first appeared and today remains largely unknown to many scholars and aficionados of Western literature. Lawrence I. Berkove, acknowledged as the leading authority on this body of literature, has assembled an exceptional collection that rescues the lively works of the Sagebrush School from the dusty archives in... "Sagebrush"" School" is a term applied to a group of writers who spent their creative years in Nevada from the 1860s to the early twentieth century... |
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293,14 zł |
The Sagebrush Anthology: Literature from the Silver Age of the Old West
ISBN: 9780826216519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Sagebrush"" School" is a term applied to a group of writers who spent their creative years in Nevada from the 1860s to the early twentieth century its most illustrious representative being Mark Twain. Yet most of their work was never republished from the periodicals in which it first appeared and today remains largely unknown to many scholars and aficionados of Western literature. Lawrence I. Berkove, acknowledged as the leading authority on this body of literature, has assembled an exceptional collection that rescues the lively works of the Sagebrush School from the dusty archives in... "Sagebrush"" School" is a term applied to a group of writers who spent their creative years in Nevada from the 1860s to the early twentieth century... |
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178,87 zł |
Critical Insights: Jack London: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781587658303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume in the Critical Insights series begins with an essay entitled "On Jack London," which is a brief discussion of his life and works. A longer biographical section follows. Original essays include a discussion of the literary careers of Jack London and Mark Twain and a close examination of the critical reception of London's works. Other essays discuss London's use of Carl Jung's Psychology of the Unconscious, his use of Naturalism in his early works and the themes of androgyny throughout his novels.
This volume in the Critical Insights series begins with an essay entitled "On Jack London," which is a brief discussion of his life and works. A longe...
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564,56 zł |
The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
ISBN: 9780812971187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This unique collection of Twain s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog and The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius."
This unique collection of Twain s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author s vast imagination. Featuri...
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97,52 zł |
Before the Big Bonanza: Dan de Quille's Early Comstock Accounts
ISBN: 9780826220387 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The discovery and mining of the Comstock Lode in Nevada forever changed the mining culture of the American West. Using the pen name Dan De Quille, in 1876 William Wright published The Big Bonanza, the best-known contemporary account of the Comstock Lode mines. Previously, however, in nearly fifty newspaper accounts from 1860 to 1863, De Quille had documented the development of the early Comstock with a frankness, abundance of detail, sense of immediacy, and excitement largely absent from his book. Donnelyn Curtis and Lawrence I. Berkove have gathered those accounts together in...
The discovery and mining of the Comstock Lode in Nevada forever changed the mining culture of the American West. Using the pen name Dan De Quille, in ...
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380,00 zł |