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Two centuries of writers drawn to Mexico from D. H. Lawrence, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, and Tennessee Williams to Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, and Sandra Cisneros
This scintillating literary travel guide gathers the work of great writers celebrating Mexico in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Ranging from 1843 to the present, Mexico in Mind offers a remarkably varied sampling of English-speaking writers impressions of the land south of the border.
John Reed rides with Pancho Villa in 1914; Graham Greene defends Mexico s priests; Langston Hughes describes a...

This study is the first practice based Ph.D. of its kind in Denmark, developed within the academic frames of the University of Copenhagen, but in close collaboration with the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen. Having been developed by a visual artist the interplay between the production of art works and theoretical reflections has been especially productive since it has revealed to unexpected academic perspectives. The study investigates the relationship between literature and film, and the significance of the still within the film. The study includes three adaptations of literature to...

Since Columbus arrived in 1492 and called Cuba -the most beautiful country that human eyes have ever seen, - few places on earth have evoked such passion. The thirty-one writers in Cuba in Mind offer ample proof of the fascinations that have lured generations of travelers.
In this richly varied anthology of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, we hear from such famous visitors as Anthony Trollope, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, and Graham Greene. Poets and journalists offer their responses, from Allen Ginsberg and Jayne Cortez to Alma Guillermoprieto and Robert Stone; and novelists...

This book, written by a team of female veterans and military scholars, argues that female veterans are not fully recognized when seeking institutional VA benefits. It addresses how society neglects to fully acknowledge their service and how the veterans themselves fail to voice their status for fear of further mistreatment or indifference. The book gives an overview of the social roles of women in society and how those perceptions compete with a woman's role in active military successful reintegration.

Focusing on questions of space and locale in children's literature, this collection explores how metaphorical and physical space can create landscapes of power, knowledge, and identity in texts from the early nineteenth century to the present. The collection is comprised of four sections that take up the space between children and adults, the representation of 'real world' places, fantasy travel and locales, and the physical space of the children's book-as-object. In their essays, the contributors analyze works from a range of sources and traditions by authors such as Sylvia Plath, Maria...

This book summarizes results of longstanding research and scientific contributions from many projects and relevant working groups. It collects and evaluates wind and wave climate projections under changing climate having design needs and marine safety in focus. Potential impact of projected climate change in met-ocean conditions on ships and offshore structures is discussed and illustrated by an example of the expected wave climate change on tanker design.

Themonograph is intended for students, researchers and industry based engineers who want a summary of the many studies that...