wyszukanych pozycji: 8
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George Gissing: Voices of the Unclassed
ISBN: 9781138619760 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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222,59 |
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Journeys in Ireland: Literary Travellers, Rural Landscapes, Cultural Relations
ISBN: 9781859282007 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume offers a reasoned critical account of a wide range of travel writing about rural Ireland. The focus is on work by English travellers who visited Ireland for pleasure, from the ’scenic tourists’ of the post-Romantic period to Eric Newby in the 1980s. Ryle also discusses accounts by American and English anthropologists, as well as writing by Irish authors including J.M. Synge, George Moore, Sean O’Faolain and Colm TóibÃn. The materials reviewed and discussed here, including many books which are now difficult to find, offer illuminating and sometimes entertaining evidence...
This volume offers a reasoned critical account of a wide range of travel writing about rural Ireland. The focus is on work by English travellers who v...
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192,91 |
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George Gissing: Voices of the Unclassed
ISBN: 9780815389217 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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766,88 |
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To Relish the Sublime?: Culture and Self-Realization in Postmodern Times
ISBN: 9781859844618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Martin Ryle and Kate Soper reflect critically on the enduring ideal of 'culture' as the means of intellectual development, exploring the tensions and contradictions between it and the contemporary world of work, pleasure and consumption.
Martin Ryle and Kate Soper reflect critically on the enduring ideal of 'culture' as the means of intellectual development, exploring the tensions and ...
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98,90 |
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Mafia Business: The Mafia Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
ISBN: 9780860918929 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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98,90 |
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Wooden Eyes: Nine Reflections on Distance
ISBN: 9780231119603 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "I am a Jew who was born and who grew up in a Catholic country; I never had a religious education; my Jewish identity is in large measure the result of persecution." This brief autobiographical statement is a key to understanding Carlo Ginzburg's interest in the topic of his latest book: distance. In nine linked essays, he addresses the question: "What is the exact distance that permits us to see things as they are?" To understand our world, suggests Ginzburg, it is necessary to find a balance between being so close to the object that our vision is warped by familiarity or so far from it that...
"I am a Jew who was born and who grew up in a Catholic country; I never had a religious education; my Jewish identity is in large measure the result o...
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199,24 |
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The Enigma of Piero : Piero della Francesca
ISBN: 9781859843789 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Carlo Ginzburg builds up a portrait of Piero della Francesca's patrons and explains the contemporary intrigues resonant in his paintings. This edition includes additional material dealing with the work of Roberto Longhi, the dating of the Arezzo Cycle and the rediscovery of della Francesca.
Carlo Ginzburg builds up a portrait of Piero della Francesca's patrons and explains the contemporary intrigues resonant in his paintings. This edition...
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98,90 |
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The Politics and Pleasures of Consuming Differently
ISBN: 9780230537286 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume casts a critical eye on representations and practices of consumption in the Western world. It offers a unique contemporary perspective on the themes of counter-consumerism, ecological crisis and sustainability that are rising fast on the political and cultural agenda.
This volume casts a critical eye on representations and practices of consumption in the Western world. It offers a unique contemporary perspective on ...
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528,21 |