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I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes
ISBN: 9780061358135 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart. Describing something by relating it to another thing is the essence of metaphorical thought. It is one of the oldest activities of humankind--and one of the most impressive when done skillfully. Throughout history, many masters of metaphor have crafted observations that are so spectacular they have taken up a permanent residence in our minds. In I Never Metaphor I Didn't... The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving... |
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Ways of Seeing, Ways of Speaking: The Integration of Rhetoric and Vision in Constructing the Real
ISBN: 9781602350328 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in WAYS OF SEEING, WAYS OF SPEAKING: THE INTEGRATION OF RHETORIC AND VISION IN CONSTRUCTING THE REAL explore the intersections among image, word, and visual habits in shaping realities and subjectivities. Each of the nine authors addresses the following question: How is the constitution of our world and our identities composed of the intricate interweaving of imagery, rhetoric, and shared ways of seeing? Central to the essays comprising this book is the belief that how we articulate our realities and identities is inseparable from how we see reality and what we see as reality....
The essays in WAYS OF SEEING, WAYS OF SPEAKING: THE INTEGRATION OF RHETORIC AND VISION IN CONSTRUCTING THE REAL explore the intersections among image,...
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Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles
ISBN: 9780822342083 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first book of its kind, Our Caribbean is an anthology of lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles. The author and activist Thomas Glave has gathered outstanding fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and poetry by little-known writers together with selections by internationally celebrated figures such as Jose Alcantara Almanzar, Reinaldo Arenas, Dionne Brand, Michelle Cliff, Audre Lorde, Achy Obejas, and Assotto Saint. The result is an unprecedented literary conversation on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experiences throughout the Caribbean and its far-flung diaspora. Many...
The first book of its kind, Our Caribbean is an anthology of lesbian and gay writing from across the Antilles. The author and activist Thomas G...
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Landmark Essays on Contemporary Rhetoric: Volume 15
ISBN: 9781880393109 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work brings together the pivotal, scholarly essays responsible for the present resurgence in rhetorical studies. Assembled by one of the most respected senior scholars in the field of rhetoric, the essays chart a course from tradition-based theory of civic rhetoric to ongoing issues of figuration, power, and gender. Together with a lucid introductory essay, these studies help to integrate the still-volatile questions at the core of humanities scholarship in rhetoric. The introductory student as well as the seasoned scholar will gain familiarity and footing in this oldest--and still...
This work brings together the pivotal, scholarly essays responsible for the present resurgence in rhetorical studies. Assembled by one of the most res...
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Advances in the History of Rhetoric: The First Six Years
ISBN: 9781602350373 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DESCRIPTION: ADVANCES IN THE HISTORY OF RHETORIC: THE FIRST SIX YEARS is a comprehensive collection of 29 scholarly essays published during the first phase of the journal's history. Research from prominent and developing scholars that was once difficult to acquire is now offered in a coherent and comprehensive collection that is complemented by a detailed index and unified bibliography. This collection covers a range of periods and topics in the history of rhetoric, including Greek and Roman rhetoric, rhetoric and religion, women in the history of rhetoric, rhetoric and science, Renaissance...
DESCRIPTION: ADVANCES IN THE HISTORY OF RHETORIC: THE FIRST SIX YEARS is a comprehensive collection of 29 scholarly essays published during the first ...
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Rhetoric at the Margins: Revising the History of Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1873-1947
ISBN: 9780809328345 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Rhetoric at the Margins: Revising the History of Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1873-1947 "examines the rhetorical education of African American, female, and working-class college students in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The rich case studies in this work encourage a reconceptualization of both the history of rhetoric and composition and the ways we make use of it. Author David Gold uses archival materials to study three types of institutions historically underrepresented in disciplinary histories: a black liberal arts college in rural East Texas (Wiley... "Rhetoric at the Margins: Revising the History of Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1873-1947 "examines the rhetorical education of African... |
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Refiguring Rhetorical Education: Women Teaching African American, Native American, and Chicano/A Students, 1865-1911
ISBN: 9780809328352 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Refiguring Rhetorical Education: Women Teaching African American, Native American, and Chicano/a Students, 1865-1911 "examines the work of five female teachers who challenged gendered and cultural expectations to create teaching practices that met the civic and cultural needs of their students. The volume analyzes Lydia Maria Child s "The Freedmen s Book, " a postCivil War educational textbook for newly freed slaves; Zitkala a s autobiographical essays published in the "Atlantic Monthly" in 1900 that questioned the work of off-reservation boarding schools for Native American students;... "Refiguring Rhetorical Education: Women Teaching African American, Native American, and Chicano/a Students, 1865-1911 "examines the work of five fe... |
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The Contemporary Reception of Classical Rhetoric : Appropriations of Ancient Discourse
ISBN: 9780805811261 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text traces the roots of classical rhetoric in the modern world. It discusses adaptability of the material to language situations. It concludes that classical rhetoric can address any situation as it focuses on critical stances to discourse, and offers theories for the production of discourse.
This text traces the roots of classical rhetoric in the modern world. It discusses adaptability of the material to language situations. It concludes t...
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On Nursing: A Literary Celebration
ISBN: 9780887375774 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology introduces a body of literature that nurses and health care professionals can turn to for support, inspiration, and catharsis . Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Eliot are among the featured contributors in an inspiring selection of poems, biographies, essays, letters, articles, and stories.
This anthology introduces a body of literature that nurses and health care professionals can turn to for support, inspiration, and catharsis . Maya An...
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Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton: A Defining Political Debate
ISBN: 9781581129854 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The founding of American jurisprudence can be traced to the debates that occurred between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson early in the history of our nation. A Defining Political Debate explores the core tension between the two men over the ability of the judiciary to preserve the core values of republican government. The author takes you through the normative dimensions of the Hamilton and Jefferson debates and provides an analysis of what this means for our current state of affairs.
The founding of American jurisprudence can be traced to the debates that occurred between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson early in the history...
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1977: A Cultural Moment in Composition
ISBN: 9781602350403 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Debby Boone and Rocky Balboa raised the hopes of a country in financial and political crisis, U.S. colleges sought to meet the needs of a growing and increasingly diverse student body while also responding to the public outcry for tangible results. Within English departments, especially in publicly funded institutions, writing instruction came under heightened scrutiny as politicians and taxpayers wondered "Why Johnny Can't Write." Scholars and teachers of writing responded as best they could to these pressures, conducting research on writing processes, developing new pedagogies better...
As Debby Boone and Rocky Balboa raised the hopes of a country in financial and political crisis, U.S. colleges sought to meet the needs of a growing a...
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Writing the Visual: A Practical Guide for Teachers of Composition and Communication
ISBN: 9781602350465 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. WRITING THE VISUAL: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR TEACHERS OF COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION offers a variety of creative and theoretically based approaches to the development of visual literacy. The book's introduction and twelve chapters provide an array of pedagogical perspectives, exceptional field-tested assignments for students writing across the disciplines, and a strong bibliographic base from which readers might continue their exploration of visual studies. Presenting ideas both imaginative and practical for teachers and advanced students, WRITING THE VISUAL aims to expand our understanding...
WRITING THE VISUAL: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR TEACHERS OF COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION offers a variety of creative and theoretically based approaches to...
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Landmark Essays on Kenneth Burke: Volume 2
ISBN: 9781880393055 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the inaugural series of "Landmark Essay" books, this is the only volume which focuses on the work of one scholar. Kenneth Burke -- poet, scholar, critic, iconoclast, eccentric, and Yankee crank -- is the major figure in American humanities in the twentieth century. He does not fit tidily into any philosophical school, nor is he reducible to any simple set of principles and ideas. Scholars from many fields -- communication, English, history, sociology, and more -- have studied Burke's theories and critical methods which have spawned reams of commentary, extension, debate, and application....
In the inaugural series of "Landmark Essay" books, this is the only volume which focuses on the work of one scholar. Kenneth Burke -- poet, scholar, c...
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Nobel Lectures in Literature (2001-2005)
ISBN: 9789812794352 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Nobel Prize for literature recognizes modern classics and the efforts of authors to bridge gaps between different cultures, time periods and styles. This book features the presentation speeches and the Nobel lectures, provides biographies, and the Nobel laureates' accounts of years of preparation and effort that led to their achievements.
The Nobel Prize for literature recognizes modern classics and the efforts of authors to bridge gaps between different cultures, time periods and style...
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Time to Know Them: A Longitudinal Study of Writing and Learning at the College Level
ISBN: 9780805827231 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study follows the experiences of a group of students labelled "underprepared" over their college career, looking at their writing, learning and intellectual development. In a time of declining resources, evidence of potential for success may become essential justification for a college place.
This study follows the experiences of a group of students labelled "underprepared" over their college career, looking at their writing, learning and i...
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Caesar and the Crisis of the Roman Aristocracy: A Civil War Reader
ISBN: 9780806139630 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the greatest military and political geniuses in western history, Julius Caesar stirs almost as much controversy today as he did in his own time. Neutrality toward Caesar may well be impossible-and according to James Reubel, it is undesirable. Reubel introduces students of Latin to Caesar and the civil war that Pompey led against him from 49 to 48 B.C. By presenting the Roman leader in his own words and those of his contemporaries, the book forces readers to confront the same choices that Cicero and others faced in this tumultous period. Ruebel places the readings in historical context...
One of the greatest military and political geniuses in western history, Julius Caesar stirs almost as much controversy today as he did in his own time...
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The Paris Review Anthology
ISBN: 9780393027693 / Angielski / Twarda / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A selection of representative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the Anthology from 1953 to present.
A selection of representative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the Anthology from 1953 to present.
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An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric: Essential Readings
ISBN: 9781405158619 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An anthology of primary texts in translation, An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric offers an overview of the social, cultural, and intellectual factors that influenced the development and growth of rhetoric during the classical period.
An anthology of primary texts in translation, An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric offers an overview of the social, cultural, and intellectua...
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Narrative Beginnings: Theories and Practices
ISBN: 9780803239746 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Eliot wrote that man cannot do without the make-believe of a beginning. Beginnings, it turns out, can be quite unusual, complex, and deceptive. The first major volume to focus on this critical but neglected topic, this collection brings together theoretical studies and critical analyses of beginnings in a wide range of narrative works spanning several centuries and genres. The international and interdisciplinary scope of these essays, representing every major theoretical perspective including feminist, cognitive, postcolonial, postmodern, rhetorical, ethnic, narratological, and...
George Eliot wrote that man cannot do without the make-believe of a beginning. Beginnings, it turns out, can be quite unusual, complex, and deceptive....
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Romanticism: A Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780230000346 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a wide-ranging collection of the key contextual documents which inform the Romantic period. It includes material on fiercely debated areas such as the French Revolution, women, the slave trade, science and religion. Documents are supported by substantial editorial material, drawing connections to the major Romantic texts.
This book is a wide-ranging collection of the key contextual documents which inform the Romantic period. It includes material on fiercely debated area...
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