Spirits of the Stair: Selected Aphorisms
ISBN: 9781848610620 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Peter Robinson published Untitled Deeds in 2004, a number of his readers expressed surprise that the writer who, as early as 1983, had been described as 'the finest poet of his generation' in PN Review and, two decades later in The Reader, 'the finest poet alive', should suddenly emerge from his exile in Japan as an aphorist. What had happened? While the Western world was declaring war on an abstraction, Robinson had been drawing up peace terms with a host of them. Finding weapons of mass destruction in the speechifying of politicians, and the toxicity of pension plan promises, feeling...
When Peter Robinson published Untitled Deeds in 2004, a number of his readers expressed surprise that the writer who, as early as 1983, had been descr...
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Milton and Gender
ISBN: 9780521123709 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although Milton's contempt for women has been accepted since Samuel Johnson's famous life of the poet, critics continue to debate whether Milton's writings are anti- or pro-feminine, a problem further complicated by his advocacy of "divorce on demand" for men. This book re-evaluates these claims by analyzing his major poems, his four divorce tracts, and the responses of female readers ranging from George Eliot and Virginia Woolf to lesser known artists and revolutionaries.
Although Milton's contempt for women has been accepted since Samuel Johnson's famous life of the poet, critics continue to debate whether Milton's wri...
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Breaking the Silence: Journeys to Recovery
ISBN: 9781920196196 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includingpoems, short stories, and personal essays, this collectionculled from a successful contest now in its fourth yearhonors the perspective of South African girls and women who have been the victims of abuse.Based onthe idea that creative writingaids thehealing process, these selections describe the struggle to survive, the difficulty of reconciling past and present lives, and the enduring nature of the human spirit. Told from a survivor's perspective, the tales paint a textured emotional picture of the highs and lows as victims struggle to put themselves together again, battle to find...
Includingpoems, short stories, and personal essays, this collectionculled from a successful contest now in its fourth yearhonors the perspective of So...
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American Bandwidth: Weblogs & Essays
ISBN: 9781449018993 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Goldsmith: Selected Essays
ISBN: 9780521126700 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oliver Goldsmith, described in a eulogy written by Dr. Johnson as 'a poet, naturalist, and historian, who left scarcely any style of writing untouched', became one of the great figures of the eighteenth-century literary scene. A character as absurd as he was talented, Goldsmith was best known for his novels, poems and plays, such as The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771). Yet Goldsmith also composed a number of excellent essays. As this volume's editor J. H. Lobban argues, 'there is not a single feature of The Vicar of Wakefield's] style that you will not find in his...
Oliver Goldsmith, described in a eulogy written by Dr. Johnson as 'a poet, naturalist, and historian, who left scarcely any style of writing untouched...
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The Songs of António Botto
ISBN: 9780816671014 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Antonio Botto was one of Portugal's first openly gay writers, a poete maudit whose unapologetic and candid verses about homosexual life and passion were both praised and reviled when they appeared in Portuguese in 1922 under the title Cancoes. Botto's poetic voice-confessional, personal, and intimate-revels and luxuriates in eroticism while expressing the ache of longing, silence, and suffering. Yet for all of his acclaim and notoriety-he was both hailed as one of the great poets of his day and condemned for his frank depictions of male-male desire-Botto and his work fell into...
Antonio Botto was one of Portugal's first openly gay writers, a poete maudit whose unapologetic and candid verses about homosexual life and pas...
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The Made-Up Self: Impersonation in the Personal Essay
ISBN: 9781587299131 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The human presence that animates the personal essay is surely one of the most beguiling of literary phenomena, for it comes across in so familiar a voice that it s easy to believe we are listening to the author rather than a textual stand-in. But the person in a personal essay is always a written construct, a fabricated character, its confessions and reminiscences as rehearsed as those of any novelist. In this first book-length study of the personal essay, Carl Klaus unpacks this made-up self and the manifold ways in which a wide range of essayists and essays have brought it to life. By... The human presence that animates the personal essay is surely one of the most beguiling of literary phenomena, for it comes across in so familiar a... |
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Last Essays
ISBN: 9780521190596 / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together work composed from 1890 to 1924, the nineteen pieces collected in the posthumously published Last Essays (1926) serve as a primer to Conrad's wide interests and to the varieties of his style. This edition, supported by an extensive textual apparatus, brings together various prose pieces, including reminiscences, reviews, essays on the sea and politics, as well as several miscellaneous items, including his Congo Diary' and the other notebook he kept in Africa in 1890. The introduction situates these writings in Conrad's career, offers new perspectives on Conrad in the...
Bringing together work composed from 1890 to 1924, the nineteen pieces collected in the posthumously published Last Essays (1926) serve as a primer to...
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Louis-Charles Fougeret de Monbron, 'le Cosmopolite, Ou Le Citoyen Du Monde' (1750)
ISBN: 9781907322044 / Francuski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical edition of Fougeret de Monbron's 'Le Cosmopolite, ou le citoyen du monde' (1750). The introductory notes focus on the links to Voltaire's 'Candide' and show how Monbron's cynical memoirs combined with another important narrative source of 'Candide', La Place's 'Histoire de Tom Jones, ou l'enfant trouve' (1750). Edouard Langille is Professor of French Language and Literature at the St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada."
A critical edition of Fougeret de Monbron's 'Le Cosmopolite, ou le citoyen du monde' (1750). The introductory notes focus on the links to Voltaire's '...
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Hydrolith: Surrealist Research & Investigations
ISBN: 9780578050393 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together in one volume some of the most exciting recent work from the international surrealist movement. With over 80 contributors from 17 countries around the world, the book contains drawings, paintings, games, comics, photographs, poetry, prose, theoretical and political writings on a huge variety of subjects, including special in-depth investigations of music, space and myth. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the surrealist movement today.
This book brings together in one volume some of the most exciting recent work from the international surrealist movement. With over 80 contributors fr...
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Cleonice, Princess of Bithynia: A Tragedy. as It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. by John Hoole
ISBN: 9781145120747 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
ISBN: 9781551110967 / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wickedly satirical send-up of eighteenth-century advice manuals and educational tracts.
A wickedly satirical send-up of eighteenth-century advice manuals and educational tracts.
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If You Knew Then What I Know Now
ISBN: 9781932511949 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York Magazine's The Year in Books pick
The Millions' A Year in Reading pick Salon.com's Writers Choose Their Favorite Books The middle American coming-of-age has found new life in Ryan Van Meter's coming-out, made as strange as it is familiar by acknowledging the role played by gender and sexuality. In fourteen linked essays, If You Knew Then What I Know Now reinvents the memoir with all-encompassing empathyfor bully and bullied alike. A father pitches baseballs at his hapless son and a grandmother watches with silent forbearance as the same slim,... New York Magazine's The Year in Books pick
The Millions' A Year in Reading pick Salon.com's Writers Choose Their Favorite B... |
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Henry Crabb Robinson, 'Essays on Kant, Schelling, and German Aesthetics'
ISBN: 9780947623883 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is usually assumed that the only British Romantic writer who engaged meaningfully with German philosophy was S. T. Coleridge. This edition disproves that assumption. The book collects thirteen essays and one set of lecture notes written by Henry Crabb Robinson during his period in Germany (1800-1805). Robinson, though generally considered no more than a reporter on the activities of more eminent friends, in fact wrote a series of 'Letters on the Philosophy of Kant', distinguished for their clarity, accuracy, and liveliness. Furthermore, his lecture notes on Schelling and German aesthetics...
It is usually assumed that the only British Romantic writer who engaged meaningfully with German philosophy was S. T. Coleridge. This edition disprove...
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The Best American Essays 2011
ISBN: 9780547479774 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Best American Series(r)
First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind. The Best American Essays 2011 includes Hilton Als, Katy Butler, Toi Derricotte, Christopher... The Best American Series(r)
First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest sho... |
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No Permanent Scars
ISBN: 9780979241062 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No Permanent Scars reads how creative nonfiction should read: Like fiction. Like nonfiction. Like memoir. Like humor. Like literature. Like life. It's about childhood, adulthood, the neighborhood and what it means to be a kid, a parent, a teacher, a human. Michael Hemery illuminates an honest working-class existence, offering both the sober realities of class discrimination and the humor and love of family. Intertwined with serious issues such as suicide, alcoholism, abuse, religion, and immigration, Hemery also endures a painfully slow and often naive coming of age (he once mistook an...
No Permanent Scars reads how creative nonfiction should read: Like fiction. Like nonfiction. Like memoir. Like humor. Like literature. Like life. It's...
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The Writer in the Academy: Creative Interfrictions
ISBN: 9781843842781 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For many years now the professional -creative writer- within universities and other institutions has encompassed a range of roles, embracing a plurality of scholarly and creative identities. The often complex relation between those identities forms the broad focus of this book, which also examines various, and variously fraught, dialogues between creative writers, -hybrid- writers and academic colleagues from other subjects within single institutions, and with the public and the media. At the heart of the book is the principle of -creative writing- as a fully-fledged discipline, an important...
For many years now the professional -creative writer- within universities and other institutions has encompassed a range of roles, embracing a plurali...
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Forgotten by History: New Research on Twentieth Century Europe and America
ISBN: 9783643103291 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays focuses on forgotten figures, events, and policies of twentieth century Europe and America. At first glance, the topics seem disparate, covering a range of time periods and regions, from pre-WWI Germany to post-WWII America, yet each raises similar questions about inter-relationships between states, the ways in which the struggles of the age shaped the lives of individuals, and the roles individuals played in key historical events.
This collection of essays focuses on forgotten figures, events, and policies of twentieth century Europe and America. At first glance, the topics seem...
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A World of Light
ISBN: 9780803238473 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the winner of the 2004 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction In his award-winning memoir In the Shadow of Memory, Floyd Skloot told the hard story of coming to terms with a brain-ravaging virus. A World of Light, written with the same insight, passion, and humor that distinguished the earlier volume, moves Skloot's story from the reassembly of a self after neurological calamity to the reconstruction of a shattered life. More than fifteen years after a viral attack compromised his memory and cognitive powers, Skloot now must do the vital work of recreating a cohesive life...
From the winner of the 2004 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction In his award-winning memoir In the Shadow of Memory, Floyd Skloot to...
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In Rooms of Memory: Essays
ISBN: 9780803240025 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This mature, exquisite collection of personal essays by Hilary Masters offers a rare pleasure. Here are meditations and reflections distilled in fine prose from a long and varied life musings that, in the distinguished tradition of essays carried on since the days of Montaigne, articulate the piquant insights of the writer s experience. In this collection, one of the most illustrious contemporary essayists transfigures incidents and observations into something far more a finely crafted window into the workings of experience and memory. Masters makes readers privy to a youthful love affair; an...
This mature, exquisite collection of personal essays by Hilary Masters offers a rare pleasure. Here are meditations and reflections distilled in fine ...
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62,16 zł |