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W.H. Auden
ISBN: 9780415327350 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As both a politically engaged and stylistically versatile poet, W.H. Auden is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His work is not only widely studied and read, but has been used in musical scores and quoted in Hollywood films. This guide to Auden s compelling work offers:
As both a politically engaged and stylistically versatile poet, W.H. Auden is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His wor... |
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Literary Radicalism in India: Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence
ISBN: 9780415329040 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Literary Radicalism in India situates postcolonial Indian literature in relation to the hugely influential radical literary movements initiated by the Progressive Writers Association and the Indian People's Theatre Association. In so doing, it redresses a visible historical gap in studies of postcolonial India. Through readings of major fiction, pamphlets and cinema, this book also shows how gender was of constitutive importance in the struggle to define 'India' during the transition to independence.
Literary Radicalism in India situates postcolonial Indian literature in relation to the hugely influential radical literary movements initiated by the...
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Geographies of Modernism
ISBN: 9780415331159 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most innovative tendencies in contemporary literary and cultural studies is the investigation of space and geography, a trend which is proving particularly important for modernist studies. This volume explores the interface between modernism and geography in a range of writers, texts and artists across the twentieth century.
Cross-disciplinary essays test and extend a variety of methodological approaches and reveal the reach of this topic into every corner of modernist scholarship. From Imagist poetry and the orient to teashops and modernism in London, or from mapping and... One of the most innovative tendencies in contemporary literary and cultural studies is the investigation of space and geography, a trend which is prov...
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Geographies of Modernism
ISBN: 9780415331166 / Angielski / Miękka / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most innovative tendencies in contemporary literary and cultural studies is the investigation of space and geography, a trend which is proving particularly important for modernist studies. This volume explores the interface between modernism and geography in a range of writers, texts and artists across the twentieth century.
Cross-disciplinary essays test and extend a variety of methodological approaches and reveal the reach of this topic into every corner of modernist scholarship. From Imagist poetry and the orient to teashops and modernism in London, or from mapping and... One of the most innovative tendencies in contemporary literary and cultural studies is the investigation of space and geography, a trend which is prov...
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Postcolonial Studies: A Materialist Critique
ISBN: 9780415335997 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This powerful selection of essays proposes practices of reading and criticism to make the field of postcolonial studies more fully attentive to historical circumstances and socio-material conditions. Benita Parry points to 'directions and dead ends' in the discipline she has helped to shape, with a first series of essays vigorously challenging colonial discourse theory and postcolonialism as we have known them. She then turns to literature with a series of detailed readings that not only demonstrate her theoretical position at work, but also give new dimensions to widely studied texts by... This powerful selection of essays proposes practices of reading and criticism to make the field of postcolonial studies more fully attentive to his... |
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Postcolonial Studies: A Materialist Critique
ISBN: 9780415336000 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents a powerful selection of reprinted and new essays by one of the most important critics in postcolonial studies. It constitutes a trenchant critique of the textualism that has dominated the field and proposes alternative critical reading practices more attentive to historical circumstances and socio-material conditions. What then is the future of postcolonial theory? Parry offers the compelling argument that theoretical work must strive to join remembrance of the material past with a critique of the contemporary condition, remaining unreconciled to the past and unconsoled...
This volume presents a powerful selection of reprinted and new essays by one of the most important critics in postcolonial studies. It constitutes a t...
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Peculiar Language
ISBN: 9780415340588 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1988, Peculiar Language is now established as one of the most important discussions of the language of literature. This thought-provoking book challenges traditional notions of literary criticism, arguing that all attempts by writers, critics and literary theorists to define the language of literature have involved self-contradiction. Through examination of key moments in literary history, Derek Attridge demonstrates that such contradictions in accounts of literary language are embedded in our cultural concept of 'literature' and asserts that in order to appreciate...
First published in 1988, Peculiar Language is now established as one of the most important discussions of the language of literature. This th...
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The Postcolonial Jane Austen
ISBN: 9780415340625 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This cutting-edge volume bridges two significant bodies of recent Austen scholarship, one emphasising the issue of gender and one centralising the history of colonialism and slavery.
This cutting-edge volume bridges two significant bodies of recent Austen scholarship, one emphasising the issue of gender and one centralising the his...
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British Fiction of the 1990s
ISBN: 9780415342568 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1990s proved to be a particularly rich and fascinating period for British fiction. This book provides a fresh perspective on the diverse writings that appeared during the decade, bringing together leading academics in the field in order to:
Trace the concerns that emerged as central to 1990s fiction, in sections on millennial anxieties, identity politics, the relationship between the contemporary and the historical, and representations of contemporary space Offer distinctive new readings of the most important novelists of the period, including Martin Amis, Beryl Bainbridge, Pat... The 1990s proved to be a particularly rich and fascinating period for British fiction. This book provides a fresh perspective on the diverse writings ...
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710,17 |
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British Fiction of the 1990s
ISBN: 9780415342575 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1990s proved to be a particularly rich and fascinating period for British fiction. This book presents a fresh perspective on the diverse writings that appeared over the decade, bringing together leading academics in the field. British Fiction of the 1990s:
The 1990s proved to be a particularly rich and fascinating period for British fiction. This book presents a fresh perspective on the diverse writin... |
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The Rise of Literary Journalism in the Eighteenth Century: Anxious Employment
ISBN: 9780415343923 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent years have witnessed a heightened interest in eighteenth-century literary journalism and popular culture. This book provides an account of the early periodical as a literary genre and traces the development of journalism from the 1690s to the 1760s, covering a range of publications by both well-known and obscure writers. The book's central theme is the struggle of eighteenth-century journalists to attain literary respectability and the strategies by which editors sought to improve the literary and social status of their publications.
Recent years have witnessed a heightened interest in eighteenth-century literary journalism and popular culture. This book provides an account of the ...
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Postcolonial London: Rewriting the Metropolis
ISBN: 9780415344593 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Postcolonial London explores the imaginative transformation of London by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s. Engaging with a range of writers from Sam Selvon and Doris Lessing to Hanif Kureishi and Fred D'Aguiar, John McLeod examines a cultural history of resistance to the prejudice and racism that have at least in part characterised the postcolonial city. This resistance, he argues, bears witness to the determination, imagination and creativity of London's migrants and their descendants. McLeod's superb study is essential reading for those interested in...
Postcolonial London explores the imaginative transformation of London by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s. Engaging...
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Postcolonial London: Rewriting the Metropolis
ISBN: 9780415344609 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. London's histories of migration and settlement and the resulting diverse, hybrid communities have engendered new forms of social and cultural activity reflected in a wealth of novels, poems, films and songs. Postcolonial London explores the imaginative transformation of the city by African, Asian, Caribbean and South Pacific writers since the 1950s.
John McLeod engages freshly with the work of both well-known and emergent writers, including Sam Selvon, Doris Lessing, V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Colin MacInnes, Bernardine Evaristo, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Fred... London's histories of migration and settlement and the resulting diverse, hybrid communities have engendered new forms of social and cultural activity...
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Ian McEwan's Enduring Love: A Routledge Study Guide
ISBN: 9780415345583 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel Enduring Love (1997) is a tale of obsession that has both troubled and enthralled readers around the world. Renowned author Peter Childs explores the intricacies of this haunting novel to offer:
Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel Enduring Love (1997) i... |
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Shakespeare's Dramatic Structures
ISBN: 9780415352758 / Angielski / Twarda / 163 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book shows the dramatic strategies of scenic repetition and character separation. It traces the way in which Shakespeare often presents recurring gestures, dramatic interactions and complex scenic structures at widely separated intervals.
This book shows the dramatic strategies of scenic repetition and character separation. It traces the way in which Shakespeare often presents recurring...
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The Social and Political Thought of George Orwell: A Reassessment
ISBN: 9780415357357 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stephen Ingle is Professor at the Politics Department, University of Stirling. His main academic interests are in the relationship between politics and literature and in adversarial (two party) politics, especially in the UK.
Stephen Ingle is Professor at the Politics Department, University of Stirling. His main academic interests are in the relationship be...
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Women's Suffrage Literature
ISBN: 9780415357449 / Angielski / Twarda / 2640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Women's Suffrage Literature is a new Major Work from Routledge and Edition Synapse. It makes available in facsimile key texts which represent the wealth of creative writing that emerged around the issue of women s suffrage in the early twentieth century. The collection includes five significant novels, a wide range of drama and representative short stories. Selected in order to illustrate the diversity of concerns and positions with the campaign for women's suffrage, the texts also reflect the different literary models adopted. They cover a range of key moments within and after... Women's Suffrage Literature is a new Major Work from Routledge and Edition Synapse. It makes available in facsimile key texts which repres... |
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Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Routledge Study Guide
ISBN: 9780415357753 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph Conrads novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism. This classic tale transcends the boundaries of time and place and has inspired famous film and television adaptations emphasising the cultural significance and continued relevance of the book.
This guide to Conrads captivating novel offers:
Joseph Conrads novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fun...
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710,17 |
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Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Routledge Study Guide
ISBN: 9780415357760 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph Conrads novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism. This classic tale transcends the boundaries of time and place and has inspired famous film and television adaptations emphasising the cultural significance and continued relevance of the book.
This guide to Conrads captivating novel offers:
Joseph Conrads novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fun...
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Early Modern Prose Fiction: The Cultural Politics of Reading
ISBN: 9780415358415 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early modern prose fiction had a huge impact on the social and economic fabric of the time. It created a new culture of reading and writing for pleasure which became accessible to those previously excluded from such activities (primarily women and the working classes), resulting in a significant challenge to existing class structures.
Each of the essays in this exciting collection considers the reciprocal relation of early modern prose fiction to class distinctions, examining factors such as: · The impact of prose fiction on the social, political and economic fabric of early... Early modern prose fiction had a huge impact on the social and economic fabric of the time. It created a new culture of reading and writing for pleasu...
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