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Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography
ISBN: 9780810851795 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Country-by-country, this comprehensive, annotated bibliography brings together the vast number of articles, books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, and reports that have been written about librarianship in the Islamic World during the past fifty years.
Country-by-country, this comprehensive, annotated bibliography brings together the vast number of articles, books, conference papers, theses and disse...
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The A to Z of Science Fiction Literature
ISBN: 9780810853973 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For quick reference to the significant authors, publications, awards, and events in the field of speculative fiction turn to this handy A to Z guide.
For quick reference to the significant authors, publications, awards, and events in the field of speculative fiction turn to this handy A to Z guide.
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205,71 |
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Book Savvy
ISBN: 9780810854345 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In teaching how to read literature and enjoy it, Katona gives 11 good reasons to make reading a part of regular life and includes a list of tried and true page-turners with their movie counterparts. Teachers of reading, students, general readers of literature, and those just developing an interest in reading will find this guide appealing.
In teaching how to read literature and enjoy it, Katona gives 11 good reasons to make reading a part of regular life and includes a list of tried and ...
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235,10 |
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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
ISBN: 9780810855632 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the stories of Isak Dinesen, and the plays of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. While obviously including the area's most famous works, the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater also provides information on...
The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and ...
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Ngaio Marsh: The Woman and Her Work
ISBN: 9780810859395 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1934, Ngaio Marsh's first novel, A Man Lay Dead, was published to critical acclaim. For the next fifty years, Marsh wrote more than 30 English detective novels, while simultaneously building a reputation as a distinguished director of Shakespearean theatre. She received the Crime Writers Association's Red Herrings Award in 1955 and was made a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1978. In 1948 Marsh was awarded an Office of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to literature and the theatre, and in 1967, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British...
In 1934, Ngaio Marsh's first novel, A Man Lay Dead, was published to critical acclaim. For the next fifty years, Marsh wrote more than 30 English dete...
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249,78 |
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The Literature/Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation
ISBN: 9780810859494 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From examinations of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, The Literature Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation covers a wide range of films adapted from other sources. The first section presents essays on the hows and whys of adaptation studies, and subsequent sections highlight films adapted from a variety of sources, including classic and popular literature, drama, biography, and memoir. The last section offers a new departure for adaptation studies, suggesting that films about history--often a separate category of film study--can be seen as adaptations of...
From examinations of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, The Literature Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation covers a wi...
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The Handbook to Gothic Literature
ISBN: 9780814756102 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Anne Rice's best-selling novels to our recurrent interest in vampires and the occult, the Gothic has an unyielding hold on our imagination. But what exactly does -Gothic- mean? How does it differ from -terror- or -horror, - and where do its parameters lie? Through a wide and eclectic range of brief essays written by leading scholars, The Handbook to Gothic Literature provides a virtual encyclopedia of things Gothic. From the Demonic to the Uncanny, the Bronte sisters to Melville, this volume plots the characteristics of Gothic's vastly different schools and manifestations,...
From Anne Rice's best-selling novels to our recurrent interest in vampires and the occult, the Gothic has an unyielding hold on our imagination. But w...
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199,88 |
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Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature
ISBN: 9780815312987 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context? This study discusses a variety of stories including myths, folk tales and heroic legends to explain.
What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context? This study discusses a variety of stories including myt...
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930,57 |
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Encyclopedia of British Writers : 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries
ISBN: 9780816051328 / Angielski / Twarda / 832 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The two-volume Encyclopedia of British Writers: 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries provides curriculum-based information on some 600 British writers - from William Shakespeare and John Milton to Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Entries include details of the author's life, a synopsis of the writer's major works, and suggestions for further reading.
The two-volume Encyclopedia of British Writers: 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries provides curriculum-based information on some 600 British writers - fro...
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612,21 |
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Critical Companion to Mark Twain : A Literary Reference to His Life and Work
ISBN: 9780816053988 / Angielski / Twarda / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, has long been regarded as the quintessential American writer. Twain's best-known works include The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and The Prince and the Pauper. Always a source of entertainment for readers of all interests, the works of Mark Twain are well-written masterpieces as well as important documents of social history. More than 1,250 entries in Critical Companion to Mark Twain provide analyses and detailed synopses of all Twain's books and stories, examinations of Twain's characters, discussions of...
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, has long been regarded as the quintessential American writer. Twain's best-known works include T...
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Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature: The Essential Guide to the Lives and Works of Gothic Writers
ISBN: 9780816055289 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the origins of the movement in the 18th century to contemporary writers such as Stephen King, this A-to-Z guide to Gothic literature covers a vast array of works and writers from Britain and America, as well as a variety of genres - novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and even a few influential films and works of art.
From the origins of the movement in the 18th century to contemporary writers such as Stephen King, this A-to-Z guide to Gothic literature covers a vas...
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Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work
ISBN: 9780816055838 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Scarlet Letter", "The House of the Seven Gables", "Young Goodman Brown," and "Rappaccini's Daughter" are staples of high school English classes across the country. Nathaniel Hawthorne's works and characters have left a lasting impression on writers, scholars, and readers around the world. "Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne" offers critical entries on Hawthorne's novels, short stories, travel writing, criticism, and other works, as well as portraits of characters, including Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth. This comprehensive reference also provides entries on Hawthorne's...
"The Scarlet Letter", "The House of the Seven Gables", "Young Goodman Brown," and "Rappaccini's Daughter" are staples of high school English classes a...
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The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story
ISBN: 9780816059904 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An invaluable collection of encyclopedias analyzing individual literary genres, the Companion to Literature series focuses on drama, short stories, novels, and poetry as they are studied in high school and college curricula. Concentrating on the main authors, works, and movements that comprise each genre, the books also include minor authors and works. Beginning with an introduction discussing the genre and its significance, each A-to-Z encyclopedia contains hundreds of clearly written entries on authors, literary works and terms, themes, historical places, and more. The books are defined by...
An invaluable collection of encyclopedias analyzing individual literary genres, the Companion to Literature series focuses on drama, short stories, no...
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Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature
ISBN: 9780816060849 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hispanic-American literature has a venerable history, but it has never been more important and popular than it is now. Containing approximately 250 entries, Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature includes those authors and works that are an integral part of the high school and college iterary canon, as well as those that are historically significant or gaining a reputation in today's literary circles. Coverage includes Isabel Allende; Julia Alvarez; l udolfo Anaya; Bless Me, ultima; Chicano literature: Juna Diaz; Dominican-American literature; El Bronx Remerbered; Cristina Garcia; Oscar...
Hispanic-American literature has a venerable history, but it has never been more important and popular than it is now. Containing approximately 250 en...
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Critical Companion to Charles Dickens: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work
ISBN: 9780816064076 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A master of extreme situations, Charles Dickens populated his novels with unforgettable characters and elaborate settings. "Critical Companion to Charles Dickens" is an essential reference to everything one needs to know about Dickens and his work. This revised, reorganized, and fully updated revision of "Charles Dickens A to Z" contains extensive updates, including expanded commentary on the novels and on the major characters, as well as updates to reflect the latest in Dickens scholarship. This comprehensive, single-volume reference contains entries on this writer's works, including the...
A master of extreme situations, Charles Dickens populated his novels with unforgettable characters and elaborate settings. "Critical Companion to Char...
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Encyclopedia of American Literature
ISBN: 9780816064762 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A thoroughly expanded and revised edition of the award-winning set, Encyclopedia of American Literature, Revised Edition is an extensive reference work that spans the entire scope of American literature, from the colonial period to the present. Now in five chronological volumes and arranged alphabetically within each volume, this comprehensive encyclopedia includes entries reflecting writers, works, literary movements, and more that high school students or undergraduates are likely to encounter. This major update boasts two new volumes and approximately 1,000 new entries. The majority of the...
A thoroughly expanded and revised edition of the award-winning set, Encyclopedia of American Literature, Revised Edition is an extensive reference wor...
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Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance: The Essential Guide to the Lives and Works of the Harlem Renaissance Writers
ISBN: 9780816069255 / Angielski / Miękka / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance provides authoritative coverage and unique insight into the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. More than 800 concise, A-to-Z entries explain how the writer, work, or idea helped shape American literature.
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance provides authoritative coverage and unique insight into the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. More...
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The Literary Guide and Companion to Southern England: Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780821412268 / Angielski / Miękka / 419 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a series of intriguing routes through the English countryside, Professor Robert Cooper notes those attractions that the casual tourist might unknowingly pass by, such as the house where Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities," or the windswept quay where John Fowles's French Lieutenant's woman walked. Maps and information about restaurants and accommodations give the traveler the opportunity of having pints of half and half where Jane Austen dined or visiting the pub where Blake s scuffle led to his trial for treason. In a series of intriguing routes through the English countryside, Professor Robert Cooper notes those attractions that the casual tourist might unk... |
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House/Garden/Nation: Space, Gender, and Ethnicity in Post-Colonial Latin American Literatures by Women
ISBN: 9780822314653 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How ironic, the author thought on learning of the Sandinista's electoral defeat, that at its death the Revolutionary State left Woman, Violeta Chamorro, located at the center. The election signaled the end of one transition and the beginning of another, with Woman somewhere on the border between the neo-liberal and marxist projects. It is such transitions that Ileana Rodriguez takes up here, unraveling their weave of gender, ethnicity, and nation as it is revealed in literature written by women.
In "House/Garden/Nation" the narratives of five Centro-Caribbean writers illustrate these times... How ironic, the author thought on learning of the Sandinista's electoral defeat, that at its death the Revolutionary State left Woman, Violeta Chamorr...
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122,40 |
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Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary
ISBN: 9780826458896 / Angielski / Twarda / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare and women. An A-Z of over 350 entries explores the role of women within Shakespearean drama, how women were represented on the Shakespearean stage, and the role of women in Shakespeare's personal and professional lives. Women in Shakespeare examines in detail the language employed by Shakespeare in his representation of women in the full range of his poetry and plays and the implications these representations have for the position of women in Elizabethan and Jacobean society. Women in Shakespeare is an ideal...
Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare and women. An A-Z of over 350 entries explores the role of women ...
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