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Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities
ISBN: 9780060562083 / Angielski / Miękka / 315 str. From the acclaimed bestselling author of Sushi for Beginners and Angels comes a collection of personal essays on shopping, writing, moviemaking, motherhood and all the assorted calamities involved in being a savvy woman in the new millennium. Her novels are read and adored by millions around the world, and with Under the Duvet, Marian Keyes tackles the world of nonfiction. These are her collected pieces: regular bulletins from the woman writing under the covers. Marian loves shoes and her LTFs (Long-Term Friends), hates realtors and lost luggage, and... From the acclaimed bestselling author of Sushi for Beginners and Angels comes a collection of personal essays on shopping, writin... |
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66,49 zł |
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The Satires
ISBN: 9780198147565 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Commonly considered the greatest of Roman satirical poets, Juvenal is the author of sixteen satires of Roman society, notable for their pessimism and ironic humor. In this new translation of the Satires, Professor Rudd combines textual accuracy with colorful poetry, vividly conveying Juvenal's gift for evoking a wealth of imagery with a few economical phrases.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most... Commonly considered the greatest of Roman satirical poets, Juvenal is the author of sixteen satires of Roman society, notable for their pessimism and ...
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879,48 zł |
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Merry Wives and Others: A History of Domestic Humor Writing
ISBN: 9780786413058 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. An historical and literary survey of humorists who wrote about home, this book begins with a chapter on the social context of traditional domestic roles and housewives. The following chapters, beginning with the 1920s and continuing through today, cover the different time periods and the foremost American domestic humorists, and the humor written by surrogate parents, grown children about their childhood families, husbands, and Canadian and English writers. Also covered are the differences among various writers toward traditional domestic roles - some, like Erma Bombeck and Judith Viorst,...
An historical and literary survey of humorists who wrote about home, this book begins with a chapter on the social context of traditional domestic rol...
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233,63 zł |
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Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh
ISBN: 9780810850729 / Angielski / Twarda / 223 str. Celebrates the accomplishments of YA authors acclaimed for producing high-quality comedies, who have not yet been treated in a book-length bio-critical study. Simultaneously, it reminds readers that no matter how funny an author of fiction may be, if he shows off his wit in ways that fail to play a natural role in advancing his narrative, he is not writing good fiction. To demonstrate this, humorous passages are presented to illustrate the contribution a sense of humor can make to a work of fiction. The book is arranged topically to facilitate a comparison of distinctive treatments by various...
Celebrates the accomplishments of YA authors acclaimed for producing high-quality comedies, who have not yet been treated in a book-length bio-critica...
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382,92 zł |
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Humor and Irony in Nineteenth-Century German Women's Writing: Studies in Prose Fiction, 1840-1900
ISBN: 9781571133045 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Nineteenth-century German literature is seldom seen as rich in humor and irony, and women's writing from that period is perhaps even less likely to be seen as possessing those qualities. Yet since comedy is bound to societal norms, and humor and irony are recognized weapons of the weak against authority, what this innovative study reveals should not be surprising: women writers found much to laugh at in a bourgeois age when social constraints, particularly on women, were tight. Helen Chambers analyzes prose fiction by leading female writers of the day who prominently employ humor and irony....
Nineteenth-century German literature is seldom seen as rich in humor and irony, and women's writing from that period is perhaps even less likely to be...
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257,28 zł |
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Brand New Ancients
ISBN: 9781447257684 / Angielski / 64 str. Winner of the Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry.
Winner of the Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry.
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46,74 zł |
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Engaging Humor
ISBN: 9780252075933 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous expressions emerge as communications that are startling,...
Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what...
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114,29 zł |
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Better a Shrew Than a Sheep
ISBN: 9780801440243 / Angielski |
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261,95 zł |
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Better a Shrew Than a Sheep: Women, Drama, and the Culture of Jest in Early Modern England
ISBN: 9780801488368 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. In a study that explodes the assumption that early modern comic culture was created by men for men, Pamela Allen Brown shows that jest books, plays, and ballads represented women as laugh-getters and sought out the laughter of ordinary women. Disputing the claim that non-elite women had little access to popular culture because of their low literacy and social marginality, Brown demonstrates that women often bested all comers in the arenas of jesting, gaining a few heady moments of agency. Juxtaposing the literature of jest against court records, sermons, and conduct books, Brown employs a...
In a study that explodes the assumption that early modern comic culture was created by men for men, Pamela Allen Brown shows that jest books, plays, a...
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135,08 zł |
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Elements of Style, The: Pearson New International Edition
ISBN: 9781292026640 / Angielski / 128 str. You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to retain the book's unique tone, wit, and charm. A new Glossary of the grammatical terms used in the book provides a convenient reference for readers. The discussion of pronoun use is revised to reflect the contemporary concern with sexist language. In addition, there are numerous slight revisions in the book itself which implement this advice. A...
You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual...
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75,87 zł |
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National Styles of Humor
ISBN: 9780313249921 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. This volume represents a first in its analysis of historical trends in the humor of eight Western countries: Australia, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, the United States, and Yugoslavia. In each country, the authors surveyed and assessed the national humor in a way designed to facilitate comparative study. Each essay details the historical development of national humor with an emphasis on the twentieth century and contemporary trends. The survey includes traditional and popular forms of humor as well as humor in literature, the performing and visual arts, and the mass media.... This volume represents a first in its analysis of historical trends in the humor of eight Western countries: Australia, Belgium, France, Great Brit... |
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495,29 zł |
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Loopholes: Reading Comically
ISBN: 9781412810173 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Much writing about comedy in the last twenty years has only trivialized comedy as cheap or as temporary distraction from things that "really matter." It has either presented exhaustive taxonomies of kinds of humor--like wit, puns, jokes, humor, satire, irony--or engaged in pointless political endgames, moral dialogues, or philosophical perceptions. Comedy is rarely presented as a mode of thought in its own right, as a way of understanding, not something to be understood. Bruns' guiding assumption is that comedy is not simply a literary or theatrical genre, to be diff erentiated from... Much writing about comedy in the last twenty years has only trivialized comedy as cheap or as temporary distraction from things that "really matter... |
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414,71 zł |
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History of the Atlantic Monthly, 1857-1909
ISBN: 9781558497931 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. How the most respected literary periodical of its time balanced "high" culture with moderate liberalism
How the most respected literary periodical of its time balanced "high" culture with moderate liberalism
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203,93 zł |
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Jokes and Their Relations
ISBN: 9781412814393 / Angielski / Miękka / 171 str. Almost everyone tells and appreciates jokes. Yet the nature of jokes has proved elusive. When asked what they really mean, people tend to laugh off the question, dismissing jokes as meaningless or too obvious to require explanation. Of those who have seriously sought to understand humor, most have explained jokes as expressions of aggression- a socially acceptable way of showing contempt and displaying superiority. Elliott Oring offers a fresh perspective on jokes and related forms of humor. Criticizing and modifying traditional concepts and methods of analysis, he delineates an approach that...
Almost everyone tells and appreciates jokes. Yet the nature of jokes has proved elusive. When asked what they really mean, people tend to laugh off th...
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177,70 zł |
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Little House of Oxymorons: With Commentaries
ISBN: 9780761851035 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. This volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons complements Steven Carter's The New Devil's Dictionary, a two-volume "sequel" to Ambrose Bierce's notorious The Devil's Dictionary of a century ago.
This volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons c...
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195,83 zł |
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A Wodehouse Handbook: Vol. 2 the Words of Wodehouse
ISBN: 9781927592014 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Did people really speak like Bertie Wooster? Who was the celebrated Maisie? What does a Jubilee watering trough look like? Where is Loose Chippings? What was "Just Like Mother Makes"? Where does "the exile from home splendour dazzles in vain" come from? What was a gazeka? Why was Bertie Wooster more to be pitied than censured? When did young men-about-town start saying "What"? How did Bosher Street get its name?
While P.G. Wodehouses way with words has long set a standard for literary humour, much in his writing puzzles the modern reader. Volume Two of A Wodehouse Handbook answers many... Did people really speak like Bertie Wooster? Who was the celebrated Maisie? What does a Jubilee watering trough look like? Where is Loose Chippings? W...
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117,05 zł |
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The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis
ISBN: 9781144695338 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. 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...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and...
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136,17 zł |
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Heine Selected Verse
ISBN: 9780140420982 / Angielski / 304 str. Heine was a restless and homeless poet, a Jew among Germans, a German in Paris, a rebel among the bourgeoisie and always, as his famous doppelganger poems show, a man divided against himself. This selection, with the German originals accompanied by English prose translations, provides an introduction to Heine.
Heine was a restless and homeless poet, a Jew among Germans, a German in Paris, a rebel among the bourgeoisie and always, as his famous doppelganger p...
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56,13 zł |
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Taller When Prone
ISBN: 9781847771230 / Angielski / 88 str. Taller When Prone has at its heart Les Murray's celebrations of the rural world in Australia and elsewhere, evoked with a deep understanding of landscapes, and the seasons, working lives and languages that have shaped them. Stories and songs, fragments of conversations, memories and satire comprise this varied, habitable world. In Murray's vigorous and sinuous language, 'song and story are pixels / in a mirrorball', reflecting back to us endless possibilities.
Taller When Prone has at its heart Les Murray's celebrations of the rural world in Australia and elsewhere, evoked with a deep understanding of landsc...
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51,71 zł |
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Monks, Bandits, Lovers and Immortals Eleven Early Chinese Plays
ISBN: 9781603842006 / Angielski / 522 str. This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250--1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic literature during an extraordinarily eventful period in Chinese history. Not only are the eleven plays in this volume expertly translated into lively, idiomatic English; they are each provided with illuminating, scholarly introductions that are yet fully intelligible to the educated lay reader. A marvelous volume.--Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250--1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic l...
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