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Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel
ISBN: 9780814344521 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives focuses on two central elements: textual research to examine the aesthetic qualities of the narrative, their division into genres, the various versions and their parallels, and acculturation in Israel, as well as contextual research to examine the performance art of the narrator and the role of the narrative as a communicative process in the narrating society. The collection includes twenty-one narratives by twelve storytellers; an account of the narrators' lives and a commentary have been applied to each. In contrast to most anthologies of Jewish...
Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives focuses on two central elements: textual research to examine the aesthetic qualities of the narrative, their di...
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87,59 |
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The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems
ISBN: 9780814342206 / Angielski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Lake Michigan Mermaid is a new tale that feels familiar. The breeze off the lake, the sand underfoot, the supreme sadness of being young and not in control-these sensations come rushing back page-by-page, bringing to life an ancient myth of coming of age in a troubled world. Freed from the minds of Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen, the Lake Michigan mermaid serves as a voice of reason for when we're caught in the riptide. This is a gripping tale in poems of a young girl's desperate search for guidance in a world turned upside down by family and economic upheaval.... The Lake Michigan Mermaid is a new tale that feels familiar. The breeze off the lake, the sand underfoot, the supreme sadness of being young... |
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88,59 |
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Battle Beyond Kurukshetra: A Mahabharata Novel
ISBN: 9780199480166 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the English translation of the Malayalam novel 'Ini Njan Urangatte' (And Now Let Me Sleep), a novel that subsists on the Mahabharata. The book is unparalleled in its lofty language, imagery, and depth and is considered one of the best classics in the language. The novel is the story of Karna as seen through the eyes of Draupadi. A work originating from the Vyasabharatha, it has caught the stylized language and mood of the great epic. It gives a new intellectual and spiritual dimension to a recreated Draupadi (the wife of the Pandavas). Her painful story unveils around the...
This book is the English translation of the Malayalam novel 'Ini Njan Urangatte' (And Now Let Me Sleep), a novel that subsists on the Mahabharata. The...
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108,33 |
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The Saga of Didrik of Bern: with The Dwarf King Laurin
ISBN: 9780957612037 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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99,23 |
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The Perraults: A Family of Letters in Early Modern France
ISBN: 9781501729423 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Perraults, Oded Rabinovitch takes the fascinating eponymous literary and scientific family as an entry point into the complex and rapidly changing world of early modern France. Today, the Perraults are best remembered for their canonical fairy tales, such as "Cinderella" and "Puss in Boots," most often attributed to Charles Perrault, one...
In The Perraults, Oded Rabinovitch takes the fascinating eponymous literary and scientific family as an entry point into the complex and rapidly chang...
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284,07 |
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The World of Fairy Tales: A path to the essence of the young child through fairy tales
ISBN: 9781936849437 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fairy tales span centuries and cultures, bringing their profound wisdom and insight to generation after generation of children. In this book, experienced Dutch educator Daniel Udo de Haes explores the significance of fairy tales for very young children. He starts by asking why fairy tales are told in kindergartens, and discusses issues around metaphor, cruelty and morality which often arise in traditional fairy stories. He goes on to offer tips for telling fairy tales, and guides educators on how to choose specific fairy tales for specific children. He finishes with a note on the dangers of...
Fairy tales span centuries and cultures, bringing their profound wisdom and insight to generation after generation of children. In this book, experien...
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117,88 |
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The Downstretched Hand: Individual Development in George MacDonald's Major Fantasies for Children
ISBN: 9781935688198 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,96 |
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Oral Poetry
ISBN: 9781532645044 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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150,29 |
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The Ballad
ISBN: 9781138229266 / Angielski / Twarda / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1979, this work presents the history of the ballad, including its origin, style, content and preservation. It explores how ballads have adapted and changed over time, particularly with the rise of mass literacy and printing and the decline in the oral tradition, and in doing so, demonstrates the versatility of the genre. With separate indexes for names and ballad titles, this book will be a valuable resource to those studying English ballads and early modern and modern poetry. First published in 1979, this work presents the history of the ballad, including its origin, style, content and preservation. It explores how balla... |
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538,76 |
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Iceland: A Literary Guide for Travellers
ISBN: 9781788311489 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first literary travel guide to Europe's most popular destination
The first literary travel guide to Europe's most popular destination
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103,06 |
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Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader
ISBN: 9780813192017 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At what stage in J.R.R. Tolkien's reading of other literatures and mythologies did he conceive of the fantastic mythology of Middle-earth that has become so deeply entrenched in contemporary culture? At what point did medieval epic and legend spark Tolkienian myth? The eighteen essays in Tolkien and the Invention of Myth examine the ancient Greek, Latin, Old Norse, Old English, and Finnish sources from which Tolkien appropriated the concepts, images, characterisations, contexts, and theories that inform his own fictional narratives The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Understanding his...
At what stage in J.R.R. Tolkien's reading of other literatures and mythologies did he conceive of the fantastic mythology of Middle-earth that has bec...
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132,24 |
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Italian Children's Literature and National Identity: Childhood, Melancholy, Modernity
ISBN: 9780367346386 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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231,95 |
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The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Myth
ISBN: 9781350082243 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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636,71 |
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The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Myth
ISBN: 9781350082250 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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180,39 |
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The Odyssey in Athens: Myths of Cultural Origins
ISBN: 9780801431210 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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254,68 |
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Reading Homer's Odyssey
ISBN: 9781684481316 / Angielski / Twarda / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homer's Odyssey, the first great travel narrative in Western culture, is a compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transformation, and the search for home. Reading Homer's Odyssey offers a book-by-book commentary on the epic's themes that informs the non-specialist and engages the seasoned reader in new perspectives.
Homer's Odyssey, the first great travel narrative in Western culture, is a compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transf...
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259,58 |
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Reading Homer's Odyssey
ISBN: 9781684481361 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homer's Odyssey, the first great travel narrative in Western culture, is a compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transformation, and the search for home. Reading Homer's Odyssey offers a book-by-book commentary on the epic's themes that informs the non-specialist and engages the seasoned reader in new perspectives.
Homer's Odyssey, the first great travel narrative in Western culture, is a compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transf...
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97,90 |
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Greek Mythology and Poetics: The Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Renaissance Literature
ISBN: 9780801419850 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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264,47 |
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Metamorphoses of Helen
ISBN: 9780801422195 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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239,99 |
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Informing the Inklings: George MacDonald and the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy
ISBN: 9781935688204 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,32 |
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