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Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England(2017) NOVACICH, SARAH ELLIOTT (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY)Tracing three episodes in sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's Ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - Sarah Elliott Novacich shows how medieval writers and artists pondered ways of preserving and transmitting the past, and considered the pleVezava: Trda108,50 € -
How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information(2022) HESS, JILLIAN M. (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK)This volume studies an important manuscript form of nineteenth-century England: the commonplace book and its descendent, the scrapbook. It explores the tradition of managing information in nineteenth-century England and excavates notes and drafts of the mVezava: Mehka47,51 € -
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James Joyce(2021) MACCABE, COLIN (DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND FILM, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH)James Joyce was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. This book explores his novels and short stories, and analyses the literary traditions and social factors influencing his distinctive complex style. Interweaving Joyce's life andVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Teaching Literature in Times of Crisis(2021) AHLBERG, SOFIATeaching Literature in Times of Crisis introduces teachers to methods for reading and studying literature with the aim of strengthening and promoting resilience and resourcefulness in and out of the literature classroom to empower students as global citizVezava: Mehka60,81 € -
How Dead Languages Work(2020) GEORGE, COULTER H. (PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA)Different languages have different personalities, and there is a lot that can be lost in translation. This volume offers an engaging and accessible introduction to six ancient and medieval languages, introducing their most distinctive features and showingVezava: Trda47,51 € -
Reading for Life(2020) DAVIS, PHILIP (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, FORMERLY DIRECTOR OF CRILS (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH INTO READING, LITERATURE AND SOCIETY), EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, FORMERLY DIRECTOR OF CRILS (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH INTO READING, LITERATURE AND SOCIETY), UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL)This volume presents original case-histories of readers to delve into just what reading is and how it works. Each chapter begins with a poem or excerpt which becomes the scene either of a reading-group transcription or of a thought-piece from an interviewVezava: Trda54,81 € -
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems(2017) POST, JONATHAN F. S. (DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UCLA)Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry, including the sonnets and his great narrative poems, and explores themes of love and lust in these works. He also considers the debates surrounding their disputed authorship, and the impact these poemsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek(2019) VAN EMDE BOAS, EVERT (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD),RIJKSBARON, ALBERT (UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM),HUITINK, LUUK (UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN),DE BAKKER, MATHIEU (UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM)This entirely new, comprehensive reference grammar of Classical Greek is aimed at students, teachers and academics. It combines traditional grammatical description with the latest insights from Greek and general linguistics, covering morphology, syntax, aVezava: Mehka70,33 € -
Only Wonderful Things(2021) HOMESTEAD, MELISSA J. (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN)Drawing on newly uncovered archives, The Only Wonderful Things offers a groundbreaking look at American novelist Willa Cather's creative process by arguing that the writer's life partner, magazine editor Edith Lewis, had a crucial impact on Cather's literVezava: Trda61,76 € -
Retcon Game(2021) FRIEDENTHAL, ANDREW J.The narrative technique of retroactive continuity seems rife lately. Andrew Friedenthal deems retroactive continuity, or “retconning”, as a force with many implications for how Americans view history and culture. He examines this phenomenon in a range ofVezava: Mehka62,29 € -
Politics in the Gutters(2021) KNOPF, CHRISTINA M.Considers the political myths, moments, and mimeses, in comic books - from nonfiction to science fiction, superhero to supernatural, serious to satirical, golden age to present day - to consider how they represent, re-present, underpin, and/or undermine iVezava: Trda165,68 € -
Taking Flight(2020) DONAHUE, JENNIFERExamines the immigrant experience in contemporary Caribbean women's writing and considers the effects of restrictive social mores. The works explored in this volume draw attention to the racialization and sexualization of black women's bodies and continueVezava: Mehka69,41 € -
Comics of Rutu Modan(2019) HAWORTH, KEVINProvides a close reading of Rutu Modan's work and examines her role in creating a comics arts scene in Israel. Drawing on archival research, Kevin Haworth traces the history of Israeli comics from its beginning in the 1930s, to the counterculture movementVezava: Mehka74,04 € -
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A Past of Possibilities - A History of What Could Have Been(2021) QUENTIN DELUERMOZVezava: Trda61,79 €











