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DiverCity – Global Cities as a Literary Phenomenon : Toronto, New York, and…
Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon (»DiverCity«). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, »What We All Long For« (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, »Native Speaker« (1995), and Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, »Tropic of Orange« (1997), Melanie U. Pooch provides the connecting link f…
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- 9783837635416
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- 800 POO d
Dickens's Working Notes for 'Dombey and Son'
"This critical edition of the working notes for Dombey and Son (1848) is ideal for readers who wish to know more about Dickensâs craft and creativity. Drawing on the authorâs manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Londonâand containing hyperlinked facsimilesâDickensâs Working Notes for Dombey and Son offers a new digital transcription with a fresh commentary by T…
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- 9781783742257
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- 224 halaman
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- 800 LAI d
Behind the Essenes : History and Ideology in the Dead Sea Scrolls
A collection of essays by Philip Davies on aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls. While composed to stand along, together these essays create a strong synthetic argument about the Essenes and the production of the Dead Sea Scrolls that remains important and challenging to the present day.
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- 9781946527219
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- 900 DAV b
Texts, Contexts and Intertextuality : Dickens as a Reader
While Dickens used to be seen as a writer of shallow and sentimental children’s literature, as the prolific caterer to the new market of mass literature, this collection of essays shows that Dickens was not only a reader of high-brow literature, but also expected his readers to understand them in the context of contemporary scientific and economic debates. Covering a wide range of writers –…
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- 9783847102861
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- Close Reading
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- 920 KOC t
Memorandoms by James Martin : An Astonishing Escape from Early New South Wales
Among the vast body of manuscripts composed and collected by the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832), held by UCL Library's Special Collections, is the earliest Australian convict narrative, Memorandoms by James Martin. This document also happens to be the only extant first-hand account of the most well-known, and most mythologized, escape from Australia by transported convict…
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- 9781911576839
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- 920 MEM
The Life and Letters of William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod”
"William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and…
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- 9781783745029
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- 920 HAL l
Fragmenting Modernism : Ford Madox Ford, the Novel and the Great War
Fragmenting Modernism is about Ford Madox Ford, a hero of the modernist literary revolution. Ford is a fascinating and fundamental figure of the time; not only because as a friend and critic of Ezra Pound and Joseph Conrad, editor of the English Review and author of The Good Soldier, he shaped the development of literary modernism. But as the grandson of Ford Madox Brown, and son of a German mu…
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- 9780719060557
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Digital Scholarly Editing : Theories and Practices
This volume presents the state of the art in digital scholarly editing. Drawing together the work of established and emerging researchers, it gives pause at a crucial moment in the history of technology in order to offer a sustained reflection on the practices involved in producing, editing and reading digital scholarly editions—and the theories that underpin them.
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- 9781783742400
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- 290 halaman
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- Digital Humanities Series
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- 370 DRI d
Dionysos in Archaic Greece : An Understanding Through Images
For the Greek, Dionysos was a very important god: for individuals as well as for the community as a whole. As there are only a few written sources dating from before the 5th Century BC the many images of Dionysos on Greek vases may well offer a genuine approach to the meaning given by the ancient viewer. This book explores the earliest images followed by those on small vases for private use, o…
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- 9789004144453
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- xx, 292 halaman
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Authority and Performance : Sociological Perspectives on the Council of Chalc…
One can hardly exaggerate the importance of the church councils in the 5th and 6th centuries. They provide us with great insights into the situation in the late Roman Empire and particularly into the role of the Church at that time. Because of the rich source materials, the dramatic course it took and its overall historical relevance, the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451) is one of the most importa…
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- 9783525208687
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