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Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
The New Atlantis has fired the imaginations of its readers since its original appearance in 1627. Often regarded as the apotheosis of Bacon's ideas through its depiction of an advanced 'scientific' society, it is also read as a seminal work of science fiction. Standing at the threshold of early modern culture, this key text incorporates the practical and visionary, utility and utopia. This volu…
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- 9781526137388
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- 224 halaman
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- Call Number
- 900 FRA
Novel Districts: Critical Readings of Monika Fagerholm
"Finland-Swedish writer Monika Fagerholm is one of the most important contemporary Nordic authors. Her experimental, puzzling and daring novels, such as Underbara kvinnor vid vatten (1994) and Den amerikanska flickan (2004), have attracted much critical attention. She has won several literary awards, including the Nordic prize from the Swedish Academy in 2016; her works have travelled across na…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9789522227959
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- 262
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- Studia Fennica Litteraria, 9
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- 823 NOV n
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
Colonised by Wankers : Postcolonialism and Contemporary Scottish Fiction
"Has Scotland suffered from colonial oppression by England for the last 300 years? While historiography may give an answer in the negative, this study reveals that the contemporary Scottish novel is haunted by strong feelings, marked by perceptions of abjection and inferiorisation in response to constructing the English as dominating. Drawing from an unprecedented corpus of contemporary Scottis…
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- 9783946198284
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- 260 halaman
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- 800 HOM c
Affective Intellectuals and the Space of Catastrophe in the Americas
Most importantly, the book shows how literature constitutes an alternative public sphere for Black people. In a society largely controlled by white supremacist actors and institutions, Black authors have conjured fiction into a space where hard questions can be asked and answered and where the work of combatting collective, racist suppression can occur without replicating oppressive hierarchies…
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- 9780814254950
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The Hunt for FOXP5: A Genomic Mystery Novel
Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant. As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic t…
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- 978-3319289601
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- 258 pages
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Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World
Keajaiban dan keajaiban merupakan tema sentral dalam budaya Yunani kuno. Dalam buku ini, Jessica Lightfoot memberikan pemeriksaan lengkap pertama tentang signifikansinya dari Homer hingga periode Helenistik. Dia menunjukkan bahwa keajaiban adalah istilah penting dari respons estetika dan menempati posisi sentral dalam konsep tentang apa itu filsafat dan sastra. Dia juga berpendapat bahwa itu me…
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- 9781009003551
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- T 880.938 LIG w c
Virtual Play and the Victorian Novel: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Fictional …
Merenungkan kota yang dia ciptakan dalam novelnya, Anthony Trollope telah 'begitu menyadari tempat, orang-orangnya, dan fakta-fakta' Barset sehingga 'jalan-jalan di kota sudah tidak asing lagi bagi langkah kaki saya'. Setelah novelnya berakhir, William Thackeray bertanya-tanya di mana karakternya sekarang tinggal dan merindukan percakapan mereka. Bagaimana kita bisa memahami novel sebagai bentu…
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- 9781108938518
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- T 741.5 GAO v c
Beyond Narrative: Exploring Narrative Liminality and Its Cultural Work
This book calls for an investigation of the ›borderlands of narrativity‹ — the complex and culturally productive area where the symbolic form of narrative meets other symbolic logics, such as data(base), play, spectacle, or ritual. It opens up a conversation about the ›beyond‹ of narrative, about the myriad constellations in which narrativity interlaces with, rubs against, or morphs i…
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- 9783839461303
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- 302.23 BEY b
Comics and Videogames; From Hybrid Medialities to Transmedia Expansions
This book offers the first comprehensive study of the many interfaces shaping the relationship between comics and videogames. It combines in-depth conceptual reflection with a rich selection of paradigmatic case studies from contemporary media culture
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- 1000224112, 9781000224115
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- -
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- 741.5 THO c
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