The Nostalgic Imagination: History in English Criticism, Paperback - Stefan Collini

This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twent...

A devastating analysis of what is happening to our universitiesDoes “marketization” threaten to destroy what we most value about education? Will th...

DescriptionFor more than three-quarters of a century, Owen Barfield produced original and thought-provoking works that made him a legendary cult fi...

DescriptionThis lively account of the making of Canadian English traces the variety's conceptual, social and linguistic developments from the twent...

Reducere. Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic w...

Now including a new introduction from the author, this major work from one of England's finest living writers is essential reading for all those wh...

Reducere. In Obeah, Race and Racism, Eugenia O'Neal vividly discusses the tradition of African magic and witchcraft, traces its voyage across the Atlantic an...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This book takes you back to exciting times, back when travelling meant discovering the world in a stylish and sometimes adventurous fashion. Ride t...

In blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, diplomats and travellers, English nation and Italian nation, Maura O'Connor shows us the exten...

Reducere. North American literary History I is an original attempt at redefining historicism and the way various contexts af literature may be re - interpret...

Inventing counterfactual histories is a common pastime of modern day historians, both amateur and professional. We speculate about an America ruled...

Contributor(s): Author: Hayden WhiteSince its initial publication in 1973, Hayden White's Metahistory has remained an essential book for understand...

Reducere. Hidden DepthsThe Man In The MoonA Mirage In The CloudsThe CreekMy Moonlight DreamOnly When I CryCuban CarnivalJust A MemoryThe Dinner PartyA Day Sp...

Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Ang...

This is a book for readers who are fascinated by the Moon and the earliest speculations about life on other worlds. It takes the reader on a journe...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Considering the interrelations between sight, touch, and imagination, this book offers a new approach to how we understand the way that ancient and...

This book offers an account of the historical development of the novel as a means of imagining and fashioning our bodies and our environments, in o...

DescriptionWith his characteristic enthusiasm and erudition, Peter Ackroyd follows his acclaimed London: A Biography with an inspired look into the...

Publisher: Ariadne PressAuthor(s): Stefan ZweigNumber of pages: 254Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 156 x 210 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softback...

This volume looks at the past views between Nottingham (Victoria) and Rugby (Central) stations, with many present day scenes to contrast and chart ...

Reducere. The Parachute Paradox tells the inspiring life story of the renowned award-winning artist and writer Steve Sabella, born under Israeli Occupation i...

Reducere. After 2, 000 years, his writings remain an important and relevant source for historians and Bible Scholars. Josephus - The History of the Jews Cond...

DescriptionThis volume provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context ...

Through a detailed examination of the party's post-war development, this book outlines how nostalgia has shaped the party's trajectory. It argues t...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Sanda (Southampton Solent University, UK) MillerIllustration(s): 30 bw illusNumber of pages: 168P...

Un tour de force narrativo sorprendente, afrodisiaco, literariamente impactante, de la mano de una de las maximas figuras de las letras europeas ac...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Contributor(s): Author: Stefanos GeroulanosAuthor: Todd MeyersThe injuries suffered by soldiers during WWI were as varied as they were brutal. How ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Kevin (Emory University) KarnesIllustration(s): 6 halftones, 3 line illustrationsNumber of pages: ...

Tank engines, steam engines, electric trains, multiple units and many more besides are waiting for the reader in this book of wonderful recollectio...

Reducere. On July 9, 2011, South Sudan celebrated its independence as the world's newest nation, an occasion that the country's Christian leaders claimed had...

Washington's Small Towns Have Great Stories. Little Washington presents 100 of the state's tiniest towns. With populations under 3, 500, these char...

Reducere. A detailed overview of Hitchcock's skill in developing the story from intriguing start to shattering climax. A shot-by-shot analysis, using the sho...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Reducere. Michigan's small towns have great stories. Little Michigan presents 100 towns with populations under 600. From the state's long mining history to i...

Reducere. DescriptionPeace, Love, Unity, and Respect. Cultural liberation and musical innovation. Pyrotechnics, bottle service, bass drops, and molly. Electr...

An examination of spectacles and those who wore them through history, art, literature and technology.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Stefana Sa...

John Fletcher describes his career on the railways, which began in 1962 when he became an engine cleaner, and continued into the 21st century.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Marco Benoit (University College London, UK) CarboneIllustration(s): 24 bw illusNumber of pages: 280...

Gathering oral stories and visual art from Haiti and two of its 'motherlands' in Africa, Istwa across the Water recovers the submerged histories of...

Reducere. The Red Rockets' Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science...

DescriptionThough reaching ever further toward the skies, today's cities are overshadowed by multiple threats: climate change, overpopulation, soci...

KIKUS Englisch Picture Cards with suggestions for use in English - Edgardis Garlin, Stefan Merkle

This book is a study of the rich and fascinating traditions found early Irish literature concerning smiths and the fashioning of metal. The smith h...

Reducere. Eugen Von B hm-Bawerk, economist of the Austrian school, wrote this incisive critique of Marxist economics amid rising public support for socialism...

DescriptionNot Interesting proposes another set of terms and structures to talk about architecture, without requiring that it be interesting. This ...

Igor Torbakov explores the nexus between various forms of Russian political imagination and the apparently cyclic process of decline and fall of Ru...

A collection of essays from Colquhoun's career in architectural theory.Publisher: Black Dog PressAuthor(s): Alan ColquhounIllustration(s): 180 b/w ...