Uncanny Youth. Childhood, the Gothic, and the Literary Americas, Hardback - Suzanne Manizza Roszak

This book examines Gothic representations of childhood and adolescence in hemispheric American literature.Publisher: University of Wales PressAutho...

State Power, Stigmatization, and Youth Resistance Culture in the French Banlieues: Uncanny Citizenship studies the invisibility of visible minoriti...

Reducere. Provides a scholarly account of the striking interplay between the Gothic and theory over two-and-a-half centuries This collection provides a thoro...

Reducere. Depictions of the undead in the American South are not limited to our modern versions, such as the vampires in True Blood and the zombies in The Wa...

Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep sense of unease mingling with...

Reducere. DescriptionThis text owes its existence to a 1923 psycoanalytic session conducted by Dr O. Pfister with the then 49-year-old Schweitzer. Immersed i...

From anti-war walkouts to anarchist youth newspapers, rallies against educational privatization, and workshops on fair trade, teenage girls are act...

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This edited volume performs a critical analysis of the Americas Award, issues related to the content of the award-winning and honored books, and th...

Gothic Utterance explores the vital role played by haunted and haunting voices in American Gothic literature produced between the Revolutionary War...

The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary t...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 20 color plates, 60 halftones, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2021Dimensi...

Diverse ecoGothic interpretations of Victorian gardens and their reflections of human disturbance, using material ecocritical methodology to examin...

Presenting 13 of the author's best tales from the 1920s and 30s - including accounts of uncanny living wax figures, unsettling timeslips into troub...

Reducere. Latin American and Latino artists have used photography to engage with modern media landscapes and critique globalized economies since the 1960s. B...

Levels of corruption vary greatly around the world, with certain regions suffering from it more than others. Why is it pervasive in some countries,...

Reducere. Karl Marx set about to analyze the development pf capital, the componets of capital and the modern day application of capital. As a political econo...

Reducere. The third and final volume of our Kaiki series returns us to the Capital City: Tokyo. While Japan has modernized, renaming old Edo as new-born Toky...

It is tempting to believe that dehumanization is an excess of rhetoric-that no one thinks his foe is truly monstrous. David Livingstone Smith argue...

Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Chris ClaremontIllustration(s): 6 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

This riverrun edition presents a master Russian storyteller whose fierce gift for intimate address summons the wholeness of life on every page. Tra...

Presents an informed and critical commentary on a range of key issues related to children and childhood, from birth to eighteen years. This title f...

This collection of original chapters brings together cutting-edge research on informal education - that is, learning practices that emphasise dialo...

Barry Forshaw celebrates with enthusiasm the British horror film and its fascination for macabre cinema. A definitive study of the genre, British G...

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A compelling account of the early period of expeditionary archaeology and photography told through the words and works of six pioneers.Publisher: D...

This book explores the capacity of different stakeholders to work together build urban resilience to climate change through an equity-cantered appr...

Reducere. For the first time in English comes a remarkable literary discovery. In 1928, Turkish author Ali Rıza Seyfioğlu pirated Bram Stoker's Dracula, comp...

Reducere. Strikingly different since childhood and leading dissimilar lives now, sisters Frances and Cynthia have managed to remain ``devoted``--as long as t...

Introduced by Sarah Perry, the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent. Uncanny. Mysterious. Eerie. Gothic. It draws us in with its air of mystery...

One of the most important books published on slave society, Stolen Childhood focuses on the millions of children and youth enslaved in 19th-century...

The story of Seville's Archive of the Indies reveals how current views of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are based on radical historical r...

Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to explore 50 of the Americas' most epic hikes. Ranging from one-day walks to multi-day treks, each route i...

Publisher: Capstone Global Library LtdAuthor(s): Peter MavrikisNumber of pages: 32Collection: Fact vs Fiction HistoryPublication date: 2022Dimensio...

A radical reassessment of the role of movement, emotion, and the viewing experience in Gothic sculpture

Reducere. Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.S. Army center that has trained more than sixty thousand sold...

Reducere. A MONSTER PREYED UPON THE CHILDREN OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON. HIS CRIMES WERE APPALLING -- AND YET HE WAS LITTLE MORE THAN A CHILD HIMSELF. When...

'Look, my lordSee heaven itself declares against your impious intentions ' The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and...

Contributor(s): Author: Horace WalpoleAuthor: William BeckfordAuthor: Mary ShelleyWalpole's The Castle of Otranto, Beckford's Vathek, and Shelley's...

Reducere. New England is renowned for its quaint towns, beautiful landscapes, and busy ports. But it is also infamous as the setting for unexplained deaths, ...

The first part of the autobiography of writer Judith von Halle, covering her spiritual experiences in childhood and youth.Publisher: Clairview Book...

How did writing histories of the world change after the discovery of America? Focusing on a set of case studies, this book explores creative works ...

Queen of French Noir, Johana Gustawsson returns with a spell-binding, dazzlingly dark gothic thriller that swings from Belle Epoque France to 21st-...

Buckle up and get ready to hit the road for 50 of the Americas' greatest drives. Ranging in duration from a few hours to a week or more, each route...

Analyzing more than one hundred and fifty historical maps, this book traces the Jesuits' significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from th...

Reducere. In the Nightside--that hidden area in the middle of London where time stands still at three A.M. and the sun won't rise to refute it--nightmares go...

A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Professor James Walvi...

Julie Prince is a top college student, destined for conventional success. But then she falls in love with Neil, a radical graduate student, and aba...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Americas, then keep reading...The one-character trait that sometimes surpasses the human ins...