Women Writing Wonder. An Anthology of Subversive Nineteenth-Century British, French, and German Fairy Tales, Paperback - ***

A translation and critical edition that fills a current gap in fairy-tale scholarship by making accessible texts written by nineteenth-century Brit...

Reducere. Despite the availability of several eloquent gender studies of fairy tales, a popular reference on men and fairy tales has so far been nonexistent....

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland experienced massive changes during the nineteenth century. Economic restructuring, introducing sheep and deer...

The excruciating beauty, exoticism and mystery of tattoos is laid bare in this new collection of 12 stories ranging from the 1880s to the 1940s.

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 157 x 236 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s)...

Publisher: UoS Talking Shop PressAuthor(s): UoS MA Creative Writing StudentsNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 15Cov...

Reducere. Nothing is as it seems in Grace Falls, Pennsylvania. The town looks and feels like every other small isolated town across America. There are yearly...

Reducere. As the modern celebration of Christmas took shape across the nineteenth century, American writers gave it new meaning in the pages of countless boo...

Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert. Lond...

The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.Editor(s): Patrick Barkham

A landmark volume showcasing the vital writing of revolutionary women during the 1930s.Publisher: Haymarket BooksNumber of pages: 368Publication da...

DescriptionAlthough we are used to thinking of science and the humanities as separate disciplines, in the nineteenth century this division was not ...

Showcasing the work of more than 200 women writers of African descent, this major international collection celebrates their contributions to litera...

A fantasy/science fiction collection featuring a range of writers including Patrick Ness and Holly Black presenting worlds where humans and monster...

Reducere. Before children's stories came to exemplify the French fairy tale, early modern audiences read the works of women writers known as conteuses. From ...

This unique anthology includes generous selections from the six nineteenth-century French poets most often read in the English-speaking world today...

During the 18th century, there was a great proliferation of poetry published by women. Most of their work has since fallen into obscurity and their...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Various AuthorsNumber of pages: 976Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x 215 x 58Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. "Some of these tales are moving, others terrifying. . . . Long after the last page is turned, these tales will linger in readers' brains, in their ...

Reducere. Published in 1969 and in print ever since, this was the first specialist collection of tongue twisters and is still a great tool for warming up and...

Reducere. DescriptionThe companion to the classic anthology Daughters of Africa--a major international collection that brings together the work of more than ...

Reducere. Drawing on rare sources and archival material, Helen Barolini has here collected 56 works by Italian American women writers. The volume features: p...

Enter a world of magic and adventure in this stunning series based on traditional Russian folklore.Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

Steampunk, Dieselpunk, and Cyberpunk - oh my If you like fractured fables and mythic mash-ups, you'll love this collection of reimagined fairy tale...

Reducere. This anthology of poetry, prose, and artwork derives from two exhibitions and ekphrastic readings in 2021. The "Art Speaks" exhibition at the Edgew...

Reducere. The sweep of Japanese literature in all its great variety was made available to Western readers for the first time in this anthology. Every genre a...

Reducere. DescriptionWomen travelers in Egypt in the nineteenth century saw aspects of the country unseen by their male counterparts, as they spent time both...

Reducere. This books offers a comprehensive sampling of the major genres of poetry and prose written from about A.D. 600 to the end of the nineteenth century...

Reducere. The development of the piano, together with changes in culture and society, led to the transformation of song into a major musical genre. This stud...

Reducere. While the 'venereal peril' of nineteenth-century France was responsible for thousands of deaths, much attention has focused on the range of social ...

This book examines the intersections among literary works by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Mary Shelley and Wilkie Collins, journalism, parliamentary...

DescriptionNineteenth-century English nature was a place of experimentation, exoticism, and transgression, as site and emblem of the global exchang...

This study explores the science and culture of nineteenth-century British arboretums, or tree collections. The development of arboretums was foster...

Publisher: Oxford University PressAuthor(s): Geoff EleyNumber of pages: 308Publication date: 1984Dimensions: 218 x 139 x 17Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. Native American Mythology began long before the European settlers arrived on North American soil. The most popular of these myths usually are the o...

Covering a period that initially regarded children's natural bodies as labouring resources, Stronger, Truer, Bolder traces the shifting pedagogical...

This comprehensive study by leading scholars in an important new field the history of letters and letter writing is essential reading for anyone in...

This work provides an informative chronological survey of a century of British painting. It progresses from the beginnings of Romanticism in the la...

In an era of rapidly increasing technological advances and international exchange, how did young people come to understand the world beyond their d...

Publisher: Unicorn Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Caroline ChapmanIllustration(s): 60 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2...

Situated in a mid-Victorian moment of frenetic plant collecting from the far reaches of the British empire, Novel Cultivations recognises plants as...

Trains--The Early Years visually documents how distance was conquered by rail. Wonderful images of locomotives moving at full speed through remote ...

Liners--The Golden Age chronicles the great era of ocean liner travel from the close of the nineteenth century to the launch of the QE2 and beyond