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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: The Color Purple
Book SynopsisAlice Walker's The Color Purple is one of the most celebrated and influential novels in American and African American literature, a rare winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for Fiction, and the inspiration for an acclaimed film adaptation and Broadway musical. In celebration of The Color Purple's fortieth anniversary, this volume offers new readings of the classic literary work from biographical, cultural, historical, and spiritual points of view, with additional analyses devoted to art, adaptations, comparative texts, ethics, linguistics, masculinity, motherhood, poetry, and social activism and movements such as Black Lives Matter.
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: Truth & Lies
Book SynopsisThis volume ranges widely over literary works of many centuries and diverse cultures. It discusses: why the topic has seemed so important to so many authors and readers; how the terms ""truth"" and ""lies"" have been diversely defined; how (if at all) literature can contribute to serious exploration of this important moral issue; and how and why the theme continues to remain so relevant. Some important thinkers have seen literature as a key means of apprehending and propagating truth; others (such as Plato) have associated literature itself with inveterate lying. This volume explores how creative writers have dealt with this controversy in different ways.
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: A Raisin in the Sun
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: The Merchant of Venice
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: The Plague
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: All the Pretty Horses
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Insights: Power & Corruption
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Grey House Publishing Inc Critical Survey of Mythology & Folklore: Creation
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Clemson University Digital Press “Something that I read in a book”: W. B. Yeats’s
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Clemson University Digital Press “Something that I read in a book”: W. B. Yeats’s
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H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Notable American Women Writers
Book SynopsisThis new title brings together overviews and in-depth analysis of hundreds of American women writers, from Colonial America to present day. This work concentrates on women writers of literature, including novels, short stories, poetry, and drama. Essays include a personal biography and a summary of works, with valuable top matter details and further reading sections. The volumes include reviews and excerpts of the writer’s most acclaimed works to give the researcher a unique, comprehensive perspective
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H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Critical Insights: Life of Pi
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H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Critical Insights: Othello
Book SynopsisOthello has long been considered (along with Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth) one of Shakespeare's four greatest works of tragedy. Recently, however, Othello has taken on a special interest, partly because it deals so intriguingly with such issues as gender, race, and class --issues particularly engaging to so many readers, critics, and playgoers. This volume explores Othello from numerous points of view, paying special attention to such matters as history, aesthetics, and various important productions, especially on film.
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H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Flash Fiction
Book SynopsisOutstanding, in-depth scholarship by renowned literary critics; great starting point for students seeking an introduction to the theme and the critical discussions surrounding it.This first-of-its-kind volume on flash fiction-prose of no more than 1,000 words-tracks the development and critical context of this international literary genre. Essays look at both prominent forebearers and current practitioners including Kate Chopin, Franz Kafka, Julio Cortazar, Amy Hempel, and Lydia Davis.Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of ""Works Cited,"" along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources: About This Volume; Critical Context: Original Introductory Essays; Critical Readings: Original In-Depth Essays; Further Readings; Detailed Bibliography; Detailed Bio of the Editor; General Subject Index.
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Bucknell University Press,U.S. Johnson in Japan
Book SynopsisThe study and reception of Samuel Johnson’s work has long been embedded in Japanese literary culture. The essays in this collection reflect that history and influence, underscoring the richness of Johnson scholarship in Japan, while exploring broader conditions in Japanese academia today. In examining Johnson’s works such as the Rambler (1750-52), Rasselas (1759), Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779-81), and Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), the contributors—all members of the half-century-old Johnson Society of Japan—also engage with the work of other important English writers, namely Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, and Matthew Arnold, and later Japanese writers, including Natsume Soseki (1867-1916). If the state of Johnson studies in Japan is unfamiliar to Western academics, this volume offers a unique opportunity to appreciate Johnson’s centrality to Japanese education and intellectual life, and to reassess how he may be perceived in a different cultural context. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"In conveying the ‘state of play’ of Johnson’s reputation in a world that might not previously have been thought receptive, Johnson in Japan makes a significant mark . . . successful in offering new critical insights, its presence means that there are important implications for Johnson’s cultural penetration (and therefore the kind of writer he is)." -- Philip Smallwood * author of Johnson’s Critical Presence: Image, History, Judgment *"Samuel Johnson was fascinated by travel, and the Orient particularly took his fancy. He once seriously recommended that Boswell undertake a trip to see the Great Wall of China, because it would distinguish him in the eyes of other Britons. More recently, the East has reciprocated this interest, as scholars in Japan and China formed Johnsonian societies and published important books and articles on the Great Cham. Johnson in Japan draws together a number of intriguing and valuable essays under a rubric that is original and persuasive. It at once advances our knowledge of the intersection between Johnson and the East forward considerably, yet it perhaps more urgently encourages that Western scholars explore this richly fertile yet largely untapped field with greater assiduity." -- Anthony Lee * author of Community and Solitude: New Essays on Johnson's Circle *"It is a pleasure to read these essays, eloquently written, informative and free of jargon." * The New Rambler *“To publish contemporary critical essays together with the historical review of Johnson studies makes an important statement about the vibrancy of Johnson scholarship, past and present, in Japan.” -- Lisa Berglund * Eighteenth Century Fiction *"In conveying the ‘state of play’ of Johnson’s reputation in a world that might not previously have been thought receptive, Johnson in Japan makes a significant mark . . . successful in offering new critical insights, its presence means that there are important implications for Johnson’s cultural penetration (and therefore the kind of writer he is)." -- Philip Smallwood * author of Johnson’s Critical Presence: Image, History, Judgment *"Samuel Johnson was fascinated by travel, and the Orient particularly took his fancy. He once seriously recommended that Boswell undertake a trip to see the Great Wall of China, because it would distinguish him in the eyes of other Britons. More recently, the East has reciprocated this interest, as scholars in Japan and China formed Johnsonian societies and published important books and articles on the Great Cham. Johnson in Japan draws together a number of intriguing and valuable essays under a rubric that is original and persuasive. It at once advances our knowledge of the intersection between Johnson and the East forward considerably, yet it perhaps more urgently encourages that Western scholars explore this richly fertile yet largely untapped field with greater assiduity." -- Anthony Lee * author of Community and Solitude: New Essays on Johnson's Circle *"It is a pleasure to read these essays, eloquently written, informative and free of jargon." * The New Rambler *“To publish contemporary critical essays together with the historical review of Johnson studies makes an important statement about the vibrancy of Johnson scholarship, past and present, in Japan.” -- Lisa Berglund * Eighteenth Century Fiction *Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Foreword by Greg Clingham Note on Reference Introduction Chapter 1: A Brief History of Johnsonian Studies in Japan Hideichi Eto Chapter 2: Johnson, Biography, and Modern Japan Noriyuki Harada Chapter 3: Scientific Curiosity in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Kimiyo Ogawa Chapter 4: Jane Austen and the Reception of Samuel Johnson in Japan: The Domestication of Realism in Soseki Natsume’s Theory of Literature (1907) Yuri Yoshino Chapter 5: Johnson the Tea Poet: A Scholarly Role Model and a Literary Doctor in Modernizing Japan Mika Suzuki Chapter 6: Johnson and Garrick on Hamlet Miki Iwata Chapter 7: Abyssinian Johnson Noriyuki Hattori Chapter 8: Johnson’s Prose Style and His Notion of the Periodical Writer Tadayuki Fukumoto Chapter 9: An Analysis of Johnson's View of Knowledge: A Corpus Stylistic Approach Masaaki Ogura Chapter 10: Johnson’s Final Words: With Particular Reference to Boswell’s Dirty Deed on Sastres Hitoshi Suwabe Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
£28.90
Bucknell University Press,U.S. Johnson in Japan
Book SynopsisThe study and reception of Samuel Johnson’s work has long been embedded in Japanese literary culture. The essays in this collection reflect that history and influence, underscoring the richness of Johnson scholarship in Japan, while exploring broader conditions in Japanese academia today. In examining Johnson’s works such as the Rambler (1750-52), Rasselas (1759), Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779-81), and Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), the contributors—all members of the half-century-old Johnson Society of Japan—also engage with the work of other important English writers, namely Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, and Matthew Arnold, and later Japanese writers, including Natsume Soseki (1867-1916). If the state of Johnson studies in Japan is unfamiliar to Western academics, this volume offers a unique opportunity to appreciate Johnson’s centrality to Japanese education and intellectual life, and to reassess how he may be perceived in a different cultural context. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"In conveying the ‘state of play’ of Johnson’s reputation in a world that might not previously have been thought receptive, Johnson in Japan makes a significant mark . . . successful in offering new critical insights, its presence means that there are important implications for Johnson’s cultural penetration (and therefore the kind of writer he is)." -- Philip Smallwood * author of Johnson’s Critical Presence: Image, History, Judgment *"Samuel Johnson was fascinated by travel, and the Orient particularly took his fancy. He once seriously recommended that Boswell undertake a trip to see the Great Wall of China, because it would distinguish him in the eyes of other Britons. More recently, the East has reciprocated this interest, as scholars in Japan and China formed Johnsonian societies and published important books and articles on the Great Cham. Johnson in Japan draws together a number of intriguing and valuable essays under a rubric that is original and persuasive. It at once advances our knowledge of the intersection between Johnson and the East forward considerably, yet it perhaps more urgently encourages that Western scholars explore this richly fertile yet largely untapped field with greater assiduity." -- Anthony Lee * author of Community and Solitude: New Essays on Johnson's Circle *"It is a pleasure to read these essays, eloquently written, informative and free of jargon." * The New Rambler *“To publish contemporary critical essays together with the historical review of Johnson studies makes an important statement about the vibrancy of Johnson scholarship, past and present, in Japan.” -- Lisa Berglund * Eighteenth Century Fiction *"In conveying the ‘state of play’ of Johnson’s reputation in a world that might not previously have been thought receptive, Johnson in Japan makes a significant mark . . . successful in offering new critical insights, its presence means that there are important implications for Johnson’s cultural penetration (and therefore the kind of writer he is)." -- Philip Smallwood * author of Johnson’s Critical Presence: Image, History, Judgment *"Samuel Johnson was fascinated by travel, and the Orient particularly took his fancy. He once seriously recommended that Boswell undertake a trip to see the Great Wall of China, because it would distinguish him in the eyes of other Britons. More recently, the East has reciprocated this interest, as scholars in Japan and China formed Johnsonian societies and published important books and articles on the Great Cham. Johnson in Japan draws together a number of intriguing and valuable essays under a rubric that is original and persuasive. It at once advances our knowledge of the intersection between Johnson and the East forward considerably, yet it perhaps more urgently encourages that Western scholars explore this richly fertile yet largely untapped field with greater assiduity." -- Anthony Lee * author of Community and Solitude: New Essays on Johnson's Circle *"It is a pleasure to read these essays, eloquently written, informative and free of jargon." * The New Rambler *“To publish contemporary critical essays together with the historical review of Johnson studies makes an important statement about the vibrancy of Johnson scholarship, past and present, in Japan.” -- Lisa Berglund * Eighteenth Century Fiction *Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Foreword by Greg Clingham Note on Reference Introduction Chapter 1: A Brief History of Johnsonian Studies in Japan Hideichi Eto Chapter 2: Johnson, Biography, and Modern Japan Noriyuki Harada Chapter 3: Scientific Curiosity in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Kimiyo Ogawa Chapter 4: Jane Austen and the Reception of Samuel Johnson in Japan: The Domestication of Realism in Soseki Natsume’s Theory of Literature (1907) Yuri Yoshino Chapter 5: Johnson the Tea Poet: A Scholarly Role Model and a Literary Doctor in Modernizing Japan Mika Suzuki Chapter 6: Johnson and Garrick on Hamlet Miki Iwata Chapter 7: Abyssinian Johnson Noriyuki Hattori Chapter 8: Johnson’s Prose Style and His Notion of the Periodical Writer Tadayuki Fukumoto Chapter 9: An Analysis of Johnson's View of Knowledge: A Corpus Stylistic Approach Masaaki Ogura Chapter 10: Johnson’s Final Words: With Particular Reference to Boswell’s Dirty Deed on Sastres Hitoshi Suwabe Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
£107.20
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Arthurian Literature XXI: Celtic Arthurian
Book SynopsisA special number devoted to Celtic material. This special number of the well-established series Arthurian Literature is devoted to Celtic material. Contributions, from leading experts in Celtic Studies, cover Welsh, Irish and Breton material, from medieval texts to oral traditions surviving into modern times. The volume reflects current trends and new approaches in this field whilst also making available in English material hitherto inaccessible to those with no reading knowledge of the Celticlanguages. CERIDWEN LLOYD-MORGAN has published widely in the field of Arthurian studies. She is currently Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Welsh, Cardiff University.Table of ContentsArthur of the Irish: a viable concept? - Ann Dooley Performing Culhwch ac Olwen - Sioned Davies Court and Cyuoeth: Chretien de Troyes' Eric et Enide and the Middle Welsh Gereint - Helen Angharad Roberts Owein, Ystorya Bown, and the problem of `relative distance' Some methodological considerations and speculations - Erich Poppe Neither flesh nor fowl: Merlin as bird-man in Breton folk tradition - Mary-Ann Constantine Narratives and non-narratives: aspects of Welsh Arthurian tradition - Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
£66.50
Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist
Book SynopsisA series which is "a monumental achievement" (Review of English Studies). In 1755 Richard Rawlinson bequeathed his vast collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library. The manuscripts alone numbered over 5,000, and the 167 of these which contain Middle English prose are indexed in this Handlist. These are divided fairly evenly between religious and secular texts: Rawlinson does not seem to have been interested in any particular genre; if a book was old and deemed to be of historical interest it entered his collection, either as an acquisition or a contemporary transcription. Scriptural and devotional writing is represented by copies of the New Testament, three different works by Rolle and three by Hilton, Love's Mirror, a Primer, Sacerdos Parochialis, The Chastising of God's Children, The Mirror of Our Lady, The Mirror to Lewd Men and Women, excerpts from the works of St Catherine of Siena and St Bridget of Sweden, Mirk's Festial, other sermons,Wycliffite treatises, the only English copy known of William Thorpe's Testimony, prayers, several copies of Pore Caitiff, and more. Secular and political writing includes versions of Mandeville's Travels, John Fortescue's On the Governance of England, translations of two works by Alain Chartier, and The English Conquest of Ireland. There is a rich selection of historical prose, with ten Bruts in whole or part, royal genealogies, accounts of royal weddings and of the coronation of Richard II, descriptions of court etiquette, the deposition of Richard II, the challenge for the English throne of Henry IV and his speech of acceptance. Scientific and utilitarian prose is illustrated by Chaucer's Astrolabe, grammatical treatises, alchemical writings by Lull and Ripley, medical treatises, especially urologies, and, in a lighter vein, extracts from the J.B. Treatiseon hunting and country life, as well as separate works on hawking, angling and gardening. The abundance of recipes, medical, culinary and veterinary, singly and in collection, have been treated in this Handlist in particular detail. Sarah Ogilvie-Thomson is a former lecturer in language and medieval literature at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.Trade ReviewAn impressive and very welcome publication.[T]his large handlist is a tremendous resource for scholarship, especially in the study of non-canonical texts. * THE LIBRARY *The Handlists are an important foundational addition to the field for anyone seeking to find a new research topic or to contextualise an existing one, or embarking on editing a text. * ARCHIVES *As always, this volume of The Index of Middle English Prose will be a valuable resource for many researchers. * MEDIUM AEVUM *
£90.25
De Gruyter Plots, Designs, and Schemes: American Conspiracy
Book SynopsisPlots, Designs, and Schemes is the first study that investigates the long history of American conspiracy theories from the perspective of literary and cultural studies. Since research in these fields has so far almost exclusively focused on the contemporary period, the book concentrates on the time before 1960. Four detailed case studies offer close readings of the Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692, fears of Catholic invasion during the 1830s to 1850s, antebellum conspiracy theories about slavery, and anxieties about Communist subversion during the 1950s. The study primarily engages with factual texts, such as sermons, pamphlets, political speeches, and confessional narratives, but it also analyzes how fears of conspiracy were dramatized and negotiated in fictional texts, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown (1835) or Hermann Melville's Benito Cereno (1855). The book offers three central insights: 1. The American predilection for conspiracy theorizing can be traced back to the co-presence and persistence of a specific epistemological paradigm that relates all effects to intentional human action, the ideology of republicanism, and the Puritan heritage. 2. Until far into the twentieth century, conspiracy theories were considered a perfectly legitimate form of knowledge. As such, they shaped how many Americans, elites as well as “common” people, understood and reacted to historical events. The Revolutionary War and the Civil War would not have occurred without widespread conspiracy theories. 3. Although most extant research claims the opposite, conspiracy theories have never been as marginal and unimportant as in the past decades. Their disqualification as stigmatized knowledge only occurred around 1960, and coincided with a shift from theories that detect conspiracies directed against the government to conspiracies by the government.
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De Gruyter Hermann Broch Und Die Romantik
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De Gruyter Handbook of Stemmatology: History, Methodology,
Book SynopsisStemmatology studies aspects of textual criticism that use genealogical methods to analyse a set of copies of a text whose autograph has been lost. This handbook is the first to cover the entire field, encompassing both theoretical and practical aspects of traditional as well as modern digital methods and their history. As an art (ars), stemmatology’s main goal is editing and thus presenting to the reader a historical text in the most satisfactory way. As a more abstract discipline (scientia), it is interested in the general principles of how texts change in the process of being copied. Thirty eight experts from all of the fields involved have joined forces to write this handbook, whose eight chapters cover material aspects of text traditions, the genesis and methods of traditional "Lachmannian" textual criticism and the objections raised against it, as well as modern digital methods used in the field. The two concluding chapters take a closer look at how this approach towards texts and textual criticism has developed in some disciplines of textual scholarship and compare methods used in other fields that deal with "descent with modification". The handbook thus serves as an introduction to this interdisciplinary field.
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Anagrama James Joyce
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Editorial Gedisa, S.A. Fragil felicidad Fragil Happyness Un Ensayo Sobre
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Visor El Quijote visto desde América
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Palabra Ediciones Chesterton Un Escritor Para Todos Los Tiempos
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Biblioteca Nueva El Cine y La Novelistica de Juan Marse
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Gombrowicz este hombre me causa problemas
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Great War Of 1890 Ssf V1
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge History of Literature in English
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Cambridge University Press Wordsworths Reading 1770 1799
Book SynopsisThis directory of the authors and books known to have been read by William Wordsworth up to the age of twenty-nine provides an essential reference tool - in a compact, easy-to-use form - for all scholars and students of Wordsworth's work.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Dates of readings; A note on texts; Wordsworth's reading 1770–1799; Appendix I: possible readings; Appendix II: Wordsworth's Hawkshead and classical educations, and his College examinations at Cambridge; Appendix III: books purchased for Wordsworth, 1784–6; Appendix IV: Wrangham and his library; Appendix V: Thomas Poole's library and the Stowey Book Society; Appendix VI: Coleridge's Bristol Library borrowings; Appendix VII: Joseph Cottle's Bristol Library borrowings; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Wordsworths Reading 1800 1815
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Cambridge University Press Modern Literary Arabic
Book SynopsisThe lessons are clear, in non-technical language, and have generous examples, with plenty of exercises for translation from Arabic to English and from English to Arabic. This is the manual that students interested in Arabic as a living and expanding world language will prefer. It is the first to deal mainly with modern literary Arabic. In Mr Cowan's words: 'The purpose is to explain to the students, in as concise a manner as possible, the grammatical structure of the modern Arabic literary language as it is found today in newspapers, magazines, books, the radio, and public speaking. I have endeavoured to restrict the material to the minimum which may serve as a stepping-stone to a deeper study of Arabic. As the fundamental grammar of written Arabic has hardly changed as an introduction to the classical language also. Having once mastered its contents the student should have a sound grasp of Arabic grammar and can then direct his studies towards modern literature or classical according Trade Review'This is an excellent grammar which should commend itself to all teachers of Arabic.' J. Robson, Journal of Semitic Studies'This introduction to the grammar of both classical and modern literary Arabic is the best I have seen.' Arnold C. Satterthwait, Middle East Journal'Mr Cowan's work has strong claims to be considered the best introductory grammar which has yet appeared.' J. A. Haywood, Durham University Journal'An excellent grammar … the exercises strike a happy medium between the modern and literary.' Virginia Vacca, East and WestTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. The Arabic alphabet; 2. Pronunciation of the consonants; 3. Vowels; 4. Doubled consonants; 5. 'Tanwin' or nunation; 6. Hamza; 7. Madda; 8. Accent; 9. Pronunciation; 10. Lessons 1-25; Appendix.
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Cambridge University Press The Bobbio Missal
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets
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Cambridge University Press Wordsworths Reading 17701799
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Cambridge University Press Wordsworths Reading 18001815
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Cambridge University Press The Bobbio Missal Liturgy and Religious Culture in Merovingian Gaul 11 Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology Series Number 11
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Cambridge University Press Under Western Eyes
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Cambridge University Press Later Manuscripts
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Cambridge University Press Jacobs Room
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Cambridge University Press The Letters of Samuel Beckett Volume 2 19411956
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of the Book in Britain is an authoritative series which surveys the history of publishing, bookselling, authorship and reading in Britain. This seventh and final volume surveys the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from a range of perspectives in order to create a comprehensive guide, from growing professionalisation at the beginning of the twentieth century, to the impact of digital technologies at the end. Its multi-authored focus on the material book and its manufacture broadens to a study of the book''s authorship and readership, and its production and dissemination via publishing and bookselling. It examines in detail key market sectors over the course of the period, and concludes with a series of essays concentrating on aspects of book history: the book in wartime; class, democracy and value; books and other media; intellectual property and copyright; and imperialism and post-imperialism.Trade Review'Inevitably in a volume of this kind there are elements, aspects and topics one would have liked to have seen covered, but that are not. Equally, topics are covered that one did not expect, or even know about. Regardless, the volume is a treasure trove of information. Like all previous volumes in the series, Volume Seven is extremely rich, detailed, carefully edited, and authoritative.' Wim Van Mierlo, Library and Information History'A fitting conclusion to a splendid seven-volume series (the first volumes appeared in 2008), this wonderfully useful and engaging collection presents 31 essays on topics including print materials and technology, book formats, and the digital book; authorship, publishing, distribution, and ownership; particular publishing niches from government publications, university presses, journals, magazines … This rich volume and indeed the whole series are essential for all who are interested in the history of the book.' D. L. Patey, Choice'The volume not only serves as an important point of reference for those working in book, publishing, or indeed library, history at the moment but will also serve as the foundation for scholars in the future to pursue their own investigations. This volume makes a very significant contribution and it is one which will stand the test of time.' Peter Reid, Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society'What has been done in this volume is immensely valuable. It is a time capsule of a national book history and book history more generally. It belongs - with no excuses - in any library pretending to house the essentials of cultural research.' Robert L. Patten, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of AmericaTable of ContentsPart I: 1. Materials, technologies and the printing industry Sarah Bromage and Helen Williams; 2. Format and design Sebastian Carter; 3. The digital book Padmini Ray Murray; Part II: 4. Authorship Andrew Nash and Claire Squires; 5. Publishing David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery; 6. Distribution and bookselling Iain Stevenson; 7. Reading and ownership Andrew Nash, Claire Squires and Shafquat Towheed; Part III: 8. Literature Andrew Nash and Jane Potter; 9. Children's books Peter Hunt and Lucy Pearson; 10. Schoolbooks and textbook publishing Sarah Pedersen; 11. Popular science Peter J. Bowler; 12. Popular history Helen Williams; 13. Religion Michael Ledger-Lomas; 14. Publishing for leisure Susan Pickford; 15. Museum and art book publishing Sarah Anne Hughes; 16. Music John Wagstaff; 17. University presses and academic publishing Samatha J. Rayner; 18. Journals (STM and humanities) Michael Mabe and Anthony Watkinson; 19. Information, reference, and government publishing Susan Pickford; 20. Maps, cartography and geographical publishing Iain Stevenson; 21. Magazines and periodicals Anthony Quinn; 22. Comics and graphic novels Mark Nixon; Part IV: 23. The book in Wartime Jane Potter; 24. Books, intellectual property and copyright Catherine Seville; 25. Books and the mass market: class, democracy and value Rónán McDonald; 26. The book and civil society Kate Longworth; 27. Sex, race and class: the radical, alternative and minority booktrade in Britain Gail Chester; 28. Counter-culture and underground Chris Atton; 29. Books and other media Alexis Weedon; 30. Book events, book environments David Finkelstein and Claire Squires; 31. The book, British imperialism and post-imperialism Caroline Davis.
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Cambridge University Press John Donne in Context
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Cambridge University Press Handbook for Academic Authors
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Cambridge University Press Latin American Literature in Transition 18001870 Volume 2
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Cambridge University Press Latin American Literature in Transition 19301980
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Cambridge University Press Technology in Irish Literature and Culture
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Cambridge University Press A History of Argentine Literature
Book SynopsisAttentive to production in indigenous and migration languages, this book proposes a major reimagining of the field of Argentine literature. Individual chapters examine Argentine literature within the context of contemporary topics such as World Literatures, Gender, LGBQT+ identifications, Ecocriticism, Migration and Memory Studies.
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