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Integrating literary and historical analysis, and drawing on recent work in literary theory and cultural studies, literature and culture in early modern london provides a comprehensive account of the changing image and influence of london in lyrics, ballads, jests, epics, satires, plays, pageants, chronicles, treatises, sermons and official documentslawrence manley shows how the literature and culture of london contributed to the new structures of capitalism, the process of 'behaviour urbanisation', and a paradoxical liberation of the individual through the city's concentrated poweroxfam bookshop raeburn place in the two hundred years from london was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city and a major european trading centrenew possibilities emerged for cultural exchange and combination, social and political order, and literary expressionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The third volume opens with a character study of early modern ireland and a panoramic survey of ireland in , followed by twelve chapters of narrative historymoody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentplanned and established by the late t the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringhowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are further chapters on the economy, the coinage, languages and literature, and the irish abroadtwo surveys, 'land and people', cthere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to dateoxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementwithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text block
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Oxfam bookshop victoria pristine condition: while authors in early modern england were gaining new authority - legally, economically and symbolically - renaissance readers also were expected to participate in and make use of an author's writingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this book, stephen bdobranski examines how the seventeenth-century phenomenon of printing apparently unfinished works ushered in a new emphasis on authors' responsibility for written texts while it simultaneously reinforced renaissance practices of active readingbringing together textual studies, literary criticism and book trade history, dobranski provides fresh insight into renaissance constructions of authorship and offers discerning interpretations of publications by sir philip sidney, ben jonson, john donne, robert herrick and john miltonthe omissions in all these writers' works provide a unique window into english literary history: through these blank spaces we glimpse the tension between implication and inference, between writers' intentions and readers' responses and between an individual author and a collaborative community
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" dr eugenia russell, royal holloway, university of londonthe transition in the tenure and exploitation of land from ottoman rule to independence, arguably the most important monograph on the early modern history of the peloponnesus, euboea, and roumeli, and the most ardent work of scholarship regarding modern greeceit is a great privilege to be offering this retrospective essay on mcgrew's land and revolution in modern greecethis book presents obliquely the entire history of the birth of the modern greek nation by examining thoroughly one important aspect of it, that of land reformoxfam shop thornbury "the opening of the book captures all the excitement, complexity and challenging nature of his topicexpectation, colour, and the morphology of the greek landscape in those few lines become onesome discolouring of dust jacket see oxfam website for delivery information read morein the mind of the reader they compose a strong visual image, a symbol for the book itself
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Absolute bargain at just twenty four pounds for your diy project - a pair of matching wardrobe doors with hinges attached ready to fit - size is metric= 45 wide x high or - imperial size= 17 and three quarter inches wide x 77 and a quarter inch high - modern grey smooth finish with white panel edging - inexpensive and would give a modern look to any bedroom - came out of modern london showroom appartment and would be superb to finish your diy project **** absolute bargain at just nineteen pounds for your diy project read more
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The merry widow english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe sets were excellent andn colourfull, and had early 20th century period style rooms, and the costumes were in period fashionthe dialogue was updated for a modern audience with the english lyrics richard thomas and the english book by april de angelis, with some relevant issues to today's political situationthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing with sarah tynan as the merry wido, following on from her appearance as lucia in lucia di lammermoor, andrew shaw as the baron zeta, and others, the musical parts which were sung in english translationthe best scene was during the famous walz when was lowered down the stage on a crescent moonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of franz lehar's famous operetta
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Merry widow english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for spring seasonthe sets were excellent andn colourfull, and had early 20th century period style rooms, and the costumes were in period fashionthe dialogue was updated for a modern audience with the english lyrics richard thomas and the english book by april de angelis, with some relevant issues to today's political situationthe orchestral playing by the english national opera london coliseum orchestra was excellent, along with the singing with sarah tynan as the merry wido, following on from her appearance as lucia in lucia di lammermoor, andrew shaw as the baron zeta, and others, the musical parts which were sung in english translationthe best scene was during the famous walz when was lowered down the stage on a crescent moonhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of franz lehar's famous operetta
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A compact and solid item, reusable as a modern piggy banksmall london safe from the s, as shown by the inscription on the original lockan item suitable for classy settings and selective collectorsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprofessional packaging guaranteedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein good condition, still has its original key in working conditionhappy bidding everyone! read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease check my feedback: 100% positivecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableinside there are two compartments, top and front, and two drawers in the upper compartment
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138 new modern face bricks99 new modern face bricksmade by london brick company£60 made by london brick companya pack of 390 are £436 on e-bay (£1a pack of 390 are £426 on e-bay (£1collection from blackpoolsize is 215 x 65 x 100 mm approx these are new unused bricksboth lots of these bricks have been stored outside for over a year, but otherwise are in very good conditionstyle is chilternstyle is tudor size is 215 x 65 x 100 mm approx these are new unused bricks
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Suitable for those interested in early 20th century architecture, or the history of pragueoxfam bookshop lincoln this book, written in czech, looks at the early 20th century architecture in the historical centre of the city of prague chapter 1 looks at modern architecture in stare mesto (old town), with subsequent chapters looking at nove mesto (new town), mala strana (little side), hradcany (castle district), josefov (jewish quarter) and vysehrad (upper castle)see oxfam website for delivery information read more internally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the photo illustrations clear each chapter looks at a different castrate area the book covers buildings built from the time of the austro-hungarian empire, the first czechoslovak republic, world war 2 and the beginning of the cold war the various buildings listed in each chapter also have at least one black and white photo included the book is in very good condition, with only minor bowing on the external cover
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Not only does this book illuminate a much neglected area of european history, and assist those trying to make sense of poland's heritage, it also provides much comparative material for students of early modern history in generalbringing together polish scholarship previously inaccessible to english-speaking readers, the author examines the economy, the society and the institutional structure of early modern poland and analyzes her loss of national sovereignty in the light of poland's lack of political centralization and dynastic strengthat the very time that monarchial absolutism seemed to be collapsing in western europe, the dismemberment of the polish "noble democracy" affirmed absolutism's triumph in the eastfurthermore no reader could fail to be struck by the parallels in the problematic relationship between poland and russia in the 18th century and todaybetween and an area of eastern europe larger than france was divided among russia, prussia and austriaoxfam bookshop wallingford in the closing years of the 18th century, the old polish state paid the price of over 100 years of ungovernability in political extinctionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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According to traditional accounts, newton was the first modern scientistoxfam bookshop cheltenham a new biography of isaac newton that reveals the extraordinary influence that the study of alchemy had on the greatest early modern scientific discoveriesas creator of the theory of gravity, calculus, modern theories of light and devisor of the three laws of mechanics, his methods are perceived as the genesis of modern sciencein this 'ground breaking biography' michael white destroys the myths of the life of isaac newton and reveals a portrait of the scientist as the last sorcerersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet the traditional version of his life fails to tell, by some considerable margin, the full storyhow for example could newton's apparent empiricism be married with his interest in alchemy and magic? what had inspired him in his discoveries? how did he reconcile his scientific discoveries with his religious faith? and, most of all, who was this man who, historians tell us, remained a virgin all his life and who seemed to be an argumentative ego maniac on the one hand and a kindly old man on the other?in this revelatory biography, white paints an original picture of isaac newton completely at variance with the traditional portrait
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead david hockney: early drawings by christopher sykes this fully-illustrated catalogue was published to document the traveling exhibition early drawings, on view at offer waterman gallery, london, in september and october , and at paul kasmin gallery in novembersee oxfam website for delivery information read morechristopher sykes contributes a highly informative introductory textin good conditionsome signs of wear, pages are cleanpublished jointly by offer waterman, london, and paul kasmin galleryfifty-five of hockney's works on paper are documented in beautiful plate photography
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Stunning rare vintage asprey london edwardian jewellers glass display cabinetthis beautiful edwardian sloped glass display cabinet is of supreme quality and very rare to see in such nice vintage condition from the early 20th century it is from asprey london and would be used primarily for jewellery but is perfect for anything from watches, collectables etcperfect for jewellers, antique dealers, collectors or early 20th century enthusiasts lovely solid brass corners and hinges supports the display case when held up and shuts perfectly fine80cm width x 50cm depth x 11cm high (at the slopes tallest) a stunning antique piece that would look great in any home or business collection only from ashford surrey thanks for looking! read morea few age related marks to the wood and glass as you'd expect from an edwardian piece but overall excellent vintage condition beautiful black velvet lining to display collectables glass has 3 of the high end luxury brands cartier, tiffany and bvlgari that would have been displayed when used years ago
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Elgar subtitled this overturn 'in london tower'childrens' coronation: children from all over london rise early to travel to the victora embankment to view the coronation procession on tuesday 2nd juneoxfam books & music romsey operating london was never completed by btfnow we have assembled from rushes salvaged some years ago an impression of london at the timesome footage turned up in all that mighty heart, overhaul (yb30 the london bus) and under nights streets (yb39 fifties underground)forty eight years later the dutch conductor eduard van beinum recorded this performance with the london philharmonic orchestra in london's kingsway hallthe film can be viewed with subtitles detailing locations of shotssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaudio extra - cockaigne overture (elgar): part of this performance is used in 'operating london'elgar in a letter to his publisher described it as "cheerful and londony - 'stout-and-steaky' "elgar conducted the first performance in juneafter shooting some feet of film in it was shelvedcasing and disk are in good condition
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From his birth in bohemia, then part of the mighty austro-hungarian empire, to a survey of his early works, many now lost, gustav mahler: the early years forms an indispensable prelude to the period of the great compositionsrevised and updated in the early s, this paperback edition includes a new introduction by the author to bring this classic work once again to the forefront of mahler studieshis three studies of mahler, the early years (), the wunderhorn years (), and songs and symphonies of life and death (), are among the enduring monuments of postwar mahler literatureoxfam books & music lichfield available again for a new generation of mahlerians, donald mitchell's famous study of the composer's early life and music was greeted as a major advance on its first appearance insee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was founder professor of music at the university of sussex (), was visiting professor at king's college, london, and is currently a visiting professor at the universities of sussex and yorkdonald mitchell was born intwo composers have been central to his writings on music, gustav mahler and benjamin brittenthe conflicts which came to mark mahler's music and personality had their beginnings in his childhood and youthwithout understanding the territorial, social and familial conflicts of this time one cannot truly appreciate the impulses behind the major symphonies and song cycles of his later years
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Though the dazzling displays of the exterior of the body in renaissance literature and art have long been a subject of enquiry, the body emblazoned considers the interior of the body, and what it meant to men and women in early modern culturea richly interdisciplinary work, the body emblazoned re-assesses modern understanding of the literature and culture of the renaissance and its conceptualisation of the body within the domains of the medical and moral, the cultural and politicalin this outstanding work, jonathan sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern idea of knowledgeoxfam books & music olneysee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight wear on the cover edges, but a very clean unmarked book an outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, the body emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the english renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in europe for nearly two hundred years
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Ritzmar piano for sale, it was made in london, early 20th century, by humphrey and conice looking - all keys work can arrange delivery please ask for a quote
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The sets were excellent and had early victorian period style rooms, and the opera was set in the early 19th centurylucia di lammermoor english national opera london coliseum programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe orchestral playing by the english national opera orchestra was excellent, including the glasses, along with the singing with sarah tynan as lucia, lester lynch as the laird of lammermoor, and eleazar rodriguez as edgardo, which was sung in english translationhas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the opera
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Oxfam music shop reading the early music consort of london directed by david munrow ?-Â monteverdi's contemporaries genre:classical style:renaissance, baroque year: see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The modern motor cycle £150 & the modern motor car £100 published by the motor oils department of shell-mex and bp ltd, of shell-mex house in london, this publication dates to the s read more
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Golf tea spoons 5 walker and hall london assay office marks silverthe factory was at howard street, sheffield, while showrooms were opened in 45 holborn viaduct, londonwalker and hall sheffield were primarily sheffield makers, but items with birmingham, london and chester assay marks can also be found3 for the year and 2 for the year with the old registration number rd i suggest the set was made the end of early and retailed as a set thenasking £45 and £0 p&p or call view and collect in carlisle cumbriabranches were opened in liverpool, manchester, leeds, glasgow, edinburgh, newcastle, cardiff, belfast, hull, bristol, melbourne and adelaide (australia), cape town (south africa)walker & hall was converted into a limited liability company in under the style walker & hall ltd and combined in under the british silverware ltd with mappin & webb and elkington & cobecoming an assistant of dri made the weight of them 66g give or takethe business was established in sheffield in by george walkerjohn wright who had conducted important experiments on electroplating walker secured the royalty of electroplating for sheffieldchronology: walker & co, walker, coulson & hall, walker & hall walker & hall ltd, -the present part of british silverware ltd, a subsidiary of mappin & webb ltd, a member of sears holdings ltd since read morethe business was joined by henry hall and became in walker & hallreduced with a full set of english silver crisp hallmarksi am selling them for a family member who has no internet access
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Oxfam bookshop newport 9 modern covers: spain (2), usa (1), kuwait (1), netherlands (1), united nations (1), germany (1), russia (1), philippines (1)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Estimated period: early 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storework made in central italy, probably a decoration or frieze of old palace or old villaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelarge marble head of a faunsize of the sculpture: 35 cm, but with the (modern) base it’s 60 cm highcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Addressing half-forgotten texts and events, this study engages with literary and cultural theory from walter benjamin to foucault and "new historicism" in order to contribute to a broader discussion of early modern "poetics of cultureoxfam shop billericay situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis, terror and pity: aleksandr sumarokov and the theater of power in elizabethan russia offers an in-depth reading of early russian tragedy as a political genre" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreimported to russia by aleksandr sumarokov around , tragedy reenacted and shaped the symbolic economy and the often disturbing historical experience of "absolutist" autocracy
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Joseph as an exemplar in western europe as early as the thirteenth centuryits goal is to open a new line of interpretation in medieval and early modern cultural studies, by revealing the functions of humor in sacred scenes, the role of laughter as veneration, and the importance of play for pre-reformation religious experiencesjoseph in art, csee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit reveals how humor, laughter, and material culture played a critical role in establishing stin very good condition but with bumps to upper cornersthe book challenges humor's perception as a mere teaching tool for the laity and the antithesis of 'high' veneration and theology, a divide perpetuated by counter-reformation thought and the inheritance of mikhail bakhtin (rabelais and his world, )is the first to reclaim satire as a central component of catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts aloneoxfam bookshop birmingham satire, veneration, and st
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B: item in arte povera, early 20th century, made of wood and silver, it belonged to poet francesco sofia alessio, who gave it to my father at death’s door (), height: 90 cm, weight 187 gset of walking sticks, preserved in very good condition, more precisely: a: item made of wood from the early 20th century, silver tip and collar, with finely inlaid letters (a l), height: 95 cm, weight 155 gare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiunique and extremely rare piecesheight: 94 cm, weight 300 gour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storec: item made of wood and bone, in the shape of a dog’s head with glass eyes (probable origin from paris), in very good and enviable condition, height: 90 cm, weight 330 gplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websited: item made of bamboo wood and bone, with beige and brown veins, in very good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Vertov's film is widely acknowledged as one of the landmark achievements of early modern cinema; its use of such radical effects as dissolves, split screens, slow motion, superimpositions and freeze frames have made for one of the most enduring representations of early 20th century city lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road dziga vertov's groundbreaking film accompanied by a new, specially-written score by composer michael nyman
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The central bar has dollond londondollond london circa original pairs of these highly collectable early dollond binoculars are becoming increasingly scarcevery minor dust particles from age they return very good images and the prisms are aligned so no double vision8x binoculars serial number is from manufacture yearin extremely good condition with only minor external wear marks to the leather, the optics are undamaged with no fungus growth within
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