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Marlowe's ovid adds to the body of scholarly work in a number of subfields, including classical influences in english literature, translation, sexuality in literature, early modern poetry and drama, and marlowe and his milieu
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Oxfam shop colne road since the nineteenth century, children's literature has been adapted for both the stage and the screenlinking all these contributions is an interest in the changing definition of children's literature and its target audience within an increasingly media-rich societyalthough such adaptations are now recognised as a significant part of the culture of childhood and popular culture in general, little has been written about the range of products and experiences that they generateas the twentieth century progressed, children's books provided the material for an increasing range of new media, from radio to computer games, from television to cinema blockbustersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book brings together writers whose work offers contrasting perspectives on the process of adaptation and the varying transformations - social, historical and ideological - that take place when a text moves from the page to another medium
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Brilliantly original and richly allegorical, firmin is brimming with charm and wistful longing for a world that understands the redemptive power of literature and treasures its seedy theaters, one-of-a-kind characters, and cluttered bookshopsfirmin soon realizes his source of nourishment has given him the ability to read and this discovery fills him with an insatiable hunger for literature and a very unratlike sense of the world and his place in iteloquent and witty, firmin speaks for the book-loving rodent in all of usfirmin may be a rat - poisoned by people he thinks are his friends - but his imagination soars as high as that of any human'a wonderful celebration of the way reading enriches your life' guardian'surprising and moving meditation on the advantages (and disadvantages) of an entirely fictional lifebecause firmin is a rathe's a sensitive, creative soul but misunderstoodoxfam bookshop cheltenham a darkly comic tale of exile, unrequited love and the redemptive power of books' karen joy fowler, bestselling author of we are all completely beside ourselves see oxfam website for delivery information read morefirmin is born in the basement of a ramshackle old bookstorethe area has been marked out for 'urban regeneration' and soon the faded glory of the bookshop, the small local theatre, the unique shops and small cafes will face the bulldozers and urban plannersnot only that, but as the runt of the litter, he is forced to compete for food and ends up chewing on the books that surround himbut the days of the bookshop and of the close community around it are numberedas firmin navigates the shadowy streets of his decaying area, looking for understanding, his excitement, loneliness, fear, and self-consciousness become remarkably human and undeniably touching
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Ranging from the mid eighteenth century to the present, the book explores evidence from a host of different sources including the first histories of liverpool, a rare slaving drama set in the port, a poor house report which records the first use of 'scouse' (the dish), nineteenth century debates on gladstone's speech, the 'lost' literature of the city, early to mid twentieth century newspaper accounts of liverpudlian words, idioms and traditions, little-known essays which coined the use of 'scouse' to refer to the language of liverpool, aspects of popular culture in the s and 60s, the lern yerself scouse series, and examples drawn from contemporary literatureoxfam bookshop reigate nowhere in britain is more closely associated with a form of language than liverpoolscouse: a social and cultural history presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet the history of language in liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced itin addition the analysis draws on recent developments within the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology - particularly with regard to the study of language and identity and the relationship between language and a sense of place - in order to provide a radically new understanding of 'scouse' in terms of its history, its representation, and its contemporary social and cultural significance
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An excellent copy - a must for any collector of early editions of twentieth century literatureoxfam bookshop brigg a rare first printing of evelyn waugh's "the loved one" published in volume seventeen, issue 98 of horizon, a review of literature and art - edited by cyril connollyonly slight discolouration to back coverspine and binding in good conditionthe first appearance in its unrevised form  - which took up the whole issue excellent example in very good conditionslight yellowing to page endssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Re-assessing generations of dickens scholarship and using newly discovered archival material, hammond covers the formative history of great expectations' early years, analyses the extent and significance of its global reach, and explores the ways in which it has functioned as literature and stage, tv, film and radio drama from its first appearance to the latest film version ofoxfam shop worcester great expectations has had a long, active and sometimes surprising life since its first serialized appearance in all the year round between 1 december and 3 augustappendices include contemporary reviews and comprehensive bibliographies of adaptations and translationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is a rich resource for scholars and students of dickens; of comparative literature; and of publishing, readership, and media historyin this new publishing and reception history, mary hammond demonstrates that while dickens's thirteenth novel can tell us a great deal about the dynamic mid-victorian moment into which it was born, its afterlife beyond the nineteenth-century anglophone world reveals the full extent of its versatility
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Luxuriously produced with a colour plate section, it opens a new vista on opera, nineteenth-century literature and history"enchantress of nations" is a lavish biography of this amazing woman whose life spanned most of the nineteenth century; and it also weaves a rich tapestry of music and literature in france, england and russiamichael steen recounts the back-stage bitchiness, robbery, duels and violence, life in russia before the emancipation of the serfs, appalling disease and shocking poverty, and the unhappiness experienced by children of successful parentsliszt also declared that, with pauline viardot, the world had finally found a woman composer of geniussee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a picturesque but painstakingly researched biography of the life - and the times - of the nineteenth century's maria callasdickens - reduced to tears by her singing - regarded her as 'one of the greatest actresses of any time'she was among 'the most brilliant dramatic stars of our time', according to franz liszt, and billed as 'the most talked of opera singer in europe'
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He had a flair for fusing western literature with elements from his native kabuki theaterbert cardullo is professor of american culture and literature at ege university, in izmir, turkeykurosawa was a man of all genres and all periods, bridging the traditional and the modern, the old and the new, the east and the westbecause of his ability to control all aspects of film production and to maintain artistic control on almost all of his projects, kurosawa was known throughout japan as "the emperorhe is the author of in search of cinema: selected writings on international film art and vittorio de sica: director, actor, screenwritersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis film techniques and storytelling innovations have greatly influenced european and american film, particularly westerns" ranging from to the mid-s, this collection includes an interview by lillian ross, a conversation with gabriel garcã-a márquez, and a previously unpublished interview with the book's editorkurosawa became the first japanese director widely known in the west when his rashomon won the top prize at the venice film festival inoxfam books & music crouch end akira kurosawa () moved with ease and mastery from the mysterious and internal to the spectacular and panoramicran retells king lear as a samurai tale; throne of blood retells macbeth; hakuchi adapts fyodor dostoevsky's the idiot as a tale set in northern japan
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This book forms part of our 'pook press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literatureit is also accompanied by a series of dazzling colour illustrations by arthur rackham ()'the wind in the willows' is a true classic of children's literature, penned by kenneth grahame and first published inalternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the english thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality and unceasing camaraderieone of the most celebrated painters of the british golden age of illustration, which encompassed the years from until the start of the first world war, rackham's artistry still delights both young and old over a century laterthis text contains an introduction by apresented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine grahame's masterful storytellingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremilne, the famed author of 'whinnie the pooh' and various other children's poems
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Further chapters cover the economy, legal developments, literature in english, education, administration and the public service, and emigration, ending with a study of ireland inthe present volume opens with a character study of the period, followed by twenty chapters of narrative history, with a survey of 'land and people, c 'withdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingshowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringoxfam bookshop newport this ten-volume series covers the history of ireland from earliest times to the presentthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text block the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinerepresenting a harvesting of modern scholarship on the subject, its contributors are mainly historians, but include historical geographers and specialists in other related disciplines such as languages and literature, the visual arts, and music
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A 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 politicalthough 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 culturelight wear on the cover edges, but a very clean unmarked bookin 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 more 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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Selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticism8vo  selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticism book plate owner name, rear board old stains else good  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove g green cloth boards with gilt letteringsecond ed, statedmeadfragments of a faith forgotten: some short sketches among the gnostics mainly of the first two centuries - a contribution to the study of christian origins based on the most recently recovered materialslondon and benares theosophicallv, 633 + ads, thick octavo format in green cloth with gilt titles 2nd ed after first printing
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With scores of published children's fiction books and films to his name, andrew melrose shares his extensive critical, teaching, writing and research experience to provide: a critical and creative investigation of writing and reading for children in the early, middle and pre-teen years an accessible and critically important challenge to the latest international academic research and debates in the field of children's literature and creative writingan evaluation of what it means to write for a generation of media-savvy children encouragement for critics, writers and students to develop their own critical, creative and writing skills in a stimulating and supportive manner guidance on writing non-fiction and poetry creative writing craftwork ideas which could be used as seminar topics or as individual reflections this 'one-stop' critical and creative text will be an indispensable resource for critics, writers and students interested in the cult and culture of writing for children; on creative writing ba and ma programmes; children's literature ba and ma programmes; english ba and ma programmes; teacher training, pgce students and for those studying at doctoral and post-doctoral level who are interested in writing for childrenoxfam bookshop shaftesbury here comes the bogeyman is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for childrencontaining a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing, it also contains a wealth of ideas and critical advice to be shared with writers, students of children's writing and students of writingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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While critics of and apologists for modernism have defined modern art and literature in terms of binary oppositions-high/low, old/new, hard/soft, poetry/rhetoric-scholes contends that these distinctions are in fact confused and misleadinga reconsideration of the all-too-neat assumptions we make about modernism in art and literature in this lively, personal book, robert scholes intervenes in ongoing discussions about modernism in the arts during the crucial half-century from toit includes twenty-two illustrations of the artworks discussedhe argues for the rehabilitation of works in the middle ground that have been trivialized in previous evaluations, and he fights orthodoxy with such paradoxes as "durable fluff," "formulaic creativity," and "iridescent mediocrityfilled with the observations of a personable and witty guide, this is a book that opens up for a reader's delight the rich cultural terrain of modernismhardback with unclipped d/j in excellent condition - some light marking to back of jacket otherwise book is as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclosely examining specific literary texts, drawings, critical writings, and memoirs, scholes seeks to complicate the neat polar oppositions attributed to modernismsuch oppositions are instances of "paradoxy"-an apparent clarity that covers real confusionoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon yale university press" the book reconsiders major figures like james joyce while underscoring the value of minor figures and addressing new attention to others rarely studied
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinice copy in english literature, don juan (), by lord byron, is a satirical, epic poem that portrays don juan not as a womaniser, but as a man easily seduced by women"don juan" by lord byron thomas davison, london - first uk edition - cantos p, 15cmx13cm - condition: very good, fine leather binding with some wear and rubbing, name to title page, completeat his death in , lord byron had written sixteen of seventeen cantos, whilst canto xvii went unfinishedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelord byron derived the character, but not the story, from the spanish legend of don juanas genre literature, don juan is an epic poem, written in ottava rima and presented in sixteen cantoscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableupon initial publication in , cantos i and ii were criticised as immoral, because the author byron too freely ridiculed the social subjects, the persons, and the personages of his time
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Writing with an audacious swagger and an iconoclastic zeal, and declaiming their verse with dramatic flourish in smoke-filled cafés, the beats gave birth to a literature of previously unimaginable expressive rangeleroi jones's plaintive ''preface to a twenty volume suicide note'' and bob kaufman's stirring ''abomunist manifesto'' appear here alongside statements on poetics and the alternately incendiary and earnest correspondence of beat generation writersvisceral and powerful, infused with an unmediated spiritual and social awareness, this is a rich and varied tribute and, in the populist spirit of the beats, a vital addition to the libraries of readers everywherebeat poets: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementoxfam shop exmouth jazz poems: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe defining work of allen ginsberg and jack kerouac provides the foundation for this collection, which also features the improvisational verse of such beat legends as gregory corso, lawrence ferlinghetti, gary snyder and michael mcclure and the work of such women writers as diane di prima and denise levertov
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For consummate poetic artistry coupled with intensity of feeling catullus's poems have no rival in latin literaturethe pervigilium veneris, a poem of not quite a hundred lines celebrating a spring festival in honour of the goddess of love, is remarkable both for its beauty and as the first clear note of romanticism which transformed classical into medieval literature tibullus (albius, caoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketcatullus (gaius valerius, bce), of verona, went early to rome, where he associated not only with other literary men from cisalpine gaul but also with cicero and hortensiusall exemplify a strict technique of studied composition inherited from early greek lyric and the poets of alexandriathe manuscripts give no clue to its author, but recent scholarship has made a strong case for attributing it to the early fourth-century poet tiberianusthe third book consists of a miscellany of poems from the archives of messalla; it is very doubtful whether any come from the pen of tibullus himselfin his work we can trace his unhappy love for a woman he calls lesbia; the death of his brother; his visits to bithynia; and his emotional friendships and enmities at romebut a special interest attaches to a group of them which concern a girl called sulpicia: some of the poems are written by her lover cerinthus, while others purport to be her own compositionhis surviving poems consist of nearly sixty short lyrics, eight longer poems in various metres, and almost fifty epigramsbce), of equestrian rank and a friend of horace, enjoyed the patronage of marcus valerius messalla corvinus, whom he several times apostrophizesthree books of elegies have come down to us under his name, of which only the first two are authenticbook 1 mostly proclaims his love for 'delia', book 2 his passion for 'nemesis'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a little wear to the edges of the dust jacket but otherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding, sharp corners and clean, unmarked pages
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Ford came to advocate impressionism in literatureoxfam shop magdelen street the controversial british writer ford madox ford () is increasingly recognized as a major presence in early twentieth-century literatureits focus is how his work engages with visual culturealso published here for the first time are generous extracts from biala's marvelous letters from the s about fordthis volume marks the seventieth anniversary of ford's deatheach volume is based upon a particular theme or issue; and relates aspects of ford's work, life, and contacts, to broader concerns of his timethis volume includes sixteen new essays by critics and art historians on ford's engagement with the rapidly transforming visual cultures of his era, which break new ground discussing his writing about visual arts, and how it affected his fiction, poetry and criticismthis series of international ford madox ford studies was founded to reflect the recent resurgence of interest in himbut his art-writing ranges much more widely, from holbein to cézanne and matissehe wrote criticism, biography, and reminiscences about the pre-raphaelite artists he'd been brought up amongst - rossetti, holman hunt, and in particular his grandfather ford madox brownafter the war he lived in france with two painters, first the australian stella bowen, then the american janice biala, and moved in the modernist art circles of picasso, juan gris, gertrude stein and brancusiamong numerous illustrations are several portraits of ford by janice biala reproduced for the first timein london before the first world war he got to know avant-garde artists like wyndham lewis and henri gaudier-brzeska, and wrote about modern visual art movements, such as futurism, vorticism and cubismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis work is discussed, not just in terms of what it tells us about art, but for what it reveals about the development of ford's own practice as a writer, and of his critical ideas
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Oxfam shop magdelen street this piece of finnish literature has been translated into english by richard aa concomitant theme of the novel is that of taming the wildernessthe seven brothers hardly conform to the idealit is a readers good fortune that kivi chose to treat the theme in a comic vein kivi's love of the finnish countryside permeates the entire novelthe story of virtue rewarded is more palatable in comedybut the seven brothers develop a rich and productive farm while redeeming themselves through work and self-educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerather, they are closer to the type which, in the opinion of some historians, inhabited the lawless outer fringe of the frontier: misfits and outcasts from societyin american literature, the frontiersman is usually idealized
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The book is not only a general interpretation of proust's novel and its construction; it includes detailed discussions of such topics as literature and philosophy, the nature of the literary genres, the poetics of the novel, the definition of art, modernity and postmodernity, and the sociology of literature vg condition apart from a small bit of glue on spine - in photooxfam shop macclesfield why should we not find the novel more philosophically advanced than the essay? reversing the usual order followed by literary critics, the author interprets the novel as an elucidation, and not as a simple transposition, of the essay see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Focusing on the numerous civil conflicts that have occurred throughout the world since the second world war, bill kissane bridges this gap, asking what the recent social science literature adds to what we already know about civil war, but also how insights from the historical literature, from the ancient greeks onwards, can help explain the violent experience of so many parts of the world sincethe book has been read but the text is clean and the binding tightat its heart is the question of what makes the contemporary challenge posed by civil war so different from that of past periods -- and what, if anything, is new about the contemporary experience of civil war at the dawn of the twenty-first centurywhite cloth covered boards with black titles to the spineon the other, social scientists have concentrated on identifying common patterns, without looking in too much detail at the specifics of any given conflicton the one hand, historians have tended to treat the "big" civil wars, such as the american and the spanish, in isolationsince , the number of civil wars in the world has grown steadily, bringing devastation on a scale more traditionally associated with international warsin spite of this, there is no classic treatise on civil war to compare with the classic works we have on war, revolution, or peacethere are some minor marks to the coveroxfam books & music totnes civil war has been a recurring feature of human societies throughout history -- and an essential catalyst for major international conflictsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoup hardback book in very good condition with unclipped dustjacket and signed by the author
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Provides a comprehensive introduction to old english uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginning student features selections from the greatest works of old english literature, organized from simple to more challenging texts to keep pace with the reader includes a discussion of anglo-saxon literature, history, and culture, and a bibliography directing readers to useful publications on the subject updated throughout with new material including the first 25 lines from beowulf with detailed annotation and an explanation of grimm's and verner's laws see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop worthing a comprehensive introduction to old english, combining simple, clear philology with the best literary works to provide a compelling and accessible beginners' guide
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literature boudewijn bakker, eric schmitz ebuisman duizend jaar weer wind en water in de lage landen deel 4 (franeker ) read more(joan blaeu and rembrandt van rijn are buried in the church)additional information: a unique opportunity to acquire this mapintolerance is increasing; the battle begins against "idoladic festivals" like st nicholas and against "papal superstitions" like laying flowers on gravesa new map imageonly two copies of this map are known, both with cut margins and both in the amsterdam city archivedirck corneliszplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website)?the construction work started in and was completed incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis image can also be seen on many maps issued afterin venlo, there is a plague this yearthis doubled the constructed size of the cityin this year there are some outbreaks of chickenpox and measles in amsterdam) are listed in the cartouche on the top right with the numbers with which they can be found on the mapa, het aanzien van amsterdam ()special details: the third description, for the first time on a mapthe westerkerk is under construction on the map, the westerkerk is pictured under construction1 cm (please note: in "het aanzien van amsterdam" it is said to be an etching, but it probably is - partly - an engraving)there are plans to deny the jews the right to their religion in amsterdambackground: some important events indotted lines have already indicated the limits of the next urban extension, the fourth extensionliterature: hameleers, kaarten van amsterdam, map 20swart amstelredam etching, 44and on the other hand, it is the last map on which the volewijk is included with gallows (bottom of the image)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis map shows that this was indeed the caseas a result of this breakthrough, almost all of zuid-holland and the whole of amstelland will be floodedthis also includes the strongholdsthe surrounding lands are picturedin january , heavy icing on the lek caused the noorder lekdijk near vreeswijk to collapsethe scheldt freezes over in december?this description was decided upon by the city council inthe margins at the top and both sides are at least 2 cm and at the bottom 0the fourth extension, first displayedin the fall, the plague breaks outour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store42 buildings (churches, guest houses, city hall, the west indian house, etcdescription quality: given the rarity (of this map only two copies are known by boudewijn bakker ("het aanzien van amsterdam")); the condition is goodmoreover, it was not until 33 years later, in , that the city council made the final decision to develop the fourth extensionin enkhuizen, the noordergat is threatened by clogging and 8 pennies are asked per trip to cover the expenses of the excavationin "het aanzien van amsterdam" (boudewijn bakker, eric schmitz and others, ) it is reported that this map of swart from , as far as known, is the first one which depicts the third description of the cityin "het aanzien van amsterdam", the writers wonder whether there were margins originallythis map has served as an example, in terms of composition, for dozens of maps of the city released in the 17th century
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Rolt's fame rests on the fact that he was unique in producing works of literature from subject matter which had not before been considered the stuff of literature - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery and vintage cars - as demonstrated in his biographies of brunel, telford, trevithick and the stephensonssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit tells of voyages through the secret green water-lanes of england and wales, and of the beginning of his writing career with the publication of his book "narrow boat"this work takes up the story from "in landscape with machines"oxfam shop colne road l
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Sebald also examines the works of writers such as kafka, nabokov, and günter grass, showing both how literature can provide restitution for the injustices of the world and how such literature came to have so great an influence on himsebald, who himself studied the shifting nature of memory and time with such sensitivity campo santo is a fitting memorial to woxfam shop magdelen street when w see oxfam website for delivery information read moresebald died tragically in a unique voice was silencedfour pieces pay tribute to corsica, weaving elegiacally between past and presentthis copy is in german campo santo is a collection of the pieces he left behind - none of them previously published in book form - which provide a powerful insight into the themes that came to dominate his life
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Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of russian literature - including pushkin, turgenev, dostoyevsky, tolstoy, and solzhenitsyn - alongside tales by long-suppressed figures such as the subversive kryzhanowsky and the surrealist shalamovwhether written in reaction to the cruelty of the bourgeoisie, the bureaucracy of communism or the torture of the prison camps, they offer a wonderfully wide-ranging and exciting representation of one of the most vital and enduring forms of russian literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the reign of the tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the soviet union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in russian cultureoxfam shop kendal very good condition with some shelf wear
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This is essential reading for anyone interested in the literature and changing image of southern californiaoxfam bookshop kingsbridge the literary image of los angeles has evolved since the s from promotional literature that hyped the region as a new eden to contemporary visions of the city as a perplexing, sometimes corrupt, even apocalyptic place that foreshadows and reflects all that is wrong with americasome marks to page edges and one page corner crease, but overall still a very good clean copyin imagining los angeles, the first literary history of the city in more than fifty years, critic david fine traces the history and mood of the place through the work of writers as diverse as helen hunt jackson, mary austin, norman mailer, raymond chandler, joan didion, carolyn see, and many otherssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis lively and engaging text focuses on the way these writers saw los angeles and used the image of the city as an element in their work, and on how that image has changed as the city itself became ever larger, more complex, and more socially and ethnically diversefirst published in , imagining los angeles is available now for the first time in paperback
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Oxfam books & music islington the publication of the king james version of the bible, translated between and , coincided with an extraordinary flowering of english literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on english-language literature in historyin this collection 12 world class literary writers introduce the books of the king james bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The extracts contain an extensive selection of contemporary literature for pupils of the time, which could be added to the classical texts already available, and aid in their linguistic and moral growthbut he also wrote extensively on literature, and this work perhaps finds its source from his position as an educatorsmall inscription written in ink on title page as shownfoxing on some of the inner pages knox, who compiled the extracts, was headmaster of tonbridge school, and notorious as a moralist and pacifistfoxing on flyleaf and end pages as shown one of the first english school anthologies of poetry, in an extremely handsome gilt decorated leather bindingworm damage on end pages and some inner pages (not extensive) as shownsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresticker damage and worn patches on front covers as shownhe was controversial also for his support of womens rightsoxfam shop magdelen street two volumes of 'elegant extracts or useful and entertaining pieces of poetry selected for the improvement of youth in speaking, reading, thinking, composing and in the conduct of life
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Peter brickey lequire, politics & religion
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