Описание: From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, a familiar scene appears and reappears in American literature: a speaker stands before a crowd of men and women, attempting to mitigate their natural suspicions in order to form a body of federated wills. In this important study of the relationship of literature and politics, Mark Patterson argues that t
Автор: Simons Название: Animals, Literature and the Politics of Representation ISBN: 0333745140 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333745144 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15372.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This text offers critical surveys of the main themes in the history of animal rights and some of the more important contemporary positions together with readings of a wide range of literary texts from classical antiquity to the year 2001.
Описание: The documentation of practice is one of the principle concerns of performance studies. Focusing on contemporary performance practice and with emphasis on the transformative impact of video, photography and writing, this book explores the ideological, practical, and representational implications of knowing performance through its documentations.
Автор: Matthews Название: Violence and the Limits of Representation ISBN: 1137296895 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137296894 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Violence and the Limits of Representation explores the representation of violence in literature, film, drama, music and art in order to demonstrate the ways in which the work done by researchers in the Arts and Humanities can offer fresh perspectives on current social and political issues.
Описание: Defining masochism as `literary perversion`, this book probes the productivity of masochistic aesthetics in the literature of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and contemporary queer films, analysing radical accounts of desire, gender, and sexuality.
Автор: Michael Benton Название: Towards a Poetics of Literary Biography ISBN: 1137549572 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137549570 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book develops a poetics of literary biography based on the triangular relationships of lives, works and times and how narrative operates in holding them together.
Автор: Cooperson Название: Classical Arabic Biography ISBN: 0521088542 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521088541 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5544.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this 2000 study exploring the origins of classical Arabic biography, the author demonstrates how Muslim scholars used notions of heirship and transmission to document the activities of political, scholarly and religious communities. The author illustrates his argument by analysing four figures whose biographies exemplify a particular tradition.
Автор: Lee Название: Principles of Biography ISBN: 1107660904 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107660908 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2533.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1911, this book presents the content of the Leslie Stephen Lecture for that year, which was delivered by Sir Sidney Lee at Cambridge University. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in biographical writing and its development.
Автор: Lee, Hermione Название: Biography: A Very Short Introduction ISBN: 0199533547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199533541 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: от 1138.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction.
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