Описание: Combining a breadth of scholarship, insightful critical thinking, and an engaging personal interaction with Mary Hallock Foote's substantial collection of illustrations and writings, Megan Riley McGilchrist provides a significant contribution to western literature and the lives of western writers. Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote opens a window into the remarkable, little-known nineteenth-century personal history of accomplished American author and illustrator, Mary Hallock Foote, a woman both of her time, and ahead of it. When Mary gave up a successful career as an illustrator in New York to follow her husband, a mining engineer, to the West, she found herself in a new, unfamiliar, and often challenging world—sometimes feeling like an exile. The thousands of pages of her unpublished letters, which form the foundation of this book, give rare insight into the process of acculturation and eventually the transformation that she experienced. This wide-ranging analysis also examines the role that nature and Mary's lifelong connection with the natural world played in her adaptation to the western mining towns where she spent much of the rest of her life. In many ways, Mary's life mirrored that of author Megan Riley McGilchrist, whose parallel exile began in 1977 when she left America for England. Drawing equivalences with Mary's life as an exile and her own life as an expatriate American woman, Megan provides a meditation on her own transformation, as much as on Mary's. Megan demonstrates what it has been like to be a twenty-first-century American expatriate, Californian-turned-Londoner—to find common ground in the life of a nineteenth-century woman.Comprising elements of biography, literary analysis, history, and personal history, and containing many unpublished excerpts from Mary's voluminous correspondence, Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote offers insight into the ways Mary perceived the world around her. It also provides insight into the experiences of exiles of any time—people who have left a familiar environment to embark on a new life in a new and not necessarily comfortable setting.
Автор: Mcgilchrist, Nigel Hall, Heinrich Metcalfe, Michael Название: Blue guide greece ISBN: 1905131356 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781905131358 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3317.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: All the Greek Aegean islands in a single volume. The guide contains detailed information on all aspects of the islands: early history and archaeology, Classical and Byzantine art and architecture, Venetian and Ottoman monuments. With accomodation and dining recommendations.
Автор: Mcgilchrist, Nigel Название: Naxos & the lesser cyclades ISBN: 190785908X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781907859083 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1576.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The most detailed yet approachable guide yet published to Naxos, with its grand landscapes and fascinating history, and the peaceful beauty of the Lesser Cyclades.
Описание: The most detailed yet approachable guide to the dramatic landscapes of the islands of the Southern Dodecanese: Karpathos, Kasos, Tilos, Kastellorizo and Astypalaia.
Автор: Mcgilchrist, Nigel Название: Sporades: skiathos, skopelos, alonnisos, skyros ISBN: 1907859071 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781907859076 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1576.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The most detailed yet approachable guide to the islands of the Sporades, whose spectacular landscapes include Europe`s largest marine conversation area and the lonely grave of Rupert Brooke.
Автор: Mcgilchrist, Nigel Название: Lesbos ISBN: 1907859101 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781907859106 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1576.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The most detailed yet approachable guide yet written to Lesbos, whose peaceful rural landscapes contain riches of Byzantine and Ottoman architecture.
Описание: The most detailed yet approachable guide yet written to the hugely varied Argo-Saronic islands, from the archaeological and scenic riches of Aegina to the unforgettable history of Salamis on the outskirts of Athens.
Автор: Mcgilchrist, Nigel Название: Northern cyclades: andros tinos syros ISBN: 1907859128 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781907859120 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An increasing number of successful manufacturing companies use the notion of modules and product platforms. But, what is a module and how can modular product platforms increase company efficiency? This book describes modular design, the driving forces behind it and how it can help companies shorten developmental lead times, manage a high degree of customization, and reinforce product identity.
