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A history of the first 150 years of Cornell University Press. 続きを見る

This comprehensive guide takes you through every critical aspect of crafting compelling proposals that command attention. Whether you are an experienced researcher or new to the field, this resource……続きを見る

Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, A Passage to India is set in pre-Independence India. A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, this classic depicts the fate ……続きを見る

The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the histories and representations of marginalized communities. Cristina Stanciu and Gary……続きを見る

As part of the Samuel Johnson tercentenary commemoration, the University of Georgia Press published the first full scholarly edition of Sir John Hawkins’s Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1787). From ……続きを見る

A “valuable and useful” history of the efforts and innovations that have kept ancient literary classics alive through the centuries (New England Classical Journal). Writing down the epic tales of th……続きを見る

First realized commercially in the late eighteenth century, stereotypingーthe creation of solid printing plates cast from moveable typeーfundamentally changed the way in which books were printed. Pu……続きを見る

This book synthesizes ecofeminist theory, American studies, and postcolonial theory to interrogate what New Americanist William V. Spanos articulates as the "errand into the wilderness": the ethic o……続きを見る

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This book is a series of papers presented mainly at the Book of Mormon Round Table. It lays out a case for considering the Mormon scripture as the work of Joseph Smith in the nineteenth century not ……続きを見る

This book "Heavy heart in Silence" is vent for people who went through the difficult chapters of their life in silence. It comprises the agony and resilience of the broken soul which time would heal……続きを見る

In 'Over literatuur' presenteert M. H. Van Campen een diepgaande verkenning van de principes en functies van literatuur in de moderne samenleving. Het boek is opgebouwd rond een mix van beschouwende……続きを見る

The renowned British novelist’s “casual and wittily acute guidance” on readingーand writingーgreat fiction (Harper’s Magazine). Renowned for such classics as A Room with a View, Howards End, and A P……続きを見る

Dante Alighieri’s long poem The Divine Comedy has been one of the foundational texts of European literature for over 700 years. Yet many mysteries still remain about the symbolism of this richly lay……続きを見る

**J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. J.M. Coetzee: What relationship do I have with my life hi……続きを見る

When the first edition of David Madden's A Primer of the Novel: For Readers and Writers was published more than twenty-five years ago, there were no other books of its kind available. Since then, ma……続きを見る

Requests for the removal, relocation, and restriction of booksーalso known as challengesーoccur with some frequency in the United States. Book Banning in 21st-Century American Libraries, based on th……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Buchwissenschaft, Note: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Buchwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Verlagstypen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Ar……続きを見る

While the importance of writing has often been recognized, the role of books and especially that of libraries has just as often been slighted. Knowledge, once generated, has to be communicated, pres……続きを見る

Alfonso Berardinelli, el agitador cultural más idómito y polémico de Italia, recoge en este libro sus reflexiones más lúcidas y provocadoras sobre la lectura y los cánones literarios sin posicionami……続きを見る

Este libro es un tiquete o pase de cortesía para entrar a un carnaval, no a cualquiera, sino al Carnaval del Libro Infantil Comfandi. Todo este maná espiritual que son los libros, en medio de este e……続きを見る

Medieval manuscripts resisted obsolescence. Made by highly specialised craftspeople (scribes, illuminators, book binders) with labour-intensive processes using exclusive and sometimes exotic materia……続きを見る

The broad range of A.M. Klein’s interests, ideas, and activities is reflected in this selection of articles, editorials, and reviews – a selection that also displays the qualities that distinguished……続きを見る

A new collection of twenty-three literary essays from the Nobel Prize–winning author. J. M. Coetzee’s latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. J. M. Coetzee is not only o……続きを見る

A History of Moonville, Ohio and a Collection of its Haunting Tales is a rich and detailed account of a haunted bygone mining town that once flourished in the backwoods of Ohios southeastern region.……続きを見る

Originally published in 1978, this concordance to Conrad'sAlmayer’s Folly includes a verbal index and field of reference, along with some notes on why they are useful. This volume is part of an expe……続きを見る

Recent years have witnessed a growing fascination with the printed annotations accompanying eighteenth-century texts. Previous studies of annotation have revealed the margins as dynamic textual spac……続きを見る

Central to all post-Renaissance scholarship, textual studies continues to evolve, both in its techniques and methods as well as in the illumination it affords all other areas of modern knowledge. Th……続きを見る

The central claim of Minds in Motion is that British travel writing of the long eighteenth century functions as an epistemological playing field where authors test empiricist models of engagement wi……続きを見る

Textual Agency examines the massive proliferation of poetic texts in fifteenth-century Spain, focusing on the important yet little-known cancionero poetry – the largest poetic corpus of the European……続きを見る