Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Canada, Peterborough, 1998
ISBN 10: 1551112167 ISBN 13: 9781551112169
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Secresy was Eliza Fenwick's only work for adults-a fact that may help to explain why this extraordinary novel has been so thoroughly overlooked. On one level this is a book that presents fascinating challenges to traditional structures of class and gender. Whereas Mr. Valmont, the villain of the piece, rejects merely the surface forms of fashionable society, the story of his niece Sibella and her friend Caroline implicitly rejects the substance as well as the trappings of a system that rested on class privilege and on female dependence. Secresy is also, though, a remarkable novel of human relationships: of sexuality (Sibella's pregnancy is the occasion for the secrecy that gives the book its title), and of romantic love, but also the female friendship between Sibella and Caroline that is very much at the heart of the book. The relationships-and the grand themes-are expressed through an epistolary technique through which Fenwick (in the editor's words) shows a breadth of sympathy which can find comedic pleasure even in what is disapproved. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Canada, Peterborough, 2001
ISBN 10: 1551110989 ISBN 13: 9781551110981
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Mansfield Park is Austen's darkest, and most complex novel. In contrast to the confident and vivacious heroines of Emma and Pride and Prejudice, its central character, Fanny Price, is a shy and vulnerable poor relation who finds the courage to stand up for her principles and desires. Fanny comes to live at Mansfield Park, the home of the wealthy Bertram family, and of Fanny's aunt, Lady Bertram. Though the family impresses upon Fanny her inferior status, she finds a friend in Edmund, the younger brother.Mansfield Park explores important issues such as slavery (the source of the Bertrams' wealth), the oppressive nature of idealized femininity, and women's education. This edition sheds light on these and other issues through its insightful introduction and wide-ranging appendices of contemporary documents. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Canada, Peterborough, 1996
ISBN 10: 155111075X ISBN 13: 9781551110752
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Despite the title, Dickens's portrayal of early industrial society here is less relentlessly grim than that in novels by contemporaries such as Elizabeth Gaskell or Charles Kingsley. Hard Times weaves the tale of Thomas Gradgrind, a hard-headed politician who raises his children Louisa and Tom without love, of Sissy the circus girl with love to spare who is deserted and adopted into their family, and of the honest mill worker Stephen Blackpool and the bombastic mill owner Josiah Bounderby. The key contrasts created are finally less those between wealth and poverty, or capitalists and workers, than those between the head and the heart, between "Fact"the cold, rationalistic approach to life that Dickens associates with utilitarianismand "Fancy"a warmth of the imagination and of the feelings, which values individuals above ideas. Concentrated and compressed in its narrative form, Hard Times is at once a fable, a novel of ideas, and a social novel that seeks to engage directly and analytically with political issues. The central conflicts raised in the text, between government's duty not to intervene to guarantee the liberty of the subject, and between quantitative and qualitative assessments of progress, remain unresolved today in the late or post industrial stages of liberal democracies. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Canada, Peterborough, 2000
ISBN 10: 1551112493 ISBN 13: 9781551112497
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. William Godwin was one of the most popular novelists of the Romantic era; P.B. Shelley praised him, Byron drew heavily on his narrative style, and Mary Shelley, Godwins daughter, dedicated Frankenstein to him. Caleb Williams is the riveting account of a young man whose curiosity leads him to pry into a murder from the past. The first novel of crime and detection in English literature, Caleb Williams is also a powerful expose of the evils and inequities of the political and social system in 1790s Britain. In addition to the text itself, the editors have included an extensive selection of primary source materials from the period, ranging from Godwins original manuscript ending and excerpts from his political writings to contemporary reviews, the political writings of Burke and Paine, and materials on criminals and the English prison system. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Canada, Peterborough, 1999
ISBN 10: 1551112434 ISBN 13: 9781551112435
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Intrigue, investigations, thievery, drugs and murder all make an appearance in Collins's classic who-done-it, The Moonstone. Published in serial form in 1868, it was inspired in part by a spectacular murder case widely reported in the early 1860s. Collins's story revolves around a diamond stolen from a Hindu holy place. On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives the diamond, but by the following morning the stone has been stolen again. As the story unravels through multiple eyewitness accounts, the elderly Sergeant Cuffwith a face "sharp as a hatchet"looks for the culprit. One of Collins's best-loved novels, with an exciting plot moved along by deftly-drawn characters and elegant pacing, The Moonstone was also turned into a play by Collins; the play appears as an appendix to this edition. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough ONT, 2007
ISBN 10: 1551117770 ISBN 13: 9781551117775
Librería: Paradox Books USA, Fort Collins, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated black and white glossy wrappers. Glued binding. 176 pages, b/w and color illustrations, end notes, bibliography, index. Presumed 1st edition, 1st printing. CONDITION: VERY GOOD, binding square and tight, light wear to covers, pages with scattered underlining and marginal notes, former owner's name on inside front cover. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Canada, Peterborough, 2004
ISBN 10: 1551116367 ISBN 13: 9781551116365
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Hawthorne's story of the disgraced Hester Prynne (who must wear a scarlet "A" as the mark of her adultery), of her illegitimate child, Pearl, and of the righteous minister Arthur Dimmesdale continues to resonate with modern readers. Set in mid-seventeenth-century Boston, this powerful tale of passion, Puritanism, and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. This Broadview edition contains a selection of historical documents that include Hawthorne's writings on Puritanism, the historical sources of the story, and contemporary reviews of the novel. New to the second edition are an updated critical introduction and bibliography and, in the appendices, additional writings by Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry James, and William Dean Howells. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Canada, Peterborough, 2017
ISBN 10: 1988298180 ISBN 13: 9781988298184
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2010
ISBN 10: 1551118378 ISBN 13: 9781551118376
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Gripping and ingeniously plotted, this Sherlock Holmes novel is also an important document of late-Victorian imperialism. Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes novel is both a detective story and an imperial romance. Ostensibly the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed. The action audaciously ranges from penal settlements on the Andaman Islands to the suburban comfort of South London, and from the opium-fuelled violence of Agra Fort during the Indian 'Mutiny' to the cocaine-induced contemplation of Holmes' own Baker Street. This edition places Doyle's tale in the cultural, political, and social contexts of late nineteenth-century colonialism and imperialism. The appendices provide a wealth of relevant extracts from hard-to-find sources, ranging from official reports to memoirs, and newspaper editorials to anthropological studies. Presents the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2021
ISBN 10: 1554814421 ISBN 13: 9781554814428
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This abridgement of Reflections on the Revolution in France preserves the dynamism of Edmund Burke's polemic while excising a number of detail-laden passages that are of less interest to modern readers. Brian R. Clack's introduction offers a compelling overview of the text and explores the consistency and coherence of Burke's views on revolution. Burke's critique of revolutionary politics is illuminated further by the extensive supplementary materials collected in a number of themed appendices. These include a selection of background material essential for an understanding of the Reflections, an overview of Burke's response to the American Revolution, a sampling of his earliest and later views on the French Revolution, selections from Burke's writings on reform, passages from A Letter to a Member of the National Assembly, and a representative sampling of contemporary critical responses to the Reflections. This abridgement of Reflections on the Revolution in France preserves the dynamism of Edmund Burke's polemic while excising a number of detail-laden passages that are of less interest to modern readers. Brian R. Clack's introduction offers a compelling overview of the text and explores the consistency and coherence of Burke's views. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, ON, 1988
ISBN 10: 0921149247 ISBN 13: 9780921149248
Librería: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover. Owner's name and date. Light foxing to edges. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2024
ISBN 10: 1554813603 ISBN 13: 9781554813605
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Provocative, brutally honest, and timeless, Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most important and most misunderstood writings in history. In it, Machiavelli lays bare the reality behind politics as it has always been practiced, teaching leaders to avoid the errors and failings of others while also educating those outside of government about what goes on inside the halls of power. This edition offers a new and lively translation of The Prince, written in fluid modern English that is impressively accurate to the original source. It also includes extensive selections from the Discourses on Livy, together with a range of Machiavelli's other works such as his poetry, his personal correspondence, and the Florentine Histories. The supplemental readings, engaging original introduction, and thorough annotations provided in this edition show the relevance of The Prince to a wide range of themes: human nature, the philosophy of history, and the existential question all rulers face: how to survive in a world that is largely outside of one's control. Provocative, brutally honest, and timeless, Machiavellis The Prince is one of the most important and most misunderstood writings in history. This edition offers a new and lively translation of The Prince, written in fluid modern English that is impressively accurate to the original source. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554816149 ISBN 13: 9781554816149
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Applied Ethics Primer offers a concise introduction to both basic argumentation and normative ethical theory. The concepts discussed reflect the ethical theories that currently ground most professional ethics codes and debates in applied ethics. More inclusive than many similar resources, this primer gives students a sense of the truly global history of ethics, while remaining squarely focused on providing practical tools for ethical decision-making. The Applied Ethics Primer is a globally-focused yet concise introduction to ethical theory and its application. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554816386 ISBN 13: 9781554816385
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Fanny Fern dominated the New York literary scene in the 1850s, garnering both esteem and, occasionally, derision for her witty and acerbic newspaper columns and literary criticism; her semi-autobiographical novel Ruth Hall, which traces the rise of an intelligent and determined young woman from poverty to prestige through her pursuit of a writing career, was one of America's most significant early bestsellers. Fern's use of informal, vibrantly conversational prose and her abundant colloquialisms marked an important shift in the established literary conventions of nineteenth-century fiction and journalism. This compact edition collects some of Fern's most frequently taught journalism much of which focuses on the changing roles of women in nineteenth-century America along with excerpts from Ruth Hall.This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature; like the others, it is designed to make a range of material from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts. Fanny Fern dominated the New York literary scene in the 1850s, garnering both esteem and, occasionally, derision for newspaper columns and literary criticism. This compact edition collects some of Ferns most frequently taught journalism much of which focuses on the changing roles of women in nineteenth-century America. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 155481636X ISBN 13: 9781554816361
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Letters from an American Farmer is increasingly recognized as one of the foundational texts in the study both of American literature and of American history. This compact edition combines a selection of the most important, accessible, and engaging sections of Crevecoeurs work with a focused selection of background contextual material. The result is an edition ideally suited for use in a wide range of undergraduate courses.This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature. The series is designed to make selections from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts; each edition features an introduction and exaplanatory footnotes, and is designed to meet the needs of todays students. A concise teaching edition of a classic of the Colonial and Revolutionary period in America Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554816327 ISBN 13: 9781554816323
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. When Melville completed Moby-Dick, he wrote to Nathaniel Hawthorne that I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as a lamb. While it took the world some time to appreciate the magnitude of Melvilles achievement, Moby-Dick is now widely considered one of the greatest works of American literature. It is, however, long, and students in semester-long courses will often not have a chance to read the novel in its entirety. The Broadview Moby-Dick: A Selection offers a robust sampling of chapters, chosen to give students a thorough initiation into the novels plot, as well as into the full range of its themes and stylistic experimentation. This edition also includes substantial, clear, and helpful annotations to help students successfully navigate Melvilles language and range of references.This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature. The series is designed to make selections from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts; each edition features an introduction and exaplanatory footnotes, and is designed to meet the needs of todays students. A selection of chapters from Melvilles classic that provides readers with a substantial initiation into the novels story, style, and major themes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554816378 ISBN 13: 9781554816378
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Two of Washington Irvings works of short fiction from his 1819-20 work, The Sketch BookRip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Holloware among the most enduringly popular of American classics. In his own day, Irvings works were widely read in Britain as well as in America; the English novelist William Makepiece Thackeray described him as the first ambassador whom the New World of Letters sent to the Old. This edition takes notice of transatlantic literary history with an appendix of reviews from American and British newspapers, and by printing in facing page format the American and British versions of Traits of Indian Character (which differed from each other in a variety of interesting ways). Also included are an excerpt from Irvings first major work, A History of New York; excerpts from a key source that Irving drew on for Rip Van Winkle; and a selection of illustrations showing some of the ways in which this character was imagined in nineteenth-century America. With a concise but wide-ranging introduction and extensive explanatory notes, this edition is ideally suited for course use.This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature. The series is designed to make selections from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts; each edition features an introduction and exaplanatory footnotes, and is designed to meet the needs of todays students. A compact edition of the most widely taught texts by one of nineteenth-century Americas most importantand most popularwriters. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1551119897 ISBN 13: 9781551119892
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. On the Genealogy of Morality is a history of ethics, a text about interpreting that history, and a primer on interpretation in general. It also has elements of archaeology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and etymology. Nietzsches history-based approach to the development of morality, as well as his keen understanding of how power relationsespecially the role played in this process by social, class, and racial divisionscontinue to shape our ethical norms and standards of behavior. His reading of history and the human capacity for rationalization anticipated, influenced, and underpinned the interpretative techniques and strategies that emerged as dominant in the humanities and social sciences over the past several decades. In this age of alternative truths, Nietzsches insight into the nature of interpretation is more valuable than ever before. Provides a history of ethics, a text about interpreting that history, and a primer on interpretation in general. The book also has elements of archaeology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and etymology. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd., Peterborough, ON, 1992
ISBN 10: 0921149743 ISBN 13: 9780921149743
Librería: Quickhatch Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. xi, 340pp., index, biblio. Light wear to edges and corners.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554813506 ISBN 13: 9781554813506
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Reviled as a regicide, isolated in a personal darkness, and aging, John Milton did not relinquish his voice. He somehow used that tireless voice, rather, to create Paradise Lost, one of the enduring masterpieces of English literature. Despite its difficultiesidiosyncratic syntax, densely packed ideas, capacious structure, and epic formthe poem still has the power to dislodge modern readers from our ordinary habits of reading and push us to experience new perspectives and new ideas.This new edition, based on the 1674 text, guides readers through the poems interpretive challenges with a compact but thorough introduction and a readable and helpfully annotated text. Illuminating contextual materials, including related works by Milton, classical and biblical sources, material on the composition of the poem, and illustrations of Paradise Lost from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, are also included. A compact, affordable edition of Paradise Lost, featuring a readable text and informative historical appendices. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554816351 ISBN 13: 9781554816354
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. As Americans began defining who was to be counted a citizen in their newly-established republic, Susanna Rowsons comic opera Slaves in Algiers (1794) makes an earnest case that women be accorded the rights guaranteed to men, playfully turning sexual hierarchies on their head: Women were born for universal sway; / Men to adore, be silent, and obey. A fast-paced plot, engaging characterization, and rollicking songs ensured that Slaves in Algiers garnered success when it was first performed at the New Theater in Philadelphia. But Rowsons play also engages in perpetuating racial stereotypes: set in Algiers at a time when Barbary pirates were seizing more and more U.S. ships in the Mediterranean Sea, Slaves in Algiers is written for a largely white audience driven by outrage at the enslavement of white people in the Barbary states. The play is critical of many aspects of North African cultures, particularly the practices of piracy and enslavement, while not acknowledging the moral and ethical taint of Americas own enslavement of African Americans. In recent years, critics have given increased attention to Slaves in Algiers, particularly to its interwoven feminist, nationalist, and imperialist themes, as well as to its treatment of Muslim and Jewish characters.This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature; like the others, it is designed to make a range of material from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts. As Americans began defining who was to be counted a citizen in their newly-established republic, Susanna Rowsons comic opera Slaves in Algiers (1794) makes an earnest case that women be accorded the rights guaranteed to men, playfully turning sexual hierarchies on their head. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2024
ISBN 10: 155481488X ISBN 13: 9781554814886
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises (1926) electrified many in the literary community of the 1920s, was widely read, and inspired college students dress and talk like the central characters. It also helped to advance Hemingways public celebrity and to solidify his modernist style for which he would be recognized 28 years later when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. This edition provides an introduction, textual notes, a chronology, a bibliography, and six appendices of materials from the early twentieth century that will assist readers in interpreting The Sun Also Rises as it might have been read in its day but also as we might understand it now. The volume pays particular attention to behavior and speech in the novel that has been viewed as problematic (e.g., potential anti-Semitism) and offers readers some resources for exploring their meaning and effects both then and now. It also introduces the context of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, proposing that, like World War I, this catastrophe has resonance for the novel; it may also encourage connections for current readers who now share the experience of enduring a global pandemic. This Broadview Edition assists readers in understanding a work whose references and contexts have been obscured over its 100-year existence, and also opens opportunities for new interpretations of this landmark novel of American literature and modernism. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press, Ltd., Orchard Park, NY, Peterborough, ON, et al., 1998
ISBN 10: 1551111527 ISBN 13: 9781551111520
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: Like New. 421 pp. Flawless book.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554815142 ISBN 13: 9781554815142
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. King Lear is a play for our times. The central characters experience intense suffering in a hostile and unpredictable world. They face domestic cruelty, political defeat, and a stormy external environment that invades them to the skin. They constantly question the meaning of their experiences as we watch their emotions range from despair to rage to unexpected tenderness and desperate hope as they are rejected, even tortured. Lears daughters, as in a fairy tale, are three strong women. The eldest two vie for sexual and political power, while the youngest, Cordelia, is initially banished because of her plain speaking but then returns in a doomed attempt to restore her father to his throne.King Lear has an unusual performance history. It was significantly revised, by Shakespeare or others, between its first two publications and was then succeeded by an adaptation that softened the ending so that Lear and Cordelia survived. In our own times King Lear is performed around the world in productions that explore its relevance to contemporary political and environmental challenges. This edition offers a distinctive extended text, taking the later Folio as a starting point and adding the lines that appear only in the Quarto, distinguished by a light gray background. Variations in individual words that are of critical interest are recorded in the margin. Michael Best and Alexa Alice Joubins new Lear is enhanced with clear textual variants, interleaved notes and images, and a new introduction to the plays global contexts. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554815150 ISBN 13: 9781554815159
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance (the first sustained artistic movement by African Americans) and of Jim Crow (one of this cultural group's greatest obstacles), Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing is easily among the most penetrating, skillfully composed explorations of race and gender in the twentieth century. It focuses on two estranged friends, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, who, after years apart, are joltingly thrown back together, their lives transformed radically through one of the most scandalous and intriguing social phenomena of Larsen's time racial passing. Today, Larsen is ranked as one of the leading novelists of her generation; this novel, her masterpiece, demonstrates why. Written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance (the first sustained artistic movement by African Americans) and of Jim Crow (one of this cultural groups greatest obstacles), Nella Larsens 1929 novel Passing is easily among the most penetrating, skilfully composed explorations of race and gender in the twentieth century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press,Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2000
ISBN 10: 155111237X ISBN 13: 9781551112374
Librería: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dj. 8vo The reputation of Frances Burney (1752-1840) was largely established with her first novel, Evelina. Published anonymously in 1778, it is an epistolary account of a sheltered young woman's entrance into society and her experience of family. Its comedy ranges from the violent practical joking reminiscent of Smollett's fiction to witty repartee that influenced Austen. The?. book.
Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554815029 ISBN 13: 9781554815029
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In 1861, Harriet Jacobs became the first formerly enslaved African American woman to publish a book-length account of her life. In crafting her coming-of-age story, she insisted upon biographical accuracy and bold creativitytelling the truth while giving herself and others fictionalized names. She also adapted conventions from two other popular genres: the sentimental novel and the slave narrative. Then, despite facing obstacles not encountered by white women and Black men, she orchestrated the books publication and became a traveling bookseller in an effort to inspire passive Americans to support the abolition of slavery.Engaging with the latest research on Jacobss life and work, this edition helps readers to understand the magnitude of her achievement in writing, publishing, and distributing her life story. However, it also shows how this monumental accomplishment was only the beginning of her contributions, given her advocacy work over the nearly forty years that she lived after its publication. As a survivor of sexual abuse who became an advocate, Jacobs laid a foundation for activist movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo. This edition also features six appendices, placing at readers fingertips resources that further illuminate the issues raised by Jacobss remarkable life and legacy. A groundbreaking new edition of Incidents that puts into context Harriet Jacobs achievements as a literary artist and social activist. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2022
ISBN 10: 1554815185 ISBN 13: 9781554815180
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. First written in Egypt between the second and fourth centuries, the Physiologus brought together poetic descriptions of animals and their Christian allegories. As the Physiologus was translated into a wide range of languages from across North Africa and much of Europe, each version adapted the text in culturally specific ways that yield fascinating insights for those who delve into this truly global tradition of representing and interpreting animals. This edition provides the original texts and facing-page modern translations of the only two surviving English versionsthe Old English Physiologus from the late-tenth-century Exeter Book and the Middle English Physiologus from the mid-thirteenth-century MS Arundel 292as well as translations of a range of Latin, French, and Old English sources and analogues.Underpinned by a commitment to the fields of medieval studies and animal studies, this edition provides an accessible introduction to the literary history of the Physiologus and the politics of animal representation. It asks the vital question: how can we understand humanitys relationships with non-human animals and the environment today without understanding those relationships history? Provides an accessible introduction to the literary history of the Physiologus and the politics of animal representation, asking the vital question: how can we understand humanity's relationships with non-human animals and the environment today without understanding their past? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, ON, 2000
ISBN 10: 155111397X ISBN 13: 9781551113975
Librería: Werdz Quality Used Books, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; two scrapes and a few scratches to front cover; light wear to spine edge; otherwise very minimal wear; appears unread; The central consciousness in this book is that of the title character. Mrs. Dalloway goes shopping and prepares for an important party she is to give, and her thought wander across past, present and future. As the narrative broadens to include the others in her life, we are privy both to the fleeting impressions of the moment and to the deepest well-springs of thought and feeling.
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Publicado por Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1554816335 ISBN 13: 9781554816330
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. One of the most powerful and provocative voices to emerge from the social and political unrest preceding the Civil War, the abolitionist and political activist Delany is today considered to have been among the earliest black nationalists. This volume offers a concise introduction to Delanys extraordinary career: included in full is the rousing separatist oration Political Destiny of the Colored Race on the American Continent, followed by a substantial selection from Delanys sole published novel, Blake, often hailed as one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century American literature. The volume concludes with an epistolary debate between Delany and Frederick Douglass, situating Delanys ideas in relation to those of Douglass and of Harriet Beecher Stowe.This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature. The series is designed to make selections from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts; each edition features an introduction and exaplanatory footnotes, and is designed to meet the needs of todays students. A concise teaching edition showcasing the work of one of American literatures first black nationalists. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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