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The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Larson, Kerry, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This Companion is the first critical collection of its kind devoted solely to American poetry of the nineteenth century. It covers a wide variety of authors, many of whom are currently being rediscovered. A number of anthologies in the recent past have been devoted to the verse of groups such as Native Americans, African-Americans and women. This volume offers essays covering these groups as well as more familiar figures such as Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow and Melville. The contents are divided between broad topics of concern such as the poetry of the Civil War or the development of the 'poetess' role and articles featuring specific authors such as Edgar Allan Poe or Sarah Piatt. In the past two decades a growing body of scholarship has been engaged in reconceptualizing and re-evaluating this largely neglected area of study in US literary history this Companion reflects and advances this spirit of revisionism.

Divine Expectations: American Woman in Nineteenth-Century

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kreiger, Barbara / Goldman, Shalom, PUBLISHER: Ohio University Press, Barbara Kreiger's intriguing narrative presents the account of Clorinda Minor, a charismatic American Christian woman whose belief in the Second Coming prompted her to leave a comfortable life in Philadelphia in and take up agriculture in Palestine. After her disappointment in a failed prophecy that the End of Days would take place in bet , Mrs. Minor determined that the Holy Land was not yet adequately prepared for such an event and decided that it would be her mission to teach the poverty-stricken Jews of Palestine to work the soil. In this very American story, Mrs. Minor, like so many other pioneers of her day, looked to the land as her future. Even as her mission was distinctly religious, her daily efforts were in the social realm. And although her work brought Jews and Arabs together, and her small farm was a unique settlement where Christians, Muslims, and Jews labored alongside one another, the events detailed in Divine Expectations had dramatic and tragic diplomatic and international repercussions. With the deft touch of a novelist, Barbara Kreiger weaves the little-known story of Clorinda Minor into the larger context of the region and its history, presenting it in its charming eccentricity and its gripping reality.

The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Garrett, Don, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Benedict (Baruch) de Spinoza has been one of the most inspiring and influential philosophers of the modern era, yet also one of the most difficult and most frequently misunderstood. The essays in this volume provide a clear and systematic exegesis of Spinoza's thought informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover his metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, psychology, ethics, political theory, theology, and scriptural interpretation, as well as his life and influence on later thinkers.

The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Whenham, John / Wistreich, Richard, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book provides an up-to-date and authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field, it is aimed at students, performers and music-lovers in general and adds significantly to our understanding of Monteverdi's music, his life, and the contexts in which he worked. Chapters offering overviews of his output of sacred, secular and dramatic music are complemented by 'intermedi', in which contributors examine individual works, or sections of works in detail. The book draws extensively on Monteverdi's letters and includes a select discography/videography and a complete list of Monteverdi's works together with an index of first lines and titles.

The Cambridge Companion to Homer (Paperback)

The two Homeric poems,the Iliad and the Odyssey,have long been considered masterpieces,and their influence on subsequent Greek and Western literature has been immense. An international team of experts discusses the poems,their background and composition,and subsequent reception to the present day. Each chapter features contemporary critical insights and closes with a guide to further reading on the topic.

The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger (Paperback)

Martin Heidegger is now widely recognized as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. He transformed mainstream philosophy by defining its central task as asking the 'question of being'. His thought has contributed to the turn to hermeneutics and to postmodernism and poststructuralism. Moreover,the disclosure of his deep involvement in Nazism has provoked much debate about the relation of philosophy to politics. This edition brings to the fore other works,as well as alternative approache

The Irish Novel in the Nineteenth Century: Facts and

Featuring twelve original essays by leading scholars in the fields of Irish literary and cultural studies,this book investigates how the 19th-century Irish novel was defined and understood in its own contemporary moment,and reconsiders current critical discourse surrounding 19th-century Irish fiction.

The Picture Printer of the Nineteenth Century: George Baxter

The Picture Printer of the Nineteenth Century: George Baxter (Hardcover) stock photo, not the actual book..Publisher: Sampson Low.....Date of Publication: ....Binding: hardcover....Edition: First Edition Description: Condition: In very Good condition without dust wrapper as issued. Covers with minor rubbing and corners very slightly bumped....Plates in good condition with good colour........being printed on hand made paper the edges are in original condition ie not been trimmed............. ASIN: BEU38O Plates in good condition with good colour........ You can cut the plates out and sell individually. post 4.95 or free collection Read more

Sopraporta - Wood - half of the nineteenth century

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Carved doorpost in fir wood; lacquered and gilded in pure gold leaf with festoons composed of pears, apples and acanthus leaves. At the centre of the doorpost is the Venetian shell.It comes from an aristocratic palace, and was placed in a studio dedicated to culture and music. Conditions are fair, there are gaps in the gilding and some openings due to its age. However I proceeded to have an expert perform a conservative restoration, both to eliminate any woodworms and to fix the lacquering.From the school of master carvers of the Riviera del Brenta.It dates back to the time of Louis Philippe (mid-nineteenth century).Height: cm 38; length cm 95; with Max. cm 5; weight 2,50 kgAccurate packaging and tracked shipping. Read more

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (Hardcover)

First published in ,Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. Critics have hailed its wealth of authoritative information (Back Stage),its fascinating picture of the volatile American stage (The Guardian),and its well-chosen,illuminating facts (Newsday). Now thoroughly revised,this distinguished volume once again provides an up-to-date guide to the American stage from its beginnings t

The Female Romantics: Nineteenth-Century Women Novelists and

Awarded the Elma Dangerfield Prize by the International Byron Society in The nineteenth century is sometimes seen as a lacuna between two literary periods. In terms of women’s writing,however,the era between the death of Mary Wollstonecraft and the s feminist movement produced a coherent body of major works,impelled by an ongoing dialogue between Enlightenment ‘feminism’ and late Romanticism. This study focuses on the dynamic interaction between Lord Byron and

Out of the Dead House: Nineteenth-Century Women Physicians

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wells, Susan, PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press, In the last decades of the nineteenth century, two thousand women physicians formed a significant and lively scientific community in the United States. Many were active writers; they participated in the development of medical record-keeping and research, and they wrote self-help books, social and political essays, fiction, and poetry. Out of the Dead House rediscovers the contributions these women made to the developing practice of medicine and to a community of women in science. Susan Wells combines studies of medical genres, such as the patient history or the diagnostic conversation, with discussions of individual writers. The women she discusses include Ann Preston, the first woman dean of a medical college; Hannah Longshore, a successful practitioner who combined conventional and homeopathic medicine; Rebecca Crumpler, the first African American woman physician to publish a medical book; and Mary Putnam Jacobi, writer of more than 180 medical articles and several important books. Wells shows how these women learned to write, what they wrote, and how these texts were read. Out of the Dead House also documents the ways that women doctors influenced medical discourse during the formation of the modern profession. They invented forms and strategies for medical research and writing, including methods of using survey information, taking patient histories, and telling case histories. Out of the Dead House adds a critical episode to the developing story of women as producers and critics of culture, including scientific culture. Buy Now

People and the Land. Farming Life in nineteenth century Ireland by Jonathan Bell

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Antique Writing Table, oak legs and leather top. Believed to be early nineteenth century.

Antique Writing Table. Early nineteenth century. Oak legs and leather top. Good solid condition. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Nineteenth Century music

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ottoman - Nineteenth Century Manuscript Koran -

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. OTTOMAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY KORAN, ARABIC MANUSCRIPT, CALLIGRAPHY. India, Ottoman, 19th century.Koran, Arabic manuscript, ‘naskh’ handwriting in black on 18 lines per paper page. Double frontispieces with illuminated opening. Surah titles in ‘ruqqa’ blue. Marginal illuminations in blue and gold. Verse separation marked with dots. This Koran is incomplete. It finishes in the Surah 80 ‘Abasa.Some restorations.24 x 14 cm Read more

2 nineteenth century Cromwellian style chairs

2 very solid nineteenth century Cromwellian style chairs, comfortable and good looking. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Old nineteenth century Caucasian rug "Zejwa"

Very old nineteenth century Caucasian rug "Zejwa".Wool and wool.The carpet is renovated and is in good condition.1.70 x 1.05 Read More

Old nineteenth century Caucasian rug "Zejwa"

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Mid nineteenth century, stripped pine grandfather clock

Antique- mid nineteenth century stripped and waxed grandfather clock. Size is 183 cm(72 inch a nice cottage size) x 60 cm. Painted face with Roman Numerals. Single train 30 hour movement with attractive hourly bell strike, by " Carter" of Fowey. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Bronze lamp, French work late nineteenth century

Very nice bronze lamp, French artwork end of the 19th century, early 20th century.lamp in bronze with a decoration of storks and vulturesH. 53 X 30 cm at the widest.Condition: very good but the bronze needs some cleaning.Without lampshade Read More

Various English Literature nineteenth century study guides.

Ten study guides for various nineteenth century novels - York Notes - Middlemarch. York Notes - Jane Eyre York Notes - Far from the Madding Crowd. York Notes - Portrait of a Lady. York Notes - Heart of Darkness. Spark Notes - Heart of Darkness. Spark Notes - Madame Bovary. Cliff Notes - Madame Bovary. Cliff Notes - Dracula. Cliffs Complete (all-in-one resource) - The Awakening. All unmarked and look in as new condition. Postage to be paid by buyer

Very old nineteenth century Caucasian "Kazak" rug

Click here to view this lot Very old nineteenth century Caucasian "Kazak" rug.Wool and wool.The carpet is renovated and is in good condition.2.60 x 1.60.Click here to visit Catawiki Read More

Very old nineteenth century Caucasian "Kazak" rug

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Various English Literature nineteenth century study guides.

Nine study guides for various nineteenth century novels - York Notes - Middlemarch York Notes - Far from the Madding Crowd York Notes - Portrait of a Lady York Notes - Heart of Darkness Spark Notes - Heart of Darkness Spark Notes - Madame Bovary Cliff Notes - Madame Bovary Cliff Notes - Dracula Cliffs Complete (all-in-one resource) - The Awakening All ilook as new As a bundle or could split Postage to be paid by buyer

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