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  • Understanding Children's Literatureby

    Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 35.95

    This book offers a systematic introduction to some of the essential concepts necessary for the study of childrens literature. Incorporating thirteen essays from the highly-acclaimed International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature , the chapters guide the reader through the most relevant areas of criticism and theory and summarise their... more...

  • Halm - Hauptmannby

    De Gruyter 2010; US$ 363.00

    The Dictionary of German Literature. The 20th Century contains authors writing in German whose main work was created in the 20th century. Volume 14 includes articles on Käte Hamburger, Peter Handke, Maximilian Harden and Ludwig Harig. In line with the Dictionary's orientation, there are also entries on numerous well-known representatives of their disciplines,... more...

  • Si ? Viby

    De Gruyter 2011; US$ 363.00

    Si VI (German Edition) more...

  • Jahrbuch der Raabe-Gesellschaft by Ulf-Michael Schneider; Dirk Göttsche

    Walter de Gruyter 2011; US$ 82.00

    Das 1960 gegründete Jahrbuch der Raabe-Gesellschaft bildet nicht nur ein Forum der fachwissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit dem ungewöhnlich umfangreichen Erzählwerk Wilhelm Raabes (1831?1910), sondern hat sich über die Jahre hinweg auch zu einem Organ der allgemeinen germanistischen Realismusforschung entwickelt. Jeder Jahrgang enthält Aufsätze... more...

  • Don'ts for Mothersby A&C Black

    A&C Black 2011; US$ 3.89

    Following the success of Don'ts for Husbands and Don'ts for Wives a brand new old collection of advice: - from Birth to Weaning - the care of Young Children - Boyhood and Girlhood "Don't wash the baby in hot water, it would weaken and enervate the babe, and thus predispose him to disease. Luke warm rain water will be the best to wash... more...

  • Making the White Man's Indianby ANGELA ALEISS

    ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 66.00

    The image in Hollywood movies of savage Indians attacking white settlers represents only one side of a very complicated picture. In fact sympathetic portrayals of Native Americans stood alongside those of hostile Indians in the silent films of D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, and flourished during the early 1930s with Hollywood's cycle of pro-Indian... more...

  • Reel Black Talkby LINDA ALLEN; SPENCER MOON

    ABC-CLIO 1997; US$ 182.00

    As evidenced in interviews included in this volume, many African American filmmakers consider themselves artists first, their ethnicity being only part of what influences their work. This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and producers speak for themselves, posing challenges to current... more...

  • Taking Libertiesby AMY ARONSON

    ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 125.00

    Unlike its British forebears, the early American magazine, or periodical miscellany, functioned in culture as a forum driven by manifold contributions and perpetuated by reader response. Arising in colonial Philadelphia, America's more democratic magazine sustained a range of conflicting ideas, norms, and beliefs?indeed, it promoted their very exchange.... more...

  • Literary Theory Todayby M.A. Abbas; Tak-Wai Wong

    Hong Kong University Press 1981; US$ 11.00

    This book contains the papers given at a conference on literary theory held at the University of Hong Kong from March 31 to April 4, 1981. to complement the papers, an edited version of the taped discussions has been included.In the past two decades, literary theory has undergone such rapid change that it is now, for some, practically unrecognizable.... more...

  • The Vital Lieby Anthony S. Abbott

    University of Alabama Press 2009; US$ 37.50

      The Vital Lie is the first book to examine the reality-illusion conflict in modern drama from Ibsen to present-day playwrights. The book questions why vital lies, lies necessary for life itself, are such an obsessive concern for playwrights of the last hundred years. Using the work of fifteen playwrights, Abbott seeks to discover... more...