American Bloomsbury

Author : Susan Cheever
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743264622
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Bloomsbury written by Susan Cheever and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of five Concord, Massachusetts, writers whose works were at the center of mid-nineteenth-century American thought and literature evaluates their interconnected relationships, influence on each other's works, and complex beliefs.

Author : Carole Klein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gramercy Park written by Carole Klein and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work seeks to bring to life the Bloomsbury of America, New York's Gramercy Park, during the time of its greatest intellectual achievement. Readers can walk with Henry James, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, George Bellows and others in a tour of the place which helped shape literary America.

Author : Ronald A. Kuipers
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441182381
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard Rorty written by Ronald A. Kuipers and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to and overview of Rorty's ideas, his writings and his contributions to the various fields of philosophy

Author : Deborah Ager
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441183043
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry written by Deborah Ager and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry collects more than 200 poems by over 100 poets to celebrate contemporary writers, born after World War II, who write about Jewish themes. In bringing together poets whose writings explore cultural Jewish topics with those who directly address Jewish religious themes as well as those who only indirectly touch on their Jewishness, this anthology offers a fascinating insight into what it is to be a Jewish poet. Featuring established poets as well as representatives of the next generation of Jewish voices, included are poems by, among others, Ellen Bass, Jane Hirshfield, Ed Hirsch, David Lehman, Charles Bernstein, Carol V. Davis, Judith Skillman, Jacqueline Osherow, Alan Shapiro, Ira Sadoff, Melissa Stein, Matthew Zapruder, Philip Schultz, and Jane Shore.

Author : Matthew Pustz
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441172629
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comic Books and American Cultural History written by Matthew Pustz and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly original collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history.

Author : Gretchen Gerzina
Publisher : H. F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Room of Their Own written by Gretchen Gerzina and published by H. F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue accompanies an exhibition organized by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, and curated by Nancy E. Green.

Author : Robert Doran
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441145532
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of History After Hayden White written by Robert Doran and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of new essays by an international group of preeminent scholars explores the ground-breaking work of Hayden White, whose thought, beginning with his seminal Metahistory (1973), has revolutionized the way we think about the philosophy of history, historiography, narrative, and the relation between history and literature. Representing a variety of disciplines and approaches, the contributions to this volume testify to the far-reaching effects and significance of White's philosophy of history. Individual essays relate White's ideas to contemporary art, cognitive studies, Heideggerian hermeneutics, experimental history, Kant's transcendental philosophy, analytic philosophy of history, Marxist cultural theory, the Kantian sublime, and American academic historiography. A substantial introduction by the editor traces the genesis of White's philosophy of history, situating it with respect to both the Anglo-American and Continental traditions. The volume also features a previously unpublished essay by White, which offers a concise overview of his later thought, and a "Comment" written specifically for this volume, in which White revisits the question of the philosophy of history.

Author : Arif Ahmed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441193995
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saul Kripke written by Arif Ahmed and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saul Kripke is one of the most important and original post-war analytic philosophers. His work has undeniably had a profound impact on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. Yet his ideas are amongst the most challenging frequently encountered by students of philosophy. In this informative and accessible book, Arif Ahmed provides a clear and thorough account of Kripke's philosophy, his major works and ideas, providing an ideal guide to the important and complex thought of this key philosopher. The book offers a detailed review of his two major works, Naming and Necessity and Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language, and explores how Kripke's ideas often seem to overturn widely accepted views and even perceptions of common sense. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of Kripke's thought, the book provides a cogent and reliable survey of the nature and significance of Kripke's contribution to philosophy. This is the ideal companion to the study of this most influential and challenging of philosophers.

Author : Lucille P. Fultz
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441167919
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toni Morrison written by Lucille P. Fultz and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toni Morrison features a collection of ten new essays by noted Morrison scholars, including recipients of the Toni Morrison Society Book Award. Focusing upon Morrison's most recently published novels (Paradise, Love, A Mercy) the contributors to this volume revisit issues that continue to engage Morrison and are part of the currency of contemporary American literary and cultural history. These selections examine Morrison's ongoing "romance" with African Americans as they continue to battle the demons of race, gender, class, and poverty, to name a few. Together, these essays offer comprehensive and nuanced discussions of Morrison's latest novels and provide new directions for Morrison scholarship in the 21st century. This volume provides students of literature, cultural studies, and history with an overview of Morrison's examination of African American progress and leadership at key moments in American history and culture from the Colonial Period to the present. Through their thematic interconnectedness, the essays reveal Morrison at her most brilliant in her ability to reach into the past to comment on contemporary issues.

Author : David Byrne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635576695
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Utopia written by David Byrne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman--an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connections between us all. Don't miss the Spike Lee film of the Broadway hit American Utopia--on HBO. A Beat Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of Fall 2020 A joyful collaboration between old friends David Byrne and Maira Kalman, American Utopia offers readers an antidote to cynicism, bursting with pathos, humanism, and hope--featuring his words and lyrics brought to life with more than 150 of her colorful paintings. The text is drawn from David Byrne's American Utopia, which has become a hit Broadway show and is now a film from Spike Lee on HBO. The four-color artwork, by Maira Kalman, which she created for the Broadway show's curtain, is composed of small moments, expressions, gestures, and interactions that together offer a portrait of daily life and coexistence. With their creative talents combined, American Utopia is a salvo for kindness and a call for jubilation, a reminder to sing, dance, and waste not a moment. Beautifully designed and edited by Alex Kalman, American Utopia is a balm for the soul from two of the world's most extraordinary artists.