Wednesday Club

Author : Kjell Westö
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848667817
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wednesday Club written by Kjell Westö and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1938. Hitler's expansionist policies are arousing both anger and admiration, not least in Helsinki's Wednesday Club. The members of this relaxed gentleman's club are old friends of lawyer Claes Thune. But this year it is apparent that the political unrest in Europe is having an effect on the cohesion of the group. Thune has recently divorced and is at something of a loss, running his law practice with no great enthusiasm. Luckily he has the assistance of an efficient new secretary, Matilda Wiik. But behind her polished exterior Mrs Wiik is tormented by memories of the Finnish Civil War, when she experienced horrors she has been trying to forget ever since. And one evening, with the Wednesday Club gathered in Thune's office, she hears a voice she hoped she would never hear again. She is suddenly plunged back into the past. But this time she is no longer a helpless victim . . .

Author : Lee Oser
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826211811
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book T.S. Eliot and American Poetry written by Lee Oser and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a fine and lucid prose style, T. S. Eliot and American Poetry presents a critical study of Eliot's major poems as it examines what America means to its poets. Eliot's contribution to a poetic dialogue on this subject with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Robert Lowell, John Ashbery, and other literary figures plays a significant role in this groundbreaking study. Investigating Eliot's literary inheritance through his familial traditions, represented particularly by his mother, Charlotte Eliot, and in terms of the American Renaissance, Lee Oser addresses all phases of Eliot's career as a poet. Following an introduction that reevaluates the importance of Poe and Whitman for Eliot and modernism, the discussion proceeds from Eliot's reaction against the progressive ethos of late Puritan culture, to the appearance in his writing of numerous figures of exile and disinheritance as an expression of lost American patrimony, to his flight from the realm of history, and his eventual return to the spiritual and cultural traditions of New England. A final chapter weighs Eliot's impact on Robert Lowell, John Ashbery, and Elizabeth Bishop. Through its dialectical view of American literary and intellectual history, T. S. Eliot and American Poetry constructs a practical methodology for comparing Eliot with other American poets. Juxtaposing Eliot's poems, lectures, and essays (including generous excerpts from Eliot's uncollected prose) with landmark texts by Emerson, Poe, Whitman, and many others, Oser engages in a deeper analysis of Eliot's Americanness than has hitherto been possible. In addressing Eliot's treatment of America as symbol and topos, the work presents a multifaceted chronicle of Eliot's development that enriches formalist and historicist approaches alike. T. S. Eliot and American Poetry makes numerous original contributions to the field of literary history. No previous work has so richly pursued Eliot's literary and familial inheritance, as well as his legacy to American poetry; the result is a highly nuanced perspective on contemporary debates about poetry, criticism, and culture.

Author : Betty Holland Wiesepape
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585443246
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lone Star Chapters written by Betty Holland Wiesepape and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Texas entered the 20th century, it was opening a new chapter in its cultural and social life. This text examines the contributions of literary societies and writers' clubs to the cultural and literary development that took place in Texas between the close of the frontier and the beginning of World War II.

Author : Katharine T. Corbett
Publisher : Missouri History Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781883982300
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Her Place written by Katharine T. Corbett and published by Missouri History Museum. This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new addition to the popular guidebook series explores women's experiences and the impact of their activities on the history and landscape of St. Louis. When the city was founded, most St. Louisans believed that "a woman's place is in the home," in the house of her father, husband, or master. Over the years, women pushed out the boundaries of their lives into the public arena, and in doing so they changed the face of St. Louis. In Her Place is a guide to the changing definition of a woman's place in St. Louis, beginning with the colonial period and ending with the 1960s. Each chapter explores the experiences of women during a specific time period and identifies the sites of some of their public activities on a map of the city created from historical sources. Along the way, readers will meet such significant St. Louis women as Harriet Scott, Susan Blow, Edna Gellhorn, and Philippine Duchesne and learn about the activities of the Ladies' Union Aid Society, the Sisters of Charity, the League of Women Voters, and the Harper Married Ladies' Club. The book also includes four tours of the St. Louis region addressing the themes of the book and identifying significant buildings, homes, and other key sites. Current photographs will help readers locate the sites on detailed maps. An up-to-date bibliography and resource listing make this an invaluable guide for anyone interested in studying the history of women in the region.

Author : Elizabeth Hayes Turner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019511938X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women, Culture, and Community written by Elizabeth Hayes Turner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why in the late 19th and early 20th centuries did southern women (black and white) advance from the private worlds of home and family into public life, transforming the cultural and political landscape of their community? Using Galveston as a case study, Turner asks who where the women who became activists.

Author : Emily Toth
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604737066
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unveiling Kate Chopin written by Emily Toth and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1999 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of American author Kate Chopin and discusses how her novel "The Awakening" was viewed by society when it was first published, why she is considered a feminist, how her personal life influenced her writing, and other related topics.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual register of women's clubs written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Official Register and Directory of the Women's Clubs in America written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandra Edwards
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807180289
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before Fanfiction written by Alexandra Edwards and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2023-10-18 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Fanfiction investigates the overlapping cultures of fandom and American literature from the late 1800s to the mid-1940s, exploding the oft-repeated myth that fandom has its origins in the male-dominated letter columns of science fiction pulp magazines in the 1930s. By reexamining the work of popular American women writers and their fans, Alexandra Edwards recovers the literary history of American media fandom, drawing previously ignored fangirls into the spotlight.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musical Magazine and Musical Courier written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: