Discover information, advice, and prices for Mary Austin s Regionalism Reflections sold for 93.24 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Best known for The Land of Little Rain a collection of naturalhistory essays about the California deserts the Western writer Mary Austin 18681934 was a prolific literary figure in the first few decades of the twentieth century In addition to her essays and short stories Austin produced novels poems and cultural criticism and was well known as a feminist political writer and mystic Over the past decade a number of Austins books have been reissued and her work has been the subject of increasing critical attentionHeike Schaefers study complements that renewed interest with a fresh broad appreciation of the complexity of Austins work Considering unpublished materials and the full range of Austins literary and theoretical writing Mary Austins Regionalism Reflections on Gender Genre and Geography presents Austin as a significant early twentiethcentury author who reworked the traditions of nature writing and womens regionalism to envision a sustainable and democratic American culture Austin brought an environmental awareness to the exploration of the race gender and class dynamics informing the European American colonization of the West Drawing on Southwestern folklore and Native American concepts of storytelling her work addressed feminist pluralist and ecological concerns in often strikingly original ways By placing Austins writing in the context of contemporaneous as well as current critical debates Mary Austins Regionalism reveals the insights that Austins work offers to present discussions of sense of place the construction of human and nonhuman nature sustainability feminist politics and the dynamics of intercultural communication Mary Austins decadesold regionalist work still has the power to fascinate and move a wide audience of contemporary readersUnder the Sign of Nature Explorations in Ecocriticism
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Five Views of Christ in, priced at 21.3 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Like New condition Great condition but not exactly fully crisp The book may have been opened and read but there are no defects to the book jacket or pages 062
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on LA PASTICHE Still Life with sold at 218.5 $ ; this product is listed in the Art & Posters category, produced by LA PASTICHE, and sold by Homedepot.com.
Still Life with Rose is a beautiful oil reproduction by Giovanni Boldini Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter associated with the Parisian school According to a 1933 article in Time magazine he was dubbed the Master of Swish because of his flowing style of painting Frame Description Athenian Gold Frame Color Natural
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
EAN: 0688576778198
Discover information, advice, and prices for LA PASTICHE Still Life with sold for 218.5 $ , available in the Art & Posters category; this product is sold by Homedepot.com and made by LA PASTICHE.
Still Life with Rose is a beautiful oil reproduction by Giovanni Boldini Giovanni Boldini was an Italian genre and portrait painter associated with the Parisian school According to a 1933 article in Time magazine he was dubbed the Master of Swish because of his flowing style of painting Frame Description Black Matte Frame Color Natural
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
EAN: 0688576779331
Discover information, advice, and prices for Worlds of Written Discourse A, priced at 40.55 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Genre theory in the past few years has contributed immensely to our understanding of the way discourse is used in academic professional and institutional contexts However its development has been constrained by the nature and design of its applications which have invariably focused on language teaching and learning or communication training and consultation This has led to the use of simplified and idealised genres In contrast to this the real world of discourse is complex dynamic and unpredictable This tension between the real world of written discourse and its representation in applied genrebased literature is the main theme of this book The book addresses this theme from the perspectives of four rather different worlds the world of reality the world of private intentions the world of analysis and the world of applications Using examples from a range of situations including advertising business academia economics law book introductions reports media and fundraising Bhatia uses discourse analysis to move genre theory away from educational contexts and into the real world Introduction Overview Perspectives on Discourse The World of Reality The World of Private Intentions The World of Analysis The World of Applications References
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Tibetan Literature Studies in Genre sold at 78.38 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Tibetan Literature addresses the immense variety of Tibets literary heritage An introductory essay by the editors attempts to assess the overall nature of literature in Tibet and to understand some of the ways in which it may be analyzed into genres The remainder of the book contains articles by nearly thirty scholars from America Europe and Asiaeach of whom addresses an important genre of Tibetan literature These articles are distributed among eight major rubrics two on history and biography six on canonical and quasicanonical texts four on philosophical literature four on literature on the paths four on ritual four on literary arts four on nonliterary arts and sciences and two on guidebooks and reference works
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Modern Genre Theory Longman Critical sold at 50.5 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Since Aristotle genre has been one of the fundamental concepts of literary theory and much of the worlds literature and criticism has been shaped by ideas about the nature function and value of literary genres Modern developments in critical theory however prompted in part by the iconoclastic practices of modern writers and the emergence of new media such as film and television have put in question traditional categories and challenged the assumptions on which earlier genre theory was based This has led not just to a reinterpretation of individual genres and the development of new classifications but also to a radically new understanding of such key topics as the mixing and evolution of genres generic hierarchies and genresystems the politics and sociology of genres and the relations between genre and gender This anthology the first of its kind in English charts these fascinating developments Through judicious selections from major twentiethcentury genre theorists including Yury Tynyanov Vladimir Propp Mikhail Bakhtin Hans Robert Jauss Rosalie Colie Fredric Jameson Tzvetan Todorov Gérard Genette and Jacques Derrida it demonstrates the central role that notions of genre have played in Russian Formalism structuralism and poststructuralism reception theory and various modes of historical criticism Each essay is accompanied by a detailed headnote and the volume opens with a lucid introduction emphasising the international and interdisciplinary character of modern debates about genre Also included are an annotated bibliography and a glossary of key terms making this an indispensable resource for students and anyone interested in genre studies or literary theory
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Worlds of Written Discourse A, priced at 39.54 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Genre theory in the past few years has contributed immensely to our understanding of the way discourse is used in academic professional and institutional contexts However its development has been constrained by the nature and design of its applications which have invariably focused on language teaching and learning or communication training and consultation This has led to the use of simplified and idealised genres In contrast to this the real world of discourse is complex dynamic and unpredictable This tension between the real world of written discourse and its representation in applied genrebased literature is the main theme of this book The book addresses this theme from the perspectives of four rather different worlds the world of reality the world of private intentions the world of analysis and the world of applications Using examples from a range of situations including advertising business academia economics law book introductions reports media and fundraising Bhatia uses discourse analysis to move genre theory away from educational contexts and into the real world Introduction Overview Perspectives on Discourse The World of Reality The World of Private Intentions The World of Analysis The World of Applications References
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Shakespearean Tragedy Genre Tradition and sold for 20 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
By showing us how Shakespeares contemporaries were likely to read the presentation of human nature which they saw as inherently selfdeceiving this critical inquiry enables us to unravel the complexities of Shakespeares characterizations in a manner that will be invaluable to Shakespeare specialists critical theorists students performers and anyone who seeks an enhanced understanding of Shakespeares tragedies and their characters
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Glorious Nature British Landscape Painting, priced at 69.01 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This aptly named volume brings together 91 masterpieces in oil and watercolor by 44 artists the zenith of Englands sublime landscape tradition These beautiful innovative works represent the most talented artists of the genre including Gainsborough Wright of Derby Turner and Constable
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Black Nature Four Centuries of sold at 26.46 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participatedBlack poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work but it is often read as political historical or protest poetryanything but nature poetry This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wildCamille T Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley Rita Dove Yusef Komunyakaa Gwendolyn Brooks Sterling Brown Robert Hayden Wanda Coleman Natasha Trethewey and Melvin B Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney Major Jackson and Janice Harrington Included are poets writing out of slavery Reconstruction the Harlem Renaissance the Black Arts Movement and late twentieth and early twentyfirstcentury African American poetic movementsBlack Nature brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and naturerelated poetry as a wholeA Friends Fund Publication
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Women and Bears The Gifts sold for 31.44 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Cultural Writing Gender Studies WOMEN AND BEARS revisits classical debates in womens cultural and Native studies regarding nature and culture As a mixedgenre anthologyacademic and poetic conversational and criticalthe book consists of interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches on a widelycirculated ancient myth story history and sacred law ayaawux focused on women cohabiting with bears where women defy dualistic gender roles and relations and interact with nature in a variety of adaptive or transgressive ways
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on loge de la nature sold for 48.08 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
La diversité des paysages de France présentée à travers des images et aussi des témoignages de gens qui sont en contact permanent avec la nature Nombre de pages 1 vol 204 p Poids 0g Langue fre Genre Nature Encyclopédie NATURE ANIMAUX
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Man in the Landscape A sold for 25.11 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
A pioneering exploration of the roots of our attitudes toward nature Paul Shepards most seminal work is as challenging and provocative today as when it first appeared in 1967 Man in the Landscape was among the first books of a new genre that has elucidated the ideas beliefs and images that lie behind our modern destruction and conservation of the natural worldDeparting from the traditional study of land use as a history of technology this book explores the emergence of modern attitudes in literature art and architecturetheir evolutionary past and their taproot in European and Mediterranean cultures With humor and wit Shepard considers the influence of Christianity on ideas of nature the absence of an ethic of nature in modern philosophy and the obsessive themes of dominance and control as elements of the modern mind In his discussions of the exploration of the American West the establishment of the first national parks and the reactions of pioneers to their totally new habitat he identifies the transport of traditional imagery into new places as a sort of cultural baggage
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Humans Nature and Birds Science, priced at 44.54 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This book invites readers to enter a twofloor virtual gallery where 60plus images of birds reflecting the accomplishments of human pictorial history are on display These are works in a genre the authors term Science Art that is art that says something about the natural world and how it works Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy show how these works of art can advance our understanding of the ways nature has been perceived over time its current vulnerability and our responsibility to preserve its wealthnbspEach room in the gallery is dedicated to a single topic The rooms on the first floor show birds as icons birds as resources birds as teaching tools and more On the second floor the images and their captions clarify what Science Art is and how the intertwining of art and science can change the way we look at each The authors also provide a timeline linking scientific innovations with the production of images of birds and they offer a checklist of steps to promote the creation and accessibility of Science Art Readers who tour this unique and fascinating gallery will never look at art depicting nature in the same way againnbspPublished with assistance from the Alfred P Sloan Foundations Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Nature Morte Contemporary artists sold for 40 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Showcases contemporary artists working in a range of media who are finding new inspiration in the still life tradition This richly rewarding book reveals how leading artists of the twentyfirst century are reinvigorating the still life a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth and seventeenthcentury Old Masters The audacious still lifes celebrated here challenge that historical supremacy and redefine what it means to be a work of nature morte or dead nature Whether through painting drawing sculpture video or other forms contemporary artists have drawn on the tradition to create works of conceptual vivacity beauty and emotional poignancyMichel Petry has structured the book according to the classic categories of the stilllife traditionFlora Food House and Home Fauna and Death Each chapter explores how the timeless symbolic resonance of the memento moria reminder of death change and the passing of timehas been rediscovered for a new millennium Among the artists represented are John Currin Saara Ekström Elmgreen amp Dragset Renata Hegyi Damien Hirst David Hockney Gary Hume Jeff Koons McDermott amp McGough Beatriz Milhazes Gabriel Orozco Marc Quinn Sam TaylorWood and Cy Twombly 400 color illustrations
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for The Nature of History in sold for 21.44 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This analytical discussion of ancient historiography focuses on the continuities and innovations of the genre as it progressed from the fifth century to BC to the end of the fourth century AD
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Black Nature Four Centuries of sold at 98.93 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participatedBlack poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work but it is often read as political historical or protest poetryanything but nature poetry This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wildCamille T Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley Rita Dove Yusef Komunyakaa Gwendolyn Brooks Sterling Brown Robert Hayden Wanda Coleman Natasha Trethewey and Melvin B Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney Major Jackson and Janice Harrington Included are poets writing out of slavery Reconstruction the Harlem Renaissance the Black Arts Movement and late twentieth and early twentyfirstcentury African American poetic movementsBlack Nature brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and naturerelated poetry as a wholeA Friends Fund Publication
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for The Nature of History in, priced at 46.93 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This analytical discussion of ancient historiography focuses on the continuities and innovations of the genre as it progressed from the fifth century to BC to the end of the fourth century AD
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Horror Screenwriting The Nature of sold at 20.1 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Horror has among all of the genres in film and written works one of the longest most distinguished and often misunderstood bloodlines in history It is often overlooked by critics who dont see anything more than blood and guts on the screen or a collection of cheap scares But what is missed is the hardhitting commentary on society and life contained in those works
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
