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Beating the Bounds: Excess and Restraint in Joyce's Later WorksExploring the role of boundaries and limits in thewriting of James Joyce Beating the Bounds examines the roleof boundaries and limits in James Joyce's later works, primarily Finnegans Wake but also Ulysses and other texts. Building on theideas of philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche, Giordano Bruno,...
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the PerplexedWith his richly detailed world of Middle Earth and the epic tales he told around it, J.R.R. Tolkien invented the modern fantasy novel. For readers and students getting to grips with this world for the first time, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed...
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Joyce and GeometryIn a paradigm shift away from classical understandings of geometry, nineteenth-century mathematicians developed new systems that featured surprising concepts such as the idea that parallel lines can curve and intersect. Providing evidence to confirm much that has largely been speculation, Joyce and Geometry reveals...
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It's Our Movement Now: Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's ConferenceProfiles of influential Black womenactivists at a historic moment Thisvolume offers a panoramic view of Black feminist politics through the storiesof a remarkable cross section of Black women who attended the 1977 NationalWomen's Conference. Thesewomen advocated for civil and women's rights but also for...
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The United States and China: Into the Twenty-First CenturyFrom the Opium Wars of the 1840s, to the Red Scare of the 1940s, through the Tiananmen Square "massacre" of 1989, and the Wen Ho Lee "espionage case" of 2000, Chinese-American relations have swung like a pendulum throughout the years. Now in its fourth...
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Holocaust Encyclopedia: uncensored and unconstrained (full-color edition)We all have learned it: The Holocaust lasted four years (1941-1945), took place in thousands of locations across an entire continent (Europe), and involved thousands of perpetrators and millions of victims. But when it comes to details, most of us flounder. Many websites can...
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Genealogies of Kentucky Families, from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Volume O - Y (Owens - Young)The publication of "Genealogies of Kentucky Families" offers researchers an unprecedented opportunity to acquire a complete collection of the two-hundred family history articles published originally in "The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" and "The Filson Club History Quarterly." With the cooperation of both...
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Genealogies of Kentucky Families, from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Voume a - M (Allen - Moss)The publication of "Genealogies of Kentucky Families" offers researchers an unprecedented opportunity to acquire a complete collection of the two-hundred family history articles published originally in "The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" and "The Filson Club History Quarterly." With the cooperation of both...
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Somerset Maugham and the CinemaWilliam Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most prominent and productive authors of the twentieth century-and his works have been among the most cinematically transformed in history. For more than five decades, adaptations of his plays, stories, and novels dominated movie theaters and,...
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As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American IdentitySpanning more than 100 years of Swedish American local history in the Midwest and the West, Jennifer Eastman Attebery's thorough examination of nearly 300 historical legends explores how Swedish Americans employ these narratives in creating, debating, and maintaining group identity. She demonstrates that historical...
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Budapest Blackout: A Holocaust DiaryMária Mádi (1898-1970) was a Roman Catholic Hungarian physician living in Budapest during World War II. Stuck in the city, she vowed to become a witness to events as they unfolded and began keeping a diary to chronicle her everyday life, as well as...
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Colonial Tactics and Everyday Life: Workers of the Manchuria Film AssociationFollowing the Japanese invasion of northeast China in 1931, the occupying authorities established the Manchuria Film Association to promote film production efficiency and serve Japan's propaganda needs. Manchuria Film Association had two tasks: to make "national policy films" as part of a cultural mission...
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Narrative Bonds: Multiple Narrators in the Victorian NovelWhile narrative fracturing, multiplicity, and experimentalism are commonly associated with modernist and postmodern texts, they have largely been understudied in Victorian literature. Narrative Bonds: Multiple Narrators in the Victorian Novel focuses on the centrality of these elements and address the proliferation of multiple narrators...
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Fugitive Texts: Slave Narratives in Antebellum Print CultureAntebellum slave narratives have taken pride of place in the American literary canon. Once ignored, disparaged, or simply forgotten, the autobiographical narratives of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and other formerly enslaved men and women are now widely read and studied. One key aspect of...
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As Told by Herself: Women's Childhood Autobiography, 1845-1969As Told by Herself offers the first systematic study of women's autobiographical writing about childhood. More than 175 works--primarily from English-speaking countries and France, as well as other European countries--are presented here in historical sequence, allowing Lorna Martens to discern and reveal patterns as...
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Russia's Social Gospel: The Orthodox Pastoral Movement in Famine, War, and RevolutionThe late Russian Empire experienced rapid economic change, social dislocation, and multiple humanitarian crises, enduring two wars, two famines, and three revolutions. A "pastoral activism" took hold as parish clergymen led and organized the response of Russia's Orthodox Christians to these traumatic events. In...
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The Oulipo and Modern ThoughtThe impact of the Oulipo (Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle), one of the most important groups of experimental writers of the late twentieth century, is still being felt in contemporary literature, criticism, and theory, both in Europe and the US. Founded in 1960 and still...
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Le Donne Medici Nel Sistema Europeo Delle Corti: XVI-XVIII Secolo. Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Firenze - San Domenico Di Fiesole, 6-8 Ottobre 20These contributions outline the history of the Medici family, from its beginnings to its decline, through its women, reconstructing their connections to the family, as well as their relationship with power and their role in the State. The articles trace the travels of Medici...
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The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with DocumentsThe Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810 exposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries through a short narrative and selection of documentary evidence. In this three-hundred-year period, Chinese piracy was unsurpassed in size and scope...
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Story Behind the Protest Song: A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th CenturyProtest songs are united by the fact they all have something to say, something to dispute, or something to rile against, whether it be political, social, or personal. Story Behind the Protest Song features 50 of the most influential musical protests and statements recorded...
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