Delphi Medieval Poetry Collection (Illustrated)
Geoffrey Chaucer;Delphi Classics;Geoffrey Chaucer;Delphi Classics
eBook
Featuring twenty major works of European poetry over a period of a thousand years, thi...
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Delphi Medieval Poetry Collection (Illustrated)
2020
Featuring twenty major works of European poetry over a period of a thousand years, this collection charts the development of verse from the fall of the Roman Empire to the birth of the Renaissance. Contrary to popular belief, the poetry of the Dark Ages enjoyed a pioneering development, exploring new metres and complex imagery. Throughout the Middle Ages, poetry adopted numerous forms across the continent, from the epic greatness of the ‘chanson de geste'to the sublime lyrical qualities of love poetry. This eBook provides a rich sample of medieval poetry; from the earliest dawn of English literature to the unparalleled brilliance of Dante; from the courtly adventures of Arthurian legend to the stirring lays of the Vikings; from the Eastern magic of Georgia to the ribald genius of Chaucer; this collection will immerse you in the perilous, amusing and tantalising world of the Middle Ages. (Version 1) • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to the poets'lives and works• Concise introductions to the works• Most of the poems appear with their original medieval texts, as well as an English translation — ideal for students• Images of how the original manuscripts first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the medieval texts• Excellent formatting of the poems• Easily locate the sections you want to read• Features three critical works on the development of medieval literature• Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: Medieval PoetryHymn by Cædmon (7th century)Christ II by Cynewulf (8th century) (Tr. Raymond Wilson Chambers)Beowulf (c.1000) (Tr. William Morris)The Song of Roland (c. 1050) (Tr. C. K. Moncreiff)The Poem of the Cid (c. 1140) (Tr. Robert Southey)Chronicle of the Norman Conquest from ‘Roman de Rou'by Wace (c. 1170) (Tr. Edgar Taylor)Yvain, the Knight of the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1180) (Tr. William Wistar Comfort)Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1210) (Tr. Jessie Weston)The Troubadours (1100-1350) by H. J. ChaytorThe Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveli (c. 1190) (Tr. Marjory Wardrop)The Song of the Nibelungs (c. 1200) (Tr. Daniel Bussier Shumway)Lays of Marie de France (c. 1210) (Tr. Eugene Mason)The Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de Lorris [PARTIAL TRANSLATION] (c. 1230) (Tr. Geoffrey Chaucer)Poetic Edda (c. 13th century) (Tr. Benjamin Thorpe)Wine, Women and Song: Mediæval Latin Students'Songs (c. 13th century) (Tr. John Addington Symonds)The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1320) (Tr. H. F. Cary)Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1375) (Tr. Jessie Weston)Sonnets by Francesco Petrarca (c. 1374) (Tr. Thomas Campbell)Piers Plowman by William Langland (c. 1380) Edited by Thomas WrightThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1400) The CriticismThe Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory by George SaintsburyMedieval English Literature by W . P. KerEpic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature by W . P. Ker Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
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In the Shadow of the Chinatis : A History of Pinto Canyon in the Big Bend
David W. Keller;David W. Keller
Winner, 2020 Al Lowman Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas County or Local History T...
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In the Shadow of the Chinatis : A History of Pinto Canyon in the Big Bend
2019
Winner, 2020 Al Lowman Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas County or Local History There is a deep and abiding connection between humans and the land in Pinto Canyon—a remote and rugged place near the border with Mexico in the Texas Big Bend. Here the land assumes a certain primacy, defined not by the ephemera of plants and animals but by the very bedrock that rises far above the silvery flow of Pinto Creek— looming masses that break the horizon into a hundred different vistas. Yet, over time, people managed to survive and sometimes even thrive in this harsh environment. In the Shadow of the Chinatis combines the rich narratives of history, natural history, and archeology to tell the story of the landscape as well as the people who once inhabited it. Settling the land was difficult, staying on it even more so, but one family proved especially resilient. Rising above their meager origins, the Prietos eventually amassed a 12,000-acre ranch in the shadow of the Chinati Mountains to become the most successful of Pinto Canyon's early settlers. But starting with the tense years of the Great Depression, the family faced a series of tragedies: one son was killed by a Texas Ranger, and another by the deranged son of Chico Cano, the Big Bend's most notorious bandit. Ultimately, growing rifts in the family forced the sale of the ranch, marking the end of an era. Bearing the hallmarks of an epic tragedy, the departure of the Prieto family signaled a transition away from ranching towards a new style of landownership based on a completely different model. Today, Pinto Canyon's scenic and scientific value increasingly overshadows the marginal economics of its past.In the Shadow of the Chinatis reveals a rich tapestry of interaction between humans and their environment, providing a unique examination of the Big Bend region and the people who call it home.
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Natural history--Texas--Big Bend Region - Ranchers--Texas--Pinto Canyon--History - Canyons--Texas--Presidio County--HistoryContent provider:
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Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ...
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Dictionary of World Biography
2021
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry, abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the'post-industrial'society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age'and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983–90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987–90 and Customs 1988–90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991–95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992–2000, 2005–06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860– (1965 ), Joseph II (1968), Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty is Death (1968). Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016.He received a DSc for his services to science in 1988 and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 ‘living national treasures'in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services ‘as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020.
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Biography--DictionariesContent provider:
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Play Among Books : A Symposium on Architecture and Information Spelt in Atom-Letters
Miro Roman;Alice _ch3n81;Ludger Hovestadt;Vera Bühlmann;Miro Roman;Alice _c...
Wie verändert Codierung unser Denken über Architektur? Eine Frage, die in der Forschun...
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Play Among Books : A Symposium on Architecture and Information Spelt in Atom-Letters
2022; Vol. 00017
Wie verändert Codierung unser Denken über Architektur? Eine Frage, die in der Forschung eine wichtige Perspektive eröffnet. Miro Roman und seine KI Alice_ch3n81 entfalten in diesem Buch ein wahrhaft spielerisches Szenario, in dem sie Codierung als neue Alphabetisierung für Informationen vorschlagen. Erkenntnis vermittelt es in Form eines Projektmodells, das die Bereiche Architektur und Information durch zwei verflochtene Erzählstränge in einem „unendlichen Fluss'realer Bücher miteinander verknüpft. Mit dem Fokus auf der Schnittmenge von Informationstechnologie und architektonischer Formulierung entsteht so eine immer weiterführende intellektuelle Reflexion zu digitaler Architektur und Computerwissenschaft.
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Computer-aided design - Architecture--Data processing - Computer architectureContent provider:
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Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ...
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Dictionary of World Biography
2020
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry and abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the'post‑industrial'society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age'and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the •Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983–90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987–90 and Customs 1988–90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991–95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992–2000, 2005–06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860– (1965 ), Joseph II (1968) and Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty Is Death (1968, revised and expanded 2022). Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership: Insights & Reflections, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016.He received a DSc in 1988 for his services to science and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 ‘living national treasures'in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services ‘as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020.
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Biography--DictionariesContent provider:
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Animals and Society : An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies
Margo DeMello;Margo DeMello
Human-animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the spaces that anima...
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Animals and Society : An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies
2021
Human-animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the spaces that animals occupy in human social and cultural worlds. It examines the interactions humans and animals have with each other and the ways animal lives intersect with human societies. Since existing social orders rely on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, the questions posed by human-animal studies touch upon a wide range of fundamental issues.Animals and Society provides a broad overview of this rapidly growing field. Margo DeMello offers students and scholars a holistic and comprehensive picture of the state of inquiry into the relationships that exist between humans and other animals. She considers interactions between animals and humans in social organizations, such as the family, the legal system, and political and religious institutions. A major focus is the social construction of animals in world cultures and the way in which these social meanings are used to reinforce and perpetuate hierarchical human relationships such as racism, sexism, and class privilege. The book also examines how different human groups construct a range of identities for themselves and for others through animals.This second edition of Animals and Society is fully updated and expanded throughout, enhancing the book's relevance for student and activist readers alike. It includes many new international examples, all-new case studies, and updated supplementary readings.
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Human-animal relationships - Human-animal relationships--History - Animals and civilization--HistoryContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
The Edinburgh Companion to Literature and Music
Delia da Sousa Correa;Delia da Sousa Correa
This trailblazing companion charts and extends the work in this expanding interdiscipl...
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The Edinburgh Companion to Literature and Music
2020
This trailblazing companion charts and extends the work in this expanding interdisciplinary field and is an essential resource for researchers with an interest in literature and other media.
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Literature--History and criticism - Music and literatureContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959
Graham Webb;Graham Webb
Short subject films have a long history in American cinemas. These could be anywhere f...
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Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959
2020
Short subject films have a long history in American cinemas. These could be anywhere from 2 to 40 minutes long and were used as a'filler'in a picture show that would include a cartoon, a newsreel, possibly a serial and a short before launching into the feature film. Shorts could tackle any topic of interest: an unusual travelogue, a comedy, musical revues, sports, nature or popular vaudeville acts. With the advent of sound-on-film in the mid-to-late 1920s, makers of earlier silent short subjects began experimenting with the short films, using them as a testing ground for the use of sound in feature movies. After the Second World War, and the rising popularity of television, short subject films became far too expensive to produce and they had mostly disappeared from the screens by the late 1950s. This encyclopedia offers comprehensive listings of American short subject films from the 1920s through the 1950s.
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Short films--United States--EncyclopediasContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
The Fire That Breaks : Gerard Manley Hopkins’s Poetic Legacies
Daniel Westover;Thomas Alan Holmes;Daniel Westover;Thomas Alan Holmes
The Fire that Breaks traces Gerard Manley Hopkins's continuing and pervasive influence...
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The Fire That Breaks : Gerard Manley Hopkins’s Poetic Legacies
2020
The Fire that Breaks traces Gerard Manley Hopkins's continuing and pervasive influence among writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Not only do the essays explore responses to Hopkins by individual writers—including, among others, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Seamus Heaney, Geoffrey Hill, and Charles Wright—but they also examine Hopkins's substantial influence among Caribbean poets, Appalachian writers, and contemporary poets whose work lies at the intersection of ecopoetry and theology. Combining essays by the world's leading Hopkins scholars with essays by scholars from diverse fields, the essays examine both known and unexpected affinities, and The Fire that Breaks is a persistent testimony to the lasting, continuing impact of Hopkins on poetry in English.
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American poetry--20th century--History and criticism - English poetry--20th century--History and criticismContent provider:
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Careers & Employment Canada, 2021
Grey House Publishing Canada;Grey House Publishing Canada
Careers & Employment Canada is a valuable reference tool that gives job seekers and ca...
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Careers & Employment Canada, 2021
2020
Careers & Employment Canada is a valuable reference tool that gives job seekers and career explorers an edge in today's job market. Users will be able to access leads they may not have heard about if it weren't for this great new resource, in print and online. In addition, self-assessment tests assist people in exploring what career is the right fit, while relevant websites provide further information to help them determine a career path.
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Job hunting--Canada--DirectoriesContent provider:
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ...
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Dictionary of World Biography
2018
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry and abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the'post‑industrial'society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age'and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the •Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983–90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987–90 and Customs 1988–90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991–95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992–2000, 2005–06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860– (1965 ), Joseph II (1968) and Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty Is Death (1968, revised and expanded 2022). Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership: Insights & Reflections, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016.He received a DSc in 1988 for his services to science and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 ‘living national treasures'in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services ‘as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020.
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Biography--DictionariesContent provider:
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Directors in British and Irish Cinema : A Reference Companion
Robert Murphy;Robert Murphy
A guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between ...
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Directors in British and Irish Cinema : A Reference Companion
2019
A guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2005. Each of its 980 entries on individuals directors gives a resume of the director's career, evaluates their achievements and provides a complete filmography. It is useful for those interested in film-making in Britain and Ireland.
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Motion picture producers and directors--Ireland - Motion picture producers and directors--Great BritainContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Third Edition
Editors of Salem Press;Editors of Salem Press
The articles in this set are extremely diverse, with articles covering soil, fisheries...
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Encyclopedia of Global Resources, Third Edition
2019
The articles in this set are extremely diverse, with articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits.
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Natural resources--EncyclopediasContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Great Events from History: Human Rights, Second Edition
Editors of Salem Press;Editors of Salem Press
This 4-volume work traces the path of civil liberties and natural rights through histo...
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Great Events from History: Human Rights, Second Edition
2019; Vol. Volume I
This 4-volume work traces the path of civil liberties and natural rights through history, from ancient codes to modern movements through pivotal events that have directly affected people and their freedoms.
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Human rights--HistoryContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Encyclopedia of Television Pilots : 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019, 2d Ed.
Vincent Terrace;Vincent Terrace
On November 27, 1937, NBC presented TV's first pilot film, Sherlock Holmes (then calle...
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Encyclopedia of Television Pilots : 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019, 2d Ed.
2019
On November 27, 1937, NBC presented TV's first pilot film, Sherlock Holmes (then called an'experiment'). Thousands of pilot films (both unaired and televised) have been produced since. This updated and restyled book contains 2,470 alphabetically arranged pilot films broadcast from 1937 to 2019. Entries contain the concept, cast and character information, credits (producer, writer, director), dates, genre and network or cable affiliation. In addition to a complete performer's index, two appendices have been included: one detailing the pilot films that led to a series and a second that lists the programs that were spun off from one series into another. Never telecast pilot films can be found in the companion volume, The Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018. Both volumes are the most complete and detailed sources for such information, a great deal of which is based on viewing the actual programs.
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Television programs--United States--Plots, themes, etc.--Encyclopedias - Television pilot programs--United States--EncyclopediasContent provider:
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Companion to Victorian Popular Fiction
Kevin A. Morrison;Kevin A. Morrison
This companion to Victorian popular fiction includes more than 300 cross-referenced en...
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Companion to Victorian Popular Fiction
2018
This companion to Victorian popular fiction includes more than 300 cross-referenced entries on works written for the British mass market. Biographical sketches cover the writers and their publishers, the topics that concerned them and the genres they helped to establish or refine. Entries introduce readers to long-overlooked authors who were widely read in their time, with suggestions for further reading and emerging resources for the study of popular fiction.
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English fiction--19th century--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etcContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows
David Perlmutter;David Perlmutter
Once consigned almost exclusively to Saturday morning fare for young viewers, televisi...
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The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows
2018
Once consigned almost exclusively to Saturday morning fare for young viewers, television animation has evolved over the last several decades as a programming form to be reckoned with. While many animated shows continue to entertain tots, the form also reaches a much wider audience, engaging viewers of all ages. Whether aimed at toddlers, teens, or adults, animated shows reflect an evolving expression of sophisticated wit, adult humor, and a variety of artistic techniques and styles. The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Series encompasses animated programs broadcast in the United States and Canada since 1948. From early cartoon series like Crusader Rabbit, Rocky and His Friends, and The Flintstones to 21st century stalwarts like The Simpsons, South Park, and Spongebob Squarepants, the wide range of shows can be found in this volume. Series from many networks—such as Comedy Central, the Disney Channel, Nickleodeon, and Cartoon Network— are included, representing both the diversity of programming and the broad spectrum of viewership. Each entry includes a list of cast and characters, credit information, a brief synopsis of the series, and a critical analysis. Additional details include network information and broadcast history.The volume also features one hundred images and an introduction containing an historical overview of animated programming since the inception of television. Highlighting an extensive array of shows from Animaniacs and Archer to The X-Men and Yogi Bear, The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Series is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history and evolution of this constantly expanding art form.
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Animated television programs--United States--EncyclopediasContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Critical Survey of Drama
Rollyson, Carl E.;Rollyson, Carl E.
Contains over 650 new and updated essays—over 550 discuss individual dramatists and ne...
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Critical Survey of Drama
2018
Contains over 650 new and updated essays—over 550 discuss individual dramatists and nearly 100 cover important overview topics that are critical to the study of drama as a whole.
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Drama--History and criticism--Dictionaries - Drama--DictionariesContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
South American Handbook 2017
Box, Ben;Box, Ben
South America is epic. Home to the world's highest waterfall, the longest mountain ran...
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South American Handbook 2017
2016
South America is epic. Home to the world's highest waterfall, the longest mountain range and the largest rainforest – this continent will baffle you with its enormity. While cities like Rio de Janeiro swing to the sounds of samba, locals jostle around market stalls in Cuzco and indigenous farmers offer prayers to Pachamama – Mother Earth. Footprint's 93rd edition of the South American Handbook is the ideal guidebook for adventure -hungry travellers. From Inca ruins and tropical jungles to the vast open plains of Patagonia, Footprint's revised and updated guide to South America provides comprehensive coverage, enabling you to escape the crowd and discover the continent for yourself. • Highlights section so you know what not to miss • Practical information on how to get to each country and around, plus suggested itineraries to help you plan your trip, whether you are travelling for a week or a month • Well-researched cultural and historical background sections available as an online resource • Tips for travelling with your kids • The core of the guide provides comprehensive coverage of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, the Guianas, and the Falkland Islands. • Each country and region has an overview map which includes ‘Don't miss'destinations, local information on how to get around and detailed street maps where relevant • Detailed listings on where to sleep, eat and play are provided for every destination within each country, enabling you to have an even better travel experience. Now in its 93rd edition, Footprint's legendary South American Handbook covers the continent in amazing detail, enabling you to explore for yourself. From spectacular carnivals to shuddering glaciers, this guide will open your way to the irresistible spirit of the world's greatest continent.
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Historical Dictionary of Utopianism
Toby Widdicombe;James M. Morris;Andrea Kross;Toby Widdicombe;James M. Morri...
Utopian thinking embraces fictional descriptions of how to create a better (but not a ...
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Historical Dictionary of Utopianism
2017
Utopian thinking embraces fictional descriptions of how to create a better (but not a perfect) alternative way of life as well as intentional communities (that is, groups of people leading lives in small communities for their own betterment and the betterment of others). The first edition almost exclusively dealt with the intentional-community side of utopianism; this second edition offers a much more inclusive definition of the key term utopia by offering a great many entries devoted to describing fictional or literary utopian works. It is also heavily illustrated with plates from utopian works, especially those from the heyday of utopianism in the late nineteenth century. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Utopianism contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on broad conceptual entries; narrower entries about specific works; and narrower entries about specific intentional communities or movements. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Utopianism.
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Utopias--History--DictionariesContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings
Steve Sullivan;Steve Sullivan
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides...
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Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings
2017; Vol. 00003
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today. In this masterful survey, all genres of popular music are covered, from pop, rock, soul, and country to jazz, blues, classic vocals, hip-hop, folk, gospel, and ethnic/world music. Collectors will find detailed discographical data—recording dates, record numbers, Billboard chart data, and personnel—while music lovers will appreciate the detailed commentaries and deep research on the songs, their recording, and the artists. Readers who revel in pop cultural history will savor each chapter as it plunges deeply into key events—in music, society, and the world—from each era of the past 125 years. Following in the wake of the first two volumes of his original Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, this follow-up work covers not only more beloved classic performances in pop music history, but many lesser -known but exceptional recordings that—in the modern digital world of “long tail” listening, re-mastered recordings, and “lost but found” possibilities—Sullivan mines from modern recording history. The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 3 and 4 lets the readers discover, and, through their playlist services, from such as iTunes toand Spotify, build a truly deepcomprehensive catalog of classic performances that deserve to be a part of every passionate music lover's life. Sullivan organizes songs in chronological order, starting in 1890 and continuing all the way throughto the present to include modern gems from June 2016. In each chapter, Sullivanhe immerses readers, era by era, in the popular music recordings of the time, noting key events that occurred at the time to painting a comprehensive picture in music history of each periodfor each song. Moreover, Sullivan includes for context bulleted lists noting key events that occurred during the song's recording
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Popular music--History and criticism - Popular music--DiscographyContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature
Di Filippo, Paul;Di Filippo, Paul
A unique combination of critical analysis of the key works in this popular genre.
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Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature
2017; Vol. 00001
A unique combination of critical analysis of the key works in this popular genre.
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Fantasy literature--History and criticism - Science fiction--History and criticismContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Critical Survey of World Literature, Third Edition
Robert C. Evans;Robert C. Evans
A unique combination of biography and critical analysis, covering major writers from o...
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Critical Survey of World Literature, Third Edition
2017
A unique combination of biography and critical analysis, covering major writers from outside the United States and their significant works in fiction, drama, poetry, and nonfiction.
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Authors--Biography--Dictionaries - Literature--Bio-bibliography - Literature--History and criticism - Literature--Stories, plots, etcContent provider:
eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
Nordic Literature : A Comparative History. Volume I: Spatial Nodes
Steven P. Sondrup;Mark B. Sandberg;Thomas A. DuBois;Dan Ringgaard;Steven P....
Nordic Literature: A comparative history is a multi-volume comparative analysis of the...
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Nordic Literature : A Comparative History. Volume I: Spatial Nodes
2017; Vol. XXXI
Nordic Literature: A comparative history is a multi-volume comparative analysis of the literature of the Nordic region. Bringing together the literature of Finland, continental Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Sápmi), and the insular region (Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands), each volume of this three-volume project adopts a new frame through which one can recognize and analyze significant clusters of literary practice. This first volume, Spatial nodes, devotes its attention to the changing literary figurations of space by Nordic writers from medieval to contemporary times. Organized around the depiction of various “scapes” and spatial practices at home and abroad, this approach to Nordic literature stretches existing notions of temporally linear, nationally centered literary history and allows questions of internal regional similarities and differences to emerge more strongly. The productive historical contingency of the “North” as a literary space becomes clear in this close analysis of its literary texts and practices.
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Scandinavian literature--History and criticismContent provider:
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
The Definitive Shakespeare Companion : Overviews, Documents, and Analysis [4 Volumes]
Joseph Rosenblum;Joseph Rosenblum
This expansive four-volume work gives students detailed explanations of Shakespeare's ...
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The Definitive Shakespeare Companion : Overviews, Documents, and Analysis [4 Volumes]
2017
This expansive four-volume work gives students detailed explanations of Shakespeare's plays and poems and also covers his age, life, theater, texts, and language. Numerous excerpts from primary source historical documents contextualize his works, while reviews of productions chronicle his performance history and reception.Shakespeare's works often served to convey simple truths, but they are also complex, multilayered masterpieces. Shakespeare drew on varied sources to create his plays, and while the plays are sometimes set in worlds before the Elizabethan age, they nonetheless parallel and comment on situations in his own era. Written with the needs of students in mind, this four-volume set demystifies Shakespeare for today's readers and provides the necessary perspective and analysis students need to better appreciate the genius of his work. This indispensable ready reference examines Shakespeare's plots, language, and themes; his use of sources and exploration of issues important to his age; the interpretation of his works through productions from the Renaissance to the present; and the critical reaction to key questions concerning his writings. The book provides coverage of each key play and poems in discrete sections, with each section presenting summaries; discussions of themes, characters, language, and imagery; and clear explications of key passages. Readers will be able to inspect historical documents related to the topics explored in the work being discussed and view excerpts from Shakespeare's sources as well as reviews of major productions. The work also provides a comprehensive list of print and electronic resources suitable for student research.
