This dissertation explores the emergence of a golden age of Arabic encyclopaedic literature in the scholarly centers of Egypt and Syria during the Mamluk Empire (1250–1517). At the heart of the project is a study of Shih ab al-Din Ahmad b. `Abd al-Wahh ab al-Nuwayri's (d. 1333) …
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This thesis argues for and models three new critical reading practices that enable us to garner a more profound understanding of women’s published, English language testimonies of the Holocaust. It works at the interface between history and literary studies, and uses gender, que…
Poetry is work of art in which poets express their thoughts, feelings and emotions through oral presentation or writing. According to Tsambo (1999: 2), “poetry is the expression of the life experiences; these life experiences are unfolded or expressed in a variety of themes.” Th…
"An anthology of African-Canadian writing, Black Writing Matters offers a cross-section of established writers and newcomers to the literary world who tackle contemporary and pressing issues with beautiful, sometimes raw, prose. As Whitney French says in her introduction, Black …
Provides an overview of the development of David Harvey's arguments, from his earliest preoccupations with the role of geography in Marxism, to his more recent writings on postmodern capitalism and the transformation of urban development. [from publisher's advertisement].
Children's literature comes from a number of different sources--folklore (folk- and fairy tales), books originally for adults and subsequently adapted for children, and material authored specifically for them--and its audience ranges from infants through middle graders to young …
Collecting as modernist practice
by ProQuest (Firm), Braddock, Jeremy
fromHopkins studies in modernism
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Type: Book
In this highly original study, Jeremy Braddock focuses on collective forms of modernist expressionthe art collection, the anthology, and the archiveand their importance in the development of institutional and artistic culture in the United States. Using extensive archival resear…
"In this highly original study, Jeremy Braddock focuses on collective forms of modernist expression - the art collection, the anthology, and the archive - and their importance in the development of institutional and artistic culture in the United States. Using extensive archival…
[This book is an] introductory literature anthology ... [It] provides integrated coverage of the elements of literature and extensive discussions of the writing process. Carefully selected classic and contemporary works, arranged in innovative and enlightening ways, incorporate …
