Author: Maurice Blanchot
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803278772
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarmé, Kafka, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.
The Space of Literature
Author: Maurice Blanchot
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803278772
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarmé, Kafka, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803278772
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarmé, Kafka, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.
Grass Huts and Warehouses
Author: Caroline Ralston
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 1921902329
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A pioneering study of early trade and beach communities in the Pacific Islands and first published in 1977, this book provides historians with an ambitious survey of early European-Polynesian contact, an analysis of how early trade developed along with the beachcomber community, and a detailed reconstruction of development of the early Pacific port towns. Set mainly in the first half of the 19th century, continuing in some cases for a few decades more, the book covers five ports: Kororareka (now Russell, in New Zealand), Levuka (Fiji), Apia (Samoa), Papeete (Tahiti) and Honolulu (Hawai'i). The role of beachcombers, the earliest European inhabitants, as well as the later consuls or commercial agents, and the development of plantation economies is explored. The book is a tour de force, the first detailed comparative academic study of these early precolonial trading towns and their race relations. It argues that the predominantly egalitarian towns where Islanders, beachcombers, traders, and missionaries mixed were largely harmonious, but this was undermined by later arrivals and larger populations.
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 1921902329
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A pioneering study of early trade and beach communities in the Pacific Islands and first published in 1977, this book provides historians with an ambitious survey of early European-Polynesian contact, an analysis of how early trade developed along with the beachcomber community, and a detailed reconstruction of development of the early Pacific port towns. Set mainly in the first half of the 19th century, continuing in some cases for a few decades more, the book covers five ports: Kororareka (now Russell, in New Zealand), Levuka (Fiji), Apia (Samoa), Papeete (Tahiti) and Honolulu (Hawai'i). The role of beachcombers, the earliest European inhabitants, as well as the later consuls or commercial agents, and the development of plantation economies is explored. The book is a tour de force, the first detailed comparative academic study of these early precolonial trading towns and their race relations. It argues that the predominantly egalitarian towns where Islanders, beachcombers, traders, and missionaries mixed were largely harmonious, but this was undermined by later arrivals and larger populations.
Flying the Colors
Author: Alan Granby
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN: 9781555953515
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flying the Colors is a major addition to the literature of marine painting. It focuses new attention on painters like James Buttersworth as well as the masterful handling of ship rigging and magnificent seas of Antonio Jacobsen. Of interest to any maritime enthusiasts, historians and collectors.
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN: 9781555953515
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flying the Colors is a major addition to the literature of marine painting. It focuses new attention on painters like James Buttersworth as well as the masterful handling of ship rigging and magnificent seas of Antonio Jacobsen. Of interest to any maritime enthusiasts, historians and collectors.
The Portuguese Columbus
Author: Maxcarenhas Barreto
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349219940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349219940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Empires of the Turning Tide
Author: Douglas Deur
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692421741
Category : Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (Or. and Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This book "illuminates the history of the many people who together have called this region home, and their relationships with the park landscapes, waters, and natural resources that continue to set the Columbia-Pacific region apart."--Cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692421741
Category : Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (Or. and Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This book "illuminates the history of the many people who together have called this region home, and their relationships with the park landscapes, waters, and natural resources that continue to set the Columbia-Pacific region apart."--Cover.
Ile
Author: Eugene O'Neill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887345395
Category : Mutiny
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Early play by Nobel Prize winning playwright. Sea captain and his wife confront hunger, mutiny and madness on a rugged whaling expedition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887345395
Category : Mutiny
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Early play by Nobel Prize winning playwright. Sea captain and his wife confront hunger, mutiny and madness on a rugged whaling expedition.
Signed, Malraux
Author: Jean François Lyotard
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816631070
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Traces the life and career of the French novelist, describing his participation in the Spanish Civil War, command of a World War II resistance brigade, and his position as a government minister.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816631070
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Traces the life and career of the French novelist, describing his participation in the Spanish Civil War, command of a World War II resistance brigade, and his position as a government minister.
Alienation and Freedom
Author: Frantz Fanon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147425022X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 829
Book Description
Since the publication of The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, Fanon's work has been deeply significant for generations of intellectuals and activists from the 60s to the present day. Alienation and Freedom collects together unpublished works comprising around half of his entire output – which were previously inaccessible or thought to be lost. This book introduces audiences to a new Fanon, a more personal Fanon and one whose literary and psychiatric works, in particular, take centre stage. These writings provide new depth and complexity to our understanding of Fanon's entire oeuvre revealing more of his powerful thinking about identity, race and activism which remain remarkably prescient. Shedding new light on the work of a major 20th-century philosopher, this disruptive and moving work will shape how we look at the world.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 147425022X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 829
Book Description
Since the publication of The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, Fanon's work has been deeply significant for generations of intellectuals and activists from the 60s to the present day. Alienation and Freedom collects together unpublished works comprising around half of his entire output – which were previously inaccessible or thought to be lost. This book introduces audiences to a new Fanon, a more personal Fanon and one whose literary and psychiatric works, in particular, take centre stage. These writings provide new depth and complexity to our understanding of Fanon's entire oeuvre revealing more of his powerful thinking about identity, race and activism which remain remarkably prescient. Shedding new light on the work of a major 20th-century philosopher, this disruptive and moving work will shape how we look at the world.
Sometimes Think of Me
Author: Betsy Tyler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Susan Boardman's unique embroideries tell the story of life on Nantucket while Betsy Tyler's biographies tell of the remarkable women who have made Nantucket their home.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Susan Boardman's unique embroideries tell the story of life on Nantucket while Betsy Tyler's biographies tell of the remarkable women who have made Nantucket their home.
The Charles W. Morgan
Author: John F. Leavitt
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN: 9780913372104
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of the wooden sailing whaleship The Charles W. Morgan, now a National Historic Landmark housed at Mystic Seaport.
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum
ISBN: 9780913372104
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of the wooden sailing whaleship The Charles W. Morgan, now a National Historic Landmark housed at Mystic Seaport.