Author: Hugh Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cromarty (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Scenes and legends of the north of Scotland; or, The traditional history of Cromarty
Author: Hugh Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cromarty (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cromarty (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Contested Identities
Author: Roger Nicholson
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443881236
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This volume brings together essays that, individually and collectively, address the force of the literary text with regard to problematic identities. They work out of shared concerns with literary representations of this issue in different regions, nations and communities that often prove divided; they pursue questions related to textual identity, where the literary text itself is contested internally, or in its generic and historical relations. In sum, these studies actively test identity, as social or literary concept, discovering in difference the very condition of a useful, if paradoxical, sense of personal or textual coherence. What happens to us when we move between different cultures or different societies, defined in geographical or historical terms? What happens to texts and textual practices in these same circumstances? What happens to us when we are obliged to adapt to a new social order? Homi Bhabha speaks of “cultural difference” as calling into play what he calls “cultural translation.” What happens to identity, the narrative that fashions a continued sense of self, in this case? Difference, raised to alterity, demands that we accord functional and philosophical value not just to other aspects, but also to the aspect of the other. At the level of personal or textual agency, however, difference contests and threatens to subvert stable selfhood, composing a scene of conflict. Even so, it often proves to be instrumental in re-charging a sense of the cultural valence of the literary text – not least by virtue of its political implications. In this regard, the border – where difference materialises – has considerable presence in contributions to this volume, prompting appreciation of texts that work on or travel across such borders, however haphazardly and dangerously, but also those that compose “border textualities.”
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443881236
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This volume brings together essays that, individually and collectively, address the force of the literary text with regard to problematic identities. They work out of shared concerns with literary representations of this issue in different regions, nations and communities that often prove divided; they pursue questions related to textual identity, where the literary text itself is contested internally, or in its generic and historical relations. In sum, these studies actively test identity, as social or literary concept, discovering in difference the very condition of a useful, if paradoxical, sense of personal or textual coherence. What happens to us when we move between different cultures or different societies, defined in geographical or historical terms? What happens to texts and textual practices in these same circumstances? What happens to us when we are obliged to adapt to a new social order? Homi Bhabha speaks of “cultural difference” as calling into play what he calls “cultural translation.” What happens to identity, the narrative that fashions a continued sense of self, in this case? Difference, raised to alterity, demands that we accord functional and philosophical value not just to other aspects, but also to the aspect of the other. At the level of personal or textual agency, however, difference contests and threatens to subvert stable selfhood, composing a scene of conflict. Even so, it often proves to be instrumental in re-charging a sense of the cultural valence of the literary text – not least by virtue of its political implications. In this regard, the border – where difference materialises – has considerable presence in contributions to this volume, prompting appreciation of texts that work on or travel across such borders, however haphazardly and dangerously, but also those that compose “border textualities.”
General Catalogue of the Books
Author: Detroit Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Classified English Prose Fiction
Author: San Francisco Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Catalogue of books in the Mercantile library
Author: Mercantile library assoc New York
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
A Catalogue of Twenty-five Thousand Volumes of Choice, Useful, and Curious Books
Author: John Russell Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of ... W.R. Williams ... Gathered During Many Years of ... Research Into the Ecclesiastical and Religious Controversies of Former Times ...
Author: William R. Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Folklore and traditional history
Author: Richard M. Dorson
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311155953X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Folklore and traditional history".
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311155953X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Folklore and traditional history".
This Shrinking Land
Author: Robert Duck
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474467857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
'The oceans are the graveyards of the lands.' Lands become eaten away by the action of the seas, and it is no surprise to find that most of the world's shorelines are in a state of erosion. The fringes of Britain, its cliffs and beaches, are shrinking, disappearing into the surrounding sea as a result of coastal flooding, erosion and landsliding. Is climate change speeding up the process; are our homes, our villages and towns, at risk? This book examines how the British coast is changing and why - and what is being done to protect this island nation. Are we doing enough? Should we abandon vulnerable towns and villages to the seas as our forebears did and relocate coastal settlements inland? These are some of the difficult and potentially emotive questions that this book explores. Blending contemporary earth science and societal themes with historical and cultural records, and a hint of myth and romance for good measure, This Shrinking Land is a fascinating study of what we must learn from the past in order to manage the future of Britain's coasts. With more than 100 illustrations, most of them in colour, this is a stunning book.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474467857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
'The oceans are the graveyards of the lands.' Lands become eaten away by the action of the seas, and it is no surprise to find that most of the world's shorelines are in a state of erosion. The fringes of Britain, its cliffs and beaches, are shrinking, disappearing into the surrounding sea as a result of coastal flooding, erosion and landsliding. Is climate change speeding up the process; are our homes, our villages and towns, at risk? This book examines how the British coast is changing and why - and what is being done to protect this island nation. Are we doing enough? Should we abandon vulnerable towns and villages to the seas as our forebears did and relocate coastal settlements inland? These are some of the difficult and potentially emotive questions that this book explores. Blending contemporary earth science and societal themes with historical and cultural records, and a hint of myth and romance for good measure, This Shrinking Land is a fascinating study of what we must learn from the past in order to manage the future of Britain's coasts. With more than 100 illustrations, most of them in colour, this is a stunning book.
Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Fall River
Author: Fall River Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description