Author: Taliaferro Preston Shaffner
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Author: Celia Brayfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639365001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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The story of a remarkable woman who wrote a novel that not only became a classic, but also changed the way human society views and treats animals. Born in 1829 to a young Quaker couple, Anna Sewell grew up in poverty in London. She was fourteen when she fell and injured her ankle, which left her permanently disabled. Rejecting the life of a Victorian invalid, she developed an extraordinary empathy with horses, learning to ride side-saddle and to drive a small carriage. Rebellious and independent-minded, Anna suffered periods of severe depression as a young woman. She left the Quaker movement, but remained close friends with the women writers and abolitionists who had been empowered by its liberal principles. It was not until she became terminally ill, aged 51, that she found the courage to write her own book. Tragically, she died just five months after the book was published in 1877. Black Beauty is now recognised as the first anthropomorphic novel, and it had an extraordinary emotional impact on readers of all ages. After modest success in Britain, it was taken up by a charismatic American, George Thorndike Angell, a campaigner against animal cruelty who made it one of the bestselling novels of all time. Using newly discovered archive material, Celia Brayfield shows Anna Sewell developing the extraordinary resilience to overcome her disability, rouse the conscience of Victorian Britain and make her mark upon the world.

Author: Brynn Wein Shiovitz
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476634858
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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This collection of new essays explores the many ways in which writing relates to corporeality and how the two work together to create, resist or mark the body of the "Other." Contributors draw on varied backgrounds to examine different movement practices. They focus on movement as a meaning-making process, including the choreographic act of writing. The challenges faced by marginalized bodies are discussed, along with the ability of a body to question, contest and re-write historical narratives.

Author:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 794

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Author: M. Chaiklin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137363339
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: British Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1002

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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1000

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Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1236

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