Author: Alfred Stapleton
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ISBN:
Category : Mad men of Gotham
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
All about the Merry Tales of Gotham
Author: Alfred Stapleton
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Category : Mad men of Gotham
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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Category : Mad men of Gotham
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Original Knickerbocker
Author: Andrew Burstein
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786722223
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Washington Irving-author, ambassador, Manhattanite, and international celebrity-has largely slipped from America's memory, and yet, his creations are still very well known. With a historian's eye for scope and significance, Andrew Burstein returns Irving to the context of his native nineteenth century where he was a major celebrity-both a colorful comic genius and the first name in our national literature. Though he gave his young nation such enduring tales as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” he was far more than one of our nation's most outsized literary talents. Irving was an American original and a citizen of the world.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786722223
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Washington Irving-author, ambassador, Manhattanite, and international celebrity-has largely slipped from America's memory, and yet, his creations are still very well known. With a historian's eye for scope and significance, Andrew Burstein returns Irving to the context of his native nineteenth century where he was a major celebrity-both a colorful comic genius and the first name in our national literature. Though he gave his young nation such enduring tales as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle,” he was far more than one of our nation's most outsized literary talents. Irving was an American original and a citizen of the world.
The Press and the People
Author: Adam Fox
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198791291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The Press and the People is the first full-length study of cheap print in early modern Scotland. It traces the production and distribution of ephemeral publications from the nation's first presses in the early sixteenth century through to the age of Burns in the late eighteenth. It explores the development of the Scottish book trade in general and the production of slight and popular texts in particular. Focusing on the means by which these works reached a wide audience, it illuminates the nature of their circulation in both urban and rural contexts. Specific chapters examine single-sheet imprints such as ballads and gallows speeches, newssheets and advertisements, as well as the little pamphlets that contained almanacs and devotional works, stories and songs. The study demonstrates just how much more of this literature was once printed than now survives and argues that Scotland had a much larger market for such material than has been appreciated hitherto. By illustrating the ways in which Scottish printers combined well-known titles from England with a distinctive repertoire of their own, The Press and the People transforms our understanding of popular culture in early modern Scotland and Britain more widely.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198791291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The Press and the People is the first full-length study of cheap print in early modern Scotland. It traces the production and distribution of ephemeral publications from the nation's first presses in the early sixteenth century through to the age of Burns in the late eighteenth. It explores the development of the Scottish book trade in general and the production of slight and popular texts in particular. Focusing on the means by which these works reached a wide audience, it illuminates the nature of their circulation in both urban and rural contexts. Specific chapters examine single-sheet imprints such as ballads and gallows speeches, newssheets and advertisements, as well as the little pamphlets that contained almanacs and devotional works, stories and songs. The study demonstrates just how much more of this literature was once printed than now survives and argues that Scotland had a much larger market for such material than has been appreciated hitherto. By illustrating the ways in which Scottish printers combined well-known titles from England with a distinctive repertoire of their own, The Press and the People transforms our understanding of popular culture in early modern Scotland and Britain more widely.
Books in Print Supplement
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2576
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2576
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue. Series II, Phase I, 1816-1870
Author: Avero Publications Limited
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907977346
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907977346
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose Arny
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XLIII (Forty-Five Volumes); Dictionary of Authors (K-Z)
Author: Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605202509
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the great achievements of the book world. Volume 43 is Part Two of a dictionary of authors-from Hans Vilhelm Kaalund to Ulrich Zwingli-that serves as a handy, condensed reference to the authors quoted in the first 40 volumes, as well as a guide to thousands more authors whose works are notable but not featured in this set.
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605202509
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the great achievements of the book world. Volume 43 is Part Two of a dictionary of authors-from Hans Vilhelm Kaalund to Ulrich Zwingli-that serves as a handy, condensed reference to the authors quoted in the first 40 volumes, as well as a guide to thousands more authors whose works are notable but not featured in this set.
The Wise Men of Helm and Their Merry Tales
Author: Solomon Simon
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
ISBN: 9780874414691
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The collection of Jewish folk tales that the "New York Times" called "a delightful little book . . . a classic of its kind . . . full of merriment and wisdom". Illustrated with whimsical drawings, these humorous stories are just right for children.
Publisher: Behrman House, Inc
ISBN: 9780874414691
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The collection of Jewish folk tales that the "New York Times" called "a delightful little book . . . a classic of its kind . . . full of merriment and wisdom". Illustrated with whimsical drawings, these humorous stories are just right for children.
British Books in Print
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2716
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2716
Book Description
Children's Books in Print, 2007
Author:
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ISBN: 9780835248518
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9780835248518
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages :
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