Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians: Georgia in the realm of anecdote, wit, humor, episode and incident ; Georgia in the forum of eloquence ; Georgia in the republic of letters ; Georgia songs ; Georgia, the Empire State of today
Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Georgia in the realm of anecdote, wit, humor, episode and incident ; Georgia in the forum of eloquence ; Georgia in the republic of letters ; Georgia songs ; Georgia, the Empire State of today
Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Reminiscences of Famous Georgians
Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
A History of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America
Author: George Magruder Battey
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Category : Floyd County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Publisher:
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Category : Floyd County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
A History of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia ...
Author: George Magruder Battey
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Category : Floyd County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Category : Floyd County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends
Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781589800007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Includes DeSoto memorials, Georgia's state seals, and the first steamboat patent.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781589800007
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Includes DeSoto memorials, Georgia's state seals, and the first steamboat patent.
The World Republic of Letters
Author: Pascale Casanova
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674013452
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. In this book, Pascale Casanova shows us the state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements--a world of letters relatively independent from economic and political realms, and in which language systems, aesthetic orders, and genres struggle for dominance. Rejecting facile talk of globalization, with its suggestion of a happy literary "melting pot," Casanova exposes an emerging regime of inequality in the world of letters, where minor languages and literatures are subject to the invisible but implacable violence of their dominant counterparts. Inspired by the writings of Fernand Braudel and Pierre Bourdieu, this ambitious book develops the first systematic model for understanding the production, circulation, and valuing of literature worldwide. Casanova proposes a baseline from which we might measure the newness and modernity of the world of letters--the literary equivalent of the meridian at Greenwich. She argues for the importance of literary capital and its role in giving value and legitimacy to nations in their incessant struggle for international power. Within her overarching theory, Casanova locates three main periods in the genesis of world literature--Latin, French, and German--and closely examines three towering figures in the world republic of letters--Kafka, Joyce, and Faulkner. Her work provides a rich and surprising view of the political struggles of our modern world--one framed by sites of publication, circulation, translation, and efforts at literary annexation.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674013452
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. In this book, Pascale Casanova shows us the state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements--a world of letters relatively independent from economic and political realms, and in which language systems, aesthetic orders, and genres struggle for dominance. Rejecting facile talk of globalization, with its suggestion of a happy literary "melting pot," Casanova exposes an emerging regime of inequality in the world of letters, where minor languages and literatures are subject to the invisible but implacable violence of their dominant counterparts. Inspired by the writings of Fernand Braudel and Pierre Bourdieu, this ambitious book develops the first systematic model for understanding the production, circulation, and valuing of literature worldwide. Casanova proposes a baseline from which we might measure the newness and modernity of the world of letters--the literary equivalent of the meridian at Greenwich. She argues for the importance of literary capital and its role in giving value and legitimacy to nations in their incessant struggle for international power. Within her overarching theory, Casanova locates three main periods in the genesis of world literature--Latin, French, and German--and closely examines three towering figures in the world republic of letters--Kafka, Joyce, and Faulkner. Her work provides a rich and surprising view of the political struggles of our modern world--one framed by sites of publication, circulation, translation, and efforts at literary annexation.
History of Walton County
Author: John Love McKinnon
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
ISBN: 9781789873429
Category : Walton County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
This superb history takes us from the earliest settlement of Walton County, Florida, through its role in the wars and conflicts of the 19th century, to its development as a modern district. John Love McKinnon was a descendant of Colonel John L. McKinnon, who was one of the original founders of Walton County, being part of a trio of white men to first set foot upon the land. The colonel's expeditionary accounts are a significant source for the first part of this history, which discusses the characteristics of the land, the picturesque coastline, and its suitability for settlement. A clear appreciation for natural beauty graces this chronicle; the streams, fields, groves and woods of the land are evocatively described. At first sparsely populated, by the time of the U.S. Civil War many young men of the area were recruited for combat in the Confederacy. Though the area itself escaped skirmishing, several local residents fought in the large battles of the war, such as Chickamauga. On several occasions this history becomes biography, recounting the stories of individual lives and the legacy they left upon the community, be it in military prowess or with establishing the first schools and businesses.
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
ISBN: 9781789873429
Category : Walton County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
This superb history takes us from the earliest settlement of Walton County, Florida, through its role in the wars and conflicts of the 19th century, to its development as a modern district. John Love McKinnon was a descendant of Colonel John L. McKinnon, who was one of the original founders of Walton County, being part of a trio of white men to first set foot upon the land. The colonel's expeditionary accounts are a significant source for the first part of this history, which discusses the characteristics of the land, the picturesque coastline, and its suitability for settlement. A clear appreciation for natural beauty graces this chronicle; the streams, fields, groves and woods of the land are evocatively described. At first sparsely populated, by the time of the U.S. Civil War many young men of the area were recruited for combat in the Confederacy. Though the area itself escaped skirmishing, several local residents fought in the large battles of the war, such as Chickamauga. On several occasions this history becomes biography, recounting the stories of individual lives and the legacy they left upon the community, be it in military prowess or with establishing the first schools and businesses.