Author: Ben La Farge
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137465689
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy.
The Logic of Wish and Fear: New Perspectives on Genres of Western Fiction
Author: Ben La Farge
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137465689
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137465689
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy.
The Darkness of God
Author: Denys Turner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521645614
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A closely argued book about what the negative tradition in Western theology involves.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521645614
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A closely argued book about what the negative tradition in Western theology involves.
American Sea Literature: Seascapes, Beach Narratives, and Underwater Explorations
Author: S. Yamashiro
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137463309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Implementing a never-before-seen approach to sea literature, American Sea Literature: Seascapes, Beach Narratives, and Underwater Explorations explores the role of American maritime activities and their cultural representations in literature. Differentiating between the 'terrestrial' and 'oceanic' as concepts, Shin Yamashiro divides sea literature into three categories: literature on the sea, by the sea, and beneath the sea. Discussing both canonical works and new books on scuba diving, deep-sea explorations, and surfing, this fascinating study recognizes sea literature's unique influence on American history.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137463309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Implementing a never-before-seen approach to sea literature, American Sea Literature: Seascapes, Beach Narratives, and Underwater Explorations explores the role of American maritime activities and their cultural representations in literature. Differentiating between the 'terrestrial' and 'oceanic' as concepts, Shin Yamashiro divides sea literature into three categories: literature on the sea, by the sea, and beneath the sea. Discussing both canonical works and new books on scuba diving, deep-sea explorations, and surfing, this fascinating study recognizes sea literature's unique influence on American history.
Liberty and Security in an Anarchical World Volume II
Author: Brandon Christensen
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031674626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031674626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
The Terror Authorization
Author: S. Murray
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137392770
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Three days after September 11, 2001, Congress passed an unprecedented authorization of the use of military force (AUMF 2001) that remains in force today. As the theatre of operation against terrorism changes, the applicability and legality of the AUMF 2001 is under increasing scrutiny - giving way to academic discussion over its current status.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137392770
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Three days after September 11, 2001, Congress passed an unprecedented authorization of the use of military force (AUMF 2001) that remains in force today. As the theatre of operation against terrorism changes, the applicability and legality of the AUMF 2001 is under increasing scrutiny - giving way to academic discussion over its current status.
The Crisis-Prone Society: A Brief Guide to Managing the Beliefs that Drive Risk in Business
Author: I. Mitroff
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137454830
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Crisis-Prone Society offers preventative measures that can be taken by business professionals and scholars alike to alleviate the growing potential for crises today. These measures are distilled by close analysis of our recent social history of disasters.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137454830
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Crisis-Prone Society offers preventative measures that can be taken by business professionals and scholars alike to alleviate the growing potential for crises today. These measures are distilled by close analysis of our recent social history of disasters.
Human Extension: An Alternative to Evolutionism, Creationism and Intelligent Design
Author: Gregory Sandstrom
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137464895
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolutionism, creationism and Intelligent Design theory as social ideologies. Rather than presenting a polemic that will enrage or delight one camp or another, this book proposes that a cease-fire is possible.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137464895
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolutionism, creationism and Intelligent Design theory as social ideologies. Rather than presenting a polemic that will enrage or delight one camp or another, this book proposes that a cease-fire is possible.
Scholarly Publication in a Changing Academic Landscape: Models for Success
Author: Lynée Lewis Gaillet
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137410760
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
More publication by contingent faculty, Guglielmo and Gaillet contend, enriches and deepens both the scholarly conversation and individual faculty's work as teacher-scholars. They provide a guide for scholars off the tenure track, addressing the publication process step by step and showing its compatibility with teaching-focused scholarship.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137410760
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
More publication by contingent faculty, Guglielmo and Gaillet contend, enriches and deepens both the scholarly conversation and individual faculty's work as teacher-scholars. They provide a guide for scholars off the tenure track, addressing the publication process step by step and showing its compatibility with teaching-focused scholarship.
Drugs on the Dark Net
Author: J. Martin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137399058
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137399058
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.
Hoarders, Doomsday Preppers, and the Culture of Apocalypse
Author: Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137468084
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The culture of twenty-first century America revolves around narcissistic death, violence, and visions of doom. Foster explores this culture of the apocalypse, from hoarding and gluttony to visions of the post-apocalyptic world.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137468084
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The culture of twenty-first century America revolves around narcissistic death, violence, and visions of doom. Foster explores this culture of the apocalypse, from hoarding and gluttony to visions of the post-apocalyptic world.