Author: Howard Bruce Franklin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Written by a cultural historian, this text offers a wide-ranging exploration of the causes, meaning and continuing significance of the American war in Vietnam, arguing that the war was not a mistake, or a quagmire but a defining event in global history.
The American Fantasy Tradition
Author: Brian M. Thomsen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765304568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The ancient tales of long-dead civilizations to the wild success of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, fantasy has fired our imaginations for as long as there has been story. Whether sweeping sagas of fantastic adventures or cautionary tales told around the campfire, fantasy is deeply woven into the very fabric of humanity, wearing many faces and coming in many flavors. But what fantasy is distinctly American? The American Fantasy Tradition sets out to answer this very question. This comprehensive critical anthology of American fantasy literature applies the groundbreaking theorems of such esteemed American literary critics as Leslie Fiedler, Richard Chase, and Irving Howe to the genre of fantasy in an effort to delineate the true American tradition of fantasy from the more prominent Anglo-European canon, breaking it down into three distinctive strains: The American Tale: Folk, Tall, and Weird Stories that might be considered fables or legends, much like the epics of the Age of Heroes from the classical eras of Rome and Greece, or the tales of the fairy folk from the European tradition, or the fables of Aesop. Fantastic Americana Stories set directly within the American historic landscape, much as the Arthurian tradition is set within the confines of British history. Lands of Enchantment in Everyday Life Stories that involve what might be called the American spirit, focusing on worlds that exist in the shadows of our own, just beyond Rod Serling’s famous signpost for The Twilight Zone.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765304568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The ancient tales of long-dead civilizations to the wild success of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, fantasy has fired our imaginations for as long as there has been story. Whether sweeping sagas of fantastic adventures or cautionary tales told around the campfire, fantasy is deeply woven into the very fabric of humanity, wearing many faces and coming in many flavors. But what fantasy is distinctly American? The American Fantasy Tradition sets out to answer this very question. This comprehensive critical anthology of American fantasy literature applies the groundbreaking theorems of such esteemed American literary critics as Leslie Fiedler, Richard Chase, and Irving Howe to the genre of fantasy in an effort to delineate the true American tradition of fantasy from the more prominent Anglo-European canon, breaking it down into three distinctive strains: The American Tale: Folk, Tall, and Weird Stories that might be considered fables or legends, much like the epics of the Age of Heroes from the classical eras of Rome and Greece, or the tales of the fairy folk from the European tradition, or the fables of Aesop. Fantastic Americana Stories set directly within the American historic landscape, much as the Arthurian tradition is set within the confines of British history. Lands of Enchantment in Everyday Life Stories that involve what might be called the American spirit, focusing on worlds that exist in the shadows of our own, just beyond Rod Serling’s famous signpost for The Twilight Zone.
Best American Fantasy 2
Author: Peter S. Beagle
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809573253
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A prestigious anthology series, Best American Fantasy is guest edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, with Matthew Cheney serving as the series editor, showcasing the best North American fantasy short fiction from the preceding year.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809573253
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A prestigious anthology series, Best American Fantasy is guest edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, with Matthew Cheney serving as the series editor, showcasing the best North American fantasy short fiction from the preceding year.
Vietnam and Other American Fantasies
Author: Howard Bruce Franklin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Written by a cultural historian, this text offers a wide-ranging exploration of the causes, meaning and continuing significance of the American war in Vietnam, arguing that the war was not a mistake, or a quagmire but a defining event in global history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Written by a cultural historian, this text offers a wide-ranging exploration of the causes, meaning and continuing significance of the American war in Vietnam, arguing that the war was not a mistake, or a quagmire but a defining event in global history.
Transactions of the Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical Association at the ... Annual Session ...
Author: American Medical Association. Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases
Publisher:
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Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Transactions of the Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical Association
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Oz and Beyond
Author: Michael O'Neal Riley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Long before Judy Garland sang Over the Rainbow, the denizens of Oz had already captivated the American reading public. The quintessential American fairy tale, L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has had a singular influence on our culture since it first appeared in 1900. Yet, as Michael Riley shows, Baum's achievement went far beyond this one book, or even the 13 others he wrote about that magic kingdom.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Long before Judy Garland sang Over the Rainbow, the denizens of Oz had already captivated the American reading public. The quintessential American fairy tale, L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has had a singular influence on our culture since it first appeared in 1900. Yet, as Michael Riley shows, Baum's achievement went far beyond this one book, or even the 13 others he wrote about that magic kingdom.
Dress & Vanity Fair
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Vanity Fair
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Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
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Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
The American Artisan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to the Legislature of New York
Author: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description