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Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Protestant Advocate
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Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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The Two Princes of Persia
Author: Jane Porter
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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William Wallace
Author: Graeme Morton
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748685642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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A deconstruction of the national biography and mythology of William Wallace. Freed from the historian's bedrock of empiricism by a lack of corroborative sources, the biography of this short-lived late-medieval patriot has long been incorporated into the ideology of nationalism.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748685642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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A deconstruction of the national biography and mythology of William Wallace. Freed from the historian's bedrock of empiricism by a lack of corroborative sources, the biography of this short-lived late-medieval patriot has long been incorporated into the ideology of nationalism.
The Lady's Monthly Museum
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Pages : 556
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Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema
Author: James MacDowell
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748680209
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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This wide-ranging investigation probes traditional associations between the 'happy ending' and homogeneity, closure, 'unrealism', and ideological conservatism, testing widespread assumptions against the evidence offered by a range of classical and contemp
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748680209
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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This wide-ranging investigation probes traditional associations between the 'happy ending' and homogeneity, closure, 'unrealism', and ideological conservatism, testing widespread assumptions against the evidence offered by a range of classical and contemp
Jane Porter, Thaddeus of Warsaw
Author: Jane Porter
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474443486
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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First scholarly edition of a bestselling historical novelExplores the socio-political themes of the novel and deemed as relevant today as they were over 200 years agoSituates work in the genealogy of the historical novel and examines its literary and cultural influenceScholarly annotations clarify the historical context: the French Revolution, the related war in Poland, and Britain's response to Polish refugees in the 1790sPublished in 1803, Thaddeus of Warsaw is a beguiling romance that also exposes the hardships faced by migrants in Britain two hundred years ago. Jane Porter tells the story of a dashing Polish refugee, Thaddeus Sobieski, who must escape hostilities in his homeland. In London he faces poverty and prejudice, but his courage and goodness bring him to the attention of a circle of women who, in a surprising role reversal, either aid or woo him. He must also solve the mystery of his birth by discovering and confronting the British father who abandoned him.A carefully contextualised introduction to the novel and its author situates the work in the genealogy of the historical novel, examining its literary and cultural influence. Supporting materials include contemporary reviews, poems on Poland and correspondence regarding the novel's early success.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474443486
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
First scholarly edition of a bestselling historical novelExplores the socio-political themes of the novel and deemed as relevant today as they were over 200 years agoSituates work in the genealogy of the historical novel and examines its literary and cultural influenceScholarly annotations clarify the historical context: the French Revolution, the related war in Poland, and Britain's response to Polish refugees in the 1790sPublished in 1803, Thaddeus of Warsaw is a beguiling romance that also exposes the hardships faced by migrants in Britain two hundred years ago. Jane Porter tells the story of a dashing Polish refugee, Thaddeus Sobieski, who must escape hostilities in his homeland. In London he faces poverty and prejudice, but his courage and goodness bring him to the attention of a circle of women who, in a surprising role reversal, either aid or woo him. He must also solve the mystery of his birth by discovering and confronting the British father who abandoned him.A carefully contextualised introduction to the novel and its author situates the work in the genealogy of the historical novel, examining its literary and cultural influence. Supporting materials include contemporary reviews, poems on Poland and correspondence regarding the novel's early success.
A Catalogue of Williams's Library, Corner of Assembly Rooms, Cheltenham
Author: George Arthur Williams
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Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine Or Monthly Political and Literary Censor
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Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Languages : en
Pages : 552
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The Lady's Monthly Museum, Or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Catalogue of the Books of the Boston Library Society
Author: Boston Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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