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8 produkter
Culture on Two Wheels
The Bicycle in Literature and Film
Av Jeremy Withers, Daniel P. Shea
Inbunden, 2016
658 kr
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Bicycles have more cultural identities than many realize, functioning not only as literal vehicles in a text but also as “vehicles” for that text’s themes, ideas, and critiques. In the late nineteenth century the bicycle was seen as a way for the wealthy urban elite to reconnect with nature and for …
War of the Wheels
H. G. Wells and the Bicycle
Inbunden, 2017
788 kr
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Amid apocalyptic invasions and time travel, one common machine continually appears in H. G. Wells’s works: the bicycle. From his scientific romances and social comedies, to utopias, futurological speculations, and letters, Wells’s texts brim with bicycles. In The War of the Wheels, Withers examines …
War of the Wheels
H. G. Wells and the Bicycle
Häftad, 2017
130 kr
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Amid apocalyptic invasions and time travel, one common machine continually appears in H. G. Wells’s works: the bicycle. From his scientific romances and social comedies, to utopias, futurological speculations, and letters, Wells’s texts brim with bicycles. In The War of the Wheels, Withers examines …
War of the Wheels
H. G. Wells and the Bicycle
E-bok, 2017
444 kr
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Amid apocalyptic invasions and time travel, one common machine continually appears in H. G. Wells’s works: the bicycle. From his scientific romances and social comedies, to utopias, futurological speculations, and letters, Wells’s texts abound with bicycles. In The War of the Wheels, Withers …
Birding English
Exploring the History of a Language Through 50 Birds
Häftad, 2026
359 kr
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What do words like unkindness, haggard, asparagus, jizz, and the singular they have to do with birds? Quite a lot, actually. From Old English roots and Shakespearean idioms to Victorian slang and modern online lingo, Birding English charts a dynamic course through English’s past, present, and …
Futuristic Cars and Space Bicycles
Contesting the Road in American Science Fiction
Inbunden, 2020
2368 kr
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Given the extensive influence of the 'transport revolution' on the past two centuries (a time when trains, trams, omnibuses, bicycles, cars, airplanes, and so forth were invented), and given science fiction’s overall obsession with machines and technologies of all kinds, it is surprising that …
Futuristic Cars and Space Bicycles
Contesting the Road in American Science Fiction
Häftad, 2023
664 kr
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Given the extensive influence of the 'transport revolution' on the past two centuries (a time when trains, trams, omnibuses, bicycles, cars, airplanes, and so forth were invented), and given science fiction’s overall obsession with machines and technologies of all kinds, it is surprising that …
Wheels of Chance by H G Wells
With a Student Guide to the Historical and Social Context of the Novel
Häftad, 2017
832 kr
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Mr Hoopdriver is an overworked Londoner who spends most every day servilely waiting on customers at his job as a draper's assistant. When it comes time for his annual holiday, he decides to put his newfound skills on a bicycle to the test by going on a ten-day cycling trip to the southern coast of …
