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24 produkter
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume VII: Journalism II
Inbunden, 2013
4318 kr
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This volume of the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the second volume of Wilde's journalism. Throughout the 1880s Oscar Wilde devoted the greater part of his creative energies to working as a professional journalist and he was prepared to write on a remarkable range of topics - from cookery books …
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume VI: Journalism I
Inbunden, 2013
4318 kr
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This volume of the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the first volume of Wilde's journalism. Throughout the 1880s Oscar Wilde devoted the greater part of his creative energies to working as a professional journalist and he was prepared to write on a remarkable range of topics - from cookery books to …
Fin de Sicle/Fin du Globe
Fears and Fantasies of the Late Nineteenth Century
Av John Stokes
Inbunden, 1992
1885 kr
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The internationally distinguished scholars who have contributed to this timely book were asked to take part in a collaborative act of demystification: a reconsideration of the eschatological ideas of the last fin de sicle, the 1890s, in the light of the critical thought of the 1990s. Their essays …
Eleanor Marx (1855–1898)
Life, Work, Contacts
Av John Stokes
Häftad, 2019
809 kr
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Karl Marx's youngest daughter Eleanor (1855-98) is one of the most significant figures in the cultural politics of the late nineteenth century. As a feminist and radical socialist she never flinched from confrontation; as an aspiring actress, working journalist and literary translator she advanced …
Oscar Wilde
Myths, Miracles and Imitations
Av John Stokes
Häftad, 2006
586 kr
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Oscar Wilde was a major influence on the culture of his time, and remains relevant today, as a model of wit and style, a sexual icon, and a moral example. In a sequence of detailed and imaginative chapters on Wilde and his times, John Stokes shows how in the 1880s and 1890s Wilde played a vital …
Three Tragic Actresses
Siddons, Rachel, Ristori
Av Michael Booth, John Stokes m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
574 kr
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This book examines the careers of three performers whose professional lives together spanned the period from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, from the heyday of neo-Classicism to the coming of Realism. While the individual essays concentrate on the specific work of Siddons, …
The French Actress and her English Audience
Av John Stokes
Häftad, 2011
566 kr
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For centuries English and French theatrical traditions have had an uneasy relationship with one another: mutual admiration, mutual envy, mutual distrust. Just as the fascination of difference lies in the potential for sameness, so these opposed traditions have observed each other at close quarters …
Oscar Wilde
Myths, Miracles and Imitations
Av John Stokes
Inbunden, 1996
1704 kr
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Oscar Wilde was a major influence on the culture of his time, and remains relevant today, as a model of wit and style, a sexual icon, and a moral example. In a sequence of detailed and imaginative chapters on Wilde and his times, John Stokes shows how in the 1880s and 1890s Wilde played a vital …
The Cambridge Companion to the Actress
Av John Stokes, Maggie B. Gale
Häftad, 2007
502 kr
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This Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the …
The French Actress and her English Audience
Av John Stokes
Inbunden, 2005
1526 kr
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For centuries English and French theatrical traditions have had an uneasy relationship with one another: mutual admiration, mutual envy, mutual distrust. Just as the fascination of difference lies in the potential for sameness, so these opposed traditions have observed each other at close quarters …
The Cambridge Companion to the Actress
Av John Stokes, Maggie B. Gale
Inbunden, 2007
1022 kr
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This Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the …
Eleanor Marx (1855–1898)
Life, Work, Contacts
Av John Stokes
Inbunden, 2000
3363 kr
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Karl Marx's youngest daughter Eleanor (1855-98) is one of the most significant figures in the cultural politics of the late nineteenth century. As a feminist and radical socialist she never flinched from confrontation; as an aspiring actress, working journalist and literary translator she advanced …
History of the Cholera Epidemic of 1832 in Sheffield
Av John Stokes
Inbunden, 2022
396 kr
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Cambridge Companion to the Actress
Av John Stokes, Maggie B. Gale
E-bok, 2007
487 kr
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This Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the …
Cambridge Companion to the Actress
Av John Stokes, Maggie B. Gale
E-bok, 2007
487 kr
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This Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the …
Eleanor Marx (1855,1898)
Life, Work, Contacts
Av John Stokes
E-bok, 2017
863 kr
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Karl Marx''s youngest daughter Eleanor (1855-98) is one of the most significant figures in the cultural politics of the late nineteenth century. As a feminist and radical socialist she never flinched from confrontation; as an aspiring actress, working journalist and literary translator she advanced …
Eleanor Marx (1855,1898)
Life, Work, Contacts
Av John Stokes
E-bok, 2017
882 kr
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Karl Marx''s youngest daughter Eleanor (1855-98) is one of the most significant figures in the cultural politics of the late nineteenth century. As a feminist and radical socialist she never flinched from confrontation; as an aspiring actress, working journalist and literary translator she advanced …
Fin de Sicle/Fin du Globe
Fears and Fantasies of the Late Nineteenth Century
Av John Stokes
E-bok, 1992
2497 kr
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The internationally distinguished scholars who have contributed to this timely book were asked to take part in a collaborative act of demystification: a reconsideration of the eschatological ideas of the last fin de sicle, the 1890s, in the light of the critical thought of the 1990s. Their essays …
Life in the Shadowlands
Av John Stokes
Häftad, 2025
235 kr
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Living in the eye of the hurricane. That's been my life as a Foster Carer. Mostly, it's been in a peacefully calm and loving place that is, however, constantly surrounded by the raging storms of trauma, fury and teenage angst. Drugs, drink, crime and all the horrors of abuse can come to visit and …
Cultural Lives of Greyhounds
Av John Stokes
Inbunden, 2025
1557 kr
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This book aims to enhance our intellectual understanding of the relationship between human beings and domestic animals, with a focus on a specific breed of dog: the greyhound. It combines literary criticism, cultural history and the rapidly expanding field of human/animal studies by tracing the …
Cultural Lives of Greyhounds
Av John Stokes
E-bok, 2025
536 kr
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This book aims to enhance our intellectual understanding of the relationship between human beings and domestic animals, with a focus on a specific breed of dog: the greyhound. It combines literary criticism, cultural history and the rapidly expanding field of human/animal studies by tracing the …
Cultural Lives of Greyhounds
Av John Stokes
Häftad, 2026
425 kr
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This book aims to enhance our intellectual understanding of the relationship between human beings and domestic animals, with a focus on a specific breed of dog: the greyhound. It combines literary criticism, cultural history and the rapidly expanding field of human/animal studies by tracing the …
Oscar Wilde
Av John Stokes
Häftad, 1978
328 kr
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Oscar Wilde was a major influence on the culture of his time, and remains relevant today, as a model of wit and style, a sexual icon, and a moral example. In a sequence of detailed and imaginative chapters on Wilde and his times, John Stokes shows how in the 1880s and 1890s Wilde played a vital …