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11 produkter
All-American Boy
Av Larzer Ziff
Inbunden, 2012
267 kr
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From his celebrated appearance, hatchet in hand, in Parson Mason Locke Weems’s Life of Washington to Booth Tarkington’s Penrod, the all-American boy was an iconic figure in American literature for well over a century. Sometimes he was a “good boy,” whose dutiful behavior was intended as a model for …
Maggie
A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York
Häftad, 2001
126 kr
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This unflinching portrayal of the squalor and brutality of New York life produced a scandal when it was published in 1893. Crane's novel tells the story of Maggie Johnson, a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution. More than the tale …
Mark Twain
Av Larzer Ziff
Inbunden, 2004
392 kr
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Mark Twain towered above the American literary landscape. With a worldwide fame greater than that of statesmen, scientists, or entertainers, Twain was in his own words "the most conspicuous man on the planet." Now, in this wonderful recounting of his career, Larzer Ziff offers an incisive, …
Mark Twain
Av Larzer Ziff
E-bok, 2004
273 kr
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Mark Twain towered above the American literary landscape. With a worldwide fame greater than that of statesmen, scientists, or entertainers, Twain was in his own words "the most conspicuous man on the planet." Now, in this wonderful recounting of his career, Larzer Ziff offers an incisive, …
Mark Twain
Av Larzer Ziff
E-bok, 2004
242 kr
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Mark Twain towered above the American literary landscape. With a worldwide fame greater than that of statesmen, scientists, or entertainers, Twain was in his own words "the most conspicuous man on the planet." Now, in this wonderful recounting of his career, Larzer Ziff offers an incisive, …
Return Passages
Great American Travel Writing, 1780-1910
Av Larzer Ziff
Häftad, 2000
607 kr
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In this arresting book, Larzer Ziff traces the history of distinctively American travel writing through the stories of five great representatives. John Ledyard (1752–1789) sailed with Captain Cook, walked across the Russian empire, and attempted to find a transcontinental route across North …
Career of John Cotton
Puritanism and the American Experience
Av Larzer Ziff
Häftad, 2015
852 kr
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Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest Puritan preacher in America? Why has he alone remained an enigma among the founding fathers of American protestantism? Professor Ziff examines Cotton's career as a teacher and preacher, both in …
Career of John Cotton
Puritanism and the American Experience
Av Larzer Ziff
Inbunden, 2016
2003 kr
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Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest Puritan preacher in America? Why has he alone remained an enigma among the founding fathers of American protestantism? Professor Ziff examines Cotton's career as a teacher and preacher, both in …
Selected Essays
Av Ralph Waldo Emerson, Larzer Ziff
E-bok, 1982
270 kr
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Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that an appreciation of its vast natural resources would become the foundation of American culture. His assertion that human thought and actions proceed from nature, was a radical departure from the traditional European emphasis on domesticating nature to suit human …
Career of John Cotton
Puritanism and the American Experience
Av Larzer Ziff
E-bok, 2015
642 kr
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Why is so little heard about John Cotton, who was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest Puritan preacher in America? Why has he alone remained an enigma among the founding fathers of American protestantism? Professor Ziff examines Cotton's career as a teacher and preacher, both in …
