Verlag: Basic Books, 2007
ISBN 10: 0465067573 ISBN 13: 9780465067572
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.
Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2007
ISBN 10: 0007150628 ISBN 13: 9780007150625
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Verlag: Basic Books, 2005
ISBN 10: 0465067565 ISBN 13: 9780465067565
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Bodleian Library, United Kingdom, 2013
ISBN 10: 1851242643 ISBN 13: 9781851242641
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A faun carrying an umbrella; a hobbit who lives in a hole; a mysterious name Lyra; an ill-treated schoolboy with a scar and a secret. Childrens fantasy books often begin with resonant images. However, they also begin in an authors reading practices. How do childrens authors incorporate myths and legends into their work? And how do myths and legends change as a result? In this richly illustrated collection of essays a team of academic experts trace the magical tales from Norse myth, Arthurian legend and medieval literature which have inspired the finest writers for children, including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Alan Garner. Drawing on collections of manuscripts and rare books in the Bodleian Library, additional chapters put the spotlight on spell books, grimoires and books that do magic, as well as exploring stunning examples of pop-up books, harlequinades and concertina panoramas from the Opie Collection of Childrens Literature. Other writers under discussion include childrens authors of the Victorian era, such as George MacDonald, Rudyard Kipling and E. Nesbit, and twentieth-century writers Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones and Philip Pullman. Through wide-ranging analysis these essays show how literature and tales from the Middle Ages and earlier still have been reinterpreted for each generation and continue to have a profound impact on writers of fantasy books for children today. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Routledge, 1992
ISBN 10: 0415053706 ISBN 13: 9780415053709
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Very Good. 1992. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf-wear. Very Good.
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Verlag: HarperPress, 2006
ISBN 10: 000715061X ISBN 13: 9780007150618
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Zustand: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
ISBN 10: 000725556X ISBN 13: 9780007255566
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Verlag: Allen Lane, 2000
ISBN 10: 071399312X ISBN 13: 9780713993127
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 014028172X ISBN 13: 9780140281729
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Titania and Oberon, Puck and Peaseblossom capture our modern idea of what fairies are or might be. Show me a child who hasn't clapped their hands to keep Tinkerbell's fluttering heart from fading away or watched in delight as Disney's fairies flit across a woodland glade. But this pretty pastel world of gauzy winged things who grant wishes and make dreams come true is predated by a darker, denser world of gorgons, goblins and gellos; the ancient antecedents of Shakespeare's mischievous Puck or J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. For, as Diana Purkiss explains in this engrossing history, ancient fairies were born of fear: fear of the dark, of death, and of the other great rites of passage, birth and sex. To understand the importance of these early fairies to pre-industrial peoples, we need to recover that sense of dread. "Troublesome Things" begins with the earliest manifestations of fairies in the ancient civilizations of the Mediterannean. The child-killing demons and nymphs of these cultures are the joint ancestors of the mediaeval fairies of nothern Europe, when fairy figures provided a bridge between the secular and the sacred. Fairies abducted babies and virgins, spirited away young men who were seduced by fairy queens and remained suspended in liminal states. Tamed by Shakespeare's view of the spirit world, Victorian fairies fluttered across the theatre stage and the pages of children's books to reappear a century later as detergent trade marks and alien abductors. Steeped in folklore and fantasy, "Troublesome Things" is a rich and diverse account of the part that fairies and fairy stories have played in culture and society. And in learning about these often strange and mysterious creatures, we learn something about ourselves too - our fears and our desires. For while few of us may actually believe that there are fairies at the bottom of our gardens, who can resist clapping their hands just in case? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: London, Routledge, 1992
ISBN 10: 0415053692 ISBN 13: 9780415053693
Anbieter: Antiquariat Bookfarm, Löbnitz, Deutschland
Softcover. 1. publ. XI, 299 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Bib.-Signatur und Stempel. Guter Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature on spine. Good condition, some traces of use. mo3819/10 0415053692 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.
Verlag: Harpercollins Publishers Nov 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 0007255578 ISBN 13: 9780007255573
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - `An absolute gem¿ Sunday Times`A mouthwatering history¿ The Guardian.
Verlag: Headline Publishing Group Sep 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 180279722X ISBN 13: 9781802797220
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An eclectic exploration of witchcraft and magic through 100 objects, practices and symbols.
Verlag: Penguin, 2001
ISBN 10: 014028172X ISBN 13: 9780140281729
Anbieter: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Softcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Good+ 1st ed 2001 Penguin paperback, a terrific resource, scarce. Surface bump to top rear of spine, patches of yellowing and discoloration to end-papers, tight and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; ISBN: 014028172X. ISBN/EAN: 9780140281729. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092857.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1996
ISBN 10: 0415087627 ISBN 13: 9780415087629
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 'Diane Purkiss . insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditations on their -- and our -- world.' - The Observer 'An invigorating and challenging book . sets many hares running.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Verlag: Penguin Classics
ISBN 10: 0140436103 ISBN 13: 9780140436105
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Verlag: Routledge, 1996
ISBN 10: 0415087619 ISBN 13: 9780415087612
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition.
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Verlag: Allen Lane, 2000
ISBN 10: 071399312X ISBN 13: 9780713993127
Anbieter: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Good+/Good+ 1st ed Allen Lane hardback, unclipped DJ, a terrific resource, scarce. Surface bump to lower front edge of board with corner bumps to boards also,tight and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; ISBN: 071399312X. ISBN/EAN: 9780713993127. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 093037.
Verlag: NEW YORK UNIV PR, 2001
ISBN 10: 0814798640 ISBN 13: 9780814798645
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. The affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky was a huge media story. This book provides a forum for assessing the cultural, political and public policy issues raised by the investigation, publicity and Congressional impeachment proceedings surroundin.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0521152763 ISBN 13: 9780521152761
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Diane Purkiss analyses representations of masculinity in the writings of Milton, Marvell, Waller and Herrick.
Verlag: Springer International Publishing, 2020
ISBN 10: 3030142132 ISBN 13: 9783030142131
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Building on recent critical work, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of the nature and forms of medieval and early modern childhoods, viewed through literary cultures. Its five groups of thematic essays range across a spectrum of disciplines, periods, and locations, from cultural anthropology and folklore to performance studies and the history of science, and from Anglo-Saxon burial sites to colonial America. Contributors include several renowned writers for children. The opening group of essays, Educating Children, explores what is perhaps the most powerful social engine for the shaping of a child. Performing Childhood addresses children at work and the role of play in the development of social imitation and learning. Literatures of Childhood examines texts written for children that reveal alternative conceptions of parent/child relations. In Legacies of Childhood, expressions of grief at the loss of a child offer a window into the family'sconceptions and values. Finally,Fictionalizing Literary Cultures for Children considers the real, material child versus the fantasy of the child as a subject.
Verlag: Springer International Publishing, 2019
ISBN 10: 3030142108 ISBN 13: 9783030142100
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Building on recent critical work, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of the nature and forms of medieval and early modern childhoods, viewed through literary cultures. Its five groups of thematic essays range across a spectrum of disciplines, periods, and locations, from cultural anthropology and folklore to performance studies and the history of science, and from Anglo-Saxon burial sites to colonial America. Contributors include several renowned writers for children. The opening group of essays, Educating Children, explores what is perhaps the most powerful social engine for the shaping of a child. Performing Childhood addresses children at work and the role of play in the development of social imitation and learning. Literatures of Childhood examines texts written for children that reveal alternative conceptions of parent/child relations. In Legacies of Childhood, expressions of grief at the loss of a child offer a window into the family'sconceptions and values. Finally,Fictionalizing Literary Cultures for Children considers the real, material child versus the fantasy of the child as a subject.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0521841372 ISBN 13: 9780521841375
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In this innovative study, Diane Purkiss illuminates the role of gender in the English Civil War by focusing on ideas of masculinity, rather than on the role of women, which has hitherto received more attention. Historians have tended to emphasise a model of human action in the Civil War based on the idea of the human self as rational animal. Purkiss reveals the irrational ideological forces governing the way seventeenth-century writers understood the state, the monarchy, the battlefield and the epic hero in relation to contested contemporary ideas of masculinity. She analyses the writings of Marvell, Waller, Herrick and the Caroline elegists, as well as in newsbooks and pamphlets, and pays particular attention to Milton's complex responses to the dilemmas of male identity. This study will appeal to scholars of seventeenth-century literature as well as those working in intellectual history and the history of gender.
Verlag: Routledge Dez 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1138159360 ISBN 13: 9781138159365
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The essays offer new feminist analysis of the early modern period and show how women's writing may undermine many of the received assumptions on which the history of the period has depended.