Author: C. B. Walker
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520074316
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Contains six previously published titles brought together in a single volume.

Author: Ian Hodder
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521528849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Tamsin Spargo
Publisher: Red Globe Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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This text introduces key debates about history, historiography, and historicism which have transformed approaches to the past in departments of history and literature.

Author: Philippa M. Hoskin
Publisher: Borthwick Publications
ISBN: 9780903857840
Category : Manuscripts, English
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: C. B. F. Walker
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520061156
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Describes the writing system used from before 3000 BC to AD 75 by Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and other Mesopotamian cultures.

Author: Raymond Ian Page
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520061149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Describes the ancient writing system used by Northmen, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings, and the inscriptions found in Scandanavia, the British Isles, and North America.

Author: Mitali Perkins
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
ISBN: 1506469116
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives. But it is never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children's classics can ignite within us. Award-winning children's author Mitali Perkins grew up steeped in stories--escaping into her books on the fire escape of a Flushing apartment building and, later, finding solace in them as she navigated between the cultures of her suburban California school and her Bengali heritage at home. Now Perkins invites us to explore the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times: stories that provide mirrors to our innermost selves and open windows to other worlds. Blending personal narrative, accessible literary criticism, and spiritual and moral formation, Perkins delves into novels by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other literary "uncles" and "aunts" that illuminate the virtuous, abundant life we still desire. These novels are not perfect, and Perkins honestly assesses their critical frailties and flaws related to race, culture, and power. Yet reading or rereading these books as adults can help us build virtue, unmask our vices, and restore our hope. Reconnecting with these stories from childhood isn't merely nostalgia. In an era of uncertainty and despair, they lighten our load and bring us much-needed hope.

Author: Kate Quinn
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063310570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain’s wrath . . . and these are their stories: A boy loses his innocence in Pompeii’s flourishing streets. An heiress dreads her wedding day, not knowing it will be swallowed by fire. An ex-legionary stakes his entire future on a gladiator bout destined never to be finished. A crippled senator welcomes death, until a tomboy on horseback comes to his rescue. A young mother faces an impossible choice for her unborn child as the ash falls. A priestess and a prostitute seek redemption and resurrection as the town is buried. Six authors bring to life overlapping stories of patricians and slaves, warriors and politicians, villains and heroes who cross each other’s paths during Pompeii’s fiery end. But who will escape, and who will be buried for eternity?

Author: Sarah L. Johnson
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 159158129X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A comprehensive guide to the historical fiction genre that explains its general characteristics, its appeal to readers, benchmark and representative titles, and publishing trends.

Author: J.R. Martin
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027296022
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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Re/reading the Past is concerned with the discourses of history, from the complementary perspectives of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). The papers in the book stress the discursive construction of the past, focussing on the different social narratives which compete for official acknowledgement. Issues of collective and cultural memory are addressed, reflecting the "linguistic turn" in the Social Sciences. The book covers a range of discourses, interpreting texts from popular culture to academic discourse including the construction and evaluation of past events in a variety of places around the world. It is especially timely in its focus on the construction of time and value in a post-colonial world where history discourses are central to on-going processes of reconciliation, debates on war crimes, and the issues of amnesty and restitution. As such the book fills a significant gap in interdisciplinary debates as well as in register and genre analysis, and will be of general interest to historians, political scientists and discourse analysts as well as students and teachers of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and EAP (English for Academic Purposes).