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This book is concerned with the analysis of various travel patterns in early-nineteenth-century verse. Examples are given to illustrate the main theme and its subsidiaries: the theme of wandering, in the first place, and then the topics of Time and Space, the archetypes, the travellers, the landscape, the land and sea journeys.

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Across Britain there are more than 3,000 lost villages once-thriving communities that time and fortune have reduced to ivy-clad remnants and weather-worn ruins. Combining photographs and the memories of those who knew the villages, the author provides an account of communities.

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During the first part of the nineteenth century, the Lost Worlds Romance, a new literary form, appeared in which an explorer, most often a scientist, made a voyage to what was then considered to be a remote part of the earth where he discovered a fantastic lost world.

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This book collects in a comprehensive and reliable single volume the most important facts about Alcott's life and works.

This reference surveys the basic biographical details about Alcott's family and personal life.

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Not simply a diplomatic maneuver but rather a formative event in the nation's history, the acquisition of this uncharted wilderness would come to define America as a continental power and lead the new republic to historic events with consequences that have resonated throughout our national history.

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A powerful chronicle of wartime London as experienced by five writers--driving ambulances, fighting fires and falling passionately in love.

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This scholarly and personal exploration of what it is like to grow up feeling unloved describes personality types and syndromes that often manifest, regardless of whether the family unit was "dysfunctional" or not.

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This poetic new play takes a unique look at the way the great filmmaker developed the ideas for his films.

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This book provides a critical introduction to twentieth-century French phenomenology and philosophy of religion. Emmanuel Falque, the most important voice in contemporary French philosophy of religion, offers a novel and creative philosophy of the body at the intersection of philosophy and theology.

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This book provides a critical introduction to twentieth-century French phenomenology and philosophy of religion. Emmanuel Falque, the most important voice in contemporary French philosophy of religion, offers a novel and creative philosophy of the body at the intersection of philosophy and theology.

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Adapted by Phil Wilmott for the stage. Perhaps Maxim Gorky's best-known play. It was written during the winter of 1901 and the spring of 1902. Subtitled "Scenes from Russian Life," it depicted a group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga

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A top educator looks at the causes and national costs of the lowering of college admission and academic standards in the United States, then proposes confronting the problem by tying federal student grants and loans to academic performance as well as to financial need.

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Courage, perseverance, and dedication were hallmarks of the Civil War soldier. These qualities, along with their disarming humanness, have lent an enduring attraction to their story.

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The origins, combat records, and lasting influence of the Luger, the innovative and deadly sidearm that equipped Germany's soldiers, sailors, and airmen throughout both world wars.

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A biography and study of the work of Jon Fosse, judged by many to be Norway's greatest contemporary writer. Translated here by playwright and translator Ann Henning-Jocelyn

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"One of the best new plays in townwaspishly funny' - Daily Express

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The connections between the arts of Italy and England during the 18th century as evidenced by the sculpture trade, is at the heart of this book. It investigates the roles and functions of sculpture during the period c.1700-1830 and the ways in which this particular cultural exchange was manifested.

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A study of Lutheran history with increased attention to the activities and contributions made by the laity, by women, and by persons from outside the dominant ethnic groups.