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Improving Passions

Sentimental Aesthetics and American Film

By: Charles Burnetts

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Improving Passions

Sentimental Aesthetics and American Film

By: Charles Burnetts

Reveals a fascinating history of aesthetic debate concerning the emotional and moral functions of artWhen did the sentimental start to mean aawful? Why are so many popular mainstream films dismissed for their sentimentality, and are there any meaningful differences between the sentimental and the melodramatic? These are some of the questions addressed in Charles Burnetts illuminating genealogy of the concept as both a literary genre and an aesthetic philosophy, a tradition that prefigures the advent of film yet serves as a vital framework for understanding its emotional and ethical appeal. Examining eighteenth century amoral sense philosophy as a neglected but still important intellectual area for film theory, and drawing on case studies of film sentimentality during the early, classical and post-classical eras of US cinema, Improving Passions is an innovative exploration of the sentimental tradition as both theatrical genre and cultural logic.Key featuresExamines eighteenth century amoral sense philosophy and asensibility as neglected, but important, intellectual areas for film theoryProvides case studies of film sentimentality during early, classical and post-classical eras of US cinema, focusing specifically on issues of critical receptionEngages with speculation by classical and contemporary film theorists about the ethical and affective possibilities of filmExamines new approaches to aaffect in film and media philosophy that draw directly on, and reconfigure, a sentimental aesthetics

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Edinburgh University Press

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Improving Passions

Sentimental Aesthetics and American Film

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The Ramseys at Swan Pond

The Archaeology and History of an East Tennessee Farm

By: Charles H. Faulkner

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The Ramseys at Swan Pond

The Archaeology and History of an East Tennessee Farm

By: Charles H. Faulkner

The Ramsey House was built in 1797 for Col. Francis Alexander Ramsey, a prominent early settler of East Tennessee who, along with his two sons J. G. M. Ramsey and William B. A. Ramsey, shaped the physical and cultural landscape of what would become Knox county and Knoxville, Tennessee. The one-hundred-acre homestead, referred to by Colonel Ramsey as Swan Pond, contained the Ramsey home as well as other outbuildings and slave quarters. In 1952, the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee purchased the tract of land, and the Ramsey House is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Charles H. Faulkner began archaeological investigations at the Ramsey House in 1985 and concluded his work with his retirement from the University of Tennessee's anthropology department in 2005. During his tenure with the Ramsey House Archaeological Project, Faulkner and his team of scholars and students unearthed the prehistory of Native American occupation at Swan Pond, several outbuilding and early home foundation features yielding evidence of extensive early renovations to the Ramsey House and surrounding Swan Pond, and a multitude of ceramics and other artifacts left behind by the Ramsey family and other tenants ranging in dates from the late 1700s to the 1950s. Faulkner's research presented in The Ramseys at Swan Pond reveals not only the material culture and family lifeways of early wealth in East Tennessee, but chronicles the occupation of a homestead that would become pivotal to the development of early Knoxville and Knox County and offers insights into the responsibilities Ramsey and his family undertook in order to tame an early American frontier. Faulkner provides the reader a complete overview of the excavations, and emphasizes the importance of historic research within the discipline of archaeology in his introduction. The Ramseys at Swan Pond will be of interest to anyone studying historic archeology, the early American frontier, and Tennessee history. Charles H. Faulkner is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee. He is the author/editor of The Prehistoric Native American Art of Mud Glyph Cave, The Old Stone Fort: Exploring an Archaeological Mystery, Rock Art of the Eastern Woodlands, and numerous other essays.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572336099

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The Man from the Mercury

A Charles Angoff Memorial Reader

By: Charles Angoff

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The Man from the Mercury

A Charles Angoff Memorial Reader

By: Charles Angoff

As managing editor of The American Mercury during the 1920s, Charles Angoff was associated with the luminaries of the golden age of American literature and himself emerged an important literary figure. This anthology contains segments from five of Angoff's books and selected poems, as well as a biographical portrait and a critique.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838632807

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Memoirs of Charles Godfrey Leland

By: Charles Godfrey Leland

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Memoirs of Charles Godfrey Leland

By: Charles Godfrey Leland

I was born on the 15th of August, 1824, in a house which was in Philadelphia, and in Chestnut Street, the second door below Third Street, on the north side. It had been built in the old Colonial time, and in the room in which I first saw life there was an old chimney-piece, which was so remarkable that strangers visiting the city often came to see it. It was, I believe, of old carved oak, possibly mediæval, which had been brought from some English manor as a relic. I am indebted for this information to a Mr. Landreth, who lived in the house at the time. It was then a boarding-house, kept by a Mrs. Rodgers. She had taken it from a lady who had also kept it for boarders. The daughter of this latter married President Madison. She was the well-known “Dolly Madison,” famous for her grace, accomplishments, and belle humeur, of whom there are stories still current in Washington. My authority informed me that there were among the boarders in the house two remarkable men, one of whom often petted me as a babe, and took a fancy to me. He was a Swedish Count, who had passed, it was said, a very wild life as pirate for several years on the Spanish Main. He was identified as the Count Bruno of Frederica Bremer’s novel, “The Neighbours.” The other was the famous philologist, Dufief, author of “Nature Displayed,” a work of such remarkable ability that I wonder that it should have passed into oblivion. My mother had been from her earliest years devoted to literature to a degree which was unusual at that time in the United States. She had been, as a girl, a special protégée of Hannah Adams, the author of many learned works, who was the first person buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery of Boston. She directed my mother’s reading, and had great influence over her. My mother had also been very intimate with the daughters of Jonathan Russell, the well-known diplomatist. My maternal grandfather was Colonel Godfrey, who had fought in the war of the Revolution, and who was at one time an aide-de-camp of the Governor of Massachusetts. He was noted for the remarkable gentleness of his character. I have heard that when he went forth of a morning, all the animals on his farm would run to meet and accompany him. He had to a miraculous degree a certain sympathetic power, so that all beings, men included, loved him. I have heard my mother say that as a girl she had a tame crow who was named Tom, and that he could distinctly cry the word “What?” When Tom was walking about in the garden, if called, he would reply “What?” in a perfectly human manner.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465606394

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850

By: Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt

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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850

By: Charles Darwin,Frederick Burkhardt

For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's are made available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work, not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe. Thus the letters are a mine of information about the work in progress of a creative genius who produced an intellectual revolution." --

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Cambridge University Press

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0521255902

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The Law of Real Property

By: Robert Megarry,William Wade,Charles Harpum,Stuart Bridge,Martin J. Dixon

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The Law of Real Property

By: Robert Megarry,William Wade,Charles Harpum,Stuart Bridge,Martin J. Dixon

Megarry and Wade : The Law of Real Property

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1955

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Sweet & Maxwell

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0414045963

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That Fortune

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By: Charles Dudley Warner

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That Fortune

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By: Charles Dudley Warner

Reproduction of the original.

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3368622145

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The Most Up-to-Date Coin Prices Available 2004

By: Charles F. French

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The Most Up-to-Date Coin Prices Available 2004

By: Charles F. French

Having already sold more than half a million copies in previous editions, this numismatic classic has been fully updated to include the latest in the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters Program.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743215001

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9780743215008

The Cabin Book

By: Charles Sealsfield

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The Cabin Book

By: Charles Sealsfield

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

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The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution, Including the Charters to the Duke of York, the Commissions and Instructions to Colonial Governors, the Duke's Laws, the Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, the Charters of Albany and New York and the Acts of the Colonial Legislatures from 1691 to 1775 Inclusive

By: New York (Colony),Charles Zebina Lincoln

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The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution, Including the Charters to the Duke of York, the Commissions and Instructions to Colonial Governors, the Duke's Laws, the Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, the Charters of Albany and New York and the Acts of the Colonial Legislatures from 1691 to 1775 Inclusive

By: New York (Colony),Charles Zebina Lincoln

[Lincoln, Charles Z[ebina], Johnson, William H., Northrup, A[nsel] J[udd]. The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution, Including the Charters to the Duke of York, The Commissions and Instructions to Colonial Governors, The Duke's Laws, The Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, The Charters of Albany and New York and the Acts of the Colonial Legislatures from 1691 to 1775 Inclusive. Transmitted to the legislature by the Commissioners of Statutory Revision, Pursuant to Chapter 125 of the Laws of 1891. Albany: James B. Lyon, 1894. Five volumes. Cloth. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. [with] (1) searchable DVD of the 5 volume work. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-596-6. ISBN-10: 1-58477-596-3 * Reprint of the first edition. With indexes. DVD available alone at $595. An excellent resource for students of colonial law, this is a complete compilation of New York colonial laws. It contains complete texts of all acts printed in every compilation from the 1694 edition by Bradford to the 1775 edition by Hugh Gaine. These texts have been compared and corrected in reference to the original parchment law-rolls in the state library. This collection provides unparalleled insights into the colony's legal, political and social history.

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1584775963

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Improving Passions

Improving Passions

Improving Passions

Improving Passions

The Ramseys at Swan Pond

The Ramseys at Swan Pond

The Man from the Mercury

The Man from the Mercury

Memoirs of Charles Godfrey Leland

Memoirs of Charles Godfrey Leland

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850

The Law of Real Property

The Law of Real Property

That Fortune

That Fortune

The Most Up-to-Date Coin Prices Available 2004

The Most Up-to-Date Coin Prices Available 2004

The Cabin Book

The Cabin Book

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