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Romantic Image

By: Frank Kermode

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For the past four decades Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. Questioning the public's harsh perception of 'the artist', Kermode at the same time gently pokes fun at artists' own, often inflated, self-image. He identifies what has become one of the defining characteristics of the Romantic tradition - the artist in isolation and the emerging power of the imagination. Back in print after an absence of over a decade, The Romantic Image is quintessential Kermode. Enlightenment has seldom been so enjoyable!

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Routledge

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1000159035

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Puzzles and Epiphanies (Routledge Revivals)

Essays and Reviews 1958-1961

By: Sir Frank Kermode

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Puzzles and Epiphanies (Routledge Revivals)

Essays and Reviews 1958-1961

By: Sir Frank Kermode

This book, first published in 1962, is a collection of twenty-four essays written by Frank Kermode between 1958 and early 1961, and are all concerned with criticism and fiction. Puzzles and Epiphanies: Essays and Reviews 1958-1961 includes essays on the works of James Joyce, William Golding, E. M. Forster, and J. D. Salinger, amongst many others. This book is ideal for students of literature.

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Routledge

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1317554272

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9781317554271

Pieces of My Mind

Essays and Criticism 1958-2002

By: Frank Kermode

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Pieces of My Mind

Essays and Criticism 1958-2002

By: Frank Kermode

Sir Frank Kermode has been writing peerless literary criticism for more than a half-century. Pieces of My Mind includes his own choice of his major essays since 1958, beginning with his extraordinary study of "Poet and Dancer Before Diaghilev" and ending with a marvelous consideration of Shakespeare's Othello and Verdi-Boito's Otello. Important essays on Hawthorne, on Wallace Stevens, on problems in literary theory and analysis, on Auden, on "Secrets and Narrative Sequence," and three previously unpublished essays (including one on "Memory" and one on "Forgetting") fill out this rich and rewarding volume. Pieces of My Mind also contains recent considerations of the work of major modern writers--Don DeLillo, Raymond Carver, Tom Paulin, and others. Of Kermode's last book, Shakespeare's Language, Richard Howard wrote that it was "a triumph of inauguration and the crowning action of his splendid career of criticism. It is, and will doubtless remain, the first book one should read about Shakespeare's plays, and with those plays." Pieces of My Mind has equal authority and power, and it will be equally praised.

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636

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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1429931183

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9781429931182

Roof Slating and Tiling

By: Frank Bennett,Alfred Pinion

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Roof Slating and Tiling

By: Frank Bennett,Alfred Pinion

This facsimile edition of Bennett and Pinion's classic work, first published in 1935, provides an invaluable source of information on all aspects of the slating and tiling industry. It examines the various types of roof coverings that were traditionally used, such as slates, clay tiles and shingles, and includes basic aspects such as sorting and holding states, through to more complex aspects involved in sorting and setting out a diminishing course roof, and forming swept and laced valleys. The book also looks at special roofing techniques relating to curved roofs and cupolas. It considers the care of roofs, discussing the faults which can appear, and why they may have occurred, and then how best to repair them.

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451

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Routledge

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1317742001

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9781317742005

Continuities (Routledge Revivals)

By: Sir Frank Kermode

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Continuities (Routledge Revivals)

By: Sir Frank Kermode

Continuities, first published in 1968, is a collection of reviews by Frank Kermode that appeared from 1962 to 1967. Kermode discusses a variety of novelists, poets, and critics, including T. S. Eliot, Northrop Frye, Wallace Stevens, Edmund Wilson, and Wallace Stevens. History and politics are two important aspects that are discussed in regards to these writers. This book is ideal for students of English literature.

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329

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1317555716

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9781317555711

Taliesin 1911-1914

By: Narciso G. Menocal,Frank Lloyd Wright

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Taliesin 1911-1914

By: Narciso G. Menocal,Frank Lloyd Wright

This inaugural issue is devoted to studies of Taliesin I. Designed and constructed in 1911 upon Wright’s return to Wisconsin from Europe, Taliesin I burned in August 1914. It thus became the most difficult Wright residence for Wright scholars to examine. In this volume’s critical essays, Neil Levine offers a view of the different layers of meaning of Taliesin I; Scott Gartner explains the legend of the Welsh bard Taliesin and its meaning for Wright; Anthony Alofsin considers the influence of the playwright Richard Hovey and the feminist Ellen Key on Wright’s and Cheney’s thought of the period; and Narciso G. Menocal suggests that the Gilmore and O’Shea houses in Madison, Wisconsin, are a collective antecedent to Taliesin I. To conclude the volume, Anthony Alofsin has written what amounts to a catalogue raisonné of the drawings and photographs of Taliesin I. Surprisingly, he finds no photographs of the living area and argues that those that have been published are in fact of Taliesin II.

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156

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SIU Press

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0809316250

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9780809316250

Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

By: Frank W. Nicholas

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Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

By: Frank W. Nicholas

The concepts of veterinary genetics are crucial to understanding and controlling many diseases and disorders in animals. They are also crucial to enhancing animal production. Accessible and clearly presented, Introduction to Veterinary Genetics provides a succinct introduction to the aspects of genetics relevant to animal diseases and production. Now in its third edition, this is the only introductory level textbook on genetics that has been written specifically for veterinary and animal science students. Coverage includes: basic genetics, molecular biology, genomics, cytogenetics, immunogenetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, biotechnology, and the use of molecular tools in the control of inherited disorders. This book describes in detail how genetics is being applied to artificial selection in animal production. It also covers the conservation of genetic diversity in both domesticated and wild animals. New for the Third Edition: End-of-chapter summaries provide quick recaps. Covers new topics: epigenetics, genomics and bioinformatics. Thoroughly revised according to recent advances in genetics. Introduction to Veterinary Genetics is still the only introductory genetics textbook for students of veterinary and animal science and will continue to be an indispensable reference tool for veterinary students and practitioners alike.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118697588

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9781118697580

Restaurant Chains in China

The Dilemma of Standardisation versus Authenticity

By: Guojun Zeng,Henk J. de Vries,Frank M. Go

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Restaurant Chains in China

The Dilemma of Standardisation versus Authenticity

By: Guojun Zeng,Henk J. de Vries,Frank M. Go

This book explores the paradox of the hospitality industry: customers demand not only personal and innovative tourism products and services, but also cost-effective ones. Enterprises have the option to meet the former demand by offering authentic products and services while the latter could be achieved through standardization. Although it seems ideal to combine both concepts, they seemingly contradict each other leading to suppliers facing an authenticity-standardization paradox. The authors identify, analyze, and provide solutions for this authenticity-standardization paradox based on a series of case studies of restaurants in China. This book will be of interest to scholars, business owners, and consultants.

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137

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Springer

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9811309868

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9789811309861

Pleasure and Change

The Aesthetics of Canon

By: Sir Frank Kermode

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Pleasure and Change

The Aesthetics of Canon

By: Sir Frank Kermode

The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over fifteen years. Pleasure and Change contains two lectures on this important subject by the distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that were originally delivered as Tanner Lectures at Berkeley in November of 2001, Kermode reinterprets the question of canon formation in light of two related and central notions: pleasure and change. He asks how aesthetic pleasure informs what we find valuable, and how this perception changes over time. Kermode also explores the role of chance, observing the connections between canon formation and unintentional and sometimes even random circumstance. Geoffrey Hartmann (Yale University), John Guillory (New York University), and Carey Perloff (director of the American Conservatory Theatre) offer incisive comments on these essays, to which Kermode responds in a lively rejoinder. The volume begins with a helpful introduction by Robert Alter. The result is a stimulating and accessible discussion of a highly significant cultural debate.

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Oxford University Press

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0195346823

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9780195346824

Forms of Attention

Botticelli and Hamlet

By: Frank Kermode

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Forms of Attention

Botticelli and Hamlet

By: Frank Kermode

Sir Frank Kermode, the British scholar, instructor, and author, was an inspired critic. Forms of Attention is based on a series of three lectures he gave on canon formation, or how we choose what art to value. The essay on Botticelli traces the artist’s sudden popularity in the nineteenth century for reasons that have more to do with poetry than painting. In the second essay, Kermode reads Hamlet from a very modern angle, offering a useful (and playful) perspective for a contemporary audience. The final essay is a defense of literary criticism as a process and conversation that, while often conflating knowledge with opinion, keeps us reading great art and working with—and for—literature.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226431754

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9780226431758

The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams

Vol. II

By: Frank Seafield

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The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams

Vol. II

By: Frank Seafield

Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. A Commonplace Book of Speculations Concerning the Mystery of Dreams and Visions, Records of Curious and Well Authenticated Dreams, and Notes on the Various Modes of Interpretation Adopted in Ancient and Modern Times.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375039298

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9783375039295

Teeth

By: B.K.B. Berkovitz,A. Boyde,R.M. Frank,H.J. Höhling,B.J. Moxham,J. Nalbandian,C.H. Tonge

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Teeth

By: B.K.B. Berkovitz,A. Boyde,R.M. Frank,H.J. Höhling,B.J. Moxham,J. Nalbandian,C.H. Tonge

The editors and the publisher are pleased to present another volume in this series of monographs. The topic of teeth was last reviewed within the framework of this Handbook more than fifty years ago, in 1936, by Josef Lehner and HanDs Plenk of Vienna, who wrote a comprehensive treatise on the subject in volume V 3. / The introduction of new methods (e.g., transmission and scan ning electron microscopy, histochemistry, radioautography, element analysis) and progress in dental research have made an update necessary. In present times, characterized by scientific specialization and very rapid progress, it is virtually impossible to find a single individual prepared to review a field of research as large as that of teeth. Consequently. several authors were asked to contribute to the present volume. Originally. the intention was to cover the field in one volume. When it became clear that the material had become too extensive for a single volume, and when some authors were forced by external factors to withdraw from the project, it was decided to publish two volumes. In 1986, the volume Periodontium, written by Hubert E. Schroeder of Zurich. appeared in this series (volume VIS, 418 pages).

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642834965

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9783642834967

The Stadium

An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play

By: Frank Andre Guridy

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The Stadium

An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play

By: Frank Andre Guridy

The "deep and impactful" story of the American stadium (Howard Bryant, author of Full Dissidence)—from the first wooden ballparks to today’s glass and steel mega-arenas—revealing how it has made, and remade, American life. Stadiums are monuments to recreation, sports, and pleasure. Yet from the earliest ballparks to the present, stadiums have also functioned as public squares. Politicians have used them to cultivate loyalty to the status quo, while activists and athletes have used them for anti-fascist rallies, Black Power demonstrations, feminist protests, and much more. In this book, historian Frank Guridy recounts the contested history of play, protest, and politics in American stadiums. From the beginning, stadiums were political, as elites turned games into celebrations of war, banned women from the press box, and enforced racial segregation. By the 1920s, they also became important sites of protest as activists increasingly occupied the stadium floor to challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, fascism, and more. Following the rise of the corporatized stadium in the 1990s, this complex history was largely forgotten. But today’s athlete-activists, like Colin Kaepernick and Megan Rapinoe, belong to a powerful tradition in which the stadium is as much an arena of protest as a palace of pleasure. Moving between the field, the press box, and the locker room, this book recovers the hidden history of the stadium and its important role in the struggle for justice in America.

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Basic Books

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1541601475

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9781541601475

The Frank Belknap Long Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK®: 4 Great Novels

By: Frank Belknap Long

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The Frank Belknap Long Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK®: 4 Great Novels

By: Frank Belknap Long

Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) -- one of the early masters of fantasy and science fiction, friend of (and collaborator with) H.P. Lovecraft -- produced hundreds of novels, short stories, and poems throughout his long and distinguished career. From fantasy and horror in Weird Tales to action-adventure science fiction in Planet Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories to more "nuts and bolts" science fiction in Astounding Stories, and also work in the romance and mystery fields, his career spanned 7 decades and was filled with remarkable achievements. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement at the 1978 World Fantasy Convention, the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1987 from the Horror Writers of America, and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award in 1977. This collection assembles 4 of his best science fiction novels: Space Station 1 Mars Is My Destination The Three Faces of Time Survival World If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 290+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479420883

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9781479420889

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Romantic Image

Romantic Image

Puzzles and Epiphanies (Routledge Revivals)

Puzzles and Epiphanies (Routledge Revivals)

Pieces of My Mind

Pieces of My Mind

Roof Slating and Tiling

Roof Slating and Tiling

Continuities (Routledge Revivals)

Continuities (Routledge Revivals)

Taliesin 1911-1914

Taliesin 1911-1914

Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Restaurant Chains in China

Restaurant Chains in China

Pleasure and Change

Pleasure and Change

Forms of Attention

Forms of Attention

The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams

The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams

Teeth

Teeth

The Stadium

The Stadium

The Frank Belknap Long Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK®: 4 Great Novels

The Frank Belknap Long Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK®: 4 Great Novels

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