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Quaint, Exquisite

Victorian Aesthetics and the Idea of Japan

By: Grace Lavery

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Quaint, Exquisite

Victorian Aesthetics and the Idea of Japan

By: Grace Lavery

How Japan captured the Victorian imagination and transformed Western aesthetics From the opening of trade with Britain in the 1850s, Japan occupied a unique and contradictory place in the Victorian imagination, regarded as both a rival empire and a cradle of exquisite beauty. Quaint, Exquisite explores the enduring impact of this dramatic encounter, showing how the rise of Japan led to a major transformation of Western aesthetics at the dawn of globalization. Drawing on philosophy, psychoanalysis, queer theory, textual criticism, and a wealth of in-depth archival research, Grace Lavery provides a radical new genealogy of aesthetic experience in modernity. She argues that the global popularity of Japanese art in the late nineteenth century reflected an imagined universal standard of taste that Kant described as the “subjective universal” condition of aesthetic judgment. The book features illuminating cultural histories of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado, English derivations of the haiku, and retellings of the Madame Butterfly story, and sheds critical light on lesser-known figures such as Winnifred Eaton, an Anglo-Chinese novelist who wrote under the Japanese pseudonym Onoto Watanna, and Mikimoto Ryuzo, a Japanese enthusiast of the Victorian art critic John Ruskin. Lavery also explains the importance and symbolic power of such material objects as W. B. Yeats’s prized katana sword and the “Japanese vellum” luxury editions of Oscar Wilde. Quaint, Exquisite provides essential insights into the modern understanding of beauty as a vehicle for both intimacy and violence, and the lasting influence of Japanese forms today on writers and artists such as Quentin Tarantino.

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Princeton University Press

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0691227799

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9780691227795

THE ONLY MAN TO TRUST

By: Grace Green

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THE ONLY MAN TO TRUST

By: Grace Green

HER PROTECTOR A MAN WORTH FIGHTING FOR Blair Enderby: Girl next door. Not the sort of woman a self-made millionaire like Matt Straith would ever want for a wife. But Blair never dreamed Matt had been harboring his passions for her. Nor did she ever expect to be summoned to his estate by a cryptic letter…. Someone wanted to frame the wealthy businessman, collect his fortune, get him out of the way. Everyone at the estate had motive. But Blair knew better. So did the killer. Only Blair hadn't betrayed Matt—he would keep her out of harm's way at any cost. He'd lost her once, and no madman would destroy their future now. A woman alone…with no one to trust. Where can she run? Straight into the arms of HER PROTECTOR

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Harlequin

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1459261674

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9781459261679

The Girl Detective Megapack

25 Classic Mystery Novels for Girls

By: Mildred A. Wirt,Roy Snell,Edith Lavell,Grace May North,Cleo F. Garis

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The Girl Detective Megapack

25 Classic Mystery Novels for Girls

By: Mildred A. Wirt,Roy Snell,Edith Lavell,Grace May North,Cleo F. Garis

This volume features 25 novels by some of the top writers of young adult mystery fiction from the 20th century. With more than 2,900 pages of classic crimes, here are the complete Mary Louis Gay series, the complete Madge Sterling series, the complete Penny Nichols series, and many more! Included are: THE MYSTERY OF THE SECRET BAND, by Edith Lavell THE MYSTERY AT DARK CEDARS, by Edith Lavell THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRES, by Edith Lavell THE BLUE ENVELOPE, by Roy Snell THE CRUISE OF THE O MOO, by Roy Snell THE SECRET MARK, by Roy Snell PURPLE FLAME, by Roy Snell THE CRIMSON THREAD, by Roy Snell THE SILENT ALARM, by Roy Snell WITCHES COVE, by Roy Snell THE MAGIC CURTAIN , by Roy Snell THE ORCHARD SECRET, by Cleo F. Garis MYSTERY OF JOCKEY HOLLOW, by Cleo F. Garis MISSING AT MARSHLANDS, by Cleo F. Garis PENNY NICHOLS FINDS A CLUE, by Mildred A. Wirt PENNY NICHOLS AND THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST KEY, by Mildred A. Wirt PENNY NICHOLS AND THE BLACK IMP, by Mildred A. Wirt PENNY NICHOLS AND THE KNOB HILL MYSTERY, by Mildred A. Wirt THE MISSING FORMULA, by Mildred A. Wirt THE DESERTED YACHT, by Mildred A. Wirt THE SECRET OF THE SUNDIAL, by Mildred A. Wirt BOBS, A GIRL DETECTIVE, by Grace May North THE PHANTOM TOWN MYSTERY, by Carol Norton THE SEVEN SLEUTHS CLUB, by Carol Norton THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS SOLVE A MYSTERY, by Hildegard G. Frey And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in this series, covering classic authors and subjects like mysteries, science fiction, westerns, ghost stories -- and much, much more!

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2954

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434443361

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9781434443366

The Samuel Gompers Papers

By: Samuel Gompers,Peter J. Albert,Grace Palladino

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The Samuel Gompers Papers

By: Samuel Gompers,Peter J. Albert,Grace Palladino

Looking around him in 1906, Samuel Gompers saw a labor movement beset by opponents who, he said, "represent neither conscience nor humanity, but rather greed and avarice." This installment in the multivolume documentary history of the nation's premier labor leader spotlights a pivotal period in the AFL's development. "The editors have done their job well, succeeding admirably in their aim of presenting a multidimensional portrait of Gompers and his era." -- Bernard Elbaum, Journal of Economic History "A distinguished and invaluable collection." -- Bruce Laurie, Industrial and Labor Relations Review Supported by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the University of Maryland at College Park

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626

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University of Illinois Press

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0252023803

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9780252023804

Design at Home

Domestic Advice Books in Britain and the USA since 1945

By: Grace Lees Maffei

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Design at Home

Domestic Advice Books in Britain and the USA since 1945

By: Grace Lees Maffei

Domestic advice literature is rich in information about design, ideals of domesticity, consumption and issues of identity, yet this literature remains a relatively neglected resource in comparison with magazines and film. Design at Home brings together etiquette, homemaking and home decoration advice as sources in the first systematic demonstration of the historical value of domestic advice literature as a genre of word and image, and a discourse of dominance. This book traces a transatlantic domestic dialogue between the UK and the US as the chapters explore issues of design, domesticity, consumption, social interaction and identity markers including class, gender and age. Areas covered include: • the use of domestic advice by historians • relationships between advice, housing and the middle class • links between advice and gender • advice and the teenage consumer Design at Home is essential reading for students and scholars of cultural and social history, design history, and cultural studies.

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252

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Routledge

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1135075832

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9781135075835

Beauty for Ashes

By: Grace Livingston Hill

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Beauty for Ashes

By: Grace Livingston Hill

Rich. Beautiful. Engaged. Nothing marred Gloria Sutherland. . .until the night her fiancé was shot and killed in a speakeasy while dancing with another girl. To avoid the swirling gossip, Gloria travels to her father’s childhood home in Maine, seeking peace but doubting she’ll ever find it again. Then she meets Murray MacRae, a neighbor and promising young businessman. Murray’s faith begins to revive Gloria’s hope. . .if only her past remains hidden. Surely no beauty could rise from those ashes.

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268

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Barbour Publishing

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1628362952

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9781628362954

The Corner House Girls at School

By: Brooks Hill Grace Brooks Hill,Grace Brooks Hill

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The Corner House Girls at School

By: Brooks Hill Grace Brooks Hill,Grace Brooks Hill

When Sam Pinkney brought Billy Bumps over to the old Corner House, and tied him by the corner of the woodshed, there was at once a family conclave called. Sam was never known to be into anything but mischief; therefore when he gravely presented the wise l

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1st World Publishing

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1421848309

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9781421848303

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Quaint, Exquisite

Quaint, Exquisite

THE ONLY MAN TO TRUST

THE ONLY MAN TO TRUST

The Girl Detective Megapack

The Girl Detective Megapack

The Samuel Gompers Papers

The Samuel Gompers Papers

Design at Home

Design at Home

Beauty for Ashes

Beauty for Ashes

The Corner House Girls at School

The Corner House Girls at School

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