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The Sleep of Reason: Primitivism in Modern European Art and Aesthetics, 1725–1907 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In this work on what constitutes "primitive" art, Frances Connelly argues that "primitive" art was not a style at all, but... Læs mere
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The Soldiers’ Revolution: Pennsylvanians in Arms and the Forging of Early American Identity (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Soldiers’ Revolution looks to those who took up arms in Pennsylvania to reveal the tapestry of local... Læs mere
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Some Pennsylvania Women During the War of the Revolution (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Originally published in 1898. Biographical sketches of women in Pennsylvania who played a valuable role in the American Revolution. Discusses their family history, their character, and their contributions to the revolutionary effort.
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Talking Democracy: Historical Perspectives on Rhetoric and Democracy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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The Complete Plays of Jean Racine: Volume 3: Iphigenia (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
An English translation, in rhyming couplets, of the French playwright Jean Racine's Iphigenia. Includes critical notes and commentary.
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The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Examines theater and portraiture as interrelated social practices in seventeenth-century Spain. Features visual images and cross-disciplinary readings of selected plays that employ the motif of the painted portrait to key dramatic and symbolic effect.
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The German Pietists of Provincial Pennsylvania (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A history of early German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania in the beginning of the eighteenth century, with a particular focus on the group of Pietist mystics who emigrated to America in 1694. First published in 1895.
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The Voter's Dilemma and Democratic Accountability: Latin America and Beyond (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Presents evidence that under certain widespread structural conditions, democratic accountability falls prey to the same N-person... Læs mere
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Titian's Portraits through Aretino's Lens (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This study looks at Titian's portraits in light of Aretino's letters and sonnets regarding them. It demonstrates that it is due to Titian's portraits and to Aretino's writings about them that the portrait ceased being a social-historical document.
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Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A study of the Americans' leisure time, comparing the 1990s to the 1960s. The authors argue that, although many Americans feel increasingly... Læs mere
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Turning Toward Philosophy: Literary Device and Dramatic Structure in Plato’s Dialogues (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Acknowledging the powerful impact that Plato's dialogues have had on readers, this text aims to show how the literary techniques Plato used, function philosophically to engage readers in doing philosophy and attracting them toward the philosophical life.
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Wolf Days in Pennsylvania (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A collection of stories about wolves in Pennsylvania, originally published in 1914. Includes interviews with some of the state’s famous wolf hunters and period photographs of the hunters and their prey.
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