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In this book Werner Hullen examines Roget's Thesaurus in relation to linguistics, philosophy and history. He explores the influence of Roget's Thesaurus abroad (Germany and the Romance countries). He epitomizes its history and compares the various...

In this groundbreaking study, Christopher Warren argues that early modern literary genres were deeply tied to debates about global legal order and that todayas international law owes many of its most basic suppositions to early modern literary culture...

Even at the height of its popularity in the early nineteenth century the historical novel faced criticism at many levels. After its predominance in the 1810s and 1820s writers and historians shunned it as a travesty of their respective disciplines. Even...

Following the success of the Ultimate Book Guide 8-12, people have been crying out for this guide to the best teenage books around. Again this is the only reference you'll ever need - covering everything that might interest teen readers, from those just...

A fully revised and updated second edition of the best-selling Ultimate Teen Book Guide, this book is the only reference you'll ever need, covering everything from classics to newly released titles, graphic novels to cult fiction. Each review is a...

This book is a contribution to the new field of literary studies which is informed by book history and takes interest in the intersection of the ideal and material aspects of literature. It studies the ways eighteenth-century English novels, plays and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498216500Author Eva Marta BaillieFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781579102869Author William T SheddFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 144g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998761268Author Marion HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Red Mango PublishingPublisher Red Mango PublishingWeight(grams) 86g

How studying material texts can help us better understand the diversity of the Americas, past and present A Hawai’ian quilt stitched with anti-imperial messages; a Jesuit report that captures the last words of a Wendat leader; an invitation to a ball,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307745248Author Orhan PamukFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 204g

Shining a spotlight on everyday readers of the 21st century, Beth Driscoll explores how contemporary readers of Anglophone fiction interact with the book industry, digital environments, and each other. We live in an era when book clubs, bibliomemoirs,...

Fifth Business and Alligator Pie. Stephen Leacock, Grey Owl, and Morley Callaghan: these treasured Canadian books and authors were all nurtured by the Macmillan Company of Canada, one of the country's foremost twentieth-century publishing houses. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632460875Author Steve AlmondFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing

Whether curled up on a sofa with a good mystery, lounging by the pool with a steamy romance, or brooding over a classic novel, Americans love to read. Despite the distractions of modern living, nothing quite satisfies many individuals more than a really...

The Myth of Print Culture is a critique of bibliographical and editorial method, focusing on the disparity between levels of material evidence (unique and singular) and levels of text (abstract and reproducible). It demonstrates how the particulars of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621384694Author Roy PeacheyFormat HardbackPage Count 134Imprint Angelico Press/Second SpringPublisher Angelico Press/Second SpringWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931839570Author Theodore RooseveltFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Ross & PerryPublisher Ross & PerryWeight(grams) 422g

The History of the Book in Canada is one of this country's great scholarly achievements, with three volumes spanning topics from Aboriginal communication systems established prior to European contact to the arrival of multinational publishing companies...

Reading 1759 investigates the literary culture of a remarkable year in British and French history, writing, and ideas. Familiar to many as the British "year of victories" during the Seven Years' War, 1759 was also an important year in the histories of...

When Canadian authors win prestigious literary prizes, from the Governor General's Literary Award to the Man Booker Prize, they are celebrated not only for their achievements, but also for contributing to this country's cultural capital. Discussions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497985513Author Grant OvertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 299g

Breaking new ground in the study of British literary culture during an important, transitional period, this new work by Mary Ann Gillies focuses on the professional literary agent whose emergence in Britain around 1880 coincided with, and accelerated,...

Part memoir, part courtroom drama, part primer for fighting assaults on free speech, Stifled Laughter, the revised edition, is the story of one woman's efforts to restore literary classics to the classrooms of rural north Florida. In 2021, 1,500 books...

Proust, Pastiche, and the Postmodern, or Why Style Matters argues against the traditional view that Marcel Proust wrote pastiches, that is, texts that imitate the style of another author, to master his literary predecessors while sharpening his writerly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498033800Author Brander MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 440g

Past into Print explores history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise in order to question how and why historical knowledge is created. Using primary documents and the history books of the period, Leslie Howsam combines two distinct...

In American Little Magazines of the Fin de Siecle, Kirsten MacLeod examines the rise of a new print media form - the little magazine - and its relationship to the transformation of American cultural life at the turn of the twentieth century. Though the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399528368Author Brian RichardsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582432458Author Geoffrey O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788192875231Author Tapati BharadwajFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Lies and Big FeetPublisher Lies and Big FeetWeight(grams) 64g

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An invaluable resource for students and teachers of children's literature, this book covers Newbery's work and achievements as a publisher and bookseller.Book InformationISBN 9780810829503Author John Rowe TownsendFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint...

The mass production and dissemination of printed materials were unparalleled in England during the 1640s and 50s. While theatrical performance traditionally defined literary culture, print steadily gained ground, becoming more prevalent and enabling the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649442697Author Amy NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Amy NewtonPublisher Amy NewtonWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498094580Author Seymour EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 478Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 635g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939987426Author Chris SchahferFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyPublisher Chicago Center for Literature...

First realized commercially in the late eighteenth century, stereotyping—the creation of solid printing plates cast from moveable type—fundamentally changed the way in which books were printed. Publishing Plates chronicles the technological and cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498290227Author University Kevin J HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972164405Author S. T. JoshiFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Hippocampus PressPublisher Hippocampus PressWeight(grams) 276g