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The Southern Hospitality Myth - Ethics, Politics, Race, and American Memory (Hardcover): Anthony Szczesiul The Southern Hospitality Myth - Ethics, Politics, Race, and American Memory (Hardcover)
Anthony Szczesiul
R1,948 Discovery Miles 19 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hospitality as a cultural trait has been associated with the South for well over two centuries, but the origins of this association and the reasons for its perseverance of ten seem unclear. Anthony Szczesiul looks at how and why we have taken something so particular as the social habit of hospitality which is exercised among diverse individuals and is widely varied in its particular practices and so generalized it as to make it a cultural trait of an entire region of the country. Historians have offered a variety of explanations of the origins and cultural practices of hospitality in the antebellum South. Economic historians have at times portrayed southern hospitality as evidence of conspicuous consumption and competition among wealthy planters, while cultural historians have treated it peripherally as a symptomatic expression of the southern code of honor. Although historians have offered different theories, they generally agree that the mythic dimensions of southern hospitality eventually outstripped its actual practices. Szczesiul examines why we have chosen to remember and valorize this particular aspect of the South, and he raises fundamental ethical questions that underlie both the concept of hospitality and the cultural work of American memory, particularly in light of the region's historical legacy of slavery and segregation.

Collected Verse 2001-2021 (Hardcover): Alan MacGillivray Collected Verse 2001-2021 (Hardcover)
Alan MacGillivray; Illustrated by Isobel Macgillivray
R1,033 Discovery Miles 10 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sapphic Crossings - Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (Hardcover): Ula Lukszo Klein Sapphic Crossings - Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (Hardcover)
Ula Lukszo Klein
R2,841 Discovery Miles 28 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Across the eighteenth century in Britain, readers, writers, and theater-goers were fascinated by women who dressed in men's clothing from actresses on stage who showed their shapely legs to advantage in men's breeches to stories of valiant female soldiers and ruthless female pirates. Spanning genres from plays, novels, and poetry to pamphlets and broadsides, the cross-dressing woman came to signal more than female independence or unconventional behaviors; she also came to signal an investment in female same-sex intimacies and sapphic desires. Sapphic Crossings reveals how various British texts from the period associate female cross-dressing with the exciting possibility of intimate, embodied same-sex relationships. Ula Lukszo Klein reconsiders the role of lesbian desires and their structuring through cross-gender embodiments as crucial not only to the history of sexuality but to the rise of modern concepts of gender, sexuality, and desire. She prompts readers to rethink the roots of lesbianism and transgender identities today and introduces new ways of thinking about embodied sexuality in the past.

Scholarly Publication Trajectories of Early-career Scholars - Insider Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Pejman Habibie,... Scholarly Publication Trajectories of Early-career Scholars - Insider Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Pejman Habibie, Sally Burgess
R2,898 Discovery Miles 28 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited book addresses the complex topic of writing for scholarly publication by early-career scholars. Drawing on self-study and auto-ethnographic perspectives, a group of international early-career researchers share their personal histories, narratives and first-hand accounts of their scholarly publication practices. The book helps paint a richer and more nuanced picture of the experiences, success stories, failures, and challenges that frame and shape academic trajectories of both Anglophone and English as an additional language (EAL) scholars in writing for publication. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of Applied Linguistics, English for academic purposes (EAP), and second language writing, but it will also be of use to other early-career scholars embarking on their first attempts at writing for publication.

Revelations of an Ugly Old Hag (Hardcover): Dolly Delanty Revelations of an Ugly Old Hag (Hardcover)
Dolly Delanty
R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Figuratively Speaking - Thesaurus of Expressions & Phrases (Hardcover): J. Ajlouny Figuratively Speaking - Thesaurus of Expressions & Phrases (Hardcover)
J. Ajlouny
R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
NOVEL ASSISTANT - PRE-PLAN YOUR NOVEL (Hardcover): A.J. Mathews NOVEL ASSISTANT - PRE-PLAN YOUR NOVEL (Hardcover)
A.J. Mathews
R658 R596 Discovery Miles 5 960 Save R62 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church (Hardcover): Roberto Spataro In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church (Hardcover)
Roberto Spataro; Foreword by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke; Introduction by Patrick M. Owens
R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Authorial Ethics - How Writers Abuse Their Calling (Paperback): Robert Hauptman Authorial Ethics - How Writers Abuse Their Calling (Paperback)
Robert Hauptman
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on journalism, history, literature, art, psychology, and science, among others. Robert Hauptman offers generalizations and theoretical remarks exemplified by specific cases. Two major abrogations are inadvertent error and purposeful misconduct, which is subdivided into falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism. All of these problems appear in most disciplines, although their negative impact is felt most potently in biomedical research and publication. Professor Mary Lefkowitz, the classicist, provides an incisive foreword.

The Argonaut; v. 85 (July-Dec. 1919) (Hardcover): Anonymous The Argonaut; v. 85 (July-Dec. 1919) (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Serial and Oral Method of Teaching Languages (Hardcover): Louis Manesca The Serial and Oral Method of Teaching Languages (Hardcover)
Louis Manesca
R2,319 Discovery Miles 23 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Letters on the Study and use of History. By the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, ... of 2; Volume 2 (Hardcover): Henry... Letters on the Study and use of History. By the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, ... of 2; Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Henry St.John Bolingbroke
R899 Discovery Miles 8 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Understanding and Interpreting Data on the Learning of English Tenses and Verb Forms - A Research-Based Resource Book for the... Understanding and Interpreting Data on the Learning of English Tenses and Verb Forms - A Research-Based Resource Book for the Teaching of English as a Second Language (Hardcover)
Jason Miin-Hwa Lim
R1,099 Discovery Miles 10 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Conversations with Donald Hall (Hardcover): John Martin-Joy, Allan Cooper, Richard Rohfritch Conversations with Donald Hall (Hardcover)
John Martin-Joy, Allan Cooper, Richard Rohfritch
R3,179 Discovery Miles 31 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Conversations with Donald Hall offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of a major American poet, writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher. The volume probes in depth Hall's evolving views on poetry, poets, and the creative process over a period of more than sixty years. Donald Hall (1928-2018) reveals vivid, funny, and moving anecdotes about T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and the sculptor Henry Moore; he talks about his excitement on his return to New Hampshire and the joys of his marriage with Jane Kenyon; and he candidly discusses his loss and grief when Kenyon died in 1995 at the age of forty-seven. The thirteen interviews range from a detailed exploration of the composition of ""Ox Cart Man"" to the poems that make up Without, an almost unbearable poetry of grief that was written following Jane Kenyon's death. The book also follows Hall into old age, when he turned to essay writing and the reflections on aging that make up Essays after Eighty. This moving and insightful collection of interviews is crucial for anyone interested in poetry and the creative process, the techniques and achievements of modern American poetry, and the elusive psychology of creativity and loss.

The Slang Dictionary (Hardcover): Ohne Autor The Slang Dictionary (Hardcover)
Ohne Autor
R1,855 Discovery Miles 18 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Side by Side - US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture (Hardcover): Marilisa Jimenez... Side by Side - US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
Marilisa Jimenez Garcia; Foreword by Sonia Nieto
R3,191 Discovery Miles 31 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the early colonial encounter, children's books were among the first kinds of literature produced by US writers introducing the new colony, its people, and the US's role as a twentieth-century colonial power to the public. Subsequently, youth literature and media were important tools of Puerto Rican cultural and educational elite institutions and Puerto Rican revolutionary thought as a means of negotiating US assimilation and upholding a strong Latin American, Caribbean national stance. In Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture, author Marilisa Jimenez Garcia focuses on the contributions of the Puerto Rican community to American youth, approaching Latinx literature as a transnational space that provides a critical lens for examining the lingering consequences of US and Spanish colonialism for US communities of color. Through analysis of such texts typically outside traditional Latinx or literary studies as young adult literature, textbooks, television programming, comics, music, curriculum, and youth movements, Side by Side represents the only comprehensive study of the contributions of Puerto Ricans to American youth literature and culture, as well as the only comprehensive study into the role of youth literature and culture in Puerto Rican literature and thought. Considering recent debates over diversity in children's and young adult literature and media and the strained relationship between Puerto Rico and the US, Jimenez Garcia's timely work encourages us to question who constitutes the expert and to resist the homogenization of Latinxs, as well as other marginalized communities, that has led to the erasure of writers, scholars, and artists.

Keys to Reading (Hardcover): Brian Elder Keys to Reading (Hardcover)
Brian Elder
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Extraordinary Indians (Hardcover): Khushwant Singh Extraordinary Indians (Hardcover)
Khushwant Singh
R832 Discovery Miles 8 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 2, No. 48 (December 24, 1920)]; 2, no 48 (Hardcover): American Legion National Headquarters The American Legion Weekly [Volume 2, No. 48 (December 24, 1920)]; 2, no 48 (Hardcover)
American Legion National Headquarters
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Complete King Lear - An Annotated Edition Of The Shakespeare Play (Hardcover): Donald J. Richardson The Complete King Lear - An Annotated Edition Of The Shakespeare Play (Hardcover)
Donald J. Richardson
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Of the five major Shakespearean tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and Othello-King Lear is perhaps the most challenging. Issues of rulership, family and blood, are overlaid with bastardy, loyalty, lust, and deceit. Add to this the apparently gratuitous on-stage blinding of Gloucester, the deaths of Cordelia, Lear, Gloucester, and Kent, and one might be inclined to agree with Samuel Johnson that "The good suffer more than the evil, that love and suffering, in this play, are almost interchangeable terms and the driving force of the action is derived from the power of the evil to inflict mental agony upon the good" (quoted in Kermode, 505). However, one would be mistaken to accept wholeheartedly the happy endings of the eighteenth and nineteenth century revisionists. While the pleasant ending would certainly ease the sensibilities of the audience, it would omit the Aristotlean concepts of hamartia and the purgation of fear and pity attendant upon actually witnessing Shakespeare's King Lear, the necessary catharsis, a possible scapegoat for our own emotions. Of course, the ending is to some extent unpleasant and even shocking; however, one can argue that the ending is organic to the play; the ending IS, to a great extent, the play.

Creative Writing For Dummies (Paperback, UK Edition): M Hamand Creative Writing For Dummies (Paperback, UK Edition)
M Hamand 1
R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Do you have an idea that you're burning to get down on paper? Do you want to document your travels to far-flung places, or write a few stanzas of poetry? Whether you dream of being a novelist, a travel writer, a poet, a playwright or a columnist, "Creative Writing For Dummies" shows you how to unlock your creativity and choose the genre of writing that suits you best. Walking you through characterisation, setting, dialogue and plot, as well as giving expert insights into both fiction and non-fiction, it's the ideal launching pad to the world of creative writing.

"Creative Writing For Dummies" covers:

Part I: Getting started Chapter 1: Can Everyone Write? Chapter 2: Getting into the Write Mind Chapter 3: Finding the Material to work with

Part II: The Elements of Creative Writing Chapter 4: Creating Characters Chapter 5: Discovering Dialogue Chapter 6: Who is telling the story? Chapter 7: Creating your own world Chapter 8: Plotting your way Chapter 9: Creating a Structure Chapter 10: Rewriting and editing

Part III: Different Kinds of Fiction Writing Chapter 11: Short stories Chapter 12: Novels Chapter 13: Writing for children Chapter 14: Plays Chapter 15: Screenplays Chapter 16: Poetry

Part IV: Different kinds of Non-fiction writing Chapter 17: Breaking into journalism - Writing articles/ magazine writing Chapter 18: Writing from life and autobiography Chapter 19: Embroidering the facts: Narrative non-fiction Chapter 20: Exploring the world from your armchair - Travel writing Chapter 21: Blogging - the new big thing

Part V: Finding an audience Chapter 22: Finding editors/ publishers/ agents Chapter 23: Becoming a professional

Part VI: Part of Tens Chapter 24: Ten top tips for writers Chapter 25: Ten ways to get noticed

The Dialect of the West of England (Hardcover): James Jennings The Dialect of the West of England (Hardcover)
James Jennings
R1,617 Discovery Miles 16 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Life in Ladies' Knickers - An outrageously funny comedy confession and romp around the self-publishing business... My Life in Ladies' Knickers - An outrageously funny comedy confession and romp around the self-publishing business (Hardcover)
Oscar Sparrow
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Practical Guide to Writing a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Grant (Paperback): Andrew D. Hollenbach A Practical Guide to Writing a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Grant (Paperback)
Andrew D. Hollenbach
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A Practical Guide to Writing a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Grant provides F-Series grant applicants and mentors with insider knowledge on the process by which these grants are reviewed, the biases that contribute to the reviews, the extent of information required in an NRSA training grant, a deeper understanding of the exact purpose of each section of the application, and key suggestions and recommendations on how to best construct each and every section of the application.

A Practical Guide to Writing a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Grant is a solid resource for trainees and their mentors to use as a guide when constructing F30, F31, and F32 grant applications.
Covers F30, F31, and F32 grant applicationsDetailed overview of the review process Key suggestions on how to best construct each section of the applicationIncludes a checklist of required items "

Conversations with Jim Harrison, Revised and Updated (Hardcover): Robert Demott Conversations with Jim Harrison, Revised and Updated (Hardcover)
Robert Demott
R3,214 Discovery Miles 32 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Conversations with Jim Harrison, Revised and Updated offers a judicious selection of interviews spanning the writing career of Jim Harrison (1937-2016) from its beginnings in the 1960s to the last interview he gave weeks before his death in March 2016. Harrison labeled himself and lived as a ""quadra schizoid"" writer. He worked in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and screenwriting, and he published more than forty books that attracted an international following. These interviews supply a lively narrative of his progress as a major contemporary American author. This collection showcases Harrison's pet peeves, his candor and humility, his sense of humor, and his patience. He does not shy from his authorial obsessions, especially his efforts to hone the novella, for which he is considered a contemporary master, or the frequency with which he defied polite narrative conventions and created memorable, resolute female characters. Each conversation attests to the depth and range of Harrison's considerable intellectual and political preoccupations, his fierce social and ecological conscience, his aesthetic beliefs, and his stylistic orientations in poetry and prose.

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