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Poems (Paperback)
Charles Warren Stoddard
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The Notting Hill Mystery has been widely described as the first
detective novel. The story is told by the insurance investigator
Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron
R___, suspected of murdering his wife in order to claim her life
insurance. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue, including a
diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich
uncle's will and three murders.Presented in the form of diary
entries, family letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with
witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative
techniques that would not become common features of detective
fiction until the 1920s. This novel launched the British Library
Crime Classics series in 2012, and is now reissued with a striking
new cover design
Turkism and the Soviets (1957) uses Turkish, Russian and Western
sources to present a remarkable study of the Turkish world and its
importance in international relations. It thoroughly examines the
two factors which give this huge ethnic group its great importance
- the strategic position of their territories and secondly their
homogeneity and common objectives. Throughout this book the role of
the Turkish peoples is examined as an issue intimately connected
with the problem of the USSR and Communism. The southern border of
the Soviet Union divides the Turkish world into two halves and
partially cuts through the living area of the Turkish people. This
is the area which contains the most important Soviet oil fields.
The section of the book which deals with the splintering away of
the Turkic portions of the USSR is of vital importance.
For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City (1903)
is a novel by Charles Warren Stoddard. Published toward the end of
Stoddard’s career as a poet and travel writer whose friends
included Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce, For the Pleasure of His
Company: An Affair of the Misty City is a pioneering novel that
explores the ambitions of a young artist while illuminating the
struggles of gay men in a society that failed to accept them as
equals. At 25 years of age, Paul Clitheroe is “master of himself,
but slave to fortune.” A struggling writer, he lives a life of
ennui and excess, looking for love and success without being sure
of the shape of either. In the Misty City, he has begun making a
name for himself among local editors and readers, finally finding
publication for his work. Despite this modest success, he remains
unsatisfied, unsure of himself, and increasingly restless. Are his
mixed feelings merely a symptom of his poetic outlook, or something
else altogether? When the debonair Foxlair invites Paul to join him
on a voyage to the South Seas, a land of promise where gay men can
live without fear of reprisal, he wonders if there is a place for
him after all. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Charles Warren Stoddard’s For
the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City is a
classic work of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) was, during his life, an
acclaimed and prolific writer in multiple genres: poetry, travel
sketches, personal memoir, and conversion narrative. His most
popular works were dispatches primarily from the South Sea Islands
but also extended into Palestine, Egypt, and what would become
known as Hawai'i, most of which were published in the San Francisco
Chronicle and then collected into books. For the Pleasure of His
Company: An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told (1903) is
Stoddard's only novel. This new edition, as with other works in
Penn Press's series Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century,
returns and reframes an important queer literary text to print. Set
mostly in and around San Francisco in the late nineteenth century,
the novel features a protagonist, Paul Clitheroe, who is an
aspiring writer living among the Bohemian artistic circles of that
place and time-the same circles Stoddard himself inhabited. The
novel is both formally experimental and largely autobiographical.
Thus Paul comes into contact, as Stoddard did, with writers,
artists, actors, directors, priests, adventurers, and many others
as he attempts to begin his career. Bohemian artistic life and
erotic experimentation go hand in hand here: Paul has multiple
relationships with other men even as he writes a novel that
features similar liaisons. At the very end of the story, while on a
cruise in the Pacific, Paul impulsively leaves his ship and
disappears in a canoe with some young Hawaiian men. This parallels
Stoddard's life too: he spent many long periods of his life in
Hawai'i, where he found the local homoerotic customs to his liking.
This Q19 volume also includes three of Stoddard's Hawaiian travel
sketches, which chronicle his intimate personal relationship with a
Hawaiian youth he calls Kana-Ana. The volume contains a full
critical introduction as well as extensive annotations explaining
textual references of various kinds and identifying parallels with
Stoddard's own life.
For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City (1903)
is a novel by Charles Warren Stoddard. Published toward the end of
Stoddard's career as a poet and travel writer whose friends
included Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce, For the Pleasure of His
Company: An Affair of the Misty City is a pioneering novel that
explores the ambitions of a young artist while illuminating the
struggles of gay men in a society that failed to accept them as
equals. At 25 years of age, Paul Clitheroe is "master of himself,
but slave to fortune." A struggling writer, he lives a life of
ennui and excess, looking for love and success without being sure
of the shape of either. In the Misty City, he has begun making a
name for himself among local editors and readers, finally finding
publication for his work. Despite this modest success, he remains
unsatisfied, unsure of himself, and increasingly restless. Are his
mixed feelings merely a symptom of his poetic outlook, or something
else altogether? When the debonair Foxlair invites Paul to join him
on a voyage to the South Seas, a land of promise where gay men can
live without fear of reprisal, he wonders if there is a place for
him after all. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Charles Warren Stoddard's For
the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City is a
classic work of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this
volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors
that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to
consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future
expansion of other renewable technologies.
Bringing together contributions from leading researchers, this
volume reflects on the political, institutional and social factors
that have shaped the recent expansion of wind energy, and to
consider what lessons this experience may provide for the future
expansion of other renewable technologies.
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Human Documents - Eight Photographers (Hardcover)
Robert Gardner; Edited by Charles Warren; Photographs by Michael Rockefeller, Adelaide de Menil, Kevin Bubriski, …
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R1,278
R1,104
Discovery Miles 11 040
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In "Human Documents," Robert Gardner introduces the work of
photographers with whom he has worked over a period of nearly fifty
years under the auspices of the Film Study Center at Harvard. Their
images achieve the status of what Gardner calls "human documents":
visual evidence that testifies to our shared humanity. In images
and words, the book adds to the already significant literature on
photography and filmmaking as ways to gather both fact and insight
into the human condition. In nearly 100 images spanning geographies
and cultures including India, New Guinea, Ethiopia, and the United
States, Human Documents demonstrates the important role photography
can play in furthering our understanding of human nature and
connecting people through an almost universal visual language.
Author and cultural critic Eliot Weinberger contributes the
essay "Photography and Anthropology (A Contact Sheet)," in which he
provides a new and intriguing context for viewing and thinking
about the images presented here.
With photographs by Michael Rockefeller, Robert Gardner, Kevin
Bubriski, Adelaide de Menil, Christopher James, Jane Tuckerman,
Susan Meiselas, and Alex Webb.
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