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Road Train (DVD): Xavier Samuel, Sophie Lowe, Bob Morley, Georgina Haig Road Train (DVD)
Xavier Samuel, Sophie Lowe, Bob Morley, Georgina Haig; Contributions by Clive Hopkins, …
R55 Discovery Miles 550 Ships in 10 - 20 working days

Australian supernatural suspense thriller/horror. Four teenagers find themselves on a ride to hell when they are tormented by a train without a driver in the wilds of the Australian outback.

Otter Oughta Know: Karyn Friedman-Everham Otter Oughta Know
Karyn Friedman-Everham; Illustrated by Michael Robertson
R491 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R101 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ethics and Mental Health - The Patient, Profession and Community (Paperback): Michael Robertson, Garry Walter Ethics and Mental Health - The Patient, Profession and Community (Paperback)
Michael Robertson, Garry Walter
R1,628 Discovery Miles 16 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The field of ethics is expanding and has assumed new significance as a compulsory part of study for psychiatrists and all mental health professionals. Ethics and Mental Health: The Patient, Profession and Community presents a new approach to these ethical dilemmas that have become an increasing part of modern practice. The book begins by exploring current normative theories of psychiatric ethics. It describes how empirical methods can make codes of conduct more representative of professional values. Considering their previous work, concepts of justice, and the moderate communitarian position, the authors outline their methodology, which argues that mental health professionals exist within a perpetual state of tension, caused by conflicts between the Hippocratic Oath, personal values, notions of social justice, and the potentially harmful influences of their social role. Applying their theory to the area of involuntary psychiatric treatment, the authors address the context of psychiatric practice and the moral agency of psychiatrists. They outline the different influences on the craft of psychiatry to better illustrate the diverse forces that impact moral deliberation and the practice of ethics in mental health. In doing so, they cover areas as diverse as cultural, economic, scientific, and political domains. The final section of the book applies the methodology to contemporary problems in mental health ethics, formulating how mental health clinicians can approach these quandaries. The book brings a new perspective to classic dilemmas from the past, to contemporary challenges, and in anticipation, to new concerns that will inevitably arise in a dynamic and complex professional context.

Consort Suites and Dance Music by Town Musicians in German-Speaking Europe, 1648-1700 (Paperback): Michael Robertson Consort Suites and Dance Music by Town Musicians in German-Speaking Europe, 1648-1700 (Paperback)
Michael Robertson
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This companion volume to The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe surveys an area of music neglected by modern scholars: the consort suites and dance music by musicians working in the seventeenth-century German towns. Conditions of work in the German towns are examined in detail, as are the problems posed by the many untrained travelling players who were often little more than beggars. The central part of the book explores the organisation, content and assembly of town suites into carefully ordered printed collections, which refutes the concept of the so-called 'classical' suite. The differences between court and town suites are dealt with alongside the often-ignored variation suite from the later decades of the seventeenth century and the separate suite-writing traditions of Leipzig and Hamburg. While the seventeenth-century keyboard suite has received a good deal of attention from modern scholars, its often symbiotic relationship with the consort suite has been ignored. This book aims to redress the balance and to deal with one very important but often ignored aspect of seventeenth-century notation: the use of blackened notes, which are rarely notated in a meaningful way in modern editions, with important implications for performance.

My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World (Hardcover): Malcolm Mitchell My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World (Hardcover)
Malcolm Mitchell; Illustrated by Michael Robertson
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R516 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R79 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell comes an exciting new story that shows even reluctant readers that there is a book out there for everyone! Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. When he's supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. But one day, he gets the scariest homework assignment in the world: find your favorite book to share with the class tomorrow. What's a kid to do? How can Henley find a story that speaks to everything inside of him? Malcolm Mitchell, bestselling author of The Magician's Hat, pulls from his own literary triumph to deliver another hilarous and empowering picture book for readers of all abilities. Through his advocacy and his books, Malcolm imparts the important message that every story has the potential to become a favorite.

The Ethics Project in Legal Education (Paperback): Michael Robertson, Lillian Corbin, Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett The Ethics Project in Legal Education (Paperback)
Michael Robertson, Lillian Corbin, Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett
R1,293 Discovery Miles 12 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The contributions in this volume suggest that "the ethics project in legal education" is increasingly an international one. Even though the strength of commitment by both the profession and the legal academy to "ethics learning" within law schools varies, two fundamental questions confront all who work in this area. First, what is it that we want our students to learn (or, perhaps, in what manner do we want our students to develop) from the teaching of "legal ethics"? Second, how can we create a learning environment that will encourage the nature and quality of learning we think is important? All the contributors to this volume take a strong stand on the importance of ethical legal practice and the role of law schools in developing students' capacities in this area. They share a belief in the essential need to encourage law students to engage with the moral dimensions of legal practice. The questions that these scholars grapple with are therefore not of the "should we be teaching this?" variety, but "how might we best to go about doing this, so that our efforts within law schools really make some difference?" Each of the chapters in this volume adds uniquely to our understanding of these matters.

My Very Favourite Book in the Whole Wide World (Paperback): Malcolm Mitchell My Very Favourite Book in the Whole Wide World (Paperback)
Malcolm Mitchell; Illustrated by Michael Robertson
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R163 Discovery Miles 1 630 View more sellers Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What's your favourite story? Join Henley in his search for his in this wonderfully fun picture book! From Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell comes an exciting new story that shows even reluctant readers that there is a book out there for everyone! Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. When he's supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. But one day, he gets the scariest homework assignment in the world: find your favourite book to share with the class tomorrow. How can Henley find a story that speaks to everything inside of him? Malcolm Mitchell, bestselling author of The Magician's Hat and Super Bowl champion, pulls from his own literary triumph to deliver a fun and empowering picture book for readers of all abilities. Through his advocacy and his books, Malcolm imparts the important message that every story has the potential to become a favourite. With a lovely message about reading at its core, this is the perfect book for children having trouble approaching reading. Review Praise for The Magician's Hat: "Mitchell proves to have a touch of magic as an author as well as on the field." -- Kirkus Reviews "Malcolm Mitchell's mission is to inspire readers. The Magician's Hat will cast its spell on you!" -- Jeff Kinney, bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series "Malcolm Mitchell is changing the world through the power of reading." -- Dav Pilkey, bestselling creator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series Praise for The Magician's Hat: "Mitchell proves to have a touch of magic as an author as well as on the field." -- Kirkus Reviews "Malcolm Mitchell's mission is to inspire readers. The Magician's Hat will cast its spell on you!" -- Jeff Kinney, bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series "Malcolm Mitchell is changing the world through the power of reading." -- Dav Pilkey, bestselling creator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series About the Author Malcolm Mitchell is a US football hero who helped the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI. He's also the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which works to improve literacy in schools. Malcolm's Share the Magic Foundation promotes the benefits of reading to kids in underserved communities. As the New England Patriots Summer Reading Ambassador, he encourages summer reading. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. About the Illustrator Born and raised in northern Ohio, Michael Robertson graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in painting. He spent 10 years as a toy designer and character developer, before trying his hand at illustration. His work has appeared on many children's products, greeting cards, books, toys, and magazines, and has received multiple recognitions from the Society of Illustrators.

Reaffirming Legal Ethics - Taking Stock and New Ideas (Paperback): Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett, Lillian Corbin, Michael... Reaffirming Legal Ethics - Taking Stock and New Ideas (Paperback)
Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett, Lillian Corbin, Michael Robertson, Reid Mortensen
R693 Discovery Miles 6 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It has been over thirty years since the founding crises that birthed legal ethics as both a field of study and a discrete field of law. In that time thinking about the ethical dimension of legal practice has taken several turns: from justifications of zealous advocacy, to questions of process and connections to specifically legal values, to more recently consideration of legal conduct as part of a wider field of virtue. Parallel to this dynamism of thought, there has also been significant changes in how legal professions, especially within those that possess a common law heritage, have been regulated and the values and conceptions of legitimate conduct that has informed this regulation. This volume represents an opportunity for a comprehensive review of legal ethics as an international movement. Contributors include many of the key participants to the legal ethics field from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, including David Luban and Deborah Rhode, as well as many of the recognised emerging thinkers. The theme of the book is taking stock of the last thirty years of legal ethics practice and scholarship and also a forum for new ideas and new thinking regarding the conduct of lawyers and the moral and social responsibility of the legal profession. The contributions also consider the topic of dynamism. Over the last decade significant developments in both the expectations of professional conduct and the regulation of the profession has been experienced in all jurisdictions, which has seen traditional, and once sacred, conceptions of lawyering challenged and re-evaluated. The contributors also look at the theme of affirmation. Within an increasingly complex environment of change and dynamism, this volume reaffirms that there is value within the field of legal ethics. That is the project of reflecting on the unique ethical and conduct requirements of lawyering can not be submerged into a broader field of applied philosophy, management or regulatory studies. While this volume does not deny the opportunities that exist for interdisciplinary engagement with philosophy, social science or politics, it affirms legal ethics as a legitimate and highly relevant field of inquiry.

The Ethics Project in Legal Education (Hardcover): Michael Robertson, Lillian Corbin, Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett The Ethics Project in Legal Education (Hardcover)
Michael Robertson, Lillian Corbin, Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett
R4,446 Discovery Miles 44 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The contributions in this volume suggest that "the ethics project in legal education" is increasingly an international one. Even though the strength of commitment by both the profession and the legal academy to "ethics learning" within law schools varies, two fundamental questions confront all who work in this area. First, what is it that we want our students to learn (or, perhaps, in what manner do we want our students to develop) from the teaching of "legal ethics"? Second, how can we create a learning environment that will encourage the nature and quality of learning we think is important? All the contributors to this volume take a strong stand on the importance of ethical legal practice and the role of law schools in developing students' capacities in this area. They share a belief in the essential need to encourage law students to engage with the moral dimensions of legal practice. The questions that these scholars grapple with are therefore not of the "should we be teaching this?" variety, but "how might we best to go about doing this, so that our efforts within law schools really make some difference?" Each of the chapters in this volume adds uniquely to our understanding of these matters.

Reaffirming Legal Ethics - Taking Stock and New Ideas (Hardcover, New): Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett, Lillian Corbin,... Reaffirming Legal Ethics - Taking Stock and New Ideas (Hardcover, New)
Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett, Lillian Corbin, Michael Robertson, Reid Mortensen
R1,304 Discovery Miles 13 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It has been over thirty years since the founding crises that birthed legal ethics as both a field of study and a discrete field of law. In that time thinking about the ethical dimension of legal practice has taken several turns: from justifications of zealous advocacy, to questions of process and connections to specifically legal values, to more recently consideration of legal conduct as part of a wider field of virtue. Parallel to this dynamism of thought, there has also been significant changes in how legal professions, especially within those that possess a common law heritage, have been regulated and the values and conceptions of legitimate conduct that has informed this regulation.

This volume represents an opportunity for a comprehensive review of legal ethics as an international movement. Contributors include many of the key participants to the legal ethics field from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, including David Luban and Deborah Rhode, as well as many of the recognised emerging thinkers.

The theme of the book is taking stock of the last thirty years of legal ethics practice and scholarship and also a forum for new ideas and new thinking regarding the conduct of lawyers and the moral and social responsibility of the legal profession. The contributions also consider the topic of dynamism. Over the last decade significant developments in both the expectations of professional conduct and the regulation of the profession has been experienced in all jurisdictions, which has seen traditional, and once sacred, conceptions of lawyering challenged and re-evaluated. The contributors also look at the theme of affirmation. Within an increasingly complex environment of change and dynamism, this volume reaffirms that there is value within the field of legal ethics. That is the project of reflecting on the unique ethical and conduct requirements of lawyering can not be submerged into a broader field of applied philosophy, management or regulatory studies. While this volume does not deny the opportunities that exist for interdisciplinary engagement with philosophy, social science or politics, it affirms legal ethics as a legitimate and highly relevant field of inquiry.

The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe, 1650-1706 (Paperback): Michael Robertson The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe, 1650-1706 (Paperback)
Michael Robertson
R1,711 Discovery Miles 17 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dance music at the courts of seventeenth-century Germany is a genre that is still largely unknown. Dr Michael Robertson sets out to redress the balance and study the ensemble dance suites that were played at the German courts between the end of the Thirty Years War and the early years of the eighteenth century. At many German courts during this time, it was fashionable to emulate everything that was French. As part of this process, German musicians visited Paris throughout the second half of the seventeenth century, and brought French courtly music back with them on their return. For the last two decades of the century, this meant the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully, and his music and its influence spread rapidly through the courts of Europe. Extracts from Lully's dramatic stage works were circulated in both published editions and manuscript. These extracts are considered in some detail, especially in terms of their relationship to the suite. The nobility also played their part in this process: French musicians and German players with specialist knowledge were often hired to coach their German colleagues in the art of playing in the French manner, the franzAsischer Art. The book examines the dissemination of dance music, instrumentation and performance practice, and the differences between the French and Italian styles. It also studies the courtly suites before the advent of Lullism and the differences between the suites of court composers and town musicians. With the possible exception of Georg Muffat's two Florilegium collections of suites, much of the dance music of the German Lullists is largely unknown; court composers such as Cousser, Erlebach, Johann Fischer and Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer all wrote fine collections of ensemble suites, and these are examined in detail. Examples from these suites, some published for the first time, are given throughout the book in order to demonstrate the music's quality and show that its neglect is completely unjustified.

Dino Pajama Party - A Bedtime Book (Hardcover): Laurie Wallmark Dino Pajama Party - A Bedtime Book (Hardcover)
Laurie Wallmark; Illustrated by Michael Robertson
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R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Join the dinos for a bash before bedtime! Much like us, dinosaurs love to have fun. Dinosaurs from all around gather together to play instruments, dance, and sing before bedtime. But soon the dinosaurs grow tired and need their rest. This is a book that's sure to have kids following the dinos' lead as they get ready to go to sleep.

Monster Trouble! (Hardcover): Lane Fredrickson Monster Trouble! (Hardcover)
Lane Fredrickson; Illustrated by Michael Robertson
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R414 R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Save R74 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Nothing frightens Winifred Schnitzel - but she does need her sleep, and the neighbourhood monsters won't let her be! Every night they sneak in, growling and belching and making a ruckus. Winifred constructs clever traps, but nothing stops these crafty creatures. What's a girl to do? (Hint: Monsters hate kisses!) The delightfully sweet ending will have every kid - and little monster - begging for an encore.

Stanley Fish on Philosophy, Politics and Law - How Fish Works (Paperback): Michael Robertson Stanley Fish on Philosophy, Politics and Law - How Fish Works (Paperback)
Michael Robertson
R1,161 Discovery Miles 11 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fish's writings on philosophy, politics and law comprise numerous books and articles produced over many decades. This book connects those dots in order to reveal the overall structure of his argument and to demonstrate how his work in politics and law flows logically from his philosophical stands on the nature of the self, epistemology and the role of theory. Michael Robertson considers Fish's political critiques of liberalism, critical theory, postmodernism and pragmatism before turning to his observations on political substance and political practice. The detailed analysis of Fish's jurisprudence explores his relationships to legal positivism, legal formalism, legal realism and critical legal studies, as well as his debate with Ronald Dworkin. Gaps and inconsistencies in Fish's arguments are fully explored, and the author provides a description of Fish's own positive account of law and deals with the charge that Fish is an indeterminacy theorist who undermines the rule of law.

Go to Bed, Blue (Paperback): Bonnie Bader Go to Bed, Blue (Paperback)
Bonnie Bader; Illustrated by Michael Robertson
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R160 R132 Discovery Miles 1 320 Save R28 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Did you know that even aliens have a hard time going to bed?
Blue, an alien from outer space, may make a great friend, but he's not very good at going to bed. It takes patience and some bedtime tricks to get this alien to settle down Written in the style of Dick and Jane, this 32-page, Level 1 reader is simple, fun, and rich with picture clues.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy 2E                                        A Clinician's Guide - A Clinician's Guide... Interpersonal Psychotherapy 2E A Clinician's Guide - A Clinician's Guide (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Scott Stuart, Michael Robertson
R1,629 Discovery Miles 16 290 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This ground-breaking text has firmly established itself as a touchstone for all therapists using interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). Thoroughly updated and revised with a wealth of new material and evidence, this book continues to be comprehensive manual for experienced therapists and those undergoing specific IPT training. Key features and benefits: * A wealth of clinically based descriptions and vignettes help bring the theory to life * Numerous case studies highlight the key issues in IPT * There are extensive reproducible diagrams and flowcharts for use by therapists and patients alike * Comprehensive coverage of key theoretical issues and an up to date critical appraisal of IPT research New for the second edition * More information on the theory of IPT integrating current empirical literatures related to attachment, social theory, communication theory and social cognition * A new chapter on common problems encountered * New material on training and dissemination of IPT * How to integrate techniques from other approaches and models * More information on depression and how to manage joint sessions With its clear concise text and numerous clinical cases, examples and vignettes, Interpersonal Psychotherapy: a clinician's guide is the international standard for the clinical trainee seeking an introduction to IPT as well as for instructors of psychiatry residents, psychology interns and graduate students, as well as social work students. It is an accessible reference for students of nursing, primary care practitioners and other mental health providers.

Consort Suites and Dance Music by Town Musicians in German-Speaking Europe, 1648-1700 (Hardcover, New Ed): Michael Robertson Consort Suites and Dance Music by Town Musicians in German-Speaking Europe, 1648-1700 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Michael Robertson
R4,438 Discovery Miles 44 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This companion volume to The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe surveys an area of music neglected by modern scholars: the consort suites and dance music by musicians working in the seventeenth-century German towns. Conditions of work in the German towns are examined in detail, as are the problems posed by the many untrained travelling players who were often little more than beggars. The central part of the book explores the organisation, content and assembly of town suites into carefully ordered printed collections, which refutes the concept of the so-called 'classical' suite. The differences between court and town suites are dealt with alongside the often-ignored variation suite from the later decades of the seventeenth century and the separate suite-writing traditions of Leipzig and Hamburg. While the seventeenth-century keyboard suite has received a good deal of attention from modern scholars, its often symbiotic relationship with the consort suite has been ignored. This book aims to redress the balance and to deal with one very important but often ignored aspect of seventeenth-century notation: the use of blackened notes, which are rarely notated in a meaningful way in modern editions, with important implications for performance.

The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe, 1650-1706 (Hardcover, New Ed): Michael Robertson The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe, 1650-1706 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Michael Robertson
R4,602 Discovery Miles 46 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dance music at the courts of seventeenth-century Germany is a genre that is still largely unknown. Dr Michael Robertson sets out to redress the balance and study the ensemble dance suites that were played at the German courts between the end of the Thirty Years War and the early years of the eighteenth century. At many German courts during this time, it was fashionable to emulate everything that was French. As part of this process, German musicians visited Paris throughout the second half of the seventeenth century, and brought French courtly music back with them on their return. For the last two decades of the century, this meant the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully, and his music and its influence spread rapidly through the courts of Europe. Extracts from Lully's dramatic stage works were circulated in both published editions and manuscript. These extracts are considered in some detail, especially in terms of their relationship to the suite. The nobility also played their part in this process: French musicians and German players with specialist knowledge were often hired to coach their German colleagues in the art of playing in the French manner, the franzAsischer Art. The book examines the dissemination of dance music, instrumentation and performance practice, and the differences between the French and Italian styles. It also studies the courtly suites before the advent of Lullism and the differences between the suites of court composers and town musicians. With the possible exception of Georg Muffat's two Florilegium collections of suites, much of the dance music of the German Lullists is largely unknown; court composers such as Cousser, Erlebach, Johann Fischer and Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer all wrote fine collections of ensemble suites, and these are examined in detail. Examples from these suites, some published for the first time, are given throughout the book in order to demonstrate the music's quality and show that its neglect is completely unjustified.

Stanley Fish on Philosophy, Politics and Law - How Fish Works (Hardcover): Michael Robertson Stanley Fish on Philosophy, Politics and Law - How Fish Works (Hardcover)
Michael Robertson
R3,259 Discovery Miles 32 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fish's writings on philosophy, politics and law comprise numerous books and articles produced over many decades. This book connects those dots in order to reveal the overall structure of his argument and to demonstrate how his work in politics and law flows logically from his philosophical stands on the nature of the self, epistemology and the role of theory. Michael Robertson considers Fish's political critiques of liberalism, critical theory, postmodernism and pragmatism before turning to his observations on political substance and political practice. The detailed analysis of Fish's jurisprudence explores his relationships to legal positivism, legal formalism, legal realism and critical legal studies, as well as his debate with Ronald Dworkin. Gaps and inconsistencies in Fish's arguments are fully explored, and the author provides a description of Fish's own positive account of law and deals with the charge that Fish is an indeterminacy theorist who undermines the rule of law.

American Religious Liberalism (Paperback): Leigh E. Schmidt, Sally M. Promey American Religious Liberalism (Paperback)
Leigh E. Schmidt, Sally M. Promey; Contributions by Michael Robertson, Carrie Tirado Bramen, Christopher White, …
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Religious liberalism in America has often been equated with an ecumenical Protestant establishment. By contrast, American Religious Liberalism draws attention to the broad diversity of liberal cultures that shapes America s religious movements. The essays gathered here push beyond familiar tropes and boundaries to interrogate religious liberalism s dense cultural leanings by looking at spirituality in the arts, the politics and piety of religious cosmopolitanism, and the interaction between liberal religion and liberal secularism. Readers will find a kaleidoscopic view of many of the progressive strands of America s religious past and present in this richly provocative volume."

The Last Utopians - Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy (Paperback): Michael Robertson The Last Utopians - Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy (Paperback)
Michael Robertson
R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The entertaining story of four utopian writers-Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman-and their continuing influence today In this lively literary history, Michael Robertson introduces readers to a vital strain of utopianism that seized the imaginations of four American and British writers during an extraordinary period of literary and social experiment. The publication of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward in 1888 opened the floodgates to an unprecedented wave of utopian writing. William Morris, the Arts and Crafts pioneer, was a committed socialist whose News from Nowhere envisions a workers' Arcadia. Edward Carpenter boldly argued that homosexuals constitute a utopian vanguard. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a women's rights activist and the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," wrote numerous utopian fictions, including Herland, a visionary tale of an all-female society. These writers believed in radical gender and class equality, envisioning new forms of familial and romantic relationships, and were committed to living a simple life rooted in a restored natural world. And their legacy remains with us today, from Occupy Wall Street to the Radical Faeries.

Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature (Paperback): Michael Robertson Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature (Paperback)
Michael Robertson
R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first critical study of Stephen Crane's nonfiction work -- his urban reportage, travel writing, and war correspondence. Going beyond biography and literary criticism to trace a literary revolution that is a resonating strain in the genealogy of modern American literature, Robertson reveals the broad climate of change that had begun to blur the line between nonfiction writing and fiction in Crane's era. He also explores the life of two writers directly influenced by Crane: Ernest Hemingway and Theodore Dreiser.

Voyaging with Kids - A Guide to Family Life Afloat (Paperback): Behan Gifford, Sara Dawn Johnson, Michael Robertson Voyaging with Kids - A Guide to Family Life Afloat (Paperback)
Behan Gifford, Sara Dawn Johnson, Michael Robertson
R1,069 R892 Discovery Miles 8 920 Save R177 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Last Utopians - Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy (Hardcover): Michael Robertson The Last Utopians - Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy (Hardcover)
Michael Robertson
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The entertaining story of four utopian writers-Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman-and their continuing influence today For readers reared on the dystopian visions of Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Handmaid's Tale, the idea of a perfect society may sound more sinister than enticing. In this lively literary history of a time before "Orwellian" entered the cultural lexicon, Michael Robertson reintroduces us to a vital strain of utopianism that seized the imaginations of late nineteenth-century American and British writers. The Last Utopians delves into the biographies of four key figures--Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman-who lived during an extraordinary period of literary and social experimentation. The publication of Bellamy's Looking Backward in 1888 opened the floodgates of an unprecedented wave of utopian writing. Morris, the Arts and Crafts pioneer, was a committed socialist whose News from Nowhere envisions a workers' Arcadia. Carpenter boldly argued that homosexuals constitute a utopian vanguard. Gilman, a women's rights activist and the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," wrote numerous utopian fictions, including Herland, a visionary tale of an all-female society. These writers, Robertson shows, shared a belief in radical equality, imagining an end to class and gender hierarchies and envisioning new forms of familial and romantic relationships. They held liberal religious beliefs about a universal spirit uniting humanity. They believed in social transformation through nonviolent means and were committed to living a simple life rooted in a restored natural world. And their legacy remains with us today, as Robertson describes in entertaining firsthand accounts of contemporary utopianism, ranging from Occupy Wall Street to a Radical Faerie retreat.

Hate Mail - Thank You for Reading (Paperback): Michelle Robertson Hate Mail - Thank You for Reading (Paperback)
Michelle Robertson
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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