Strange Talk
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Strange Talk
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Author : Gavin Jones
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999-10-19
Strange Talk written by Gavin Jones and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Late-nineteenth-century America was crazy about dialect: vernacular varieties of American English entertained mass audiences in "local color" stories, in realist novels, and in poems and plays. But dialect was also at the heart of anxious debates about the moral degeneration of urban life, the ethnic impact of foreign immigration, the black presence in white society, and the female influence on masculine authority. Celebrations of the rustic raciness in American vernacular were undercut by fears that dialect was a force of cultural dissolution with the power to contaminate the dominant language. In this volume, Gavin Jones explores the aesthetic politics of this neglected "cult of the vernacular" in little-known regionalists such as George Washington Cable, in the canonical work of Mark Twain, Henry James, Herman Melville, and Stephen Crane, and in the ethnic writing of Abraham Cahan and Paul Laurence Dunbar. He reveals the origins of a trend that deepened in subsequent literature: the use of minority dialect to formulate a political response to racial oppression, and to enrich diverse depictions of a multicultural nation.
Talking To Strange Men
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Author : Ruth Rendell
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-02-23
Talking To Strange Men written by Ruth Rendell and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-23 with Fiction categories.
From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a strange, seductive and suspenseful psychological thriller with a cunning final twist that will get right under the skin. Perfect for fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon. 'She is incapable of writing a sentence that is not invested with mystery and fear... I was totally transfixed. If you read it, you will not sleep well. And it is a marvellous piece of work' -- Today 'Difficult to put down... she begins with the everyday, the ordinary and transmutes it into an almost Gothic tale of suspense and quiet terror' -- Daily Express 'Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world' -- Ian Rankin 'Ruth Rendell's mesmerising capacity to shock, chill and disturb is unmatched.'-- The Times 'Pure genius' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping throughout' -- ***** Reader review 'Possibly her best' -- ***** Reader review 'A twisted, strange, compelling piece of brilliance' -- ***** Reader review **************************************************************** Safe houses and secret message drops, double crosses and defections - it sounds like the stuff of sophisticated espionage, but the agents are only schoolboys engaged in harmless play, unaware of the danger awaiting them if their messages were intercepted... John Creevey doesn't know the truth behind the mysterious codes he is reading. To him, the messages he decodes with painstaking care are the communications of dangerous and evil men. As he comes face to face with the reality of his beloved wife Jennifer's defection, he begins to see a way to get back at the man she left him for, a man with a disturbing connection to the schoolboys... And soon the schoolboys are playing more than just a game.
The Life And Strange Surprising Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Of York Mariner
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
The Life And Strange Surprising Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Of York Mariner written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with categories.
Strange Tools
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Author : Alva Noë
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 2016-09-27
Strange Tools written by Alva Noë and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with Philosophy categories.
A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë argues that our obsession with works of art has gotten in the way of understanding how art works on us. For Noë, art isn't a phenomenon in need of an explanation but a mode of research, a method of investigating what makes us human--a strange tool. Art isn't just something to look at or listen to--it is a challenge, a dare to try to make sense of what it is all about. Art aims not for satisfaction but for confrontation, intervention, and subversion. Through diverse and provocative examples from the history of art-making, Noë reveals the transformative power of artistic production. By staging a dance, choreographers cast light on the way bodily movement organizes us. Painting goes beyond depiction and representation to call into question the role of pictures in our lives. Accordingly, we cannot reduce art to some natural aesthetic sense or trigger; recent efforts to frame questions of art in terms of neurobiology and evolutionary theory alone are doomed to fail. By engaging with art, we are able to study ourselves in profoundly novel ways. In fact, art and philosophy have much more in common than we might think. Reframing the conversation around artists and their craft, Strange Tools is a daring and stimulating intervention in contemporary thought.
A Strange Story
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Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
A Strange Story written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with categories.
Gef
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Author : Christopher Josiffe
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2021-02-24
Gef written by Christopher Josiffe and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-24 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
An exhaustive investigation of the case of Gef, a “talking mongoose” or “man-weasel,” who appeared to a family living on the Isle of Man. “I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!” During the mid-1930s, British and overseas newspapers were full of incredible stories about Gef, a “talking mongoose” or “man-weasel” who had allegedly appeared in the home of the Irvings, a farming family in a remote district of the Isle of Man. The creature was said to speak in several languages, to sing, to steal objects from nearby farms, and to eavesdrop on local people. Despite written reports, magazine articles and books, several photographs, fur samples and paw prints, voluminous correspondence, and signed eyewitness statements, there is still no consensus as to what was really happening to the Irving family. Was it a hoax? An extreme case of folie à plusieurs? A poltergeist? The possession of an animal by an evil spirit? Now you can read all the evidence and decide for yourself. Seven years' research and interviews, photographs (many previously unseen), interviews with surviving witnesses, visits to the site—all are presented in this book, the first examination of the case for seventy years. In the words of its mischievous, enigmatic subject, “If you knew what I know, you'd know a hell of a lot!"
The Life And Strange Surprising Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe
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Author : Daniel Defoe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1791
The Life And Strange Surprising Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1791 with categories.
A Chinese English Dictionary
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Author : Herbert Allen Giles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
A Chinese English Dictionary written by Herbert Allen Giles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Chinese language categories.
A Chinese English Dictionary V 1 Fasc 7 Preface Tables And Radical Index 1912
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Author : Herbert Allen Giles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
A Chinese English Dictionary V 1 Fasc 7 Preface Tables And Radical Index 1912 written by Herbert Allen Giles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Chinese language categories.
In The Stranger People S Country
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Author : Mary Noailles Murfree
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
In The Stranger People S Country written by Mary Noailles Murfree and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Appalachian Region, Southern categories.
