The Enigma Of Departure
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The Enigma Of Departure
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Author : Nicholas Royle
language : en
Publisher: PS Publishing
Release Date : 2008
The Enigma Of Departure written by Nicholas Royle and has been published by PS Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Memory categories.
The Enigma Of Arrival
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Author : V. S. Naipaul
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-04-20
The Enigma Of Arrival written by V. S. Naipaul and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-20 with Fiction categories.
The Nobel Prize-winning author distills his wide experience of countries and peoples into a moving account of the rites of passage endured by all people and all communities undergoing change or decay. • "Naipaul's finest work." —Chicago Tribune "A subtly incisive self-reckoning." —The Washington Post Book World The story of a writer’s singular journey – from one place to another, and from one state of mind to another. At the midpoint of the century, the narrator leaves the British colony of Trinidad and comes to the ancient countryside of England. And from within the story of this journey – of departure and arrival, alienation and familiarity, home and homelessness – the writer reveals how, cut off from his “first” life in Trinidad, he enters a “second childhood of seeing and learning.” Clearly autobiographical, yet woven through with remarkable invention, The Enigma of Arrival is as rich and complex as any novel we have had from this exceptional writer. "The conclusion is both heart-breaking and bracing: the only antidote to destruction—of dreams, of reality—is remembering. As eloquently as anyone now writing, Naipaul remembers." —Time "Far and away the most curious novel I've read in a long time, and maybe the most hypnotic book I've ever read." —St. Petersburg Times
Napoleon Bonaparte The Enigma Unveiled
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Author : Anupam Roy
language : en
Publisher: Anupam Roy
Release Date :
Napoleon Bonaparte The Enigma Unveiled written by Anupam Roy and has been published by Anupam Roy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Book Description: "Napoleon Bonaparte: The Enigma Unveiled" is a captivating and comprehensive biography that delves deep into the life and legacy of one of history's most iconic figures. From his humble beginnings on the island of Corsica to his meteoric rise as Emperor of the French, this book offers a detailed and analytical exploration of Napoleon's journey. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, readers are invited to peel back the layers of myth and legend that have shrouded Napoleon's life. Instead, we uncover the complex and multifaceted character behind the emperor's crown—a man driven by ambition, genius, and an unwavering determination to leave his mark on the world. This biography provides a chronological account of Napoleon's life, from his early education and military training to his rapid ascent through the ranks of the French military during the tumultuous days of the French Revolution. We witness his audacious campaigns in Italy and Egypt, his consolidation of power as First Consul, and his transformation into Emperor of the French. One of the book's focal points is the Napoleonic Code, a legal framework that continues to influence legal systems worldwide. We examine how this code shaped modern concepts of justice, equality, and individual rights, adding a layer of depth to our understanding of Napoleon's impact. The narrative takes readers to the battlefields of Europe, from the stunning victories to the devastating defeat in Russia and the final showdown at Waterloo. We analyze Napoleon's military strategies and leadership style, offering insights into what made him a brilliant tactician and a formidable adversary. But this biography goes beyond the battlefield. It delves into Napoleon's personal life, his tumultuous relationships with Josephine and Marie-Louise, his family dynamics, and his interests in art, literature, and science. We also separate fact from fiction, addressing the myths and legends that have surrounded his life. The book culminates in Napoleon's exile, first to the island of Elba and later to the remote Saint Helena. We explore his reflections, his writings, and the enduring fascination that surrounded him during these final years. As we reflect on the enduring legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte in the 21st century, we examine how his ideas and tactics influenced leaders and movements worldwide, extending far beyond the borders of Europe. "Napoleon Bonaparte: The Enigma Unveiled" is not just a biography; it's a journey through history, a study of leadership, and an exploration of the enduring impact of an extraordinary man. Whether you are a history enthusiast, a student of leadership, or simply curious about the complexities of human ambition, this book promises to captivate, inform, and inspire. Join us on this remarkable voyage through the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte—an enigma unveiled.
The Enigma Of Arrival
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Author : V. S. Naipaul
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2020-02-20
The Enigma Of Arrival written by V. S. Naipaul and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with Fiction categories.
With an introduction by Harvard professor and author Maya Jasanoff. Taking its title from a work by the surrealist painter, Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of Arrival tells the story of a young Indian from the Caribbean arriving in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finding himself as a writer. It is the story of a journey, from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another, and is perhaps V. S. Naipaul’s most autobiographical work. Finding depth and pathos in the smallest moments Naipaul also comprehends the bigger picture – watching as the old world is lost to the gradual but permanent changes wrought on the English landscape. It is a moving and beautiful novel told with great dignity, compassion, and candour.
Tricks With A Glass
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Author : Rocío G. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2000
Tricks With A Glass written by Rocío G. Davis and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
Studies of literary reflections on ethnicity are essential to the ever-renewed definition of Canadian literature. The essays in this collection explore the diverse ways of negotiating identity and the articulation of space in Canada, taking ethnicity as a driving force with ideological and cultural implications that lend public and literary discourse an urgent dynamism. While theorizing ethnicity is a valuable critical enterprise, these essays centre on the concrete realization of the problematics of ethnicity in creative writing, covering a wide range of Canada's mosaic. The creative inscription of ethnicity stimulates the evolution and expansion of Canada's literary heritage, the complexity of this cultural experience being the focus of the present collection. Fourteen essays, including a personal account by the Ukrainian-Canadian Janice Kulyk Keefer on the merging of private and public history, and two interviews - with the Chinese-Canadian writer Wayson Choy and the critic Linda Hutcheon - analyze the manifestations of the pluralism that has always characterized Canadian writers' consciousness of themselves, their engagement with the notion of the 'multicultural' and its significance in contemporary society and, in particular, its effect on creativity.
Tricks With A Glass
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-04-19
Tricks With A Glass written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Studies of literary reflections on ethnicity are essential to the ever-renewed definition of Canadian literature. The essays in this collection explore the diverse ways of negotiating identity and the articulation of space in Canada, taking ethnicity as a driving force with ideological and cultural implications that lend public and literary discourse an urgent dynamism. While theorizing ethnicity is a valuable critical enterprise, these essays centre on the concrete realization of the problematics of ethnicity in creative writing, covering a wide range of Canada's mosaic. The creative inscription of ethnicity stimulates the evolution and expansion of Canada's literary heritage, the complexity of this cultural experience being the focus of the present collection. Fourteen essays, including a personal account by the Ukrainian-Canadian Janice Kulyk Keefer on the merging of private and public history, and two interviews - with the Chinese-Canadian writer Wayson Choy and the critic Linda Hutcheon - analyze the manifestations of the pluralism that has always characterized Canadian writers' consciousness of themselves, their engagement with the notion of the ‘multicultural' and its significance in contemporary society and, in particular, its effect on creativity.
How Architecture Got Its Hump
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Author : Roger Connah
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2001-04-13
How Architecture Got Its Hump written by Roger Connah and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-13 with Architecture categories.
Fables of content and undoing on the current state of architecture. In How Architecture Got Its Hump, Roger Connah explores the "interference" of other disciplines with and within contemporary architecture. He asks whether photography, film, drawing, philosophy, and language are merely fashionable props for architectural hallucinations or alibis for revisions of history. Or, are they a means for widening the site of architecture? Connah shows how these disciplines have not only contributed to new developments in architectural theory and practice, but have begun to insinuate new possibilities of space. Sometimes seamless, sometimes awkward like the hump acquired by the camel in one of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, these disciplines have had their own responsibilities and excesses grafted onto architecture, just as architecture has tried to shake off their limitations. Taking interference a step further, Connah also considers the implications of philosophical incongruity and architectural unrest. He asks how architecture loses its head, transcends the dead language it now entraps, and houses meanings it wants to contest. Hardly bleak questions, suggests Connah, for they point to ways for architecture to rescue itself.
The Routledge Handbook Of The New African Diasporic Literature
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Author : Lokangaka Losambe
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-05-16
The Routledge Handbook Of The New African Diasporic Literature written by Lokangaka Losambe and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Routledge Handbook of the New African Diasporic Literature introduces world literature readers to the transnational, multivocal writings of immigrant African authors. Covering works produced in Europe, North America, and elsewhere in the world, this book investigates three major aesthetic paradigms in African diasporic literature: the Sankofan wave (late 1960s–early 1990s); the Janusian wave (1990s–2020s); and the Offshoots of the New Arrivants (those born and growing up outside Africa). Written by well-established and emerging scholars of African and diasporic literatures from across the world, the chapters in the book cover the works of well-known and not-so-well-known Anglophone, Francophone, and Lusophone writers from different theoretical positionalities and critical approaches, pointing out the unique innovative artistic qualities of this major subgenre of African literature. The focus on the “diasporic consciousness” of the writers and their works sets this handbook apart from others that solely emphasize migration, which is more of a process than the community of settled African people involved in the dynamic acts of living reflected in diasporic writings. This book will appeal to researchers and students from across the fields of Literature, Diaspora Studies, African Studies, Migration Studies, and Postcolonial Studies.
The Mammoth Book Of Dracula
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Author : Stephen Jones
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-03-24
The Mammoth Book Of Dracula written by Stephen Jones and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-24 with Fiction categories.
How will the King of Vampires adapt to the social and technological changes brought by the twenty-first century? Could the Count's condition be cured by modern medicine? How does the mythology perpetuated by literature and movies affect the existence of a real bloodsucker? What if Dracula found himself ruler of a world controlled by vampires? Or perhaps political and ecological catastrophe will result in the Count's final destruction? This tribute to the world's greatest vampire collects together more than 200,000 words of Dracula fiction by masters of dark fantasy such as: Hugh B. Cave, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Basil Copper, John Gordon, Brian Hodge, Nancy Holder, Nancy Kilpatrick, Roberta Lannes, Thomas Ligotti, Paul J. McAuley, Nicholas Royle, Guy N. Smith and many more. It also includes a brand new story from Charlaine Harris.
The Routledge Handbook Of The State In Premodern India
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Author : Hermann Kulke
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-01-13
The Routledge Handbook Of The State In Premodern India written by Hermann Kulke and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-13 with History categories.
This handbook presents a multilayered and multidimensional history of state formation in premodern India. It explores dense and rich local and subregional historiography from the mid-first millennium BC to the eighteenth century in South Asia. Shifting the focus away from economic and political factors, this handbook revises the conventional understanding of states and empires and locates them in their quotidian conduct and activity on socio-cultural and concomitant factors. Comprehensive in scope, this handbook addresses a range of themes connected with the idea of state formation in the subcontinent. It includes discussions and debates on ritual practices and the Brahmanical order in early India; the Delhi Sultanate and role of Sultans among the Hindu kings; the cosmopolitan ‘Islamicate’ cultural influences on Puranic Hinduism; cultural background of the Mughal state. The handbook examines new questions and ideologies of state formation, such as: · facets of violence and resistance; · the significance of the autonomous spaces and forests; · regional elites, including ‘Little kings’; tribal background of some famous cults; · trade and maritime commerce; · royal patronage, courtly manners, lineage formation; · imperial architecture, monuments, and temple, among others. Featuring case studies from different part of the India subcontinent, and with contributions by renowned historians, this authoritative handbook will be an indispensable reading for teachers, scholars, and students of early India, medieval India, premodern India, South Asian history, Asian history, historiography, economic history, historical sociology, and South Asia studies.