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Author: Kathryn Lasky Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9780756915858 Category : JUVENILE FICTION Languages : en Pages : 0
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Lasky brings a fantastical new owl world to life as Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger travel to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds.
Author: Kathryn Lasky Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9780756915858 Category : JUVENILE FICTION Languages : en Pages : 0
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Lasky brings a fantastical new owl world to life as Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger travel to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds.
Author: Tim Egan Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618402373 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Cardigan the moose was new in town. When Mrs. Brown's fresh apple pie goes missing, witnesses come forward to place Cardigan at the scene of the crime. Finding himself on trial, Cardigan insists to judge and jury that he didn't take the pie - he just wanted to smell it. No one believes him. But despite his assurances, he can't explain what happened to the pie, either . . . or can he?
Author: Thomas Kent Publisher: Bucknell University Press ISBN: 9780838750889 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 194
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Kent proposes a general theory of genre classification arid applies this genetic model to American fiction written during the last half of the nineteenth century. Combining theory and application, Kent attempts to demonstrate that what we say about texts is related directly to our generic perception of them.
Author: Palmira Brummett Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9047428447 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 368
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The early modern era is often envisioned as one in which European genres, both narrative and visual, diverged indelibly from those of medieval times. This collection examines a disparate set of travel texts, dating from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries, to question that divergence and to assess the modes, themes, and ethnologies of travel writing. It demonstrates the enduring nature of the itinerary, the variant forms of witnessing (including imaginary maps), the crafting of sacred space as a cautionary tale, and the use of the travel narrative to represent the transformation of the authorial self. Focusing on European travelers to the expansive East, from the soft architecture of Timur's tent palaces in Samarqand to the ambiguities of sexual identity at the Mughul court, these essays reveal the possibilities for cultural translation as travelers of varying experience and attitude confront remote and foreign (or not so foreign) space.
Author: Stefano Calzati Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 152752230X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 246
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What is the cultural value of travel writing today? How is the genre affected by instant communication and digital technologies? This volume provides answers to these questions through adopting a transmedial perspective by comparing printed travel books and travel blogs. Notably, it explores how different editorial and medial choices impact on the cultural practices of travelling and writing. Methodologically, an ethnography is proposed via the discussion of a number of original interviews (collected over three years) with contemporary travel authors and bloggers, who journeyed around (and wrote about) China. These writers are from both the West (the UK, the USA, Italy, France, New Zealand) and China (Hong Kong and the Mainland). As such, the volume not only deconstructs the English-centredness and ethnocentrism that often affect travel writing as a genre, as well as many studies on it, but it also renews the academic debate on the politics behind the genre, connecting the texts with their spheres of production and reception. The study shows the interdependence between medial and literary features, on the one hand, and the ways of journeying and writing about the experience, which largely depend upon the biography of each writer, on the other.
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The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
Author: Gary K. Wolfe Publisher: Wesleyan University Press ISBN: 0819571040 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 280
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A series of provocative essays on how the fantastic genres evolve and grow In this wide-ranging series of essays, an award-winning science fiction critic explores how the related genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror evolve, merge, and finally "evaporate" into new and more dynamic forms. Beginning with a discussion of how literary readers "unlearned" how to read the fantastic during the heyday of realistic fiction, Gary K. Wolfe goes on to show how the fantastic reasserted itself in popular genre literature, and how these genres themselves grew increasingly unstable in terms of both narrative form and the worlds they portray. More detailed discussions of how specific contemporary writers have promoted this evolution are followed by a final essay examining how the competing discourses have led toward an emerging synthesis of critical approaches and vocabularies. The essays cover a vast range of authors and texts, and include substantial discussions of very current fiction published within the last few years.
Author: Frederik N. Smith Publisher: University of Delaware Press ISBN: 9780874133592 Category : Imaginary societies in literature Languages : en Pages : 274
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A reevaluation of Swift's masterpiece and a test of the usefulness of examining a text through the perspective of genre. Gulliver is explored from the standpoint of picaresque, history, novel, children's literature, illustrated book, scientific prose, science fiction, philosophical treatise, and satire.
Author: Julia Ehmann Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429817215 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 165
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Radiohead and the Journey Beyond Genre traces the uses and transgressions of genre in the music of Radiohead and studies the band’s varied reception in online and offline media. Radiohead’s work combines traditional rock sounds with a unique and experimental approach towards genre that sets the band apart from the contemporary mainstream. A play with diverse styles and audience expectations has shaped Radiohead’s musical output and opened up debates about genre amongst critics, fans, and academics alike. Interpretations speak of a music that is referential of the past but also alludes to the future. Applying both music- and discourse-analytical methods, the book discusses how genre manifests in Radiohead’s work and how it is interpreted amongst different audience groups. It explores how genre and generic flexibility affect the listeners’ search for musical meaning and ways of discussion. This results in the development of a theoretical framework for the study of genre in individual popular music oeuvres that explores the equal validity of widely differing forms of reception as a multidimensional network of meaning. While Radiohead’s music is the product of an eclectic mixture of musical influences and styles, the book also shows how the band’s experimental stance has increasingly fostered debates about Radiohead’s generic novelty and independence. It asks what remains of genre in light of its past or imminent transgression. Offering new perspectives on popular music genre, transgression, and the music and reception of Radiohead, the book will appeal to academics, students, and those interested in Radiohead and matters of genre. It contributes to scholarship in musicology, popular music, media, and cultural studies.
Author: Jules Verne Publisher: The Floating Press ISBN: 1775419363 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 962
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Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Author: Tim Egan
Author: Thomas Kent
Author: Palmira Brummett
Author: Stefano Calzati
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Author: Gary K. Wolfe
Author: Frederik N. Smith
Author: Julia Ehmann
Author: Jules Verne