E-book Fonthill Recovered : A Cultural History

Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is usually associated with the writer and collector William Beckford, who built his Gothic fantasy house Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eight-eenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for over- arching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story …

E-book Chasing Mythical Beasts : The Reception of Ancient Monsters in Childre…

The fictional storyteller’s account of the spontaneous generation of authentic myths naturally suitable for children is set alongside the real author’s account of a process of deliberate revision, formulated through rhetorical questions and characterized through metaphors. The myths have to be “purified” through the suppression – which Bright describes …

E-book Polar Cousins : Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures

The world’s polar regions are now central to geopolitical and strategic com-petition. Spillover effects from rapid political, social, and environmental change present unprecedented challenges for governance, environmental protection, and maritime operations in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Both geographic areas can be distinguished by specific terms—namely, the “Arctic” and…

E-book The gloved hand

I was genuinely tired when I got back to the office, that Wednesday afternoon, for it had been a trying day--the last of the series of trying days which had marked the progress of the Minturn case; and my feeling of depression was increased by the fact that our victory had not been nearly so complete as I had hoped it would be. Besides, there was the heat; always, during the past ten days,…

BULWARK OF THE REPUBLIC: A Biography of The Constitution

Edisi

cet. 1

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Deskripsi Fisik

xxviii; 467 hlm; illus;16 x 24 cm

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

973 HEN b