Deadlock Pilgrimage Vol. 6
Deadlock Pilgrimage Vol. 6

Author: Dorothy M. Richardson

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-01-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9361155571

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"Deadlock: Pilgrimage Vol. 6" by Dorothy M. Richardson is the penultimate installment in her groundbreaking modernist novel collection, "Pilgrimage." This painting continues the introspective adventure of its protagonist, Miriam Henderson, thru the complexities of her existence and the evolving global round her. As Miriam grapples with the societal changes of the early 20th century, Richardson employs her different move-of-attention style to in detail explore the individual's mind and emotions. "Deadlock" affords a nuanced portrayal of Miriam's relationships, aspirations, and inner conflicts, delving into the demanding situations confronted by means of a girl navigating the moving landscapes of feminism, identity, and societal expectations. The name "Deadlock" shows a feel of stasis or deadlock, shooting the essence of Miriam's battle to reconcile her individuality with societal norms. Richardson's narrative prowess shines as she weaves collectively difficult layers of notion and experience, presenting readers with a bright and immersive literary revel in. As a pivotal quantity within the "Pilgrimage" collection, "Deadlock" contributes to Richardson's legacy as a pioneering modernist author, providing a profound exploration of the human psyche and the changing dynamics of a swiftly evolving global.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Author: David Scott Kastan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2006-03-03

Total Pages: 2648

ISBN-13: 0195169212

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From folk ballads to film scripts, this new five-volume encyclopedia covers the entire history of British literature from the seventh century to the present, focusing on the writers and the major texts of what are now the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. In five hundred substantial essays written by major scholars, the Encyclopedia of British Literature includes biographies of nearly four hundred individual authors and a hundred topical essays with detailed analyses of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant.An ideal companion to The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, this set will prove invaluable for students, scholars, and general readers.For more information, including a complete table of contents and list of contributors, please visit www.oup.com/us/ebl

Film 1900
Film 1900

Author: Annemone Ligensa

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2009-10-05

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0861969162

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Essays examining the relationships between culture, film, and the audience around the turn of the twentieth century. The current digital revolution has sparked a renewed interest in the origins and trajectory of modern media, particularly in the years around 1900 when the technology was rapidly developing. This collection aims to broaden our understanding of early cinema as a significant innovation in media history. Joining traditional scholarship with fresh insights from a variety of disciplines, this book explains the aesthetic and institutional characteristics in early cinema within the context of the contemporary media landscape. It also addresses transcultural developments such as scientific revolutions, industrialization, urbanization, and globalization, as well as differing attitudes toward modernization. Film 1900 is an important reassessment of early cinema’s position in cultural history. “The capable Ligensa and Kreimeier invited a coterie of renowned Continental scholars and thinkers to reflect on issues of modernity and cinema by harking back to the fin de siècle. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.” —T. Lindval, Choice

A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture
A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture

Author: David Bradshaw

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-10-20

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 1405188227

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The Companion combines a broad grounding in the essential texts and contexts of the modernist movement with the unique insights of scholars whose careers have been devoted to the study of modernism. An essential resource for students and teachers of modernist literature and culture Broad in scope and comprehensive in coverage Includes more than 60 contributions from some of the most distinguished modernist scholars on both sides of the Atlantic Brings together entries on elements of modernist culture, contemporary intellectual and aesthetic movements, and all the genres of modernist writing and art Features 25 essays on the signal texts of modernist literature, from James Joyce’s Ulysses to Zora Neal Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God Pays close attention to both British and American modernism

The Single Woman, Modernity, and Literary Culture
The Single Woman, Modernity, and Literary Culture

Author: Emma Sterry

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-06-22

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 3319408291

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This book situates the single woman within the evolving landscape of modernity, examining how she negotiated rural and urban worlds, explored domestic and bohemian roles, and traversed public and private spheres. In the modern era, the single woman was both celebrated and derided for refusing to conform to societal expectations regarding femininity and sexuality. The different versions of single women presented in cultural narratives of this period—including the old maid, odd woman, New Woman, spinster, and flapper—were all sexually suspicious. The single woman, however, was really an amorphous figure who defied straightforward categorization. Emma Sterry explores depictions of such single women in transatlantic women’s fiction of the 1920s to 1940s. Including a diverse selection of renowned and forgotten writers, such as Djuna Barnes, Rosamond Lehmann, Ngaio Marsh, and Eliot Bliss, this book argues that the single woman embodies the tensions between tradition and progress in both middlebrow and modernist literary culture.

The Whole Story
The Whole Story

Author: John E. Simkin

Publisher: K. G. Saur

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 1228

ISBN-13:

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This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.

"Holy Deadlock" and Further Ribaldries

Author: Jody Enders

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2017-03

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 0812248740

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Crafted with a wit and contemporary sensibility that make them playable half-a-millennium later, Jody Enders's translations of twelve medieval French farces take on the hilariously depressing—and depressingly hilarious—state of holy wedlock.

The History of France (Vol. 1-6)
The History of France (Vol. 1-6)

Author: François Guizot

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 2810

ISBN-13:

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"The History of France " in 6 volumes is a comprehensive account of French history from its earliest beginnings in Gaul to 1789 written by the French historian and statesman François Guizot. According to the author's opinion, there are, in the history of peoples, two sets of causes essentially different, and, at the same time, closely connected; the natural causes which are set over the general course of events, and the unrestricted causes which are incidental. The fated causes and the unrestricted causes, the defined laws of events and the spontaneous actions of man's free agency – herein is the whole of history. This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Gaul The Romans in Gaul Gaul Conquered by Julius Caesar Establishment of Christianity in Gaul The Germans in Gaul, the Franks and Clovis The Merovingians Charlemagne and His Wars The Crusades, Their Origin and Their Success… Volume 2: The Crusades, Their Decline and End The Kingship in France The Hundred Years' War, Philip VI and John II The Hundred Years' War, Charles V Volume 3: The Hundred Years' War, Charles VII and Joan of Arc (1422-1461) Louis XI (1461-1483) The Wars of Italy, Charles VIII (1483-1498) The Wars in Italy, Louis XII (1498-1515) Volume 4: Francis I and Charles V Francis I and the Reformation Henry II (1547-1559) Charles IX and the Religious Wars (1560-1574) Henry III and the Religious Wars (1574-1589)… Volume 5: Henry IV, Protestant King (1589-1593) Henry IV, Catholic King (1593-1610) Louis XIII, Richelieu, Catholics and Protestants Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, and Foreign Affairs Louis XIV, His Wars and His Conquests 1661-1697 Volume 6: Louis XV, the Ministry of Cardinal Fleury, 1723-1748 Louis XV, the Seven Years' War Louis XVI, France Abroad – United States' War Louis XVI, France at Home – Ministry of M. Necker Louis XVI, Convocation of the States General 1787-1789

Deadlock Pilgrimage, Volume 6
Deadlock Pilgrimage, Volume 6

Author: Dorothy M Richardson

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9789354598487

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Deadlock Pilgrimage, Volume 6, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.