Oriental Flower Designs
Oriental Flower Designs

Author: Polly Pinder

Publisher: Bilimsel Eserler

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781844480173

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Decorative floral borders, stylised frames, patterns and motifs are included, with many different flowers finely illustrated. These classic designs wil inspire craftspeople, artists, needleworkers and all those interested in creating their own original ideas and projects.

Alimentary Orientalism
Alimentary Orientalism

Author: Yin Yuan

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2023-06-16

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1684484685

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What, exactly, did tea, sugar, and opium mean in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain? Alimentary Orientalism reassesses the politics of Orientalist representation by examining the contentious debates surrounding these exotic, recently popularized, and literally consumable things. It suggests that the interwoven discourses sparked by these commodities transformed the period’s literary Orientalism and created surprisingly self-reflexive ways through which British writers encountered and imagined cultural otherness. Tracing exotic ingestion as a motif across a range of authors and genres, this book considers how, why, and whither writers used scenes of eating, drinking, and smoking to diagnose and interrogate their own solipsistic constructions of the Orient. As national and cultural boundaries became increasingly porous, such self-reflexive inquiries into the nature and role of otherness provided an unexpected avenue for British imperial subjectivity to emerge and coalesce.

The Book of Hidden Wonders
The Book of Hidden Wonders

Author: Polly Crosby

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1488058962

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A charming, deeply imaginative debut novel about a young girl who is immortalized in her father’s illustrated books containing clues to their family secrets. Romilly Kemp and her eccentric painter father have happy but sheltered lives in a ramshackle mansion in the English countryside. When her father finds fame with a series of children’s books starring Romilly as the main character, everything changes: exotic foods appear on the table, her father appears on TV and strangers appear at their door, convinced the books will lead them to a precious prize. But as time passes, Romilly’s father becomes increasingly suspicious of the outside world until, before her eyes, he begins to disappear within himself. She returns to his illustrations, looking for a way to connect with her ailing father, and finds a series of clues he’s left just for her. This treasure hunt doesn’t lead her to gold or jewels, but something worth far more—a shocking secret that is crucial to understanding her family. Written with tremendous heart and charisma, The Book of Hidden Wonders is an unforgettable story about growing up, facing mortality and discovering the hidden wonders that make us who we are.