Benjamin Nichol (9 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2012 Cambridge University Press hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. From the cover: Edgar Allan Poe mastered a variety of literary forms over the course of his brief and turbulent career. As a storyteller, Poe defied convention by creating Gothic tales of mystery, horror and suspense that remain widely popular today. This collection demonstrates how Poe's experience of early nineteenth-century American life fueled his iconoclasm and shaped his literary legacy. Rather than provide critical explications of his writings, each essay explores one aspect of Poe's immediate environment, using pertinent writings - verse, fiction, reviews and essays - to suit. Examining his geographical, social and literary contexts, as well as those created by the publishing industry and advances in science and technology, the essays paint an unprecedented portrait of Poe's life and times. Written for a wide audience, the collection will offer scholars and students of American literature, historians and general readers new insight into Poe's rich and complex work. Contents: Part One. Geographical Contexts 1. Great Britain Christopher Gair 2. The South James Hutchisson 3. The American West Nathaniel Lewis 4. The Sea David Dowling 5. France Andrea Goulet 6. The Near East Travis Montgomery 7. The Polar Regions Mark Canada Part Two. Social Contexts 8. The Urban Environment Bran Nichol 9. Curiosity Lindsey Hursh 10. Alcohol, Addiction, and Rehabilitation Paul Fisher 11. Fashion, Furnishings, and Style Patricia A. Cunningham 12. The American Stage Philip Edward Phillips 13. Lions and Bluestockings Anne Boyd Rioux 14. Slavery and Abolitionism Paul Christian Jones 15. The Cult of Mourning Therese M. Rizzo Part Three. The Contexts of Publishing 16. The Literary Profession John Evelev 17. Magazines Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock 18. Gift Books Kathryn R. Shinn 19. Literary Piracy Michael J. Everton 20. The Art of Reviewing Jonathan Hartmann 21. The Politics of Publishing Amy Branam Part Four. Literary Contexts 22. Ancient Classics Gregory Hays 23. Rabelais and Lesage Lois Davis Vines 24. The Gothic Movement Alan Brown 25. Byron Chris Beyers 26. Folk Narrative Katherine Kim 27. Transcendentalism Heidi Silcox 28. Charles Dickens Tara Moore 29. Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Art of the Tale Meghan A. Freeman Part Five. Scientific and Pseudoscientific Contexts 30. Phrenology Brett Zimmerman 31. Photography Satwik Dasgupta 32. Mesmerism Bruce Mills 33. Architecture Alvin Holm 34. The Heritage of Fiction Science Peter Swirski 35. Cosmology and Cosmogony Jonathan Taylor 36. Forensic Science Benjamin F. Fisher 37. Technology John Tresch.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Two women, two plays, two powerful voices. This double volume pairs powerhouse playwright Patricia Cornelius, in collaboration with Susie Dee and Nicci Wilks, with rising star Benjamin Nichol in two searing monodramas about women who are dispossessed and dismissed. In RUNT, Cornelius, Dee and Wilks have created an expansive work about the runts of this world-the lesser, the weak, the insignificant, the 'unders'. Runt, a small woman who has endured nothing but misery, toughens up to face her oppressors and fight for equality and decency. But just as she starts to sense greatness rising in her, something shifts and she feels the dirt sucking her back in. [Cornelius's] art has a conscious rhythm, poetry and structure that make other writers seethe with envy. Her language doesn't sound naturalistic but when it's spoken by an actor, it sounds like it could never be anything but their voice. - Time Out In kerosene, Nichol's unlikely protagonist Millie yearns for love and acceptance, finding instead rejection and humiliation at every turn . except from her sad, soft old grandfather, and her best friend Annie. Millie shapes her loyalty to Annie into a bond that burns hotter than any romantic furnace. Life sends them on different paths, but when Annie turns up bruised and bloodied on the doorstep, Millie sets out to honour her childhood friend in the only way she knows how: revenge. Nichol builds a world that is dense and rich with life. The writing is so subtle but poignant, with dialogue that carries the audience down a path that we can all relate to, even if we haven't walked it ourselves. - Australian Arts Review.…