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Author
Series
Historical materialism book volume Volume 167
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Series
Word and image interactions volume Volume 8
Publisher
Koninklijke Brill
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Integrating practical instruction with inspiration and reflections, the author explains how to convey a meaningful message through one's writing, describing the various steps in the writing process as well as the various forms of advocacy writing.
Author
Publisher
L'Harmattan
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Français
Description
"(...) faire tilt dans les yeux d'un jeune qui se demande pourquoi il appartient à ce continent, (...) retrouver des étincelles auxquelles rêver pour continuer à vivre. Aider à produire ces étincelles. Provoquer ces sourires en coin. (...) Voilà le sens d'une rencontre entre un écrivain et un public de jeunes, sur ce continent. Notre place est ici. Dans ces interstices. Dans ces marges brouillées où prennent palce la peur et l'angoisse...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
From science fiction writer Thomas M. Disch comes The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, a perceptive account of the impact science fiction has had on American culture. Disch provides a view of this world and its inhabitants, tracing science fiction's phenomenal growth into the multibillion-dollar global entertainment industry it is today. From the protoscience-fiction tales of Edgar Allan Poe, to the utopian dreams and technological nightmares of European...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The story of literature in sixteen acts, from Alexander the Great and the Iliad to ebooks and Harry Potter, this engaging book brings together remarkable people and surprising events to show how writing shaped cultures, religions, and the history of theworld"--
"Great stories of people, history, and literature are combined to show how the power of the written word has influenced civilizations throughout time. Puchner writes about Ezra and the Old...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Highlighting literature and philosophy's potential impact on economics, health care, bioethics, public policy and theology, this book analyses the heuristic value of fiction. It alerts us to how we risk succumbing to the deceptions of fiction in our everyday lives, because fictional representations constantly feign to be of the real and claim a reality of their own. Philosophy and literature disclose how the substantive sphere of social, economic...