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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2024Mid-century women's writing
Disrupting the public/private divide
by Melissa Dinsman, Megan Faragher, Ravenel Richardson
The traditional narrative of the mid-century (1930s-60s) is that of a wave of expansion and constriction, with the swelling of economic and political freedoms for women in the 1930s, the cresting of women in the public sphere during the Second World War, and the resulting break as employment and political opportunities for women dwindled in the 1950s when men returned home from the front. But as the burgeoning field of interwar and mid-century women's writing has demonstrated, this narrative is in desperate need of re-examination. Mid-century women's writing: Disrupting the public/private divide aims to revivify studies of female writers, journalists, broadcasters, and public intellectuals living or working in Britain, or under British rule, during the mid-century while also complicating extant narratives about the divisions between domesticity and politics.
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Biography & True StoriesJanuary 2014Beyond Writing
by Ibrahim Abdelmeguid
One of Egypt’s leading literary voices offers a first-hand look at political, social, cultural events of the last 40 years and how they influenced his writing. Ibrahim Abdelmeguid, called “the quintessential writer about Alexandria” by The National newspaper, looks back over his decades-long writing career this book, which what he calls a “literary autobiography.” In it, he reflects on the social, political, and cultural influences in Egypt and elsewhere that have shaped him as a writer. He shares his views on major political events, such as the 1967 defeat after the Six-Day War, and explanations of their profound impact on his personal life and works of fiction. Abdelmeguid devotes a portion of his work to discussing the development of his views on Egypt’s second president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, over the course of his turbulent tenure in office. The book is divided into a brief introduction and four chapters. Abdelmeguid guides the reader through his literary career, moving masterfully between the factual and the meditative. He explores how each of his novels and many of his short stories was conceived. He also describes cultural, political, and social contexts in which his writing evolved and was received by literary critics and casual readers. He spends considerable time describing the creative process behind his Alexandria trilogy— No One Sleeps in Alexandria, Birds of Amber, and Clouds Over Alexandria. The first book, No One Sleeps in Alexandria, is set during World War II. Abdelmeguid visited numerous key sites in Alexandria and surrounding areas and read every newspaper he could get his hands on. The result of his devotion to research is a vibrant portrayal of Alexandria that shines throughout the epic novel. Of particular note is his successful communication of the cultural and religious diversity of the city and the impact of that on the promotion of a culture of tolerance. Beyond Writing is a rare and important addition to the modern Arabic literary map. Few Arab authors are willing to so transparently share their writing process, preferring to highlight the polished final product while concealing the hard work that brought it into existence. Readers are lucky that it is a writer as prominent, thoughtful, and engaging as Abdelmeguid is willing to draw back the curtain.
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DETEKTIF ERIKA
by Nurul Husna Abdul Halim, Anuar Ismadi Hassim, Rusli Abd Wahab, Maski Yu Latif Yu
Erika is an introverted kid who enjoys reading at home. Her favourites are the investigation series. Erika was invited to Sofea's birthday party one day. A piece of cake went missing during the party. How did the cake vanish? Who stole it? Erika began investigating the incident.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022
Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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October 2021Hoch oben
Eine Reise durch den Himalaya
by Erika Fatland, Erika Fatland, Ulrich Sonnenberg
Die preisgekrönte Bestsellerautorin Erika Fatland zieht es nach ihren Reisen durch das wilde Sowjetistan und entlang der russischen Grenze nun in das höchste Gebirge der Welt. Für Hoch oben reiste sie durch den gesamten Himalaya - durch Pakistan, Nepal, Indien, Tibet und Bhutan. Hier begegnet sie Menschen, die ihr Leben in schwindelnder Höhe unter den widrigsten klimatischen Bedingungen bestreiten. Wie diese Menschen damit umgehen und was sie dort hält, erzählt Erika Fatland in diesem aufregenden und kenntnisreichen Reisebericht. Erika Fatland nimmt uns mit auf eine im wahrsten Sinne atemberaubende Reise in eine der ethnisch vielfältigsten und politisch konfliktreichsten Regionen der Welt. Islam, Buddhismus und Hinduismus treffen auf uralte schamanische Traditionen. Supermächte konkurrieren um Einfluss. Moderne kollidiert mit Tradition und einer überzeitlichen gewaltigen Landschaft. Ein Jahr lang reiste Erika Fatland durch den Himalaya. Nicht auf der Suche nach spiritueller Erleuchtung wie so viele meist männliche Autoren, die von ihren beschwerlichen Bergtouren und Meditationserlebnissen berichten. Vielmehr interessieren Fatland die Menschen, mit denen sie auf Tuchfühlung geht. Sie will wissen, wie sie unter diesen Bedingungen Tag für Tag überstehen. Insbesondere in das Leben der Frauen erhält sie Einblicke, wie es, zumal in den sehr traditionellen Gesellschaften, für einen Mann niemals möglich wäre. Nicht umsonst endet ihre Reise mit einem Besuch beim Volk der Mosuo, dem »Königreich der Frauen«.
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April 2019Die Grenze
Eine Reise rund um Russland, durch Nordkorea, China, die Mongolei, Kasachstan, Aserbaidschan, Georgien, die Ukraine, Weißrussland, Litauen, Polen, Lettland, Estland, Finnland, Norwegen sowie die Nordostpassage
by Erika Fatland
Die Journalistin Erika Fatland reist entlang der schier endlosen Grenze Russlands. Von Nordkorea über den Kaukasus, das Kaspische und das Schwarze Meer. Durch die Ukraine und die Staaten Osteuropas geht es bis zur russisch-norwegischen Grenze – nach 14 Staaten und über 20 000 Kilometern stößt sie auf die Arktis. Doch hier endet die Reise nicht etwa.Von der tschuktschischen Hauptstadt Anadyr aus macht sich Erika Fatland im »Arktischen Sommer« auf die Reise entlang der Nordostpassage, vorbei an Franz-Josef-Land und Sewernaja Semlja bis nach Kirkenes – und hat damit das flächenmäßig größte Land der Welt einmal umrundet. Erika Fatland, Autorin des Bestsellers Sowjetistan, reist über 20 000 Kilometer entlang der russischen Grenze durch 14 Länder und begegnet dort den unterschiedlichsten Menschen – Taxifahrern, Geschichtsprofessoren, Rentierhirten und anderen. Sie hört zu, stellt Fragen, sammelt Geschichten. So entstehen schillernde Porträts dieser eigenwilligen Menschen und Länder. Aber auch ein Porträt des weltpolitischen Giganten – aus der Sicht seiner Nachbarn.
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Literature & Literary StudiesFebruary 1994Italian women writing
by Sharon Wood
How has it happened that from being politely ignored or marginalized just half a century ago, women writers in Italy are now at the centre of literary activity? To what extent does writing by women reflect the successes and failures of Italy in the post-war period? What form did the feminist movement in Italy take, and how did this affect what - and how - women wrote? And how are women who write responding to a more fragmented post-modern age? These are just some of the questions asked of the relationship between women and fiction in post-war Italy in this anthology. It includes stories by Cialente, Ginzburg, Ortese, Morante, Romano, Maraini and Duranti as well as Bompiani, Sanvitale, Mizzau, Scaramuzzino, Capriolo and Petrignani. The thirteen stories presented offer a range of style and content indicative of the wealth and diversity of writing by women, and their reading is supported by critical notes and an extensive vocabulary. This is a clear and challenging introduction to the rich field of women and fiction in Italy. ;
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October 2006german writing
Erzählungen
by Bernd Cailloux
Sie interessieren sich für das Schriftstellerleben? Wollen wissen, was jenseits des Schreibtisches sonst so passiert? Was es heißt, in einer Fußballkneipe nach seinem Beruf gefragt zu werden, sich als deutscher Gastautor unvermutet in einer brasilianischen Basketballhalle vor fünftausend Brasilianerinnen wiederzufinden oder als Ein-Satz-Schauspieler in einem Hollywoodfilm? Und wie es ist, vorm Nachtpostschalter Schlange zu stehen, um eine Story in letzter Minute zu einem lukrativen Wettbewerb zu schicken, und plötzlich vor und hinter sich Gesichter von Kollegen zu erblicken ... In neun Erzählungen lüftet Bernd Cailloux die Geheimnisse des »german writing«: etwa, daß der Ausdruck von irischen Fischern stammt und für die runenartig krakeligen Zeichnungen auf Hummerpanzern steht. Und daß ein fetter Hummer und ein dicker Panzer nie verkehrt sind.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2020Working-class writing and publishing in the late twentieth century
by Tom Woodin
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May 2017Marisa
Eine Freundschaft
by Erika Pluhar
Einfühlsam zeichnet Erika Pluhar das schillernde und zugleich tragische Leben ihrer Freundin Marisa Mell nach. Sie erzählt von einer faszinierenden Frau und ihrem Traum von Ruhm und Anerkennung, von ihren Selbsttäuschungen und ihrer Einsamkeit. Wien, 1960er Jahre: zwei Schauspielschülerinnen in einem Schlosspark, die eine bewundernswert schön und begabt, die andere pflichtbewusst und scharf beobachtend. Eine wird bald als glamouröse Filmdiva Erfolge feiern. Der anderen steht eine Karriere am Wiener Burgtheater bevor. Hier die abenteuerbereite Marisa mit den Illusionen, den Träumen, den Liebhabern und dem jähen Lebensknick, dort die Theaterschauspielerin, Sängerin und Autorin Erika, die sesshaft wird und eine Tochter großzieht. Mehr als dreißig Jahre, bis zu Marisas frühem Tod, bleiben die beiden gegensätzlichen Frauen – trotz räumlicher Trennung, trotz nie enden wollender Verwunderung übereinander – Freudinnen.
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January 2023Hoch oben
Eine Reise durch den Himalaya
by Erika Fatland, Ulrich Sonnenberg
Die preisgekrönte Bestsellerautorin Erika Fatland zieht es nach ihren Reisen durch das wilde Sowjetistan und entlang der russischen Grenze nun in das höchste Gebirge der Welt. Für Hoch oben reiste sie durch den gesamten Himalaya – durch Pakistan, Nepal, Indien, Tibet und Bhutan. Hier begegnet sie Menschen, die ihr Leben in schwindelnder Höhe unter den widrigsten klimatischen Bedingungen bestreiten. Wie diese Menschen damit umgehen und was sie dort hält, erzählt Erika Fatland in diesem aufregenden und kenntnisreichen Reisebericht. Erika Fatland nimmt uns mit auf eine im wahrsten Sinne atemberaubende Reise in eine der ethnisch vielfältigsten und politisch konfliktreichsten Regionen der Welt. Islam, Buddhismus und Hinduismus treffen auf uralte schamanische Traditionen. Supermächte konkurrieren um Einfluss. Moderne kollidiert mit Tradition und einer überzeitlichen gewaltigen Landschaft. Ein Jahr lang reiste Erika Fatland durch den Himalaya. Nicht auf der Suche nach spiritueller Erleuchtung wie so viele meist männliche Autoren, die von ihren beschwerlichen Bergtouren und Meditationserlebnissen berichten. Vielmehr interessieren Fatland die Menschen, mit denen sie auf Tuchfühlung geht. Sie will wissen, wie sie unter diesen Bedingungen Tag für Tag überstehen. Insbesondere in das Leben der Frauen erhält sie Einblicke, wie es, zumal in den sehr traditionellen Gesellschaften, für einen Mann niemals möglich wäre. Nicht umsonst endet ihre Reise mit einem Besuch beim Volk der Mosuo, dem »Königreich der Frauen«.
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April 2019The first volume of "five six excellent writing"
by Tang Xian
Correct sitting position and holding pen, writing rules and order of Chinese characters, writing strokes and names of Chinese characters, practicing writing 27 kinds of strokes, practicing writing Chinese characters composed of horizontal and vertical strokes, stroke and dot strokes.
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2017Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 1760–1830
From modest shoot to forward plant
by Sam George
In this fascinating study, Samantha George explores the cultivation of the female mind and the feminised discourse of botanical literature in eighteenth-century Britain. In particular, she discusses British women's engagement with the Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, and his unsettling discovery of plant sexuality. Previously ignored primary texts of an extraordinary nature are rescued from obscurity and assigned a proper place in the histories of science, eighteenth-century literature, and women's writing. The result is groundbreaking: the author explores nationality and sexuality debates in relation to botany and charts the appearance of a new literary stereotype, the sexually precocious female botanist. She uncovers an anonymous poem on Linnaean botany, handwritten in the eighteenth century, and subsequently traces the development of a new genre of women's writing - the botanical poem with scientific notes. The book is indispensable reading for all scholars of the eighteenth century, especially those interested in Romantic women's writing, or the relationship between literature and science.
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April 2019The sixth volume of "five six excellent writing"
by Tang Xian
Volume 6 practice writing 0-100 Arabic numerals and Chinese Pinyin letters (case, initial and final).
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April 2019The second volume of "five six excellent writing"
by Tang Xian
The second volume is about practicing and writing Chinese characters composed of strokes such as horizontal fold, horizontal fold hook, vertical hook and vertical fold.
