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Author | : Mark Kingwell |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2007-11-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780300126129 |
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A new perspective on a beloved cultural icon, its place in our history, and its meaning in the American imagination This elegantly written appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the building's richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding the skyscraper's conception and construction, then enters into a provocative theoretical discussion of its function as an icon, its representation in pictures, literature, and film, and the implications of its iconic status as New York's most important architectural monument to ambition and optimism. The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. And paradoxically, this building of unmistakable solidity has been made invisible by familiarity and reproduction through imagery. Mark Kingwell encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the building, to become aware of its evolving layers of meaning, and to see how the building lives within a unique imaginative space in the landscape of the American consciousness. He offers new ways of understanding the Empire State Building in all its complexity and surprising insights into its special role as an American icon.
Author | : Lynnette Austin |
Publisher | : Forever Yours |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2013-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1455528382 |
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The Cowboy and the City Girl Sophie London hates Texas. The longhorns freak her out and the wide-open spaces are more unnerving than a Chicago alleyway at night. But Sophie wouldn't miss her cousin's wedding for the world-even if it means returning to Maverick Junction . . . and to the dangerously irresistible Ty Rawlins. A single father of rambunctious triplet boys, Ty knows trouble when he sees it-and Sophie's got it written all over her. Yet he's never been able to stop thinking about her, even after their one brief meeting. Maybe fate is giving him a second chance. But if Ty wants Sophie to swap her stilettos for cowgirl boots, they'll each have to face the past-together.
Author | : Dean Kunigisky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Dotty Lake (Ont.) |
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Author | : Nan Temkin Dudley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-05-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781954493438 |
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Author | : Lawrence Borton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 197? |
Genre | : Families |
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Author | : James Wood |
Publisher | : Brandeis University Press |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 2015-04-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 161168742X |
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In this remarkable blend of memoir and criticism, James Wood, noted contributor to the New Yorker, has written a master class on the connections between fiction and life. He argues that, of all the arts, fiction has a unique ability to describe the shape of our lives and to rescue the texture of those lives from death and historical oblivion. The act of reading is understood here as the most sacred and personal of activities, and there are brilliant discussions of individual works - among others, Chekhov's story "The Kiss," W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants, and Penelope Fitzgerald's The Blue Flower. Wood reveals his own intimate relationship with the written word: we see the development of a provincial boy growing up in a charged Christian environment, the secret joy of his childhood reading, the links he makes between reading and blasphemy, or between literature and music. The final section discusses fiction in the context of exile and homelessness. The Nearest Thing to LifeÊis not simply a brief, tightly argued book by a man commonly regarded as our finest living critic - it is also an exhilarating personal account that reflects on, and embodies, the fruitful conspiracy between reader and writer (and critic), and asks us to reconsider everything that is at stake when we read and write fiction.
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Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1949-12-24 |
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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Author | : Anna Jean Mayhew |
Publisher | : Kensington Publishing Corporation |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496742729 |
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In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throes of segregation, what it will mean for a young girl on her way to adulthood—and for the woman who means the world to her . . . On a scorching day in August 1954, thirteen-year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family’s black maid, Mary Luther. For as long as Jubie can remember, Mary has been there—cooking, cleaning, compensating for her father’s rages and her mother’s benign neglect, and loving Jubie unconditionally. Bright and curious, Jubie takes note of the anti-integration signs they pass, and of the racial tension that builds as they journey further south. But she could never have predicted the shocking turn their trip will take. Now, in the wake of tragedy, Jubie must confront her parents’ failings and limitations, decide where her own convictions lie, and make the tumultuous leap to independence . . . Infused with the intensity of a changing time, here is a story of hope, heartbreak, and the love and courage that can transform us—from child to adult, from wounded to indomitable.
Author | : George Washington Doane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 746 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : American literature |
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Author | : George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 766 |
Release | : 1860 |
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