1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791952503321

Autore

Smith Andrew <1964->

Titolo

The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-78170-000-1

1-84779-345-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

823.0873309

Soggetti

Ghost stories, English - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719074462; 9780719074462; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Seeing the spectre: an economic theory of the ghost story; 2 Dickens's spectres: sight, money,and reading the ghost story; 3 Money and machines: Wilkie Collins's ghosts; 4 Love, money, and history: the female ghost story; 5 Reading ghosts and reading texts: spiritualism; 6 Haunted houses and history: Henry James's Anglo-American ghosts; 7 Colonial ghosts: mimicry,history, and laughter; 8 M.R. James's Gothic revival; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History examines the British ghost story within the political contexts of the long nineteenth century. By relating the ghost story to economic, national, colonial and gendered contexts' it provides a critical re-evaluation of the period.The conjuring of a political discourse of spectrality during the nineteenth century enables a culturally sensitive reconsideration of the work of writers including Dickens, Collins, Charlotte Riddell, Vernon Lee, May Sinclair, Kipling, Le Fanu, Henry James and M.R. James. Additionally, a chapter on the interpretation of spi



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910694088303321

Titolo

A review of federal consent decrees : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, July 19, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 111 p.)

Soggetti

Consent decrees - United States

Federal government - United States

State governments - United States

Judicial process - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367579703321

Autore

Bischoff Karl

Titolo

Botanik / / Karl Bischoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

De Gruyter, 1852

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2019]

Georg Andreas Reimer Verlag, , [1852]

©1852

ISBN

9783111447339

3111447332

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Grundriss der Naturgeschichte für Real- und höhere Bürgerschulen ; ; Abt. 1

Soggetti

REFERENCE / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Vorrede -- Inhalt -- Einleitung -- Erster Theil. Organographie -- Cap. I. Elementarorgane der Pflanzen -- Cap. II. Ernährungsorgane der Pflanzen -- Cap. III. Fortpflanzungsorgane der Pflanzen -- Cap. IV. Lebenserscheinungen im Entwickelung- vorgange des Individuum -- Cap. V. Verhältniß der Pflanzen zu Raum und Zeit -- Zweiter Theil. Syftemkunde -- Erste Abtheilung. Kryptogamische oder acotnledonische Familien -- Zweite Abtheilung. Monocotyledonische oder einsamenlappige Familien -- Dritte Abtheilung. Dicotnledonische oder zweisamlappige Familien -- Erster Anhang. Uebersicht der in Deutschland wilden und verwilderten Gistgewächse -- Zweiter Anhang. Uebersicht der angeführten Gattungen nach dem Systeme von Lianné -- Register

Sommario/riassunto

To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.