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UNINA9910464332503321 |
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Titolo |
Grasses in your pocket : a guide to the prairie grasses of the Upper Midwest / / Anna B. Gardner [and three others] |
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Iowa City, Iowa : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (16 p.) |
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Grasses - Middle West |
Orchids |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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At the time of European settlement, tallgrass prairie was the iconic landscape in much of the Upper Midwest. Although its extent has been drastically reduced, intact prairie remnants exist, prairie species persist along roadsides, and interest in prairie reconstruction has increased. The basic prairie matrix is formed by grasses, yet their diversity and beauty are often underappreciated because their flowering structures are highly reduced to aid in wind pollination. This much-needed addition to Iowa's popular series of laminated guides-the twenty-sixth in the series-illustrates fifty-five gra |
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UNINA9910955680703321 |
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Autore |
Wiskind-Elper Ora <1960-> |
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Tradition and fantasy in the tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav / / Ora Wiskind-Elper |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) |
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Hasidic parables - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and indexes. |
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Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- Content -- The Poet's Self and the Poem -- 1. THE FIGURE OF THE ZADDIK -- 2. INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION: LINKING PAST TO FUTURE -- 3. THE APPROACHING REDEMPTION -- 4. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS -- Telling Tales -- or, The Physics and Metaphysics of Fiction -- 1. THE SANCTIFICATION OF FICTION IN HASIDIC TRADITION -- 2. ADOPTION OF NARRATIVE ELEMENTS FROM OTHER GENRES -- 3. THE TORAH AS TEXT AND ARCHETYPE -- 4. MULTIFARIOUS "TEXTS" AND THEIR SYMBOLIC VALUE -- The Romantic Drama -- 1. ROMANTICISM: A GENERAL DEFINITION -- 2. THE ROMANTIC QUEST -- 3. THE INDWELLING LIFE OF NATURE -- 4. IN GOD'S IMAGE HE CREATED HER -- The Dimension of the Fantastic -- 1. A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FANTASTIC WORLD -- 2. PERCEPTION AND DECEPTION: TRANSMUTATIONS OF REALITY WITHIN THE TALE -- 3. BLURRING OF BOUNDARIES, SHIFTING IDENTITIES -- 5. THE EFFECT OF THE DIMENSION OF THE FANTASTIC ON THE LISTENER/READER -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF SOURCES -- Back Cover. |
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Considers the tales of Reb Nahman of Bratslav within a broad cultural milieu, including the romanticism of Reb Nahman's time, contemporary feminist hermeneutics, and the fantastic in various contexts. |
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