Golden age of the american essay

Golden Age of the American Essay

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On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel

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Golden Age

* The magnificent concluding volume of Vidal's epic NARRATIVES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American history.

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Age of Innocence

In a society where people "dreaded scandal more than disease," passion was a force of ruin. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" is set amidst the pre-World War I "Golden Age" of upper-class society in New York and is framed by society's strict moral code. When soon-to-be-wed Newland Archer finds himself enraptured by his bride-to-be's...

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The Golden House: A Novel (0399592806)

Kniha - 380 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture--a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities Set against the strange and exuberant backdrop of current American culture and politics, The Golden House also marks Salman Rushdi...

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American Comics : A History - Dauber Jeremy

Anotace: Comics have conquered America. From our cinemas, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize-winning titles and MacArthur Fellowship recipients, comics shape American culture, in ways ...

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American Comics : A History - Jeremy Dauber

<p>The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination. </p> <p>Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention ...

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Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover - Kevin Reagan

<p>Alex Steinweiss invented the album cover as we know it, and created a new graphic art form. In 1940, as Columbia Records’ young new art director, he pitched an idea: Why not replace the standard plain brown wrapper with an eye-catching illustration? The company took a chance, and within months its record sales increased by over 800 per cent. His covers for Columb...

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Bruce W. Talamon: Soul. R&amp;B. Funk: Photographs 1972–1982 - Reuel Golden

<p>Get down with such legends as Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, the Jackson Five, Diana Ross, James Brown, and Chaka Khan in this collection of largely unseen images from the golden age of soul, R&amp;B, and funk. Sourced from our superfly Art Edition, this XL volume gathers all of the glamour and groove captured by photogr...

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Design Monograph: Eames

A design monograph on Charles and Ray Eames, the golden couple of postwar American design. Contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life an

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Auto America: Car Culture 1950s-1970s

A glorious and nostalgic celebration of a defining period in American car culture-the 1950s to the 1970s, the golden age of Detroit's icons of the roa

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Marble Season

Set against the golden age of the American dream and the silver age of comics, and awash with pop-culture references - TV shows, comic books, super-he

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Nantucket (PC) Steam

Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece. Set sail and explore the seas Set sail around the world, visit cities, and i...

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Nantucket (PC) Steam (PC)

Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.Set sail and explore the seasSet sail around the world, visit cities, an...

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