First published in 1963, James A. Michener’s gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a dangerous assignment: finding and returning a young American woman living in Afghanistan to her distraught family after she suddenly and mysteriously disappears.
Drama for Students, vol. 14Every bi-annual volume of Drama for Students features coverage of 15 plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Look for:
Emagazine is a magazine for advanced level students of English Literature, English Language and Lang/Lit.
Language Change and Corpus Data The Great Gatsby as Pastoral Retelling The Canterbury Tales Romanticism – a Rough Guide Closure in Contemporary Drama Antony and Cleopatra – a Celebrity Tragedy Getting What we Want – Prohibition & Politeness
Art in Anime: The Creative Quest as Theme and Metaphor
Added by: miaow | Karma: 8463.40 | Other | 5 September 2015
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Anime, hand-drawn or computer-animated Japanese cartoons, appears in television series, films, video, video games, and commercials, and represents most genres of fiction. This critical study explores anime's relationship with art from a twofold perspective. Drawing from categories as varied as romance, comedy, slice of life drama, science fiction, bildungsroman, and school drama, it examines anime's representation of characters pursuing diverse artistic activities and related aesthetic visions, focusing closely on the concepts of creativity, talent, expressivity and experimentation.