In traditional societies, the individual exists only as far as taking its place in a group, a place that is often destined from birth in a social hierarchy. It is governed by the collective beliefs, rules and norms shared by all present that are not in dispute, because they come "from above" - transcendence based on social connections and "pre" - mythical past and valuable. The modern man of the XXI-the century chooses his preferred beliefs and values in a pluralistic world, where conflicting values co-exist and are subject to the critique of reason. The past is no longer a perfect world, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Broadly comedic and brilliantly postmodern in its lampooning of a genre, the Jane Austen classic "Northanger Abbey" tells the story of Catherine Morland, a naive young woman whose perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted. When she moves to Bath she sees mystery and intrigue all around her, not least of all in "Northanger Abbey" itself, the home of General Tilney and his handsome son Henry, where Catherine suspects a sinister crime has occurred. Gorgeously ... |
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В сборника "Пернишки разкази" са включени някои съвсем нови разкази, както и разкази, все още непубликувани в България, но излизали на английски език в книгите на Здравка Евтимова "Pale and Other Postmodern Bulgarian Stories", Vox Humana, 2010, Канада/Израел; "Carts and Other Stories", Fomite Books, 2012, САЩ и "Time to Mow and Other Stories", All Things That Matter Press, 2012, САЩ. Здравка Евтимова е родена в гр. Перник през 1959 г. Завършва английска филология. В България са публикувани няколко нейни сборника с разкази, сред които: "Разкази срещу тъга", "Сълза ... |
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Dr. Alexandra Glavanakova received her MA and PhD degrees at Sofi a University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, where she has been a tenured lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies for over 20 years. She teaches courses in American and Canadian culture and literature, in digital culture, multimodal writing, and literature in the age of the Internet. Her publications have explored the major cultural shift in literacy, education and literature under the impact of digital technology. Posthuman Transformations: Bodies and Texts in Cyberspace explores the re/positioning of the human body and the evolution of the ... |
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This gorgeous boxed set of all of her classic romantic novels includes "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma", "Sense and Sensibility", "Mansfield Park", "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey", and each individual volume is beautifully designed and features a bespoke jacket, introduction or afterword, and Hugh Thomson's timeless, evocative illustrations. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Whether in the electrically charged chemistry of Elizabeth Bennett and ... |
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"Всеки път, когато чета Здравка Евтимова, се замислям за силата, която притежават нейните женски персонажи, за това колко непримирими са те, колко наситено земни са, като същевременно създават впечатление и за неземност." Кели Луче, писател и редактор на литературното списание Electric Literature (САЩ) "Красотата, както знаем, се появява навсякъде, особено там, където никой не я очаква, и с упоритост, ирония и милост героите на Здравка Евтимова не се предават на отвращението, а се борят с него. Уникална възможност да прочетете нещо прекрасно." Габриеле Отавиани, Convenzionali (Италия) "Здравка ... |