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Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall: Or, a Ramble from the ...

Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall: Or, a Ramble from the ...

Henry Benjamin Wheatley

It was then Wheatley alone, Fletcher and Wheatley, Fletcher alone, and, lastly, Puttick and Simpson. These auction-rooms were principally devoted to the sale of books, and among the celebrated libraries sold there may be mentioned Brand's  ...
Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

Phillis Wheatley and the Romantics

John C. Shields

Gregory Rigsby's study of Wheatley's elegies, also appearing in 1975, represents the first purely aesthetic approach to her poetry. In this article, “Form and Content in Phillis Wheatley's Elegies,” Rigsby catalogs her elegies according to subject ...
The Sign of Glaaki Novel

The Sign of Glaaki Novel

Steven Savile

A novel by internationally best-selling authors Steven Savile and Steve Lockley, The Sign of Glaaki pits escape artist Harry Houdini and author Dennis Wheatley against ancient evil, alongside a cast of familiar characters from the Arkham ...
The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet ...

The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

In The Trials of Phillis Wheatley, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the pivotal roles that Wheatley and Jefferson played in shaping the black literary tradition.
Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

Emily Smith

Phillis Wheatley was the very first African American woman to have a book published.
Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage

Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage

Vincent Carretta

Reveals the fascinating life of Phillis Wheatley, the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book, and only the second woman to do so in America, and also to do so while she was a slave and a teenager.
Democracy, Minorities and International Law

Democracy, Minorities and International Law

Steven Wheatley

Examines the regulation of cultural conflicts from the perspective of international law.
Cache (Hidden)

Cache (Hidden)

Catherine Wheatley

In an in-depth and illuminating account, Wheatley examines the key themes at the heart of the 'meaning' of Caché: the film as thriller; post-colonial bourgeois guilt; political accountability and lastly, reality, the media and its ...
The Bengal Obituary ... being a compilation of monumental ...

The Bengal Obituary ... being a compilation of monumental ...

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Weldon, Susana .. Wellesley. ... Wharton, M. E. M. Frans. Wheatley, Geo. Hampden Wheatley, James . . . . Wheelan, P. . . . . W'heler. Edward “'hicker, C. C. . . .. “'hinfield, Wm. ... Wilkinson, Mary Dize Wilkinson, Susan Eliza Wilkinson, T. 11.
The Democratic Legitimacy of International Law

The Democratic Legitimacy of International Law

Steven Wheatley

global level and way in which domestic state law functions.9 Governance is contrasted with government, the latter being associated with formal institutions and the capacity to legislate and coercively enforce law norms. James Rosenau argues ...
Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage

Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage

Vincent Carretta

Carretta offers the first full-length biography of Phillis Wheatley (1753? 1784), who became the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book and only the second woman of any race or background to do so in America."
Empowering Words: Outsiders and Authorship in Early America

Empowering Words: Outsiders and Authorship in Early America

Karen A. Weyler

While Wheatley's elegies are part of the English elegiac tradition, Gregory Rigsby argues that Wheatley was more heavily influenced by the American Puritan funeral elegy, which was influenced by the funeral sermon. Rigsby, “Form and ...
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "racial" Self

Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "racial" Self

Henry Louis Gates

In one of the few close readings of Wheatley's verse, Gregory Rigsby'4 demonstrates conclusively that her elegies are a creative variation of the “English Elegy” and the “Puritan Elegy.” Wheatley's elegies are threnodic after the fashion of the ...
Globalization and “Minority” Cultures: The Role of “Minor” ...

Globalization and “Minority” Cultures: The Role of “Minor” ...

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Cumper, Peter and Steven Wheatley, eds. Minority Rights in the “New” Europe. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1999. De Beco. Gauthier. “Le Protocole n°12 à la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme,” Revue Trimestrielle ...
Spiritual Interrogations: Culture, Gender, and Community in ...

Spiritual Interrogations: Culture, Gender, and Community in ...

Katherine Clay Bassard

elegies to date: Gregory Rigsby, “Form and Content in Phillis Wheatley's Elegies, ” College Language Association Journal 19, no. 2 (1975): 248–57; and Mukhtar Ali Isani, “Phillis Wheatley and the Elegaic Mode,” in Robinson, Critical Essays, ...
Contested States in World Politics

Contested States in World Politics

D. Geldenhuys

... The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1992, pp.458–68; Steven Wheatley, Democracy, Minorities and International Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp.106–9. UNPO, pp .19 ...
International Law and Civil Wars: Intervention and Consent

International Law and Civil Wars: Intervention and Consent

Eliav Lieblich

27 New York University journal of Internan'onal Law and Politics 289 (1995); Steven Wheatley, Democracy, Minorities and International Law 128—140 (2005). For an updated analysis see Susan Marks, What Has Become of the Emerging ...
The West and Islam: Western Liberal Democracy Versus the ...

The West and Islam: Western Liberal Democracy Versus the ...

Mishal Fahm al-Sulami

Douglas Greenberg, Stanely Katz, Melanie Olievo and Steven Wheatley. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fontana, B. 2000. 'Democracy and the French Revolution', in Democracy, the Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to AD 1993, ed ...
The Legitimacy of International Human Rights Regimes: Legal, ...

The Legitimacy of International Human Rights Regimes: Legal, ...

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On the legitimate authority of international human rights bodies STEVEN WHEATLEY 1. Introduction The idea of'human rights' has established itself as the dominant discourse in world society without a coherent understanding ofits proper ...
Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring ...

Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring ...

Margaret Wheatley

i, Aeron Miller xii, Meg Wheatley xviii, DanielSeguin.ca 3, Deborah Frieze 6, Paul Winder 9, Deborah Frieze 1617, Illustration by Todd Stewart 18, Deborah Frieze 21, Deborah Frieze 23, Alex Lewin 23, Deborah Frieze 26, Aerin Dunford 26, ...
Examining Critical Perspectives on Human Rights

Examining Critical Perspectives on Human Rights

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82 See, generally, Steven Wheatley, 'Minorities, political participation and democratic governance under the European Convention on Human Rights', in Marc Weller (ed.), Political Participation of Minorities (Oxford University Press, 2010) ...
Jack's Little Angel

Jack's Little Angel

Steven Wheatley

Jack's Little Angel is a heartwarming story that tells of a touching friendship that grows between my son Jack and a silly little angel. But as their friendship grows, a secret is revealed.
French Film in Britain: Sex, Art and Cinephilia

French Film in Britain: Sex, Art and Cinephilia

Lucy Mazdon

Sex, Art and Cinephilia Lucy Mazdon, Catherine Wheatley. First published in 2013 by Berghahn Books www.berghahnbooks.com ©2013 Lucy Mazdon and Catherine Wheatley All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for ...
Warner Bros.: Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot

Warner Bros.: Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot

Steven Bingen

Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot Steven Bingen ... 211 Rosenstein, Sophie, 80–81 The Rosie O'Donnell Show, 139 Ross, Steven J., 193, 201; Steven J. Ross Plaza, 85; Steven J. Ross Theater, 97, 147, 153 Rounder, Albert, 24, 68 Rowling, J. K., ...
Bossy Steven

Bossy Steven

Molly Mia Stewart

When Elizabeth and Jessica lose a bet to their brother, Steven, they must do his chores for a week, and while Steven gloats, the twins plot their revenge.
Glyph-Breaker

Glyph-Breaker

Steven R. Fischer

Steven R. Fischer. Hachette. Fischer, Steven Roger. 1988a. Evidence for Hellenic Dialect in the Phaistos Disk. Berne: Peter Lang. Fischer, Steven Roger. 1988b. Meersburg im Mittelalter. Aus der Geschichte einer Bodenseestadt undihrer ...
Steven Spielberg: Interviews

Steven Spielberg: Interviews

Steven Spielberg

Interviews Steven Spielberg, Lester D. Friedman, Brent Notbohm. would have to try ... The movie will be dedicated to former Time Warner chairman Steven J. Ross, who became a father figure for Spielberg before he died in 1992. "Steve Ross ...
Academics Going Public: How to Write and Speak Beyond Academe

Academics Going Public: How to Write and Speak Beyond Academe

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Sydni Dunn, “Steven Salaita's New (Temporary) Career: Public Speaker,” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 28, 2014. Accessed at http:// chronicle. com/article/Steven-Salaita-s-New/149675/ on October 28, 2014. Steven Salaita, “ Steven ...
Steven Gerrard: Autobiografia legendy Liverpoolu

Steven Gerrard: Autobiografia legendy Liverpoolu

Steven Gerrard

W tej książce Steven Gerrard opowiada historię swojego życia i podsumowuje 17 sezonów spędzonych przy Anfield. Błędy transferowe Rafy Beníteza. Spóźnialstwo Mario Balotellego.
Schools and Societies

Schools and Societies

Steven Brint

Steven Brint. Grubb, W. Norton, Laura Goe, and Luis A. Huerta. 2004. “The Unending Search for Equity: California Policy, the 'Improved School Finance' and the Williams Case. ... Hanushek, Eric A., John F. Kain, and Steven G. Rivkin.

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