Author: Paul Simpson-Housley
Publisher: Dundurn Pre
Keywords: myths, enigmas, arctic
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1996-09-09
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1550022644
ISBN-13: 9781550022643

This book seeks to provide illustrations of Artic mysteries and fictions which often occur as a result of misconceptions of Artic geography. The chapters are extremely varied in subject matter, and conclusions are in the domain of speculation.The book begins with very early examples of northern travels starting with the probable adventures of Pytheas the Greek, Brendan the Irish monk and the four medieval odysseys of Adam of Bremen, Nicolas of Lynn, Prince Henry Sinclair and Zeno of Venice.No account of polar enigmas would be complete without reference to the Franklin expedition, the possible

Author: Paul Simpson-Housley
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: metaphor, perception, exploration, antarctica
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1992-09-16
List price: $210.00
ISBN-10: 0415082250
ISBN-13: 9780415082259

Antarctica traces images of the continent from early invented maps up to Roald Amundsen’s arrival. Paul Simpson-Housley approaches Antarctica from the perspective of both sea and land explorers, describing their differing perceptions as created by error and desire. Explorers returned with images of both beauty and terror. Simpson-Housley analyzes their writings in diaries, books and poetry. Developing this theme, and focusing on the realist paintings of Edward Wilson and the symbolic poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he discusses how artistic images were created from first-hand experien

Authors:Paul Simpson-Housley, Jamie S. Scott,
Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V.
Keywords: literatures, cross, cultures, postcolonial, geography, sacred, religion, mapping
Number of Pages: 519
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9042015446
ISBN-13: 9789042015449

Interweaving the interpretative methods of religious studies, literary criticism and cultural geography, the essays in this volume focus on issues associated with the representation of place and space in the writing and reading of the postcolonial. The collection charts the ways in which contemporary writers extend and deepen our awareness of the ambiguities of economic, social and political relations implicated in "sacred space" - the sense of spiritual significance associated with those concrete locations in which adherents of different religious traditions, past and present, maintain a ritu

Authors:Paul A. Atkinson, Dr William Housley,
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: sociology, horizons, new, bsa, interactionism
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-04-21
List price: $50.95
ISBN-10: 0761962700
ISBN-13: 9780761962700

Text provides an overview of interactionism in the United Kingdom. The authors argue that few sociologists in Britain have identified themselves solely with symbolic interactionism, even though many have engaged with interactionist ideas in their research and methodological work. Softcover, hardcover available.

Author: Paul Simpson
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: humour, linguistic, approaches, literature, satirical, model, satire, towards, stylistic, discourse
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-12
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9027233330
ISBN-13: 9789027233332

Author: Paul Simpson
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: english, language, introductions, routledge, students, resource, book, stylistics
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2004-07-15
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0415281059
ISBN-13: 9780415281058

Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the Routledge English Language Introductions series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ’two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introductions, development, exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. Stylistics: * is a comprehensive

Author: Paul G. Simpson IVstaff of www.testprofessors.com
Publisher: Fusion Press
Keywords: tests, practice, writing
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2010-04-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0979678625
ISBN-13: 9780979678622

Created by a Harvard-educated instructor and the staff of www.testprofessors.com, this book includes everything students need to succeed on the Writing portion of the SAT with: * Five full-length practice tests that include all the topics tested on the SAT * Unique test-to-test learning system that ensures continual improvement *Online essay submission; grading and feedback from Ivy-League educated teachers *Strategies proven in the real world on real SAT tests *No wasted time; Get to what you need immediately and use EVERY page of this book