Islandology : geography, rhetoric, politics / Marc Shell.
| Author/creator | Shell, Marc author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014] |
| Description | xiii, 361 pages ; 27 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Defining islands and isolating definition -- Horizontal and vertical -- Animate swimmers and inanimate floaters -- Material substance and state of matter -- Cities in straits -- Naming and sovereignty -- Utopias and laboratory hypotheses -- Politics, philosophy, epic drama -- The distracted globe -- Island words -- Dire straits -- Liberty -- Hamlet is Germany -- The region of illusion -- Building for a future -- Postamble. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2013040186 |
| ISBN | 9780804786294 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0804786291 hardcover |
| ISBN | ebook |
| ISBN | ebook |
| Standard identifier# | 40024068699 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GB471 .S57 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |