Islandology : geography, rhetoric, politics / Marc Shell.

Author/creator Shell, Marc author.
Format Book
PublicationStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiii, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2013040186
ISBN9780804786294 hardcover
ISBN0804786291 hardcover
ISBNebook
ISBNebook
Standard identifier# 40024068699

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GB471 .S57 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold