Islandology geography, rhetoric, politics / Marc Shell.

Author/creator Shell, Marc
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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 index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013040186
ISBN9780804786294 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804789264

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