Books by "John David Vincent"

8 books found

Understanding Richard Hoggart

Understanding Richard Hoggart

by Michael Bailey, Ben Clarke, John K. Walton

2011 · John Wiley & Sons

Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation. Re-examines the reputation of one of the ‘inventors’ of Cultural Studies Uses new archival sources to critically evaluate Hoggart's contribution and influence, set his work in context, and determine its current relevance Addresses detractors and their positions of Hoggart, delineating long-term ideological battles within academia Brings cultural studies, literary criticism, and social history to bear on this figure whose interests spread across disciplines, to create a text which blends many threads into a coherent whole

A Topographical History of Surrey

A Topographical History of Surrey

by Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Edward William Brayley

1850

History of Chester County, Pennsylvania

History of Chester County, Pennsylvania

by John Smith Futhey, Gilbert Cope

1881

Van Gogh, Encore

Van Gogh, Encore

by John Andrew Karr

2010 · John Andrew Karr

Imagine Vincent van Gogh in our modern world. Suppose, during the last year and a half of his life, when he severs part of his ear and commits himself to the insane asylum, he stumbles into the very circumstance he has longed for his entire adult life -- a family. Would his life change for the better, or would his self-destructive tendencies again prevail?