{"product_id":"islandology-geography-rhetoric-politics-hardcover","title":"Islandology: Geography, Rhetoric, Politics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarc Shell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIslandology\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced, fact-filled comparative essay in critical topography and cultural geography that cuts across different cultures and argues for a world of islands. The book explores the logical consequences of geographic place for the development of philosophy and the study of limits (Greece) and for the establishment of North Sea democracy (England and Iceland), explains the location of military hot-spots and great cities (Hormuz and Manhattan), and sheds new light on dozens of world-historical productions whose motivating islandic aspect has not heretofore been recognized (Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e and Wagner's \u003ci\u003eRing of the Nibelung\u003c\/i\u003e). Written by Shell in view of the melting of the world's great ice islands, \u003ci\u003eIslandology\u003c\/i\u003e shows not only new ways that we think about islands but also why and how we think by means of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Shell, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, is the Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English at Harvard University, where he is also a professor in the graduate program in History of American Civilization. He is the author of a number of books. These include three influential studies of the relations between linguistic and literary economies: \u003ci\u003eThe Economy of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), \u003ci\u003eMoney, Language, and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), and \u003ci\u003eArt and Money\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) as well as books on nationalism, kinship, and multilingualism, such as \u003ci\u003eThe End of Kinship\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Babel\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and on disability, including the recent titles, \u003ci\u003ePolio and Its Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eStutter\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). A Canadian citizen, Shell has long been interested in the relations between Canada and the United States. With his wife, Professor Susan Shell, he co-directs The Seven Days Work Educational Foundation, Grand Manan Island, Canada, which sponsors conferences and educational outreach programs in the greater Gulf of Maine region in both countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 385\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 10.1 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181635940573,"sku":"9780804786294","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/3t7zgZmUW29780804786294.webp?v=1784224760","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/islandology-geography-rhetoric-politics-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}