Download or read book Word Toys written by Brian Kim Stefans and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and thought provoking volume that speculates on a range of textual works—poetic, novelistic, and programmed—as technical objects With the ascent of digital culture, new forms of literature and literary production are thriving that include multimedia, networked, conceptual, and other as-yet-unnamed genres while traditional genres and media—the lyric, the novel, the book—have been transformed. Word Toys: Poetry and Technics is an engaging and thought-provoking volume that speculates on a range of poetic, novelistic, and programmed works that lie beyond the language of the literary and which views them instead as technical objects. Brian Kim Stefans considers the problems that arise when discussing these progressive texts in relation to more traditional print-based poetic texts. He questions the influence of game theory and digital humanities rhetoric on poetic production, and how non-digital works, such as contemporary works of lyric poetry, are influenced by the recent ubiquity of social media, the power of search engines, and the public perceptions of language in a time of nearly universal surveillance. Word Toys offers new readings of canonical avant-garde writers such as Ezra Pound and Charles Olson, major successors such as Charles Bernstein, Alice Notley, and Wanda Coleman, mixed-genre artists including Caroline Bergvall, Tan Lin, and William Poundstone, and lyric poets such as Harryette Mullen and Ben Lerner. Writers that trouble the poetry/science divide such as Christian Bök, and novelists who have embraced digital technology such as Mark Z. Danielewski and the elusive Toadex Hobogrammathon, anchor reflections on the nature of creativity in a world where authors collaborate, even if unwittingly, with machines and networks. In addition, Stefans names provocative new genres—among them the nearly formless “undigest” and the transpacific “miscegenated script”—arguing by example that interdisciplinary discourse is crucial to the development of scholarship about experimental work.
Download or read book I Love My New Toy written by Mo Willems and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerald and Piggie have a misunderstanding over Piggie's new toy, but soon realize friends are more fun to play with than toys.
Download or read book Toys and Novelties written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Toys written by David Longest and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top-selling collectibles author Longest offers a guide to toys from 1870 to the 1950s, with a special focus on pre-WWI toys. This full-color presentation includes over 750 beautiful photos, each accompanied by historical information, marks, dates and sizes to aid identification, plus current values.
Download or read book Toy Hobby World written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kids Stuff written by Gary Cross and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To sort out who's who and what's what in the enchanting, vexing world of Barbies(R) and Ninja Turtles(R), Tinkertoys(R) and teddy bears, is to begin to see what's become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about our values, that Gary Cross explores in Kids' Stuff, a revealing look into the meaning of American toys through this century. Early in the 1900s toys reflected parents' ideas about children and their futures. Erector sets introduced boys to a realm of business and technology, while baby dolls anticipated motherhood and building blocks honed the fine motor skills of the youngest children. Kids' Stuff chronicles the transformation that occurred as the interests and intentions of parents, children, and the toy industry gradually diverged--starting in the 1930s when toymakers, marketing playthings inspired by popular favorites like Shirley Temple and Buck Rogers, began to appeal directly to the young. TV advertising, blockbuster films like Star Wars(R), and Saturday morning cartoons exploited their youthful audience in new and audacious ways. Meanwhile, powerful social and economic forces were transforming the nature of play in American society. Cross offers a richly textured account of a culture in which erector sets and baby dolls are no longer alone in preparing children for the future, and in which the toys that now crowd the racks are as perplexing for parents as they are beguiling for little boys and girls. Whether we want our children to be high achievers in a competitive world or playful and free from the worries of adult life, the toy store confronts us with many choices. What does the endless array of action figures and fashion dolls mean? Are children--or parents--the dupes of the film, television, and toy industries, with their latest fads and fantasies? What does this say about our time, and what does it bode for our future? Tapping a vein of rich cultural history, Kids' Stuff exposes the serious business behind a century of playthings.
Download or read book Forecast written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bush Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Free Stuff for Collectors on the Internet written by Judy Heim and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antiquers, nostalgia buffs, and memorabilia collectors of all types will welcome the great leads offered in this guide to finding free Internet information on the ins and outs of collecting in numerous specialized areas. 80 illustrations.
Download or read book Hardware and Housefurnishing Goods written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Playthings written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Toys in Space written by Mini Grey and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very silly (not-too-scary) story about losing a beloved toy. That summer night, the toys were left outside. . . . For the very first time, the Wonderdoll, the helpful wind-up robot, the thoughtful green dinosaur, and the rest of their plucky gang lie in the grass, gazing up at the stars. But one star seems brighter than the rest. As it grows bigger and bigger, the toys realize it may not be a star at all! Soon they're venturing into the unknown, traveling by spaceship, where they meet a lonely alien in need of help, and some friends. From ever-inventive, award-winning author-illustrator Mini Grey comes a hilarious and heartfelt new adventure: a motley group of toys left outside in the garden become true friends and brave heroes--in space!
Download or read book Baby Encyclopedia written by Planeta DeAgostini and published by duopress. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babies and toddlers will have a blast discovering the world in this first encyclopedia! Divided into themes of home, school, city, farm, ocean, mountains, and jungle, this large format board book teaches young children more than 900 words, perfectly matched with fun, clear illustrations, encouraging interactive learning between parents and their children. A spread showing a cozy living room features simple text for a door, table, sofa, vacuum, lamp, and dozens more objects. In a busy classroom, find clearly labeled desks, chairs, books, colored pencils, and anything else children might encounter at school. On a bright, sunny beach, a seagull, beach towel, sand castle, boat, and more can be found. Following each themed spread is a corresponding spread with facts and further information to introduce more advanced learning. Readers will learn that eagles are birds with large wings, that tow trucks help move cars when they're broken, and that if you go to the mountains in winter, you'll need a jacket. Little ones will build their vocabulary and stimulate their mind while enjoying colorful art. And with hundreds of people, animals, and objects to discover on its pages, kids will want to explore Baby Encyclopedia over and over again!
Download or read book Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Too Many Toys written by David Shannon and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although he finally agrees that he has too many toys and needs to give them away, there is one toy that Spencer absolutely cannot part with.
Download or read book United States Code Annotated written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
