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Books on: imaginary world

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Imaginary Social Worlds: A Cultural Approach

Book by John L. Caughey; University of Nebraska Press, 1984

Subjects:

Fantasy, Interpersonal Relations, Mass Media--Psychological Aspects, Popular Culture, Psychology, Pathological

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...connection, the imaginary world is extensively influenced by culture. In our imaginary social relationships, as...by cultural forces. The imaginary worlds we have considered are interconnected by the imaginary social relationships within...
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Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds

Book by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin; Southern Illinois University Press, 1989

Subjects:

Fantasy Literature--History And Criticism--Congresses, Imaginary Places In Literature--Congresses, Science Fiction--History And Criticism--Congresses

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...geographies of imagined worlds, particularly those...or otherwise imagine worlds in which individuals...that building such a world, in any given text...in many cases, the imaginary world becomes either...how and why of such world-building by calling...mindscapes"? All fictional worlds, to the extent they...
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Imagination and the Arts in C.S. Lewis: Journeying to Narnia and Other Worlds

Book by Peter J. Schakel; University of Missouri Press, 2002

Subjects:

Art And Literature--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Art In Literature, Children's Stories, English--History And Criticism, Children--Books And Reading--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Fantasy Fiction, English--History And Criticism, Imagination, Imagination In Literature, Lewis, C. S--(Clive Staples)--1898-1963--Chronicles Of Narnia, Lewis, C. S--(Clive Staples)--1898-1963--Knowledge--Art, Narnia (Imaginary Place)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...almost every page of Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis; three...in C. S. Lewis: Images of His World. 3 In addition to the drawing Lewis...Kilby, C. S. Lewis: Images of His World, 98 103. 4 A letter reporting this...
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Tolkien's World of the Rings: Language, Religion and Adventure

Book by Jared Lobdell; Open Court, 2003

Subjects:

Fantasy Fiction, English--History And Criticism, Middle Earth (Imaginary Place), Tolkien, J. R. R--(John Ronald Reuel)--1892-1973--Lord Of The Rings

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...may not be) but that the whole world of The Lord of the Rzkqs as we perceive it is an English world, indeed a medieval English world, where Elves are Welsh and Dwarves...Englishness of the Rohirrim, is not imaginary. The Northwest of the Old World...
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The Last War: A World Set Free

Book by H. G. Wells; University of Nebraska Press, 2001

Subjects:

Imaginary Wars And Battles--Fiction, Nuclear Warfare--Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. World set free The lastwar / H. G. Wells...imagination) Originally published as: The world set free: a story of mankind. Macmillan...9820-x (pbk.: alk. paper) I. Imaginary wars and battles- Fiction. 2. Nuclear...

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Journal Articles on: imaginary world

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The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

Journal article by John P. Ziker; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 12, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World. by John P. Ziker MCGHEE, ROBERT. The last imaginary place: a human history of the Arctic...author. With Robert McGhees The last imaginary place we have exactly such a viable...
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Americana: The Americas in the World, around 1850 (or 'Seeing the Elephant' as the Theme for an Imaginary Western)

Journal article by John Charles Chasteen; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 68, 2002

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Americana: The Americas in the World, around 1850 (or `Seeing the Elephant' as the Theme for an Imaginary Western). (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Americana: The Americas in the World, around 1850 (or Seeing the Elephant as the Theme for an Imaginary Western). by John Charles...far corners of the Atlantic world (the United States, Western...bringing several corners of that world simultaneously into focus...
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Terrifying Beauty: The Imaginary World of Garrett Serviss

Journal article by Kathleen N. Monahan; West Virginia University Philological Papers, Vol. 53, 2006

Subjects:

Edison's Conquest of Mars (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Fantasy writers--Works, Serviss, Garrett--Works, The War of the Worlds (Novel)--Influence, Wells, H.G.--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...Terrifying Beauty: The Imaginary World of Garrett Serviss...Wellss War of the Worlds appeared in Cosmopolitan...Although Servisss imaginary world evokes in its explorers...Davis, L.J. "World Enough." Harpers Magazine...H.G. War of the Worlds (1897). New York...
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"Dancing in Chains": The Imaginary of Global South Africanism in World Cup Stadium Architecture

Journal article by Federico Freschi; African Arts, Vol. 44, 2011

Subjects:

Architecture--Analysis, Soccer--Influence, Soccer--South Africa, Stadiums--Design and construction, Stadiums--Social aspects, World Cup (Soccer)--Influence

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...in Chains": The Imaginary of Global South Africanism in World Cup Stadium Architecture...construction of a new imaginary of the South African...shaping a national imaginary, but also in packaging...this for the outside world. Despite their limited...
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Imaginary Worlds, Real Stories

Journal article by Terry Pratchett; Folklore, Vol. 111, 2000

Subjects:

Fantastic literature--Authorship, Folklore--Personal narratives

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Imaginary Worlds, Real Stories. by Terry Pratchett...itself is a window into another world with a quasi-existence of...fact, are set in the largely imaginary world of Discworld. I say "largely imaginary" because of course it has...

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Magazine Articles on: imaginary world

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Worlds to Conquer Online: Multiplayer Gaming Comes of Age; Imaginary Worlds Enable Billions to Act out Their Dreams, and Computerized Fantasies Offer Opportunities to Make Real Money

Magazine article by Lane Jennings; The Futurist, Vol. 40, July 2006

Subjects:

Computer games--Forecasts and trends, Online games--Forecasts and trends, Video game industry--Industry forecasts, Video games industry--Industry forecasts

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...Multiplayer Gaming Comes of Age; Imaginary Worlds Enable Billions to...up in the "costume" of an imaginary character they have created...game sites, or "synthetic worlds," as Castronova calls them...the fact that each synthetic world has its own currency, which...together in the same online game world. But these trends may take...dangers arising in synthetic worlds. For example, with the widespread...
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The Imaginary World of Henri Rousseau

Magazine article by Anne Henderson; School Arts, Vol. 98, March 1999

Subjects:

Artists--Biography, Rousseau, Henri--Biography

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The Imaginary World of Henri Rousseau by Anne Henderson Most...the Vanves Gate, Rousseau observed the world around him and filled numerous notebooks...Guillaume Apollinaire. They admired the imaginary settings, the lack of adherence to a...
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Real and Imaginary Risks

Magazine article by Anatol Lieven; The World Today, Vol. 64, February 2008

Subjects:

Balance of payments, Corporate identity, Election results, Military history, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Politics, Prime ministers, Risk assessment

Collections: History, Entire Library

Real and Imaginary Risks by Anatol Lieven PAKISTAN...developments in the Muslim world. There is an enormous amount...anywhere in the Sunni Muslim world should be seen as unlikely...in a sober but frightening World Bank report of 2004 - the...
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Nerd Nation: The Thin Line between World of Warcraft and Fantasy Football

Magazine article by Jesse Singal; Washington Monthly, Vol. 41, November 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms by Ethan Gilsdorf The...Garners, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms, part travelogue...gone online and mainstream. World of Warcraft, set in a danger...of peoples desire to visit imaginary realms. In an attempt to...and who enjoys inhabiting worlds in which her character can...
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Imaginary Persons, Imaginary Prisons

Magazine article by Earl Shorris; The Nation, Vol. 243, December 20, 1986

Subjects:

Against All Hope: The Prison Memoirs of Armando Valladares (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Cuba--Public opinion, Ideology in literature--Case studies, Ideology--Case studies, Literature--Case studies, Mass media--Political aspects, Press and politics--Case studies, Valladares Perez, Armando Fernando--Public opinion

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...brutality meted out to real and imaginary opponents by the Castro dictatorship...speaks of brutality toward imaginary opponents he is speaking of imaginary brutality, of nightmare but...which is a way of making the world conform to the myths of his...

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Newspaper Articles on: imaginary world

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'I Want to Get Absorbed in My Imaginary World'

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 23, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

I Want to Get Absorbed in My Imaginary World. Jacqueline Wilson, author of...adults do and youre seeing the world with fresh eyes but youre still...I want to get absorbed in my imaginary world. Later, when I type it...
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The Brit Artist Who Can Draw; Paul Noble's Bizarre Imaginary World Is Taking Him 10 Years to Create. It's a Series of Huge-Scale Drawings and the Devil, He Says, Is in the Detail

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 31, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Who Can Draw; Paul Nobles Bizarre Imaginary World Is Taking Him 10 Years to Create...gathered, riveted by the intricate world that he had invented with pencil...lost in your own expertise." The world he explores with an HB pencil is...
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Storytellers Escort Audiences to Imaginary Worlds

Newspaper article by Denise Barnes; The Washington Times, July 22, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Storytellers escort audiences to imaginary worlds by Denise Barnes Storytellers are special people. They spin...captivated audiences at Glen Echo Park with stories from around the world. Since there are two tellers in the Chatham household, they...
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Horror or Child's Play; What' S on This Week MOVIE OF THE WEEK an Imaginary Friendship Leads Little Emily, Played by Child Star Dakota Fanning, into a Dark and Dangerous World HIDE AND SEEK SATURDAY, SKY MOVIES 1,8pm

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), May 13, 2006

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Television movies

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...S on This Week MOVIE OF THE WEEK an Imaginary Friendship Leads Little Emily, Played...Fanning, into a Dark and Dangerous World HIDE AND SEEK SATURDAY, SKY MOVIES 1,8pm. A lot of kids have imaginary friends, so when single dad David Callaway...budget sci-fi thriller War of the Worlds, alongside Tom Cruise. Here she manages...
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THE DEALER FROM DOWN UNDER; the Art World Is a Dirty Business, and No One Knows It Better Than Simon Lee. in His Short but Eventful Career, He's Been Defrauded by a Brazilian Polo Player and Bought an Imaginary Bacon. but He's Still in the Picture as One of London's Top Dealers Says William Cash

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 9, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...DEALER FROM DOWN UNDER; the Art World Is a Dirty Business, and No...Brazilian Polo Player and Bought an Imaginary Bacon. but Hes Still in the...toughened me up about the art world, he says. I became more unsentimental...wealthiest collectors in the world. The Gimpel family had amassed...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: imaginary world

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BrontË

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...died. At home for the next five years, the children were left much to themselves, and they began to write about an imaginary world they had created. This escapist writing, transcribed in tiny script on small pieces of paper, continued into adulthood...
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Amusement Park

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...differ from circuses , carnivals , and worlds fairs (see exposition ) in that parks...parks, are designed to evoke distant or imaginary locales and/or eras, such as the Wild...traditional amusement park. Walt Disney World, opened near Orlando, Fla., in 1971, is the most popular theme park in the world; it draws over 40 million visitors annually...
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Football

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...American game; in other parts of the world it usually means soccer. Football, amateur...opposing teams face each other along an imaginary line, called the line of scrimmage...In the period immediately following World War II professional footballs popularity...
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Highlands

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Scotland. It consists roughly of the Scottish area north of the imaginary line from Dumbarton to Stonehaven excluding the Orkneys, the...tourist trade has been an important source of income. Since World War II the British government has sponsored the forestry industry...
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Folktale

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...well as etiological themes. See also mythology ; monsters and imaginary beasts in folklore ; elf ; fairy ; goblin ; gremlin ; troll...and the Pacific (1995); A. Clarkson and G. B. Cross, World Folktales (1984...

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