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Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. In addition to the annotated text, there is also a rich ...

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Should we welcome the end of humanity? In this blistering book about the history of an idea, one of our leading critics draws on his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that ...

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Lionel Trilling, regarded at the time of his death in 1975 as America's preeminent literary critic, is today often seen as a relic of a vanished era. His was an age when literary criticism and ideas seemed to matter profoundly in the intellectual ...

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The distinguished poet and critic argues for the abiding relevance of a great literary mind of the twentieth century Lionel Trilling, regarded at the time of his death in 1975 as America’s preeminent literary critic, is today often seen as a...

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The distinguished poet and critic argues for the abiding relevance of a great literary mind of the twentieth century Lionel Trilling, regarded at the time of his death in 1975 as America's preeminent literary critic, is today often seen as a relic...

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From one of todays keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two Adam Kirsch is one of todays finest literary critics. This collection brings together his essays on poetry, religion, and the i...

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From one of today’s keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two Adam Kirsch is one of today’s finest literary critics. This collection brings together his essays on poetry, relig...

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Over the last ten years, through essays in The New Republic, The New Yorker, and other magazines, Adam Kirschone of the most promising young poet-critics in America (Los Angeles Times)has established himself among the most controversial and fearle...

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Jews have long embraced their identity as "the people of the book." But outside of the Bible, much of the Jewish literary tradition remains little known to nonspecialist readers. The People and the Books shows how central questions and t...

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Adam Kirsch has been described as "elegant and astute[a] critic of the very first order" (The New York Times). In Rocket and Lightship he examines the work and life of writers past and present, from intellectuals Susan Sontag, Hannah Are...

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Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, and Delmore Schwartz formed one of the great constellations of talent in American literature. In the decades after World War II, they changed American poetry forever by...

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An anthology of Jewish literary classics stands as an essential exploration of a rich literary tradition spanning biblical through modern times and includes such entries as the books of Deuteronomy and Esther, the philosophy of Maimonides, the aut...

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Following The People and the Books, which "covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish cultural expression" (Robert Alter, New York Times Book Review), poet and literary critic Adam Kirsch now turns to the story of modern Je...

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Following The People and the Books, which "covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish cultural expression" (Robert Alter, The New York Times Book Review), poet and literary critic Adam Kirsch now turns to the story of moder...

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Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesA dandy, a best-selling novelist, and a man of political and sexual intrigue, Benjamin Disraeli was one of the most captivating figures of the nineteenth century. His flirtation with proto-Zionism, his ideas abou...

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Jacob El Hanani (b. 1947) was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and was raised in Israel. He produces highly intricate works through the painstaking repetition of miniscule marks, often Hebrew letters repeated thousands of times using ink on paper or c...

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What will 21st century fiction look like? Acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch examines some of our most beloved writers, including Haruki Murakami, Elena Ferrante, Roberto Bolano, and Margaret Atwood, to better understand literature in the age o...

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.What is the future of fiction in an age of globalization?In The Global Novel, acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch explores some of the 21st century's best-known writers-- including Orhan Pamuk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohsin Hamid, Haruki Mur...

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Since Hamass attack on Israel last October 7, the term settler colonialism has become a center of political debate in the United States. Many progressives, academics, and student organizations justified the attack on the grounds that Israel is a s...

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In these moving and meditative poems, Adam Kirsch shows how the experiences and recognitions of early life continue to shape us into adulthood. Richly evoking a 1980s childhood in Los Angeles, Kirsch uses Gen X landmarks-from Devo to Atari to the ...

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In these moving and meditative poems, Adam Kirsch shows how the experiences and recognitions of early life continue to shape us into adulthood. Richly evoking a 1980s childhood in Los Angeles, Kirsch uses Gen X landmarksfrom Devo to Atari to the C...

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Spurred by a curiosity about Daf Yomia study program launched in the 1920s in which Jews around the world read one page of the Talmud every day for 2,711 days, or about seven and a half yearsAdam Kirsch approached Tablet magazine to write a weekly...

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Should we welcome the end of humanity?In this blistering book about the history of an idea, one of our leading critics draws on his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that t...

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«Volem ser déus o no? Volem ser humans o no ho volem? La humanitat es pot superar ella mateixa? Kirsch recull les aportacions de pensadors que cal tenir molt en compte en el nostre futur immediat i en el futur dels futurs» Eudald Carbonell.Adam...

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Liberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics , is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time.  Published quarterly, Liberties, is a collection of the most significant writers today as well as launchin...

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