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11 produkter
Black Atlantic Writers Of The Eighteenth Century
Living The New Exodus In England And The Americas: Selections From
Av Sandra Burr, Adam Potkay m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
860 kr
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This book brings together for the first time works by four Afro-Anglican writers who published between 1774 and 1789: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, John Marrant, Ottobah Cugoano, and Olaudah Equiano. These men share a dramatic story of captivity and liberation, wayfaring and adventure.
The Story of Joy
From the Bible to Late Romanticism
Av Adam Potkay
Häftad, 2011
842 kr
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Joy is an experience of reunion or fulfilment, of desire at least temporarily laid to rest, of a good thing that comes to pass or seems sure to happen soon. In this wide-ranging and highly original book Adam Potkay explores the concept of joy, distinguishing it from related concepts such as …
The Story of Joy
From the Bible to Late Romanticism
Av Adam Potkay
Inbunden, 2007
1872 kr
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Joy is an experience of reunion or fulfilment, of desire at least temporarily laid to rest, of a good thing that comes to pass or seems sure to happen soon. In this wide-ranging and highly original book Adam Potkay explores the concept of joy, distinguishing it from related concepts such as …
On Human Flourishing
A Poetry Anthology
Av D.J. Moores, James O. Pawelski m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
429 kr
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Great literature is more often praised for compelling depictions of conflict and tragedy than for moving portrayals of happiness and well-being. This collection of verse brings together poems of felicity, capturing what it means to be well in the fullest sense. Presented in 14 thematic sections, …
Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume
Av Adam Potkay
Inbunden, 1994
1182 kr
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This engaging and insightful book explores the fate of eloquence in a period during which it both denoted a living oratorical art and served as a major factor in political thought. Seeing Hume's philosophy as a key to the literature of the mid-eighteenth century, Adam Potkay compares the staus of …
Hope: A Literary History
Av Adam Potkay
Häftad, 2026
579 kr
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Hope for us has a positive connotation. Yet it was criticized in classical antiquity as a distraction from the present moment, as the occasion for irrational and self-destructive thinking, and as a presumption against the gods. To what extent do arguments against hope today remain useful? If hope …
Hope: A Literary History
Av Adam Potkay
E-bok, 2022
713 kr
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Hope for us has a positive connotation. Yet it was criticized in classical antiquity as a distraction from the present moment, as the occasion for irrational and self-destructive thinking, and as a presumption against the gods. To what extent do arguments against hope today remain useful? If hope …
Hope: A Literary History
Av Adam Potkay
E-bok, 2022
713 kr
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Hope for us has a positive connotation. Yet it was criticized in classical antiquity as a distraction from the present moment, as the occasion for irrational and self-destructive thinking, and as a presumption against the gods. To what extent do arguments against hope today remain useful? If hope …
Hope: A Literary History
Av Adam Potkay
Inbunden, 2022
661 kr
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Hope for us has a positive connotation. Yet it was criticized in classical antiquity as a distraction from the present moment, as the occasion for irrational and self-destructive thinking, and as a presumption against the gods. To what extent do arguments against hope today remain useful? If hope …
Wordsworth's Ethics
Av Adam Potkay
Häftad, 2015
495 kr
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Why read Wordsworth's poetry - indeed, why read poetry at all? Beyond any pleasure it might give, can it make one a better or more flourishing person? These questions were never far from William Wordsworth's thoughts. He responded in rich and varied ways, in verse and in prose, in both well-known …
Wordsworth's Ethics
Av Adam Potkay
Inbunden, 2012
652 kr
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Why read, Wordsworth's poetry - indeed, why read poetry at all? Beyond any pleasure it might give, can it make one a better or more flourishing person? These questions were never far from William Wordsworth's thoughts. He responded in rich and varied ways, in verse and in prose, in both well-known …
