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45 produkter
Decadence
A Very Short Introduction
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2018
116 kr
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The historical trajectory of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome, to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de siècle Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyond. The first of these, the decline of Rome, provides the pattern for both aesthetic and social decadence, a pattern that artists and …
Cinema of Decadence
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2027
322 kr
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From the shadowy glamour of early European cinema to the bold visions of twenty-first-century filmmakers, The Cinema of Decadence traces a rich history of film shaped by excess, artifice and desire. Beginning with the decadent imagination of Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde and Frank Wedekind, David Weir …
The Oxford Handbook of Decadence
Inbunden, 2022
2772 kr
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The meaning of decadence varies with context, depending on what (or who) is understood to have declined, decayed, or degenerated. These negative meanings are familiar from history (the decline and fall of Rome), sociology (the decay of communities), morality (the degeneration of values), and more, …
Oxford Handbook of Decadence
E-bok, 2022
2108 kr
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The meaning of decadence varies with context, depending on what (or who) is understood to have declined, decayed, or degenerated. These negative meanings are familiar from history (the decline and fall of Rome), sociology (the decay of communities), morality (the degeneration of values), and more, …
Oxford Handbook of Decadence
E-bok, 2022
2094 kr
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The meaning of decadence varies with context, depending on what (or who) is understood to have declined, decayed, or degenerated. These negative meanings are familiar from history (the decline and fall of Rome), sociology (the decay of communities), morality (the degeneration of values), and more, …
Bohemians
A Very Short Introduction
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2023
129 kr
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The Romantic myth of Bohemia originated in the early nineteenth century as a way of describing the new conditions faced by artists and writers when the previous system of aristocratic patronage collapsed in the wake of the Age of Revolution. Without the patron system, the artist was free to move …
Honourable Member for Murder
The witty crime caper that lifts the lid on life in the Houses of Parliament
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2026
121 kr
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Maxwell Murray's job is simple: keep his hapless boss Eliot Oakcroft - the MP for Middlebury-Mid - out of trouble and the media spotlight. There's always plenty to keep Max busy. busy.However, when Miranda Cley asks for help freeing her mother from prison, an ordinary day becomes anything but. …
Motion for Murder
The witty crime caper that lifts the lid on life in the Houses of Parliament
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2027
134 kr
Kommande
One of the few things Eliot Oakcroft MP knows is the secret of political survival: hire competent people and take the credit yourself. Luckily, Maxwell Murray and Diana Burton keep his office running with only occasional homicidal thoughts. Then Eliot is manoeuvred into taking on intern Robin …
Brahma in the West
William Blake and the Oriental Renaissance
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2003
419 kr
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Argues that the myths and ideals of William Blake's poetry were heavily influenced by the Oriental Renaissance—the British discovery of Hindu literature.Examining William Blake's poetry in relation to the mythographic tradition of the eighteenth century and emphasizing the British discovery of …
Decadent Culture in the United States
Art and Literature against the American Grain, 1890-1926
Av David Weir
Inbunden, 2007
1324 kr
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The paradoxes of the American decadent movement in the 1890s and 1920s.Decadent Culture in the United States traces the development of the decadent movement in America from its beginnings in the 1890s to its brief revival in the 1920s. During the fin de siècle, many Americans felt the nation had …
Decadent Culture in the United States
Art and Literature against the American Grain, 1890-1926
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2009
453 kr
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The paradoxes of the American decadent movement in the 1890s and 1920s.Decadent Culture in the United States traces the development of the decadent movement in America from its beginnings in the 1890s to its brief revival in the 1920s. During the fin de siècle, many Americans felt the nation had …
New Post-Oil Arab Gulf
Managing People and Wealth
Av Nabil Sultan, David Weir m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
305 kr
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The sharp increase in oil revenues since 2002 has left the Arab Gulf States with billions of petro-dollars. But how will these countries fare in the post-oil era? The rulers of these states are taking serious measures to ensure the survival of their economies, and indeed their regimes, in a world …
Decadence and the Making of Modernism
Av David Weir
Häftad, 1996
408 kr
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The cultural phenomenon known as "decadence" has often been viewed as an ephemeral artistic vogue that fluorished briefly in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe. This study makes the case for decadence as a literary movement in its own right, based on a set of aesthetic principles …
Risk Management, 2 Volume Set
E-bok, 2021
5846 kr
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First published in 2000, Risk Management is a two volume set, comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the studies of risk management. The volumes includes a full-length introduction from the editor, an internationally recognized expert, and provides …
Bhopal Syndrome
Pesticides, Environment and Health
Av David Weir
E-bok, 2022
589 kr
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First published in 1988, The Bhopal Syndrome documents one of world’s worst industrial disaster: The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. The tragedy exposed a variety of issues plaguing rapid development such as the negligence of corporations and government, prioritizing of commercial benefits over human …
Bhopal Syndrome
Pesticides, Environment and Health
Av David Weir
E-bok, 2022
585 kr
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First published in 1988, The Bhopal Syndrome documents one of world’s worst industrial disaster: The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. The tragedy exposed a variety of issues plaguing rapid development such as the negligence of corporations and government, prioritizing of commercial benefits over human …
Bhopal Syndrome
Pesticides, Environment and Health
Av David Weir
Inbunden, 2022
1671 kr
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First published in 1988, The Bhopal Syndrome documents one of world’s worst industrial disaster: The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. The tragedy exposed a variety of issues plaguing rapid development such as the negligence of corporations and government, prioritizing of commercial benefits over human …
Bhopal Syndrome
Pesticides, Environment and Health
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2024
459 kr
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First published in 1988, The Bhopal Syndrome documents one of world’s worst industrial disaster: The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. The tragedy exposed a variety of issues plaguing rapid development such as the negligence of corporations and government, prioritizing of commercial benefits over human …
Decadence and Literature
Inbunden, 2019
2144 kr
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Decadence and Literature explains how the concept of decadence developed since Roman times into a major cultural trope with broad explanatory power. No longer just a term of opprobrium for mannered art or immoral behaviour, decadence today describes complex cultural and social responses to …
Decadence and Literature
E-bok, 2019
2137 kr
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Decadence and Literature explains how the concept of decadence developed since Roman times into a major cultural trope with broad explanatory power. No longer just a term of opprobrium for mannered art or immoral behaviour, decadence today describes complex cultural and social responses to …
Decadence and Literature
E-bok, 2019
2122 kr
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Decadence and Literature explains how the concept of decadence developed since Roman times into a major cultural trope with broad explanatory power. No longer just a term of opprobrium for mannered art or immoral behaviour, decadence today describes complex cultural and social responses to …
Ulysses Explained
How Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare Inform Joyce’s Modernist Vision
Av David Weir
E-bok, 2015
2111 kr
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When it comes to James Joyce''s landmark work, Ulysses , the influence of three literary giants, Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante, cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative, Dantesque structure, and Shakespearean plot, Weir rediscovers Joyce''s novel through the lens of his …
Ulysses Explained
How Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare Inform Joyce’s Modernist Vision
Av David Weir
Inbunden, 2015
1487 kr
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When it comes to James Joyce's landmark work, Ulysses , the influence of three literary giants, Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante, cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative, Dantesque structure, and Shakespearean plot, Weir rediscovers Joyce's novel through the lens of his …
Ethnographic Research and Analysis
Anxiety, Identity and Self
Av Tom Vine, Jessica Clark m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1570 kr
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This book reflects on the contemporary use of ethnography across both social and natural sciences, focusing in particular on organizational ethnography, autoethnography, and the role of storytelling. The chapters interrogate and reframe longstanding ethnographic discussions, including those …
Ethnographic Research and Analysis
Anxiety, Identity and Self
Av David Weir, Sarah Richards m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
2179 kr
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This book reflects on the contemporary use of ethnography across both social and natural sciences, focusing in particular on organizational ethnography, autoethnography, and the role of storytelling. The chapters interrogate and reframe longstanding ethnographic discussions, including those …
Cinema of Decadence
Av David Weir
Inbunden, 2027
951 kr
Kommande
From the shadowy glamour of early European cinema to the bold visions of twenty-first-century filmmakers, The Cinema of Decadence traces a rich history of film shaped by excess, artifice and desire. Beginning with the decadent imagination of Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde and Frank Wedekind, David Weir …
David Weir: Extra Time - My Autobiography
Extra Time - My Autobiography
Av David Weir
E-bok, 2011
43 kr
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David Weir''s career is a tale of triumph on the pitch but also of victory over the assumption all top-level footballers are finished in their mid-30s. Weir, who turned 41 in May 2011, is the oldest outfield player to represent Rangers since 1945, passing the mark set by their famous full-back, …
Anarchy and Culture
Aesthetic Politics of Modernism
Av David Weir
Häftad, 1997
673 kr
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This study examines the affinity for anarchism that developed among late 19th-century writers, and shows that anarchism is the key aesthetic principle informing the work of modernist figures. Weir concludes that anarchism is still with us as cultural condition, if not a political one.
American Orient
Imagining the East from the Colonial Era Through the Twentieth Century
Av David Weir
Häftad, 2011
420 kr
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Researching Craft Beer
Understanding Production, Community and Culture in an Evolving Sector
Av David Weir, Holly Patrick-Thomson m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
1131 kr
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Decades of stagnating demand for beer and the emergence of global brewing conglomerates had seen many of Britain’s longstanding breweries disappear and a decline in the diversity of beer styles on offer. However, following similar developments in the USA and Australia, the emergence of new craft …
