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45 produkter
Teaching World Epics
Av Atefeh Akbari Shahmirzadi, Brenda E. F. Beck m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
521 kr
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Essays for teaching ancient and recent epic narratives from around the world.Cultures across the globe have embraced epics: stories of memorable deeds by heroic characters whose actions have significant consequences for their lives and their communities. Incorporating narrative elements also found …
Shakespeare's Twenty-First Century Economics
The Morality of Love and Money
Av Frederick Turner, Frederick Turner
Inbunden, 1999
3443 kr
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Based on the proven maxim that "money makes the world go round", this study, drawing from Shakespeare's texts, presents a lexicon of common words as well as a variety of familiar familial and cultural sitations in an economic context. Making constant recourse to well-known material from …
Shakespeare's Twenty-First Century Economics
The Morality of Love and Money
E-bok, 1999
2193 kr
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"I love you according to my bond," says Cordelia to her father in King Lear . As the play turns out, Cordelia proves to be an exemplary and loving daughter. A bond is both a legal or financial obligation, and a connection of mutual love. How are these things connected? In As You Like It , …
Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner
"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays
Av Frederick Turner, John Mack Faragher
Häftad, 1999
544 kr
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“The best assembly of Turner’s essays now available. Faragher’s introductory and concluding commentaries add considerably to the import of the book.”—Stephen Aron, University of California, Los Angeles “Still ranks as the most influential piece of writing on American history.”—Carlin Romano, …
Renegade
Henry Miller and the Making of "Tropic of Cancer"
Häftad, 2013
523 kr
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The untold story of Henry Miller’s explosive 1934 novel, banned in America for more than a quarter centuryThough branded as pornography for its graphic language and explicit sexuality, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer is far more than a work that tested American censorship laws. In this riveting …
Go-Between
A Novel of the Kennedy Years
E-bok, 2010
111 kr
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A faded newspaperman downs a double Maker’s Mark and contemplates life as a “ham-and-egger,” a hack. Then one day he finds the scoop of a lifetime in a Chicago basement: diaries belonging to the infamous Judith Campbell Exner. Right, that Judy, the game girl who waltzed into the midst of America’s …
John Muir
Rediscovering America
Häftad, 2000
237 kr
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In his stirring biography, Frederick Turner, the distinguished writer and cultural historian, captures the legendary scale of the life of an American icon. Immigrant, inventor, botanist, and founder of the conservation movement, John Muir (1838-1914) truly led those of his time-and now ours-to …
Natural Religion
Inbunden, 2006
2504 kr
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There is widespread belief that the world's religions con- tradict each other. It follows that if one religion is true, the others must be false--an assumption that implies, and may actually create, religious strife. In Natural Religion, acclaimed poet, critic and essayist Frederick Turner sets out …
Beyond Geography
The Western Spirit Against the Wilderness
Häftad, 1992
417 kr
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First published in 1980, Beyond Geography continues to influence and impress its readers. This new edition, prepared for the Columbus quincentennial, includes a new introduction by T. H. Watkins and a new preface by the author. As the public debates Columbus's legacy, it is important for us to …
Beauty
The Value of Values
Inbunden, 1992
655 kr
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In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary work, Frederick Turner presents a new theory of aesthetics based on the argument that beauty is an objective reality in the universe. He identifies the experience of beauty as a pancultural, neurobiological phenomenon. Drawing on a wide range of fields - …
Beauty
The Value of Values
Häftad, 2015
373 kr
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In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary work, Frederick Turner presents a new theory of aesthetics based on the argument that beauty is an objective reality in the universe. He identifies the experience of beauty as a pancultural, neurobiological phenomenon. Drawing on a wide range of fields - …
Light Within the Shade
Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry
Av Zsuzsanna Ozsvath, Frederick Turner
Häftad, 2022
251 kr
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The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. More than 800 years ago, under the inspiration of classical and medieval Latin poetry, Hungarian poets began to craft a rich chain of poetic designs, much of it in …
Light within the Shade
Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry
Av Frederick Turner, Zsuzsanna Ozsvath
E-bok, 2014
497 kr
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The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. More than 800 years ago, under the inspiration of classical and medieval Latin poetry, Hungarian poets began to craft a rich chain of poetic designs, much of it in …
Juan Peron and the Reshaping of Argentina
Av Frederick Turner, Jose Enrique Miguens
Häftad, 1983
703 kr
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Although Juan Peron changed the course of modern Argentine history, scholars have often interpreted him in terms of their own ideologies and interests, rather than seeing the effect of this man and his movement had on the Argentine people. The essays in this volume seek to uncover the man behind …
Census Of The Grasses Of New South Wales
Together With A Popular Description Of Each Species
Av Frederick Turner, New South Wales Dept of Agriculture
Inbunden, 2023
367 kr
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Census Of The Grasses Of New South Wales
Together With A Popular Description Of Each Species
Av Frederick Turner, New South Wales Dept of Agriculture
Häftad, 2023
191 kr
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Epic
Form, Content, and History
Häftad, 2017
949 kr
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Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action. …
Natural Religion
Häftad, 2017
762 kr
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There is widespread belief that the world's religions con- tradict each other. It follows that if one religion is true, the others must be false--an assumption that implies, and may actually create, religious strife. In Natural Religion, acclaimed poet, critic and essayist Frederick Turner sets out …
Epic
Form, Content, and History
E-bok, 2017
1124 kr
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Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action. …
Epic
Form, Content, and History
E-bok, 2017
1227 kr
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Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action. …
Natural Religion
E-bok, 2017
901 kr
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There is widespread belief that the world''s religions con- tradict each other. It follows that if one religion is true, the others must be false--an assumption that implies, and may actually create, religious strife. In Natural Religion, acclaimed poet, critic and essayist Frederick Turner sets …
