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13 produkter
Feast of Excess
A Cultural History of the New Sensibility
Inbunden, 2016
613 kr
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Written in a lively and accessible style, Feast of Excess traces in brief chapters the history of the New Sensibility in America. The book opens with John Cage in 1952, experimenting with an excess of minimalism in his musical piece of silence, 4' 33" and in his chaotic, maximalist work Theater …
Feast of Excess
A Cultural History of the New Sensibility
E-bok, 2015
453 kr
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In 1952, John Cage shocked audiences with 4''33", his compositional ode to the ironic power of silence. From Cage''s minimalism to Chris Burden''s radical performance art two decades later (in one piece he had himself shot), the post-war American avant-garde shattered the divide between low and …
Feast of Excess
A Cultural History of the New Sensibility
E-bok, 2015
453 kr
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In 1952, John Cage shocked audiences with 4''33", his compositional ode to the ironic power of silence. From Cage''s minimalism to Chris Burden''s radical performance art two decades later (in one piece he had himself shot), the post-war American avant-garde shattered the divide between low and …
Dive Deeper
Journeys with Moby-Dick
Inbunden, 2012
3443 kr
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Moby-Dick looms large - gargantuan in size, themes, symbols, and influence. Its deep dives, comedic interludes, adventurous journey, and surface effects demand a new approach. Instead of a traditional academic analysis, Dive Deeper grapples in novel fashion with this classic work. For each of the …
Dive Deeper
Journeys with Moby-Dick
E-bok, 2012
394 kr
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Herman Melville''s epic tale of obsession has all the ingredients of a first rate drama--fascinating characters in solitude and society, battles between good and evil, a thrilling chase to the death--and yet its allusions, digressions, and sheer scope can prove daunting to even the most intrepid …
Dive Deeper
Journeys with Moby-Dick
Häftad, 2012
579 kr
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Herman Melville's epic tale of obsession has all the ingredients of a first rate drama--fascinating characters in solitude and society, battles between good and evil, a thrilling chase to the death--and yet its allusions, digressions, and sheer scope can prove daunting to even the most intrepid …
Dive Deeper
Journeys with Moby-Dick
E-bok, 2012
394 kr
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Herman Melville''s epic tale of obsession has all the ingredients of a first rate drama--fascinating characters in solitude and society, battles between good and evil, a thrilling chase to the death--and yet its allusions, digressions, and sheer scope can prove daunting to even the most intrepid …
Reluctant Modernism
American Thought and Culture, 1880–1900
Inbunden, 2004
1897 kr
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In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Americans were faced with the challenges and uncertainties of a new era. The comfortable Victorian values of continuity, progress, and order clashed with the unsettling modern notions of constant change, relative truth, and chaos. Attempting to …
Reluctant Modernism
American Thought and Culture, 1880–1900
Häftad, 2004
734 kr
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In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Americans were faced with the challenges and uncertainties of a new era. The comfortable Victorian values of continuity, progress, and order clashed with the unsettling modern notions of constant change, relative truth, and chaos. Attempting to …
Existential America
Häftad, 2005
560 kr
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Europe's leading existential thinkers-Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus-all felt that Americans were too self-confident and shallow to accept their philosophy of responsibility, choice, and the absurd. "There is no pessimism in America regarding human nature and social …
Morality's Muddy Waters
Ethical Quandaries in Modern America
E-bok, 2011
437 kr
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In the face of an uncertain and dangerous world, Americans yearn for a firm moral compass, a clear set of ethical guidelines. But as history shows, by reducing complex situations to simple cases of right or wrong we often go astray.In Morality's Muddy Waters, historian George Cotkin offers a …
Morality's Muddy Waters
Ethical Quandaries in Modern America
Häftad, 2013
343 kr
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In the face of an uncertain and dangerous world, Americans yearn for a firm moral compass, a clear set of ethical guidelines. But as history shows, by reducing complex situations to simple cases of right or wrong we often go astray.In Morality's Muddy Waters, historian George Cotkin offers a …
Existential America
Inbunden, 2003
600 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Europe's leading existential thinkers-Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus-all felt that Americans were too self-confident and shallow to accept their philosophy of responsibility, choice, and the absurd. "There is no pessimism in America regarding human nature and social …
