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Real Presences
Häftad, 1991
333 kr
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Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or, is God always a real presence in the arts? Steiner passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication."A real tour de force. . . . All the …
Martin Heidegger
Häftad, 1991
299 kr
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With characteristic lucidity and style, Steiner makes Heidegger's immensely difficult body of work accessible to the general reader. In a new introduction, Steiner addresses language and philosophy and the rise of Nazism. "It would be hard to imagine a better introduction to the work of philosopher …
My Unwritten Books
Häftad, 2014
195 kr
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Steiner did not write the books because intimacies and indiscretions were too threatening. Because the topic brought too much pain. Because its emotional or intellectual challenge proved beyond his capacities.The actual themes range widely and defy conventional taboos: the torment of the gifted …
Poetry of Thought
From Hellenism to Celan
Häftad, 2014
195 kr
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With his hallmark discernment, George Steiner presents in The Poetry of Thought his magnum opus, staking out his claim for the essential oneness of great thought and great style. Steiner spans the entire history of Western philosophy as it entwines with literature, finding that, as Sartre stated, …
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky
E-bok, 2010
99 kr
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George Steiner's Tolstoy or Dostoevsky has become a classic among scholars of Russian literature. An essay in poetic and philosophic criticism that bears mainly on the Russian masters, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky deals also with larger themes: the epic tradition extending from Homer to Tolstoy; the …
After Babel
Aspects of Language and Translation
Häftad, 1998
192 kr
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`Translation has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task.' Sunday Times First published in 1975, After Babel constituted the first systematic investigation of the theory and processes of translation since the eighteenth century. In …
George Steiner
A Reader
Häftad, 1987
494 kr
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As an incisive and provocative critic of literature, language, and culture, George Steiner has acquired an international reputation and a devoted following. "He scatters bright ideas everywhere," writes The New York Times Book Review, "and they are sure to be picked up." This volume presents a rich …
Portage to San Cristobel of A.H.
A Novel
Häftad, 1999
583 kr
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Thirty years after World War II, Israeli Nazi-hunters, some of whom lost relatives in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany, find a silent old man in the Amazon jungle. He is Adolf Hitler. The narrative that follows is an exploration of the nature of guilt, vengeance, language and the power of evil.
Antigones
How the Antigone Legend Has Endured in Western Literature, Art, and Thought
Häftad, 1996
628 kr
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Old Testament
E-bok, 2015
141 kr
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In his introduction to the Everyman''s Library edition of the Old Testament in the King James Version, George Steiner reminds us of the literary grandeur, uniqueness, and centrality of the Bible. "What you have in hand is not a book. It is the book. That, of course, is what ''Bible'' means. It is …
Death of Tragedy
E-bok, 2010
115 kr
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'This book is important-and portentous-for if it is true that tragedy is dead, we face a vital cultural loss. . . . The book is bound to start controversy. . . . The very passion and insight with which he writes about the tragedies that have moved him prove that the vision still lives and that …
Language and Silence
E-bok, 2010
147 kr
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How do we evaluate the power and utility of language when it has been manipulated to circumvent the truth at high levels or charged with vulgarity and imprecision by mass-consumer culture? How can fractured language adapt to the demands of more exact speech required by mathematics and symbolic …
Real Presences
Is There Anything in What We Say?
E-bok, 2010
100 kr
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Real Presences argues that any understanding of the nature of language is based on the assumption of God's presence, and discusses the influence of this on literary criticism.
No Passion Spent
E-bok, 2010
148 kr
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This is an extraordinary collection of essays by one of this country's most exciting and dramatic thinkers.The essays span a considerable time. But they turn on a central, compelling theme. What is meant by reading a serious text at a time when theories of language and literature question the very …
Grammars of Creation
E-bok, 2010
129 kr
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Are great works of art, literature and music 'creations' or 'inventions'? Does the mathematician 'invent' or 'discover'? Exploring an often neglected field, this book asks whether the current revolutions in our means of communication and in the biological sciences, may bring with them radical …
Lessons of the Masters
Häftad, 2005
324 kr
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“Trenchant and moving.”—Robert Boyers, Los Angeles TimesThe inexhaustible man of letters directs his critical gaze at his own profession—teaching.When we talk about education today, we tend to avoid the rhetoric of “mastery,” with its erotic and inegalitarian overtones. But the charged personal …
My Unwritten Books
Häftad, 2009
169 kr
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George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections.In this fiercely original and audacious work, George Steiner tells of seven books which he did not write. Because …
Errata: An Examined Life
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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A fascinating insight into a piercingly intelligent mind. Steiner''s brilliant and elegant new book draws on episodes from his life to explore the central themes and ideas of his thinking and writing over the course of much of our troubled century. An exploration of the ideas of the life of a major …
My Unwritten Books
E-bok, 2013
45 kr
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George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections. In this fiercely original and audacious work, George Steiner tells of seven books which he did not write. Because …
Reykjavik 1972
Fischer V Spassky - 'The World Chess Championship' and 'The Sporting Scene: White Knights of Reykjavik'
Av Harry Golombek, George Steiner
Häftad, 2007
279 kr
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The world chess championship between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer at Reykjavik in 1972 was the most widely publicised and eagerly analysed beforehand of any chess match to date. It seized the attention of the world's press and media in general in unprecedented fashion and inspired more books and …
