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18 produkter
Table of Green Fields
Stories
Inbunden, 1993
279 kr
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A Table of Green Fields includes ten stories, variously about the painter Henry Scott Tuke, the mathematician James Joseph Sylvester, Kafka, Thoreau, along with some imaginary Frenchmen and Scandinavians, among others. Calculating the infinite in the finite, tracing geometries of desire, placing …
Geography of the Imagination
Forty Essays
Häftad, 2024
368 kr
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“One of the most sinuous stylists and searching minds of the twentieth century.”—Washington PostForty essays on history, art, and literature to lift your mind and spirit. Guy Davenport provides links between music and sculpture, modernist poets and classic philosophers, the past and present—and …
Intelligence of Louis Agassiz
A Specimen Book of Scientific Writings; Selected, with an Introduction and Notes by Guy Davenport
Av Louis Agassiz, Guy Davenport
Inbunden, 1983
711 kr
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Selected writings of the remarkable teacher, lecturer, and scientist, Louis Agassiz, whose enthusiasm for natural history is communicated with vitality and precision. The editor's introduction and notes at the beginning of each chapter provide a cogent analysis of the contributions of the …
Guy Davenport and James Laughlin: Selected Letters
Av Guy Davenport, James Laughlin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
606 kr
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This volume features selections from the New Directions founder's correspondence with Guy Davenport, the polymath artist and author of The Geography of the Imagination. More than simply detailing an author/publisher relationship, these letters depict two fine minds educating and supporting each …
Cardiff Team: Ten Stories
Inbunden, 1996
206 kr
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Guy Davenport’s story collection A Table of Green Fields (New Directions, 1993) was praised for its amazing artistry and “stratospheric” literary intelligence (Kirkus Reviews). As The Washington Post noted, “It draws one in with its austere, beautifully formal sentences, its rich pattern of …
Guy Davenport Reader
E-bok, 2013
191 kr
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“The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all …
Balthus Notebook
Av Guy Davenport, Judith Thurman
Häftad, 2020
108 kr
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In his 1989 book on Balthus—the storied and controversial artist who worked in Paris throughout the twentieth century—Guy Davenport gives one of the most nuanced, literary, and compelling readings of the work of this master. Reading it today highlights the change in perspectives on sexuality and …
Balance of Quinces
The Paintings and Drawings of Guy Davenport
Av Erik Anderson-Reece, Guy Davenport m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
250 kr
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As Erik Anderson Reece says in A Balance of Quinces, “Many know Guy Davenport the creator of fiction, the critic, the illustrator, the poet, the translator…. But Guy Davenport the monastic painter is still unknown.” Here gathered for the first time is a generous collection of Davenport’s paintings …
Da Vinci's Bicycle
Häftad, 1997
142 kr
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Esteemed writer and translator Guy Davenport's brilliant story collection, first published in 1979, is recognized today as a classic of American fiction. Written with tremendous wit, intelligence, and verve, the stories are based on historical figures whose endeavors were too early, too late, or …
Geography of the Imagination
Forty Essays
Häftad, 1997
213 kr
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Forty essays on history, art, and literature from one of the most incisive, and most exhilarating, critical minds of the 20th century.In this collection, Guy Davenport serves as the reader’s guide through history and literature, pointing out the values and avenues of thought that have shaped our …
