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From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present
500 Years of Western Cultural Life
Häftad, 2001
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299 kr
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"A stunning five-century study of civilization's cultural retreat." — William Safire, New York Times Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and …
Simple & Direct
Häftad, 2001
244 kr
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The acclaimed author of From Dawn to Decadence shares his thoughts on the art and craft of writing in a classic handbook that covers such topics as diction, syntax, tone, composition, revision, and meaning and includes dozens of model passages from writers that demonstrate both good and bad usage. …
House of Intellect
Inbunden, 1978
1036 kr
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The House of Intellect embraces: persons who consciously and methodically employ the mind, the forms and habits governing the activities in which the mind is so employed, and the conditions under which these people and activities exist.
Use and Abuse of Art
Häftad, 1975
289 kr
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The lecturer traces the historical development of attitudes toward the arts over the past 150 years, suggesting that the present is a period of cultural liquidation, nothing less than the ending of the modern age that began with the Renaissance.
Use and Abuse of Art
E-bok, 2020
400 kr
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From the celebrated cultural historian and bestselling author, a provocative history of the evolution of our ideas about art since the early nineteenth century In this witty, provocative, and learned book, acclaimed cultural historian and writer Jacques Barzun traces our changing attitudes to the …
Essay On French Verse
For Readers of English Poetry
Häftad, 1991
272 kr
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In An Essay on French Verse–For Readers of English Poetry, Jacques Barzun addresses the baffling English prejudice against French poetry. Barzun’s many-faceted and entertaining study muses on six hundred years of French verse, its rules and forms and how they evolved. It also has significant …
Teacher in America
Häftad, 1981
223 kr
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With his customary wit and grace, Dr. Barzun contrasts the ritual of education with the lost art of teaching. Twenty-one chapters deal with three major issues: the practice of teaching, the subject matter to be taught, and the institutional and cultural aspects of teaching.
Stroll with William James
Inbunden, 1983
623 kr
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With this book, Jacques Barzun pays what he describes as an "intellectual debt" to William James—psychologist, philosopher, and, for Barzun, guide and mentor. Commenting on James's life, thought, and legacy, Barzun leaves us with a wise and civilized distillation of the great thinker's work.
Teacher in America
Häftad, 1986
557 kr
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Now considered a classic, this volume is one of the most widely read and highly acclaimed works ever published in the field of education. It is a provocative, often witty and irreverent personal commentary on teaching by one of America's most brilliant philosophers and historians. The book goes …
Essays on Walter Prescott Webb and the Teaching of History
Av Jacques Barzun, Dennis Reinhartz m. fl.
Inbunden, 1985
223 kr
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