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17 produkter
Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:
Volume 4: 1790-1900
Av Kenneth Haynes, Peter France
E-bok, 2006
3963 kr
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In the one hundred and ten years covered by volume four of The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English , what characterized translation was above all the move to encompass what Goethe called ''world literature''. This occurred, paradoxically, at a time when English literature is often …
Mapping Lives
The Uses of Biography
Av France, Peter France m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
607 kr
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Why biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last century, it has been a controversial subject, …
The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
Av Peter France
Inbunden, 2000
2389 kr
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Translation has been a crucial process in world culture over the past two millennia and more. In the English-speaking cultures many of the most important texts are translations, from Homer to Beckett, the Bible to Freud. Although recent years have seen a boom in translation studies, there has been …
The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
Av Peter France
Inbunden, 1995
4131 kr
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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French is far more than a simple revision of the original Oxford Companion to French Literature, published in 1959, and described by The Listener as the `standard work of reference for English-speaking enquirers into French literature'. As the change in …
The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:
Volume 4: 1790-1900
Av Peter France, Kenneth Haynes
Inbunden, 2006
6183 kr
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In the one hundred and ten years covered by volume four of The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English, what characterized translation was above all the move to encompass what Goethe called 'world literature'. This occurred, paradoxically, at a time when English literature is often seen …
The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
Av Peter France
Häftad, 2001
1577 kr
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Translation has been a crucial process in world culture over the past two millennia and more. In the English-speaking cultures many of the most important texts are translations, from Homer to Beckett, the Bible to Freud. Although recent years have seen a boom in translation studies, there has been …
Politeness and its Discontents
Problems in French Classical Culture
Av Peter France, Michael Sheringham
Häftad, 2006
692 kr
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This is a 1992 study of writing of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, mainly in France, but also in Britain and Russia. Its focus is on the establishing and questioning of rational, 'civilized' norms of 'politeness', which in the ancien régime meant not just polite manners, but a certain …
Rousseau: Confessions
Av Peter France
Häftad, 1986
486 kr
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This new textbook series is ambitious in scope. It will provide concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre, and will cumulatively form a substantial library of …
Politeness and its Discontents
Problems in French Classical Culture
Av Peter France
Inbunden, 1992
1853 kr
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This is a 1992 study of writing of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, mainly in France, but also in Britain and Russia. Its focus is on the establishing and questioning of rational, 'civilized' norms of 'politeness', which in the ancien régime meant not just polite manners, but a certain …
Child- and-Rose
Av Gennadii Aigi, Gennady Aygi m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
169 kr
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A remarkable poetic account of a man and his daughter. Though relatively unpublished in the Soviet Union until the late 1980s, Gennady Aygi's work has been translated into some twenty languages, and has received major acclaim through many parts of the world. Child-and-Rose is a unique collection of …
Journey
A Spiritual Odyssey
Av Peter France
E-bok, 2015
165 kr
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Peter France looks at the various stages of his own spiritual odyssey and talks intimately of his long search for knowledge and enlightenment. Warm, lucid, humorous, Journey is grounded in France's own life and experience. He takes us from the beginning of his journey in a small Methodist chapel in …
Hermits
The Insights of Solitude
Av Peter France
E-bok, 2014
108 kr
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Ours is an age where solitude tends to be discussed in the context of the 'problem of loneliness'. However in previous ages the capacity to seek fulfillment outside society has been admired and seen as a measure of discernment and inner security. In this lucid and highly readable book, Peter France …
Brett Westwood's Living World from the Archives
A BBC Radio 4 nature series
Av Sarah Pitt, Miranda Krestovnikoff m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2022
115 kr
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Wildlife presenter Brett Westwood revisits selected highlights from the Living World archive Since 1968, the BBC''s iconic Living World has been introducing listeners to the best natural history Britain has to offer. Its veteran presenters have criss-crossed the country in all weathers and through …
Lindsey Chapman's Living World from the Archives
A BBC Radio 4 nature series
Av Michael Scott, Peter France m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2022
111 kr
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Wildlife presenter Lindsey Chapman relives selected archive highlights from the popular nature series For over five decades, Living World has been introducing audiences to the astonishing diversity of British wildlife. Its veteran presenters have travelled the length and breadth of the British …
Thirty Years in Time: Peter Jackson is trapped in a world far ahead of his own time...
Av Peter France
Häftad, 2023
394 kr
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Mapping Lives – The Uses of Biography
The Uses of Biography
Av Peter France, Peter France m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
727 kr
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Why biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last century, it has been a controversial subject, …
