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Selected Essays
Av George Orwell, Stefan Collini
Häftad, 2021
119 kr
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It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.George Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his essays which are probably better known than any of his other writings apart …
What are Universities For?
E-bok, 2012
105 kr
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Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose and scepticism about their value. What Are Universities For? offers a spirited and compelling argument for completely rethinking the way we see our …
Common Writing
Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate
E-bok, 2016
356 kr
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In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Common Writing focuses chiefly on writers, critics, historians, and journalists who occupied wider public …
Common Writing
Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate
E-bok, 2016
356 kr
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In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Common Writing focuses chiefly on writers, critics, historians, and journalists who occupied wider public …
Absent Minds
Intellectuals in Britain
E-bok, 2006
600 kr
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A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of ''the question of intellectuals'' in twentieth-century Britain - have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential …
Nostalgic Imagination
History in English Criticism
E-bok, 2019
263 kr
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This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of critics renowned for their close attention to ''the words on the page'' was in practice bound up with …
Nostalgic Imagination
History in English Criticism
E-bok, 2019
263 kr
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This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of critics renowned for their close attention to ''the words on the page'' was in practice bound up with …
Literature and Learning
A History of English Studies in Britain
E-bok, 2025
394 kr
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The study and teaching of English literature is generally regarded as one of the central disciplines in the modern university, yet for much of its history it struggled to gain academic legitimacy and was frequently derided as ''a soft option''. Its early professors responded by emphasizing its …
Literature and Learning
A History of English Studies in Britain
E-bok, 2025
394 kr
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The study and teaching of English literature is generally regarded as one of the central disciplines in the modern university, yet for much of its history it struggled to gain academic legitimacy and was frequently derided as ''a soft option''. Its early professors responded by emphasizing its …
English Pasts
Essays in History and Culture
Häftad, 1999
1129 kr
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In this collection of engaging and readable essays, Stefan Collini shows how much can be gained from bringing a rigorous historical perspective to some of the most contentious issues in contemporary culture. Whether he is asking what it means to inhabit and possess a `national past', or reflecting …
William Empson: The Structure of Complex Words
Av William Empson, Helen Thaventhiran m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
3023 kr
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This is the first scholarly edition of one of the classics of literary criticism. William Empson was among the two or three most important and influential literary critics and theorists of the twentieth century. He has long been celebrated as one of the most fertile (as well as one of the funniest) …
Common Writing
Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate
Inbunden, 2016
1282 kr
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In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Common Writing focuses chiefly on writers, critics, historians, and journalists who occupied wider public …
The Nostalgic Imagination
History in English Criticism
Inbunden, 2019
748 kr
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This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of critics renowned for their close attention to 'the words on the page' was in practice bound up with …
Literature and Learning
A History of English Studies in Britain
Inbunden, 2025
562 kr
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The study and teaching of English literature is generally regarded as one of the central disciplines in the modern university, yet for much of its history it struggled to gain academic legitimacy and was frequently derided as 'a soft option'. Its early professors responded by emphasizing its …
Common Writing
Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate
Häftad, 2018
482 kr
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In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Common Writing focuses chiefly on writers, critics, historians, and journalists who occupied wider public …
The Nostalgic Imagination
History in English Criticism
Häftad, 2020
455 kr
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This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of critics renowned for their close attention to 'the words on the page' was in practice bound up with …
Absent Minds
Intellectuals in Britain
Häftad, 2007
987 kr
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A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain - have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential …
Absent Minds
Intellectuals in Britain
Inbunden, 2006
1893 kr
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A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain - have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential …
Matthew Arnold
A Critical Portrait
Häftad, 2008
916 kr
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Matthew Arnold (1822-88), the leading man-of-letters of the Victorian age, has been the decisive influence on modern thinking about literature and criticism and his work has become an inescapable cultural reference point today. In this stylish and entertaining book Stefan Collini examines the whole …
Common Reading
Critics, Historians, Publics
Häftad, 2009
748 kr
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In this series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Collini focuses on critics and historians who wrote for a non-specialist readership, and on the …
Liberalism and Sociology
L. T. Hobhouse and Political Argument in England 1880-1914
Häftad, 1983
569 kr
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In this wide-ranging book, Stefan Collini deals with the relationship between Liberalism and sociology in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. He discusses in particular the crucial contributions of L. T. Hobhouse, the leading Liberal political theorist of the period who is also …
That Noble Science of Politics
A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History
Av Stefan Collini, Donald Winch m. fl.
Häftad, 1983
569 kr
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In this unusual and important work, three well-known historians of ideas examine the diverse forms taken in nineteenth-century Britain by the aspiration to develop what was then known as a 'science of politics'. This aspiration encompassed a more extensive and ambitious range of concerns than is …
Arnold: 'Culture and Anarchy' and Other Writings
Av Matthew Arnold, Stefan Collini
Häftad, 1993
328 kr
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Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869) is one of the most celebrated works of social criticism ever written. It has become an inescapable reference-point for all subsequent discussion of the relations between politics and culture, and it has exercised a profound influence both on conceptions …
J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings
Av John Stuart Mill, Stefan Collini
Häftad, 1989
341 kr
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On Liberty has become celebrated as the most powerful defence of the freedom of the individual, and is now widely regarded as the most important theoretical foundation for Liberalism as a political creed. The Subjection of Women is a powerful indictment of the political, social, and economic …
Interpretation and Overinterpretation
Av Umberto Eco, Stefan Collini
Häftad, 1992
297 kr
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Umberto Eco, international bestselling novelist and leading literary theorist, here brings together these two roles in a provocative discussion of the vexed question of literary interpretation. The limits of interpretation - what a text can actually be said to mean - are of double interest to a …
History, Religion, and Culture
British Intellectual History 1750-1950
Av Stefan Collini, Richard Whatmore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1090 kr
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Modern British intellectual history has been a particularly flourishing field of enquiry in recent years, and these two tightly integrated volumes contain major new essays by almost all of its leading proponents. The contributors examine the history of British ideas over the past two centuries from …
History, Religion, and Culture
British Intellectual History 1750-1950
Av Stefan Collini, Stefan Collini m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
557 kr
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Modern British intellectual history has been a particularly flourishing field of enquiry in recent years, and these two tightly integrated volumes contain major new essays by almost all of its leading proponents. The contributors examine the history of British ideas over the past two centuries from …
Economy, Polity, and Society
British Intellectual History 1750-1950
Av Stefan Collini, Richard Whatmore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1563 kr
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Economy, Polity, and Society and its companion volume History, Religion, and Culture bring together major new essays on British intellectual history by many of the leading scholars of the period, continuing a mode of enquiry for which Donald Winch and John Burrow have been widely celebrated. This …
Economy, Polity, and Society
British Intellectual History 1750-1950
Av Stefan Collini, Stefan Collini m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
569 kr
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Economy, Polity, and Society and its companion volume History, Religion, and Culture bring together major new essays on British intellectual history by many of the leading scholars of the period, continuing a mode of enquiry for which Donald Winch and John Burrow have been widely celebrated. This …
J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings
Av John Stuart Mill, Stefan Collini
E-bok, 1989
326 kr
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On Liberty has become celebrated as the most powerful defence of the freedom of the individual, and is now widely regarded as the most important theoretical foundation for Liberalism as a political creed. The Subjection of Women is a powerful indictment of the political, social, and economic …
