Modern Library Classics – serie
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Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism
Häftad, 2006
229 kr
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This clear and comprehensive anthology, culled from the vast corpus of Christian mystical literature by the renowned theologian and historian Bernard McGinn, presents nearly one hundred selections, from the writings of Origen of Alexandria in the third century to the work of twentieth-century …
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1
The Dryden Translation
Av Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough
Häftad, 2001
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
219 kr
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Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his …
Basic Works of Aristotle
Häftad, 2001
240 kr
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Edited by Richard McKeon, with an introduction by C.D.C. Reeve Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle’s works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon’s The Basic Works of Aristotle —constituted out …
Greek Plays
Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Av Sophocles, Aeschylus m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
258 kr
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A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King Featuring translations by Emily Wilson, Frank …
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Av Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough
Häftad, 2001
204 kr
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Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his …
Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Häftad, 2000
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233 kr
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This captivating collection brings together five of Friedrich Nietzche’s most important philosophical works, exploring themes such as nihilism, metaphysics, and the nature of morality—featuring an introduction by Peter Gay and commentary from Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze More …
In Search of Lost Time Volume I Swann's Way
Häftad, 1998
254 kr
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In Swann’s Way , the themes of Proust’s masterpiece are introduced, and the narrator’s childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most memorably in the evocation of the famous maternal good-night kiss. The recollection of the narrator’s love for Swann’s daughter Gilberte leads to an account of …
Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Av Richard Burton and Margot Anand
Häftad, 2002
194 kr
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Sir Richard F. Burton’s translation of The Kama Sutra remains one of the best English interpretations of this early Indian treatise on politics, social customs, love, and intimacy. Its crisp style set a new standard for Sanskrit translation. The Kama Sutra stands uniquely as a work of psychology, …
Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Häftad, 2001
219 kr
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This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights , an …
At the Mountains of Madness
The Definitive Edition
Häftad, 2005
196 kr
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Introduction by China Miéville Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish visions, H. P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessential work of supernatural horror, At the Mountains of Madness. The deliberately told and increasingly …
Baburnama
Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor
Häftad, 2002
245 kr
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Both an official chronicle and the highly personal memoir of the emperor Babur (1483–1530), The Baburnama presents a vivid and extraordinarily detailed picture of life in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India during the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries. Babur’s honest and intimate chronicle …
