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141 produkter
The Philosophy of Schopenhauer
Av Bryan Magee
Inbunden, 1997
2810 kr
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This is a revised and enlarged version of Bryan Magee's widely praised study of Schopenhauer, the most comprehensive book on this great philosopher. It contains a brief biography of Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical discussion of the problems to which it gives …
The Principles of History
And Other Writings in Philosophy of History
Av R. G. Collingwood, W. H. Dray m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
3223 kr
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Published here for the first time is much of a final and long-anticipated work on philosophy of history by the great Oxford philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943). The original text of this uncompleted work has only recently been discovered. It is accompanied by further, shorter …
Pandaemonium
Ethnicity in International Politics
Inbunden, 1993
2810 kr
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Responsible for the collapse of empires ranging from the Ottoman to the Soviet, self-determination has been one of the key factors in the history of the entire twentieth century. Surprisingly, scholars have been slow to appreciate the value of ethnicity as a way of understanding the key political …
Baudelaire and the Art of Memory
Inbunden, 1999
4181 kr
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This study is an examination of Baudelaire's art criticism and its relationship with his creative writing. It is the first book in English to treat in one volume the diverse aspects of the subject: the principal aesthetic ideas, the importance of Delacroix, Boudin, Meryon, Guys, and Manet, the …
France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944
Inbunden, 2001
2422 kr
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In this monumental new account of the Vichy years, Julian Jackson examines French experiences of Occupation during the 'Black Years' of 1940-4. Pulling together previously separate 'histories' of occupation, resistance, and collaboration he presents a definitive history of the period. This is a …
Human Physiology
Age, Stress, and the Environment
Av R. M. Case, J. M. Waterhouse
Inbunden, 1994
1582 kr
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Most physiology textbooks tend to focus on a "snapshot" taken at a particular time of life under standard conditions. This text takes a unique approach to physiology, by empahasizing the adaptations to changing demands, such as age and environment. The ideal complement to standard physiology …
Life in the Third Reich
Av Richard Bessel, Richard Bessel
Häftad, 2001
351 kr
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The Third Reich, a regime which instigated the most destructive war in modern history, still evokes fascination and horror today. Yet how were the lives of ordinary German people of the 1930s and 1940s affected by the politics of Hitler and his folllowers? Looking beyond the catalogue of events, …
Ambition and Love
Häftad, 1979
705 kr
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Sketches France's political and intellectual development and comments on social divisions and customs from the late 1840's through the Second World War.
Intellect and Pride
Häftad, 1980
720 kr
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Analyzes the Frenchman's unique national identity, attitudes towards foreigners, education, and intellectual and cultural development from the late 1840's through the 1900's.
Stocktakings
From an Apprenticeship
Inbunden, 1991
3478 kr
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Pierre Boulez (born 1925) is a major figure in French musical life, being not only the leading French composer of his generation, but also an outstanding conductor. He is also a prolific writer on music, and this is a translation of his first collection of essays, published in France in 1966. In …
Richard Wagner
Theory and Theatre
Inbunden, 1991
4231 kr
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Richard Wagner has come to be seen as the quintessential artist of the nineteenth century, whose work embraces all the arts of the period. Dieter Borchmeyer here provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of Wagner's aesthetic theory, examining his hitherto neglected prose writings and …
The Collected Writings of T. E. Hulme
Av T. E. Hulme, Karen Csengeri
Inbunden, 1994
5445 kr
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This is the first collected edition of the writings of the poet, critic, and philosopher T. E. Hulme (1883-1917), a figure of huge importance in the formulation of modernist aesthetic and philosophical thought. This edition brings together for the first time all of Hulme's writings on poetry and …
Romantic Poetry by Women: A Bibliography, 1770-1835
Inbunden, 1993
1767 kr
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The contribution of women to Romantic poetry has been generally underestimated. Romantic Poetry by Women: A Bibliography, 1770 - 1835 provides the first complete record of the volumes of verse written by women and reveals the scale of their involvement in the Romantic movement. The Bibliography …
Openings
Narrative Beginnings from the Epic to the Novel
Inbunden, 1992
1240 kr
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What is the difference between a natural beginning and the beginning of a story? Some deny that there are any beginnings in nature, except perhaps for the origin of the universe itself, suggesting that elsewhere we have only a continuum of events, into which beginnings are variously `read' by …
Shakespeare at Work
Av John Jones
Inbunden, 1995
1408 kr
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It is now accepted that Shakespeare revised many of his most celebrated plays. But how were the great tragedies altered and with what effects?John Jones looks at the implications of Shakespeare's revisions for the reader and spectator alike and shows the playwright getting to grips with the …
The Abbey Theatre, 1899-1999
Form and Pressure
Av Robert Welch
Inbunden, 1999
3036 kr
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A century ago this year, productions of W. B. Yeats's The Countess Cathleen and Edward Martyn's The Heather Field inaugurated the Irish Literary Theatre, which was to take its name from its home in Abbey Street, Dublin. Despite riot, fire, and critical controversy, the Abbey Theatre has housed …
Conditions for Criticism
Authority, Knowledge, and Literature in the Late Nineteenth Century
Av Ian Small
Inbunden, 1991
2863 kr
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Conditions for Criticism studies changes in the practice of literary criticism in the nineteenth century and locates those changes within wider movements in British intellectual culture. The growth of knowledge and its subsequent institutionalization in universities produced new forms of …
Travels through France and Italy
Av Tobias Smollett, Frank Felsenstein
Inbunden, 1979
6130 kr
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A scholarly edition of a work by Tobias Smollett. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
Dostoevsky
Av John Jones
Inbunden, 1983
2979 kr
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In this passionate and tender book, John Jones discusses the narrative techniques and linguistic subtleties of the novels of Dostoevsky.
Callimachus: Hymn to Apollo: A Commentary
Av Frederick Williams, Callimachus m. fl.
Inbunden, 1978
2599 kr
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Callimachus: Hymn to Apollo: A Commentary
Collected Papers on Greek Tragedy
Inbunden, 1990
4760 kr
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T. C. W. Stinton was a highly respected classical scholar who died in 1985. He was a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, for over thirty years and devoted his life to teaching, inspiring his pupils with his own passionate love for the classics. As well as generously encouraging the work and …
Unity in Greek Poetics
Av M. Heath
Inbunden, 1989
2746 kr
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The belief that a text is, or ought to be, a unity often plays a crucial role in literary interpretation and evaluation; but critics of classical literature do not seem sufficiently alert to the possibility that their criteria may be different from those which underlay the composition and reception …
'Owls to Athens'
Essays on Classical Subjects for Sir Kenneth Dover
Av E. M. Craik
Inbunden, 1990
1788 kr
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Sir Kenneth Dover, now Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, is an outstanding Greek scholar of international reputation. Among his many publications are books on Greek homosexuality and popular morality, and magisterial editions of Thucydides and Aristophanes. Former pupils and colleagues, …
Sorrows of an Exile (Tristia)
Av Ovid
Inbunden, 1992
860 kr
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In AD 8 Ovid's brilliant career was abruptly blasted when the Emperor Augustus banished him, for reasons never satisfactorily explained, to Tomis (Constanta) on the Black Sea. This is a new translation of the five books of Tristia (Sorrows) which express his reaction to this savage and, as he …
The Fall of the Roman Republic and Related Essays
Av P. A. Brunt
Inbunden, 1988
6757 kr
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This collection of essays examines various aspects of the Roman Republic and its constituent groups of citizens, and discusses the nature and significance of the revolution that converted it into a monarchy. Professor Brunt's view is that the Republic was not a mere oligarchy, and that popular …
Count Marcellinus and his Chronicle
Av Brian Croke
Inbunden, 2001
4391 kr
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Count Marcellinus and his Chronicle constitutes the first comprehensive study of Marcellinus, a courtier of the emperor Justinian, and his chronicle covering the eastern Roman world from AD 379 to 534. Marcellinus' chronicle provides a first-hand account of the Nika riots at Constantinople in 532, …
Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction
Av Albert Brian Bosworth, A. B. Bosworth m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
2894 kr
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This book collects together ten contributions by leading scholars in the field of Alexander studies which represent the most advanced scholarship in this area. They span the gamut between historical reconstruction and historiographical research, and viewed as a whole represent a wide spectrum of …
Beyond Metafiction
Self-Consciousness in Soviet Literature
Inbunden, 1992
3285 kr
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Although metafiction has been the subject of much critical and theoretical writing, this is the first full-length study of its place in Soviet literature.Focusing on metafictional works by Leonid Leonov, Marietta Shaginyan, Konstantin Vaginov, and Veniamin Kaverin, it examines, within a broadly …
The Indigenous Public Sphere
The Reporting and Reception of Indigenous Issues in the Australian Media, 1994-1997
Inbunden, 2000
3826 kr
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The Indigenous Public Sphere is a fascinating and innovative account of the connections between textuality and citizenship. Focusing on the reporting and reception of Aboriginal affairs in the media, it has major implications for rethinking the study of journalism and ethnicity in national politics …
