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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Amadis of Gaul
Author: Amadis of Gaul
Author: Garci Rodríguez de MontalvoPublisher:
ISBN: 9788439921790
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
Languages and Linguists
Author: Robert Henry RobinsPublisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789068319484
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The volume contains the texts of interviews realized with three linguists: the late Andre-Georges Haudricourt (1911-1996), Henry M. Hoenigswald (born in 1915) and Robert H. Robins (born in 1921). The book has a twofold objective: on the one hand, its goal is to bring together a number of "inside" testimonies on fundamental issues in linguistics; on the other hand, it is intended to provide a personalized documentation which is particularly relevant for a historiography of linguistics that does not limit itself to published sources. The issues addressed in these interviews concern the status of linguistics (and more particularly the relationship between the study of languages and history), the fundamental aims of the study of language, and the scientific and humanitarian status of linguistics. The three interviews also shed light on the intellectual itinerary of the three linguists and on the developments which took place in the linguistic landscape during the past 65 years. The three interviews are supplemented with useful bibliographical notes. The preface informs about the state of the art in the "oral archiving" of linguistics.
Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War
Author: Howard Hayes ScullardPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The Labors of the Very Brave Knight Esplandián
Author: Garci Rodríguez de MontalvoPublisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Fernando Pessoa's Modernity Without Frontiers
Author: Mariana Gray de CastroPublisher: Tamesis Books
ISBN: 1855662566
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Eighteen short essays by the most distinguished international scholars examine Pessoa's influences, his dialogues with other writers and artistic movements, and the responses his work has generated worldwide. Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa claimed that he did not evolve, but rather travelled. This book provides a state of the art panorama of Pessoa's literary travels, particularly in the English-speaking world. Its eighteen short, jargon-free essays were written by the most distinguished Pessoa scholars across the globe. They explore the influence on Pessoa's thinking of such writers as Whitman and Shakespeare, as well as his creative dialogues with figuresranging from decadent poets to the dark magician Aleister Crowley, and, finally, some of the ways in which he in turn has influenced others. They examine many different aspects of Pessoa's work, ranging from the poetry of the heteronyms to the haunting prose of The Book of Disquiet, from esoteric writings to personal letters, from reading notes to unpublished texts. Fernando Pessoa's Modernity Without Frontiers is a valuable introduction to this multifaceted modern master, intended for both students of modern literature and general readers interested in one of its major figures.
DiFiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations
Author: Victor P. EroschenkoPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 1451113412
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
diFiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations explains basic histology concepts through realistic, full-color composite and idealized illustrations of histologic structures. Added to the illustrations are actual photomicrographs of similar structures, a popular trademark of the atlas. All structures are directly correlated with the most important and essential functional correlations, allowing students to efficiently learn histologic structures and their major functions at the same time. This new edition features: · New chapter on cell biology accompanied by both drawings and representative photomicrographs of the main stages in the cell cycle during mitosis · Contents reorganized into four parts, progressing logically from Methods and Microscopy through Tissues and Systems diFiore's Atlas of Histology is the perfect resource for medical and graduate histology students.
Martyrdom and Rome
Author: G. W. BowersockPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521530491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This book examines the historical context of the earliest Christian martyrs, and anchors their grisly and often wilful self-sacrifice to the everyday life and outlook of the cities of the Roman empire. Professor Bowersock begins by investigating both the time and the region in which martyrdom, as we know it, came into being. He also offers comparisons of the Graeco-Roman background with the martyrology of Jews and Muslims. A study of official protocols illuminates the bureaucratic institutions of the Roman state as they applied to the first martyrs; and the martyrdoms themselves are seen within the context of urban life (and public spectacle) in the great imperial cities. By considering martyrdom in relation to suicide, the author is also able to demonstrate the peculiarly Roman character of Christian self-sacrifice in relation to other forms of deadly resistance to authority.
France's Lost Empires
Author: Kate MarshPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0739148834
Category : Collective memory
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This collection of essays investigates the fundamental role that the loss of colonial territories at the end of the Ancient Regime and post-World War II has played in shaping French memories and colonial discourses. In identifying loss and nostalgia as key tropes in cultural representations, these essays call for a re-evaluation of French colonialism as a discourse informed not just by narratives of conquest, but equally by its histories of defeat.
In Defence of the Republic
Author: CiceroPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141970936
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: 'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'. This new selection of speeches illustrates Cicero's fierce loyalty to the Roman Republic, giving an overview of his oratory from early victories in the law courts to the height of his political career in the Senate. We see him sway the opinions of the mob and the most powerful men in Rome, in favour of Pompey the Great and against the conspirator Catiline, while The Philippics, considered his finest achievements, contain the thrilling invective delivered against his rival, Mark Antony, which eventually led to Cicero's death.
