Author: Publisher: Editions Bréal
ISBN: 2749523028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Editions Bréal
ISBN: 2749523028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Classical Unities
Author: North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature. ConferencePublisher: Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN: 9783823355434
Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The Classical Tradition
Author: Gilbert HighetPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199377707
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat of comparative literature and a landmark publication in the history of classical reception. As Highet states in the opening lines of his Preface, this book outlines "the chief ways in which Greek and Latin influence has moulded the literatures of western Europe and America". With that simple statement, Highet takes his reader on a sweeping exploration of the history of western literature. To summarize what he covers is a near-impossible task. Discussions of Ovid and French literature of the Middle Ages and Chaucer's engagement with Virgil and Cicero lead, swiftly, into arguments of Christian versus "pagan" works in the Renaissance, Baroque imitations of Seneca, and the (re)birth of satire. Building momentum through Byron, Tennyson, and the rise of "art of art's sake", Highet, at last, arrives at his conclusion: the birth and establishment of modernism. Though his humanist style may appear out-of-date in today's postmodernist world, there is a value to ensuring this influential work reaches a new generation, and Highet's light touch and persuasive, engaging voice guarantee the book's usefulness for a contemporary audience. Indeed, the book is free of the jargon-filled style of literary criticism that plagues much of current scholarship. Accompanied by a new foreword by renown critic Harold Bloom, this reissue will enable new readers to appreciate the enormous legacy of classical literature in the canonical works of medieval, Renaissance, and modern Europe and America.
The Classic
Author: Christopher PrendergastPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199215855
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Focusing on a moment and a source in 19th century France, the author takes up a big question that is still with us, What is a classic? His enquiry, which centres on the French critic Sainte-Beave takes us on a tour of the history of the 'classic' that provides insights into and beyond the 'culture wars' of the 19th century
Stravinsky
Author: Eric Walter WhitePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520013353
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
'A strong shaping hand and cultivated mind has produced this big, beautiful all-purpose Stravinsky book. Anyone interested in the composer must acquire it.' --'American Record Guide'
Concrete
Author: Peter CollinsPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773571191
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
From the Foreword by Kenneth Frampton: "Concrete remains a valuable historical text that in many respects has never been given its due. It is an unmatched pioneering history of the development of reinforced concrete up to 1914. It records and analyses the densely articulated, if provincial, English debate with respect to the aesthetic challenge posed by the increasing popularity of concrete from around 1870 onwards. Finally, until very recently it was the only readily available monograph on Auguste Perret in English. In this regard it is particularly valuable as a thorough and perceptive assessment of Perret's life and career, one that still stands as a point of departure for all current attempts to situate this seminal architect within the wider trajectory of twentieth-century culture."
Circular of Information
Author: University of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Spinoza to the Letter
Author: F. AkkermanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047416368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This is the first collection of Spinoza studies that deals exclusively with the language, style, and the transmission and editing of his texts. It includes investigations into the authorship of some minor texts, Spinoza’s Latinity, the Hebrew passages in the Tractatus theologico-politicus, his way of handling quotations and his use of the first person singular. It contains a full concordance of the Tractatus de intellectus emendatione, an inventory of the copies of Spinoza’s Posthumous Works in the Netherlands and an account of the editions produced in the nineteenth century. In addition, there are essays on the life and thought of Spinoza’s publisher Jan Rieuwertsz, on the question of who printed his books, and on principles and choices in editing. Contributors include: Fokke Akkerman, Wout Jac. van Bekkum, Michelle Beyssade, Eugenio Canone, Johan Gerritsen, Iiro Kajanto, Jelle Kingma, Jacqueline Lagrée, J.H. Leopold, Clasina G. Manusov-Verhage, Filippo Mignini, Pierre-François Moreau, H.J.M. Nellen, Michael John Petry, Esmée Schilte, Hans Gerhard Senger, Piet Steenbakkers, Pina Totaro, and J.J.V.M. de Vet.
Baudelaire Devant L'innombrable
Author: Antoine CompagnonPublisher: Presses Paris Sorbonne
ISBN: 9782840502630
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
European Romanticism
Author: Stephen PrickettPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441154027
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1065
Book Description
Romanticism was always culturally diverse. Though English-language anthologies have previously tended to see Romanticism as predominantly British, the term itself actually originated in Germany, where it became the banner of a Europe-wide movement involving the profound intellectual and aesthetic changes which we now associate with modernity. This anthology is the first to place British Romanticism within a comprehensive and multi-lingual European context, showing how ideas and writers interconnected across national and linguistic boundaries. By reprinting everything in the original languages, together with an English translation of all non-English material in parallel on the opposite page, it offers a new intellectual map of Romanticism. Material is thematically arranged as follows: - Art & Aesthetics - The Self - History - Language - Hermeneutics & Theology - Nature - The Exotic - Science While focusing on European texts, the inclusion of essays on their North American and Japanese reception means that Romanticism can be seen as a global phenomenon, influencing a surprising number of the ways in which the modern world sees itself.
