wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Literature: An Embattled Profession
ISBN: 9780231115223 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Delving into the hotly debated issues surrounding the relevance of the humanities in today's society, this spirited and engaging book analyzes the history and current status of literary study in America. Carl Woodring--who played a central part in organizing Columbia University's Society of Fellows in the Humanities, which oversees the core program devoted to monumental works of civilizations and art--casts an astute eye on the culture wars, chastising both the radicals who have jettisoned humanism and the conservatives who reject any challenge to prevailing tastes. After examining the...
Delving into the hotly debated issues surrounding the relevance of the humanities in today's society, this spirited and engaging book analyzes the his...
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274,58 zł |
Politics in English Romantic Poetry
ISBN: 9780674434523 / Angielski / Twarda / 1970 / 401 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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295,43 zł |
Nature into Art
ISBN: 9780674594029 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The nineteenth century began with reverence for nature and ended with the apotheosis of art. In this wide-ranging excursion through the literature, visual arts, and natural sciences of the era from Wordsworth to Wilde, Carl Woodring traces shifting ideas and attitudes concerning nature, art, and the relations between the two. The veneration of nature as aesthetic model and ethical norm was gradually eroded not least by the study of biology, which revealed organic nature to be wasteful and murderous. Darwin's work verified the growing perception of nature as amoral by stressing the... The nineteenth century began with reverence for nature and ended with the apotheosis of art. In this wide-ranging excursion through the literature... |
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281,19 zł |
Virginia Woolf: A Portrait
ISBN: 9780231153577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends recently unearthed documents, key primary sources, and personal interviews with Woolf's relatives and other acquaintances to render in unmatched detail the author's complicated relationship with her husband, Leonard; her father, Leslie Stephen; and her half-sister, Vanessa Bell. Forrester connects these figures to Woolf's mental breakdown while introducing the...
Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her famil...
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120,81 zł |
The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry
ISBN: 9780231101806 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 891 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A sweeping compendium of British verse from Old and Middle English to the present, including the best work of poets from every corner of the British Isles, The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive single volume available. Carl Woodring and James Shapiro, the same experienced editorial team who brought students and lovers of literature The Columbia History of British Literature, now present a volume that resonates with contemporary significance, yet also takes into account the centuries-old poetic tradition that planted Great...
A sweeping compendium of British verse from Old and Middle English to the present, including the best work of poets from every corner of the British I...
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460,53 zł |
Virginia Woolf
ISBN: 9780231028295 / Angielski / Miękka / 1966 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Dans un recit bouleversant, Viviane Forrester nous presente une Virginia Woolf chatoyante, desopilante et meurtrie, differente certainement de la legende batie par son mari Leonard... Une femme qui eut a subir son genie, a s'efforcer de le faire accepter par les siens. Une femme qui aura pu dire: Je sens dans mes doigts le poids de chaque mot, avant de repondre a l'etreinte promise par la mort en allant se noyer, les poches pleines de pierres, dans la riviere Ouse. Un suicide dont on decouvrira des causes, jusqu'ici enfouies.Nouvelle edition mise a jour.Cette magnifique biographie...
Dans un recit bouleversant, Viviane Forrester nous presente une Virginia Woolf chatoyante, desopilante et meurtrie, differente certainement de la lege...
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66,86 zł |