This revolutionary study presents new facts and an original theory about the origin of the thought and literature that may be considered "modern." Using fifty-one new translations of sonnets from four languages spanning seven centuries, Oppenheimer argues that "modern" thought and literature were born with the invention of the sonnet in 13th-century Italy. In revealing the sonnet as the first lyric form since the fall of the Roman Empire meant not for music or performance but for silent reading, the book demonstrates that the sonnet was the first modern literary form deliberately intended to...
This revolutionary study presents new facts and an original theory about the origin of the thought and literature that may be considered "modern." Usi...
A classic of German literature that spawned a hundred censored, watered-down progeny, Till Eulenspiegel is a cheerfully scatological collection of 95 loosely related fable-like vignettes depicting the life and times of the famous roving jester. The trickster hero devotes his life to deflating the pompus, the rich, the smug, the petty and anyone else who obstructs his merry path. The book includes the entire set of 87 16th-century woodcuts. It also contains an introduction that establishes the historical context of the tales, discusses the use of satire in the late Medieval and early...
A classic of German literature that spawned a hundred censored, watered-down progeny, Till Eulenspiegel is a cheerfully scatological collection of 95 ...
A classic of German literature that spawned a hundred censored, watered-down progeny, Till Eulenspiegel is a cheerfully scatological collection of 95 loosely related fable-like vignettes depicting the life and times of the famous roving jester. The trickster hero devotes his life to deflating the pompus, the rich, the smug, the petty and anyone else who obstructs his merry path. The book includes the entire set of 87 16th-century woodcuts. It also contains an introduction that establishes the historical context of the tales, discusses the use of satire in the late Medieval and early...
A classic of German literature that spawned a hundred censored, watered-down progeny, Till Eulenspiegel is a cheerfully scatological collection of 95 ...
The notion of evil- does it exist? what forms does it take? -has always fascinated humankind. The evil underlying such atrocities as the Holocaust, Communist China's Tibetan abattoir, and the murderous ethnic cleansing undertaken by the Serbs and Croats seems beyond explanations or analysis. In this powerfully original work, Oppenheimer analyzes the phenomenon of evil in a mental behavior that emerges in particular conditions. Oppenheimer argues that evil contains specific, predictable ingredients. By understanding its nature, we can diagnose its specific manifestations in mass murder,...
The notion of evil- does it exist? what forms does it take? -has always fascinated humankind. The evil underlying such atrocities as the Holocaust,...
Poetry. Paul Oppenheimer's fourth collection of poems presents a love story told almost entirely in brisk, often racy modern sonnets and set against a background of the rural Hudson Valley and New York City--before, during and after the catastrophe of 9/11. "I need a form that I did not invent," he writes, "tuned by ancient anguish to impart/the strain of modern doubt: an instrument/just right, just now, on which to test my heart." His test turns into a struggle that sweeps up history, elusive love itself, preparations for war and the war in Iraq in more than ninety eerily redemptive,...
Poetry. Paul Oppenheimer's fourth collection of poems presents a love story told almost entirely in brisk, often racy modern sonnets and set against a...
