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Reducere. "Paradigms for a Metaphorology may be read as a kind of beginner's guide to Blumenberg, a programmatic introduction to his vast and multifaceted oe...

Is, as Hamlet once complained, time out joint? Have the ways we understand the past and the future--and their relationship to the present--been reo...

In their history of Cornell since 1940, Glenn C. Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick examine the institution in the context of the emergence of the moder...

Reducere. DescriptionAnd now for something completely different. Professor at Large features beloved English comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of Iv...

"It was Rebecca's son, Thomas, who first realized the victim's identity. His eyes were drawn to the victim's head, and aided by the flickering ligh...

Reducere. The steep hills and dramatic gorges of Ithaca were the setting for a revolution in American education when, in the 1860s, a self-made man sought to...

In order to promote new ways of thinking about musical meaning, this volume brings together scholars in music theory, musicology, and the philosoph...

Reducere. Yi Kwang-su (1892-1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Muj ng (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was...

Reducere. Yi Kwang-su (1892-1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Muj ng (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was...

Reducere. Indian Summer (Koharu biyori) is the title of a relatively short novel by Kanai Mieko (b. 1947), recognized by critics both inside and outside Japa...

This free and eloquent translation skillfully reproduces the imagery, power, and frequent irony and sarcasm of Seneca's...

"For the specialist in the study of narrative structure, this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a ...

Reducere. The cases in Korean adoption and inheritance reveal steps in the transition called Confucianization that took place mostly in the seventeenth centu...

Reducere. The first full-length work in English on Kitahara Hakushu (1885-1942), a leading poet of modern Japan. In addition to a thorough recounting of the ...

Barcelona 1900 explores the city's artistic flowering in all its dimensions, including paintings by Picasso, Casas, and Santiago Rusinol; Art Nouve...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard PoltRichard Polt provides a lively and accessible introduction to one of the most influential and intellectually de...

Claiming Belonging dives deep into the lives of Muslim American advocacy groups in the post-9/11 era, asking how they form and function within thei...

Reducere. A coming-of-age novel set during the Korean War, by Pak Wan-Suh, one of Korea's leading contemporary writers. The award-winning author of more than...

A brief introduction to the history, philosophy, and techniques of the Japanese avant-garde dance movement, Ankoku Buto. Evoking images of grotesqu...

Reducere. This volume contains new translations of two dialogues of Plato, the Protagoras and the Meno, together with explanatory notes and substantial inter...

This long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi's substantial original ...

Reducere. During the period of national isolation, a mathematical tradition called wasan flourished in Japan. Though virtually unknown to Europeans before th...

Reducere. The first comprehensive study of Chinese popular music in a Western language. Drawing on extensive interviews with singers, songwriters and critics...

For decades, Elisabeth Ladenson says, critics have misread or ignored a crucial element in Marcel Proust's fiction--his representation of lesbians....

Reducere. "While 9/11 and its aftermath created a traumatic turning point for most of the writers in this book, it is telling that none of their essays begin...

In The One, Other, and Only Dickens, Garrett Stewart casts new light on those delirious wrinkles of wording that are one of the chief pleasures of ...

In The Arts of Cinema, Martin Seel explores film's connections to the other arts and the qualities that distinguish it from them. In nine concise a...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

While mediation has a strong record in reducing hostilities, it is not without its own problems. In The Mediation Dilemma, Kyle Beardsley highlight...

Reducere. An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing...

A provocative and wide-ranging entree into the world of ancient Greek religion.

Situating the French Revolution in the context of early modern globalization for the first time, this book offers a new approach to understanding i...

Reducere. In Resisting Independence, Brad A. Jones maps the loyal British Atlantic's reaction to the American Revolution. Through close study of four importa...