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  • Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης. Ο άνθρωπος και ο ποιητής

    de Gregory Jusdanis, Peter Jeffreys ...
    Το βιβλίο συμπεριλαμβάνεται στη βάση συγγραμμάτων Εύδοξος (κωδικός βιβλίου: 143563630). Μπορείτε να διαβάσετε ένα απόσπασμα, τα περιεχόμενα και το οπισθόφυλλο εδώ.To 1933, στα εβδομηκοστά του γενέθλια, ο ποιητής Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης πεθαίνει σε ένα νοσοκομείο της Αλεξάνδρειας, αφήνοντας πίσω του ένα μικρό, επιμελημένο σύνολο 154 ποιημάτων, μαζί με σπαράγματα και χ... ... Leer más

    $19.79 USD

  • Constantine Cavafy

    A New Biography

    de Gregory Jusdanis, Peter Jeffreys ...
    A long-awaited and much-anticipated biography of one of the great modern poets.In 1933, on his seventieth birthday, the poet Constantine Cavafy died in an Alexandrian hospital, surrounded by friends. He left behind a small, curated oeuvre of 154 poems, along with fragments and drafts of incomplete works. Throughout his life, Constantine had kept a tight grip on the distribution of his poetry, but ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • A Tremendous Thing

    Friendship from the "Iliad" to the Internet

    de Gregory Jusdanis ...
    "Why did you do all this for me?" Wilbur asked. "I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.""You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing."—from Charlotte's Web by E. B. WhiteFriendship encompasses a wide range of social bonds, from playground companionship and wartime camaraderie to modern marriages and Facebook links. For many, friendship is more ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Fiction Agonistes

    In Defense of Literature

    de Gregory Jusdanis ...
    In this path-breaking new work, Gregory Jusdanis asks why literature matters. Why are we afraid to admit our pleasures of reading, to defend the arts to the school board, to discuss the importance of literature in life? Drawing on a wealth of references from Aristophanes to Eudora Welty, from Fernando Pessoa to Orhan Pamuk, from Cavafy to hypertext stories, Jusdanis reminds us that the arts have ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • The Necessary Nation

    de Gregory Jusdanis ...
    In this controversial look at nationalism, Gregory Jusdanis offers a sweeping defense of the nation as a protector of cultural difference and a catalyst for modernization. Since the end of the Cold War, the nation-state has undergone intense scrutiny among critics in the media and the academy. Many believe that civic nationalism may be fruitful but that cultural nationalism fosters xenophobia and ... Leer más

    $41.79 USD

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  • Postmodernism

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Christopher Butler ...
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    Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists 'as if they were all ... Leer más

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  • End of History and the Last Man

    de Francis Fukuyama ...
    Ever since its first publication in 1992, the New York Times bestselling The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. "Profoundly realistic and important...supremely timely and cogent...the first book to fully fathom the depth and range of the changes now sweeping through the world." —The Washington Post Book WorldFrancis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious ... Leer más

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  • Classics: A Very Short Introduction

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    de Mary Beard, John Henderson ...
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    This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur.We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics daily: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true ... Leer más

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  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

    de Steven J. Venturino PhD ...
    From Plato to Freud to ecocriticism, the book illustrates dozens of stimulating-and sometimes notoriously complex-perspectives for approaching literature and film. The book offers authoritative, clear, and easy-to-follow explanations of theories that range from established classics to the controversies of current theory. Each chapter offers a conversational, step-by-step explanation of a single ... Leer más

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  • Talking Classics

    The Shock of the Old

    de Mary Beard ...
    The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics.Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum, Beard introduces ... Leer más

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  • Theory of Literature

    de Paul H. Fry ...
    Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. At the core of the book's discussion is a series of underlying questions: What is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?Fry engages with the major themes and strands ... Leer más

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