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Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199555923ISBN 13: 9780199555925
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Of all the great classical love poets, Propertius is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for the twentieth-century reader. His poetry centres on a helpless infatuation for his sinister mistress, Cynthia, and it is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods - from ecstasy to suicidal despair. 240 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199554897ISBN 13: 9780199554898
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - McTeague (1899) tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague and his wife Trina, and their spiralling descent into moral corruption. Norris is often considered to be the `American Zola', and this passionate tale of greed, degeneration, and death is one of the most purely naturalistic American novels of the nineteenth century. It also formed the basis for Erich von Stroheim's cult film, Greed (1923). 384 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199552371ISBN 13: 9780199552375
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Whenever two Russians come together, the shadow of autocracy is with them.haunting the secret of their silences.'First published in 1911, Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student of philosophy who is uninvolved in politics or protest. Against his will he finds himself caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing directed against the Tsarist authorities. He is pulled in different directions - by his conscience and his ambitions, by powerful opposed political forces, but most of all by personal emotions he is unable to suppress. Set in St Petersburg and Geneva, the novel is in part a critical response to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment but it is also a startlingly modern book. Viewed through the 'Western eyes' of Conrad's English narrator, Razumov's story forces the reader to confront the same moral issues: the defensibility of terrorist resistance to tyranny, the loss of individual privacy in a surveillance society, and the demands thrown up by the interplay of power and knowledge.This new edition is based on the first English edition text, and has a new chronology and bibliography. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195388259ISBN 13: 9780195388251
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy who toured the capitals of Europe as a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills, in his adulthood he wrote some of the finest music in the European tradition. Julian Rushton offers a concise and up-to-date biography of this musical genius, combining a well-researched life of the composer with an introduction to the works--symphonic, chamber, sacred, and theatrical--of one of the few who have composed undisputed masterpieces in every genre of his time. Rushton presents a vivid portrait, ranging from Mozart the Wunderkind--travelling with his family from Salzburg to Vienna, Paris, London, Rome, and Milan--to the mature composer of perennially fascinating operas such as 'The Marriage of Figaro,' 'Don Giovanni,' and 'The Magic Flute.' During the past half-century, scholars have thoroughly explored Mozart's life and music, offering new interpretations based on their historical context, and providing a factual basis for confirming or more often debunking, fanciful accounts of the man and his work. Rushton takes full advantage of these biographical and musical studies as well as the definitive New Mozart Edition to provide an accurate account of Mozart's life and, equally important, an insightful look at the music itself, complete with illustrative musical examples. An engaging biography for general readers that will also be an informative resource for scholars, this new addition to the prestigious Master Musicians series puts forward an authoritative interpretation of one of the defining figures of European culture. 'Crisp, learned.' --Alex Ross, The New Yorker 'The finest short biography of Mozart that I know--incisive, insightful, and elegantly written. If I had to recommend one book that explained the man and his music, this would be it.' --Cliff Eisen, Department of Music, King's College London'Always sensitive, judicious, and stimulating. It is too short--not too short for Mozart but for Rushton, who has certainly much more to say that would be of interest.' --Charles Rosen, The New York Review of Books 'A valuable addition to the ever-growing literature on Mozart.' --Library Journal.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195393945ISBN 13: 9780195393941
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Subtitled, 'The Last Years Of The British Empire In India'. A narrative history of the final years of the British presence in India, arguing that it laid the foundation for the violence between India and Pakistan.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195381564ISBN 13: 9780195381566
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Western philosophy, with expertise in analytic philosophy and logic, as well as deep interest in Buddhist philosophy. Others have distinguished scholarly records in Buddhist Studies with strong interests in analytic philosophy and logic. All are committed to the enterprise of cross-culturalphilosophy and to bringing the insights and techniques of each tradition to bear in order to illuminate problems and ideas of the other. These essays address a broad range of topics in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, and metaphysics, and demonstrate the fecundity of theinteraction between the Buddhist and Western philosophical and logical traditions.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199733821ISBN 13: 9780199733828
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Play=Learning, top experts in child development and learning contend that in over-emphasizing academic achievement, our culture has forgotten about the importance of play for children's development.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195385640ISBN 13: 9780195385649
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, William Patry offers a lively, unflinching examination of the pitched battles over new technology, business models, and most of all, consumers. He lays bare how we got to where we are: a bloated, punitive legal regime that has strayed far from its modest, but important roots. A centrist and believer in appropriately balanced copyright laws, Patry concludes that the only laws we need are effective laws, laws that further the purpose of encouraging the creation of new works and learning.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 019530733XISBN 13: 9780195307337
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The concept of the Ten Lost Tribes dates back to the exile of the Israelite kingdom in 722 BCE. Whereas the progeny of the tribes of Judea, Judah, and Benjamin were eventually permitted to return to their lands, there are, curiously, no biblical records regarding the whereabouts of the ten northern tribes. Ben-Dor Benite's insightful analysis reveals a direct link between the search for the Tribes and the rise of geographical knowledge, shedding new light on the theological dimension associated with the emergence of modern consciousness, and the theological crisis associated with the age of discoveries. The theme of the absent land and the peculiar myth of the Tribes provide the historian with a unique prism to analyze the many-faceted aspects of encounters between cultures and the processes of colonization.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195386361ISBN 13: 9780195386363
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A 5,000-mile chain of volcanoes, deep valleys, and upland plains, the Andes form the spectacular backbone of South America. Jason Wilson explores this vast mountain range, capturing the Andes' mystery and power. Tapping the insights of chroniclers, scientists, and modern-day novelists, Wilson starts at sacred Cuzco and Machu Picchu, moves along imagined Inca routes south to Lake Titicaca, La Paz, Potosi, and then follows the Argentine and Chilean Andes to Patagonia. He then moves north through Chimborazo, Quito, and into Colombia, along the Cauca Valley up to Bogota and east to Caracas. On a journey through time as much as across space, ranging from the Spanish conquest to the struggles of indigenous Indians in Bolivia today, Wilson looks at everything from Andean food and wildlife, to the shamans, drugs, and gods that constitute the serrano's everyday life.
Verlag: Sydney University Press Sep 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195388356ISBN 13: 9780195388350
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cathy Gutierrez places Spiritualism in the context of the 19th-century American Renaissance. Although this epithet usually signifies the sudden blossoming of American letters, Gutierrez points to its original meaning: a cultural imagination enraptured with the past and the classics in particular, accompanied by a cultural efflorescence. Gutierrez's study of this fascinating and important movement is organized thematically. She analyzes Spiritualist conceptions of memory, marriage, medicine, and minds, explores such phenomena as machines for contacting the dead, spirit-photography, the idea of eternal spiritual affinity (which implied the necessity for marriage reform), the connection between health and spirituality, and mesmerism.