Author: Petrarch Press
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Collection of Prospectuses and Ephemera from the Petrarch Press
Author: Petrarch Press
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Reference Guide for English Studies
Author: Michael J. Marcuse
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520321871
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2816
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520321871
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2816
Book Description
Lost Libraries
Author: J. Raven
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230524257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230524257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
Petrarch's Humanism and the Care of the Self
Author: Gur Zak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521114675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in Petrarch's works - his humanist philosophy and his concept of the self.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521114675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in Petrarch's works - his humanist philosophy and his concept of the self.
Catalogue
Author: Bloomsbury Book Auctions (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Berlin Childhood Around 1900
Author: Walter Benjamin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674022225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Not an autobiography in the customary sense, Benjamin's recollection of his childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish home in Berlin's West End at the turn of the century is translated into English for the first time in book form.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674022225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Not an autobiography in the customary sense, Benjamin's recollection of his childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish home in Berlin's West End at the turn of the century is translated into English for the first time in book form.
Anagram Solver
Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408102579
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408102579
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.
Landscape and Philosophy in the Art of Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625)
Author: Leopoldine van Hogendorp Prosperetti
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754660903
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
In this first comprehensive full length study in English on the art of Jan Brueghel the Elder, Leopoldine Prosperetti discloses the nature of the philosophical culture of Antwerp at the time, show its importance in the lives of cultivated citizens, and reveals the patterns of thought and visual stratagems by which his landscapes underwrite the pursuit of wisdom. The book presents a new model for the interpretation of a range of visual genres, including various types of landscape, that were popular in the Antwerp picture trade.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754660903
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
In this first comprehensive full length study in English on the art of Jan Brueghel the Elder, Leopoldine Prosperetti discloses the nature of the philosophical culture of Antwerp at the time, show its importance in the lives of cultivated citizens, and reveals the patterns of thought and visual stratagems by which his landscapes underwrite the pursuit of wisdom. The book presents a new model for the interpretation of a range of visual genres, including various types of landscape, that were popular in the Antwerp picture trade.
The 100 Most Influential Philosophers of All Time
Author: Brian Duignan Senior Editor, Religion and Philosophy
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1615300090
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Presents an introduction to the world's most influential philosophers, with a brief summary of their lives and teachings, from the early philosophers of the Greek era up to the major philosophers of the twentieth century.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1615300090
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Presents an introduction to the world's most influential philosophers, with a brief summary of their lives and teachings, from the early philosophers of the Greek era up to the major philosophers of the twentieth century.
A World History of Nineteenth-Century Archaeology
Author: Margarita Díaz-Andreu García
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199217173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Margarita Diaz-Andreu offers an innovative history of archaeology during the nineteenth century, encompassing all its fields from the origins of humanity to the medieval period, and all areas of the world. The development of archaeology is placed within the framework of contemporary political events, with a particular focus upon the ideologies of nationalism and imperialism. Diaz-Andreu examines a wide range of issues, including the creation of institutions, the conversion of thestudy of antiquities into a profession, public memory, changes in archaeological thought and practice, and the effect on archaeology of racism, religion, the belief in progress, hegemony, and resistance.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199217173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Margarita Diaz-Andreu offers an innovative history of archaeology during the nineteenth century, encompassing all its fields from the origins of humanity to the medieval period, and all areas of the world. The development of archaeology is placed within the framework of contemporary political events, with a particular focus upon the ideologies of nationalism and imperialism. Diaz-Andreu examines a wide range of issues, including the creation of institutions, the conversion of thestudy of antiquities into a profession, public memory, changes in archaeological thought and practice, and the effect on archaeology of racism, religion, the belief in progress, hegemony, and resistance.