Author: Horace MarryatPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
One year in Sweden; including a visit to the isle of Götland
Author: Horace MarryatOne Year in Sweden
Author: Horace MarryatPublisher:
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Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Horror Stories
Author: Darryl JonesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199685436
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We weep at tragedies in our lives and in those of others - remarkably even when they are fictional characters in film, opera, music, novels, and theatre. Why have we developed art forms - most powerfully, music - which move us to sadness and tears? This question forms the backdrop to Michael Trimble's discussion of emotional crying, its physiology, and its evolutionary implications. His exploration examines the connections with other distinctively human features: the development of language, self-consciousness, religious practices, and empathy. Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the brain have uncovered unique human characteristics; mirror neurones, for example, explain why we unconsciously imitate actions and behaviour. Whereas Nietzsche argued that artistic tragedy was born with the ancient Greeks, Trimble places its origins far earlier. His neurophysiological and evolutionary insights shed fascinating light onto this enigmatic part of our humanity.
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Author: Catalogue of Maps and Books for Tourists. Any Book Or Map Sent Post Free on Receipt of the Published Price in Stamps
Author: Edward StanfordThe Cultural Heritage of the Swedish Immigrant
Author: Oscar Fritiof AnderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Second Bulletin of the Haverhill Public Library. July, 1888
Author: Haverhill Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Representations of the North in Victorian Travel Literature
Author: Dimitrios KassisPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443875155
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Travel literature has always been associated with the construction of utopias which were founded on the idea of unknown lands. During their journeys in foreign lands, British travellers tended to formulate various critical opinions based on their background knowledge of the country visited. Their attempts to interpret other nations were often misinterpretations of the peoples in question as the Other. At the close of the eighteenth century, when Grand Tourism started to fade away and travelling became a mainstream activity for the middle-class Briton, travel writers attempted to identify with.
The Spectator
Author: Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
First Supplement to the Catalogue of the Young Men's Association Library of the City of Buffalo
Author: Young Men's Association of the City of Buffalo. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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