The Fontana Biographical Companion to Modern Thought
Author : Alan Bullock
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Artists
ISBN : 9780006358473
The Fontana Biographical Companion to Modern Thought
Author : Alan Bullock
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 43,70 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought
Author : Alan Bullock
Publisher :
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Book Description
A Writer's Companion
Author : Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 1995-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780807119921
Book Description
In A Writer’s Companion, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., has drawn on his years of accumulated wisdom—as well as the advice of some fifty prominent writers from various fields—to put together in a single volume a vast array of information. Organized in such a way as to make it exceptionally easy to use, and enhanced by Rubin’s graceful and witty prose, A Writer’s Companion will merit a place on the desk of every serious wordsmith. It is also a book that will bring endless hours of pleasure to anyone who enjoys reading simply for the sake of gaining new knowledge. As Casey Stengel said, “You could look it up.”
Themes in Modern European History, 1890-1945
Author : Nicholas Atkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 2008-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1134222564
Book Description
Themes in Modern European History, 1890–1945 brings together an international team of scholars to address an eclectic range of developments and issues in European history in the period between 1890 and the end of the Second World War. This lively collection of essays adopts a thematic approach, in order to explore comprehensively a period of great change and upheaval in Europe. Concentrating on the main powers in Europe, from Germany, Italy and Russia, to the UK and France, the book links together developments in society, the economy, politics and culture, and establishes them in their political framework. Specially commissioned chapters discuss key issues such as: popular culture the relationship between East and West intellectual and cultural trends the origins and impact of two world wars communism, dictatorship and liberal democracy the relationship of Europe with the wider world. Including a chronology, maps and a glossary, as well as suggestions for further reading, this comprehensive volume is an invaluable and authoritative resource for students of modern European history.
The Bulletin
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1424 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Sydney (N.S.W.)
ISBN :
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
Author : Allen Kent
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,15 MB
Release : 1989-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780824720445
Book Description
"The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science provides an outstanding resource in 33 published volumes with 2 helpful indexes. This thorough reference set--written by 1300 eminent, international experts--offers librarians, information/computer scientists, bibliographers, documentalists, systems analysts, and students, convenient access to the techniques and tools of both library and information science. Impeccably researched, cross referenced, alphabetized by subject, and generously illustrated, the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science integrates the essential theoretical and practical information accumulating in this rapidly growing field."
Kafka
Author : Kaj Bernhard Genell
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 32,64 MB
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9180075622
Book Description
"Kafka - a Fredo-Structuralist Analysis" is an analysis of Kafka's Novels and short Stories. This book concentrates on understanding what contributed to the famous Kafka effect. The author explains the structural triplicity of a discourse seen as Consciousness. It also describes how Freud, Romantic irony, and Symbolistic literature simultaneously co-work as the mythical subtext of Kafka's work. Kafka created something that would become part of defining Modern Man. Understanding Kafka is the road to understanding Modernity.
Rereading Russian Poetry
Author : Stephanie Sandler
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 31,71 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300071498
Book Description
Russia's poets hold a special place in Russian culture, perhaps revealing more about their country than poets within any other nation. In this unique and wide-ranging collection of writings on poets and poetic trends in Russia, contributors from the United States, Britain, and Russia examine the place of poetry in Russian culture. Through a variety of critical approaches, these scholars, translators, and poets consider a broad cross section of Russian poets, from Pushkin to Brodsky, Shvarts, and Kibirov.
Power, Personalities, and Policies
Author : Michael G. Fry
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780714634289
Book Description
A wide-ranging collection of essays in honour of Britain's leading historian of the international relations of the great powers in the twentieth century. The essays examine aspects of North Atlantic, European and Middle Eastern diplomacy.
