Night Thoughts

Author : Wallace Shawn
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781608468133

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Night Thoughts by Wallace Shawn Pdf

This “acerbic yet compassionate” meditation on humanity by the acclaimed actor and playwright offers “curiosity, thoughtfulness, sharp logic, deep emotion” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Beloved actor and Obie Award–winning playwright Wallace Shawn has been an incisive commentator on civilization and its discontents for decades. Now, having recently passed the age of seventy and watched Donald Trump claim the presidency, he offers a late-stage critique of his species, which he sees as being divided between the lucky and the unlucky. In Night Thoughts, Shawn takes the lucky—himself included—to task for their complacency while offering fascinating reflections on “civilization, morality, Beethoven, 11th-century Japanese court poetry, and his hopes for a better world, among other topics” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Author : Jim Richman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1957781440

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A Man's Late Night Thoughts by Jim Richman Pdf

A Man's Late Night Thoughts is a cross-genre reveal of single-line thoughts covering all topics of the human condition called life. Most are amazingly insightful observations in which all readers, to some degrees have experienced, albeit perhaps never have articulated - until now. Most are inherent with humor, some showing anger, others remorse; all of the 365 thoughts are totally original and each bringing incredibly relatable thoughts to the readers.

Author : Russell McCormmach
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0674624610

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Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist by Russell McCormmach Pdf

It is the end of an historical epoch, but to an old professor of physics, Victor Jakob, sitting in his unlighted study, eating dubious bread with jam made from turnips, it is the end of a way of thinking in his own subject. Younger men have challenged the classical world picture of physics and are looking forward to observational tests of Einstein's new theory of relativity as well as the creation of a quantum mechanics of the atom. It is a time of both apprehension and hope. In this remarkable book, the reader literally inhabits the mind of a scientist while Professor Jakob meditates on the discoveries of the past fifty years and reviews his own life and career--his scientific ambitions and his record of small successes. He recalls the great men who taught or inspired him: Helmholtz, Hertz, Maxwell, Planck, and above all Paul Drude, whose life and mind exemplified the classical virtues of proportion, harmony, and grace that Jakob reveres. In Drude's shocking and unexpected suicide, we see reflected Jakob's own bewilderment and loss of bearings as his once secure world comes to an end in the horrors of the war and in the cultural fragmentation wrought by twentieth-century modernism. His attempt to come to terms with himself, with his life in science, and with his spiritual legacy will affect deeply everyone who cares about the fragile structures of civilization that must fall before the onrush of progress.

Author : Sarah Arvio
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780375712227

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night thoughts by Sarah Arvio Pdf

In this remarkable and unique work, award-winning poet Sarah Arvio gives us a memoir about coming to terms with a life in crisis through the study of dreams. As a young woman, threatened by disturbing visions, Arvio went into psychoanalysis to save herself. The result is a riveting sequence of dream poems, followed by “Notes.” The poems, in the form of irregular sonnets, describe her dreamworld: a realm of beauty and terror emblazoned with recurring colors and images—gold, blood red, robin’s-egg blue, snakes, swarms of razors, suitcases, playing cards, a catwalk. The Notes, also exquisitely readable, unfold the meaning of the dreams—as told to her analyst—and recount the enlightening and sometimes harrowing process of unlocking memories, starting with the diaries she burned to make herself forget. Arvio’s explorations lead her back to her younger self—and to a life-changing understanding that will fascinate readers. An utterly original work of art and a groundbreaking portrayal of the power of dream interpretation to resolve psychic distress, this stunning book illumines the poetic logic of the dreaming mind; it also shows us, with surpassing poignancy, how tender and fragile is the mind of an adolescent girl.

Author : Julia Strelou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973137372

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You Are My Late Night Thoughts by Julia Strelou Pdf

You are my late night thoughts is a collection of short poems. It was inspired by late nights, loving hearts, and the sound of the ocean.

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1798
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : UOM:39015013163442

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Night Thoughts by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026950201

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Night Thoughts, Etc by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1770
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00177926

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The Complaint by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1785
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021781010

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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026823373

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Night Thoughts ... A New Edition by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN62I1

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Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1743
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024897061

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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1802
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001103018797

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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:400264229

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The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality by Edward Young Pdf

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017900740

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Young's Night Thoughts. With life and critical dissertation, by the Rev. G. Gilfillan. The text edited by Charles Cowden Clarke by Edward Young Pdf