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Author : Wystan Hugh Auden,Louis Kronenberger
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0140059660
Author : Wystan Hugh Auden,Louis Kronenberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
ISBN : OCLC:1036911503
Author : James Kellenberger
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498509404
This book is an investigation of wisdom in its diverse nature and types. Wisdom may be as everyday as folk adages or as arcane as a religious parable. In one form it is highly practical, and in another it addresses what is fundamentally real. In another form it is moral wisdom, and when it is psychological wisdom it can inform wise judgment. It can be philosophical, and it can be religious. And in one form it is mystical wisdom. These types of wisdom are essentially different, even when they overlap. Often wisdom is proffered in wise sayings—such as proverbs, aphorisms, or maxims—but one form, mystical wisdom, defies articulation. In this book all these types of wisdom will be presented, drawing upon a diversity of sources, and critically examined. Offered wisdom carries in its train a number of issues, not the least of which is how to distinguish between true wisdom and pseudo-wisdom.Also it may be asked of wisdom, when it is true, whether it is true relativistically, varying with culture, or true universally. Many types of wisdom have their origin in antiquity, but can there be new forms of wisdom? Does wisdom, as contemporary philosophers have maintained, have an underlying universal nature? This book addresses these issues and others.
Author : Tracy Chevalier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135314101
This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies
Author : David Mikics
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780300135220
A New Handbook of Literary Terms offers a lively, informative guide to words and concepts that every student of literature needs to know. Mikics’s definitions are essayistic, witty, learned, and always a pleasure to read. They sketch the derivation and history of each term, including especially lucid explanations of verse forms and providing a firm sense of literary periods and movements from classicism to postmodernism. The Handbook also supplies a helpful map to the intricate and at times confusing terrain of literary theory at the beginning of the twenty-first century: the author has designated a series of terms, from New Criticism to queer theory, that serves as a concise but thorough introduction to recent developments in literary study. Mikics’s Handbook is ideal for classroom use at all levels, from freshman to graduate. Instructors can assign individual entries, many of which are well-shaped essays in their own right. Useful bibliographical suggestions are given at the end of most entries. The Handbook’s enjoyable style and thoughtful perspective will encourage students to browse and learn more. Every reader of literature will want to own this compact, delightfully written guide.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:492197637
Author : James Geary
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781596917880
Both an expert and a collector, James Geary has devoted his life to aphorisms-and the last few years to organizing, indexing, and even translating them. The result is Geary's Guide, featuring aphorists like Voltaire, Twain, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Woody Allen, Muhammad Ali, Emily Dickinson, and Mae West, as well as international practitioners appearing in English for the first time. But it is more than just a conventional anthology. It is also an encyclopedia, containing brief biographies of each author in addition to a selection of his or her aphorisms. The book is a field guide, too, with aphorists organized into eight different "species," such as Comics, Critics & Satirists; Icons & Iconoclasts; and Painters & Poets. The book's two indexes-by author and by subject-make it easily searchable, while its unique organizational structure and Geary's lively biographical entries set it apart from all previous reference works. A perfect follow-up to Geary's New York Times bestseller The World in a Phrase, Geary's Guide is eminently suitable for browsing or for sustained reading. A comprehensive guide to our most intimate, idiosyncratic literary form, the book is an indispensable tool for writers and public speakers as well as essential reading for all language lovers.
Author : Anthony W. Shipps
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0252016955
The tracer's goals are to identify the source of a quotation, to find or to produce detailed citation based on a reliable edition of the work, to find an authoritative text of the passage being traced, and to do all this in the shortest time possible and with the least possible amount of effort.
Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349814756
A reference guide to the work of 115 modern British and American critics.
Author : Mick Kremling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1537536788
Discover the Epic Quotes and Wisdom of One of History's Most Fascinating Warrior Cultures, The Vikings. From the rugged and icy lands of ancient Scandinavia was forged the seafaring, axe-wielding, long bearded Vikings. But what is myth and what is fact? Were these Norse peoples just simple ale drinking, pillaging savages as they are so often depicted? The truth may surprise you, that under this falsely portrayed stereotype, lay one of history's most unique and interesting cultures. The Vikings were a deeply spiritual, family oriented, honorable people, the majority of whom lived simple lives as farmers,fishermen, traders and explorers. There are grand poems and stories of epic heroes, frightful beasts, and mighty Gods. Viking explorers reached North America centuries before Columbus. Merchants traded their goods as far east as Baghdad, and their infamous raiding warriors settled new lands, with their descendants even becoming great Kings of Western Europe.There are many untold tales and mysteries to be solved in this book, and I hope to shed some new light on a culture that still fascinates us today.
Author : Yahia Lababidi
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783525836
It is not words, song, or art that are tremendous, but the human soul, and what is set in motion when it is stirred to the depths. Where Epics Fail is a collection of over 800 aphorisms from acclaimed writer, essayist and poet Yahia Lababidi. Offering wit and wisdom, inspiration and spirituality, these meditations appeal to our shared humanity and attempt, with art, to guide us through the landscape of everyday life.
Author : Richard Davenport-Hines
Publisher : Random House
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446425916
Auden's dedication as a writer was matched only by his commitment to challenging the received view of political and personal life. The definitive biography goes beyond a study of the great poet to create a vibrant and masterful commentary on Auden's work, ideas and life within the context of the wars, ideologies, spiritual quests and sexual attitudes of this century.
Author : Robin Healey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442658479
Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation provides the most complete record possible of texts from the early periods that have been translated into English, and published between 1929 and 2008. It lists works from all genres and subjects, and includes translations wherever they have appeared across the globe. In this annotated bibliography, Robin Healey covers over 5,200 distinct editions of pre-1900 Italian writings. Most entries are accompanied by useful notes providing information on authors, works, translators, and how the translations were received. Among the works by over 1,500 authors represented in this volume are hundreds of editions by Italy's most translated authors – Dante Alighieri, Machiavelli, and Boccaccio – and other hundreds which represent the author's only English translation. A significant number of entries describe works originally published in Latin. Together with Healey's Twentieth-Century Italian Literature in English Translation, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature.
Author : Gary Saul Morson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300167474
In this lively gambol through the history of quotations and quotation books, Gary Saul Morson traces our enduring fascination with the words of others. Ranging from the remote past to the present, he explores the formation, development, and significance of quotations, while exploring the "verbal museums" in which they have been collected and displayed--commonplace books, treasuries, and anthologies. In his trademark clear, witty, and provocative style, Morson invites readers to share his delight in the shortest literary genre. The author defines what makes a quote quotable, as well as the (unexpected) differences between quotation and misquotation. He describes how quotations form, transform, and may eventually become idioms. How much of language itself is the residue of former quotations? Weaving in hundreds of intriguing quotations, common and unusual, Morson explores how the words of others constitute essential elements in the formation of a culture and of the self within that culture. In so doing, he provides a demonstration of that very process, captured in the pages of this extraordinary new book.
Author : John Dominic Crossan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556358210
The aphoristic form conveys universal truths in a distinctive, compressed format. Such sayings go straight to the heart of the matter and linger long afterward in the memory. Curiously enough, the greatest aphorist of all time, Jesus, often goes unrecognized as such; and, more importantly, his aphorisms--a major part of his teachings--have been largely overlooked by biblical scholars. Now, In Fragments offers the first comprehensive analysis of Jesus's aphorisms as an area of study distinct from, but equal in importance to, the parables and dialogues. The heart of Crossan's groundbreaking work is his discussion and interpretation of over one hundred thirty aphorisms of Jesus culled from the narrative Gospel of Mark, the discourse Gospel Q, their dependent versions in Matthew and Luke, and their independent versions in such works as the Gospel of John, the Gospel of Thomas, and the Apostolic Fathers. This representative selection inaugurates a landmark discussion of Jesus's aphorisms, raising the aphoristic tradition to the level of interest that the parabolic tradition has always received. In Fragments offers an original method for identifying, organizing, and correlating these sayings that results in a whole new analysis of the stages of New Testament development for this genre. Crossan suggests answers to a variety of critical questions about the historical transmission of these sayings of Jesus, including the shift from the spoken to the written tradition; analyzes their internal structure and dynamic; shows how individual aphorism can be grouped to shed light on each other; discusses how they are transformed into dialogues and stories, and the effect on the original sayings; and, above all, distinguishes what is the peculiar gift of the aphoristic mode, as opposed to teachings embodied in the narrative or dialogue forms.
