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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Marx-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung
Book SynopsisKarl Marx ist zweifellos einer der einflussreichsten deutschen Philosophen, zudem Theoretiker der Geschichte, der Ökonomie, der Anthropologie etc. Seine Aktualität ist zumal in Zeiten der Finanzkrise ungebrochen. Nach einem Überblick über die Biographie stellt dieses Handbuch Marx Werke in ihren Hauptthesen vor. Ein umfangreiches Kapitel zu den Begriffen und Kontexten arbeitet die Relevanz des Marxschen Denkens für neuere Theoriediskussionen kritisch heraus. Grundlage auch heutiger Debatten sind z.B. seine Diagnosen zu Verdinglichung und Entfremdung, zu Arbeitswelt und Arbeitsformen (Fließbandarbeit), zum Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen (Nachhaltigkeit), zu sozialer Gerechtigkeit (neues Prekariat), zu Weltwirtschaft und Imperialismus (Globalisierung) sowie zu den Paradoxien der finanzmarktwirtschaftlichen Weltwirtschaft. Der Schlussteil verfolgt die Rezeption Marx in verschiedenen Disziplinen von der Philosophie über die Theologie bis zur Ökonomie und wirft zudem einen Blick auf die politische Rezeption der Marx schen Schriften in China, der UdSSR und der DDR. Verkaufsargumente - Marx ist einer der einflussreichsten deutschen Philosophen. - Marx hat heute eine gewaltige Aktualität in Presse, Buchmarkt und Universität. - Das konkurrenzlose Handbuch bietet eine umfassende Darstellung von Leben, Werk und Wirkung. - Die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit für Marx Werk nimmt stetig zu. - Die Autorinnen und Autoren des Handbuchs vertreten nicht eine Schule in der Marxforschung, sondern bieten einen ausgewogenen Überblick über Marx Werk und dessen Wirkung.k auf die politische Rezeption der Marx schen Schriften in China, der UdSSR und der DDR. Verkaufsargumente - Marx ist einer der einflussreichsten deutschen Philosophen. - Marx hat heute eine gewaltige Aktualität in Presse, Buchmarkt und Universität. - Das konkurrenzlose Handbuch bietet eine umfassende Darstellung von Leben, Werk und Wirkung. - Die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit für Marx Werk nimmt stetig zu. - Die Autorinnen und Autoren des Handbuchs vertreten nicht eine Schule in der Marxforschung, sondern bieten einen ausgewogenen Überblick über Marx Werk und dessen Wirkung.Trade Review“... Eine sorgfältige, umfassende und überaus informative Darstellung von Person, Werk, Prägung und Wirkung, die für den Leser des Werkes in allen Bereichen eine lesenswerte Lektüre darstellt und den wissenschaftlichen Diskurs seinem aktuellen Stand nach bestens abbildet und weiterführt.” (M.Lehmann-Pape, in: Buch und Hörbuch Rezensionen, rezensions-seite.de, 2018)“... Der Band besticht durch seine gelungene handbuchartige Gliederung und ist bestens geeignet, sich näher mit Marx zu befassen. Dank seiner inhaltlichen und methodologischen Gestaltung kann es sowohl als Lehrbuch als auch in gewissem Sinne als lexikalisches Nachschlagewerk dienen ...” (Prof. Dr. Kurt Schneider, in: Links!, 4. Juni 2018)Table of ContentsKarl Marx - Leben.- Werke (Philosophische Schriften, Das Programm der Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, Politische Schriften).- Grundbegriffe und Konzeptionen (Philosophische Grundbegriffe, Grundbegriffe der Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, Philosophische Konzeptionen der Marxschen Theorie).- Rezeption (Grundfragen der Marx-Interpretation, Philosophische Strömungen, Ausstrahlung in andere Disziplinen, Realisierungsversuche).- Anhang.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Handbuch Ethik
Book SynopsisEthische Fragestellungen in vielfältigen Kontexten. Das Handbuch erläutert die verschiedenen ethischen Theorien und bietet Einblicke in Themen der Angewandten Ethik sowie in aktuelle Debatten. Rund 50 Grundbegriffe der Ethik werden ausführlich erklärt darunter: Freiheit, Risiko, Verantwortung, Wille u. v. a. Die 3. Auflage wurde durchgesehen und in Teilen überarbeitet; die Literaturangaben wurden aktualisiert. Fundiertes Hintergrundwissen für Philosophen, Theologen, Mediziner, Biologen und Rechtswissenschaftler.
£56.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Bourdieu-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung
Book SynopsisPhilosoph, politischer Intellektueller und Kultursoziologe. Das Werk Pierre Bourdieus ist umfangreich und vielseitig. Das Handbuch erschließt die Quellen und Bezugspunkte und erläutert die wesentlichen Begriffe, Schriften und Rezeptionszusammenhänge. Die Bourdieuschen Begriffe (z.B. Habitus , Distinktionsgewinn oder symbolisches Kapital ) wurden innerhalb verschiedenster Wissenschaften angewandt. Ihre Analyse schärft den Blick für unterschiedliche Interpretationsmöglichkeiten seines Gesamtwerks.
£24.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Habermas-Handbuch
Book SynopsisBekanntester deutscher Philosoph der Gegenwart. Seit mehr als fünfzig Jahren prägt Jürgen Habermas das intellektuelle Leben Deutschlands und darüber hinaus. Mit seinem Werk nimmt er entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Wissenschaften, auf Politik und aktuelle gesellschaftliche Diskussionen. Neben einem Überblick zur Biografie stellt das Handbuch Habermas intellektuelle Kontexte, wie z. B. die Frankfurter Schule, vor und beleuchtet die wichtigsten Stationen seines komplexen Werkes. Der Schlussteil informiert über Begriffe und Konzepte, die sich durch das gesamte Werk ziehen.
£18.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Erkenntnistheorie: Lehrbuch Philosophie
Book SynopsisWas ist Erkenntnis bzw. Wissen? Kann man überhaupt etwas wissen? Welche Quellen hat unser Wissen? Und welche Rolle spielt die Erfahrung dabei? Was ist Wahrheit? Mit diesen grundlegenden Fragen befasst sich die Erkenntnistheorie, eine der zentralen Disziplinen der Philosophie. Diese systematische Einführung in die Erkenntnistheorie bietet einen Überblick über ihre wichtigsten Themen und Fragen, Positionen und Argumente. Darüber hinaus geht der Autor auf Diskussionen und Ergebnisse in benachbarten Disziplinen, wie Psychologie und Kognitionswissenschaften, ein. Für die 3. Auflage wurde der Band durchgesehen, leicht überarbeitet und insbesondere bibliographisch aktualisiert.
£23.78
Lector House Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs And Book Clubs
£8.55
The University of Chicago Press Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism
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The University of Chicago Press Making Physics
Book SynopsisThis text tells the stories of Brookhaven National Laboratory's scientists and their research, which has included detailed descriptions of the structure of the nucleus, early attempts at radiotherapy for inoperable tumours, and studies of strange particles.
£30.40
Columbia University Press The Columbia Grangers Index to AfricanAmerican
Book SynopsisAddresses questions such as: What are the best anthologies of African-American poetry? What have African-American poets written about such highly charged issues as religion? Politics? Patriotism? Slavery? Racism? Money? Sex? What have they written about Harlem? The civil-rights movement? Martin Luther King Jr?
£100.00
Columbia University Press The Columbia Grangers Index to Poetry in
Book SynopsisAn index for answers to questions about the world of poetry, identifying the author of a poem or the anthologies in which it can be found when only a title, first line, or last line is known. Suitable for libraries, it is up to date as of May 31, 2006. It features 85,000 classic and contemporary poems by 12,000 poets.Trade ReviewAn essential purchase for literature and poetry collections. Library Journal Bottom Line: The contents and search options for Granger's Online are thrilling. It is so easy to use, and so enjoyable to read, I found it difficult to stop. Essential for any public, academic, or special library serving the humanities. Library Journal The reasonable cost and ease of use make this database highly recommended for school library media centers. School Library Journal ... embraces all presses, be they small or high-profile, maintaining the subject guide's status as the most comprehensive of its kind... An essential purchase for literature and poetry collections. Library Journal This valuable reference tool is distinct. -- G. A. Cevasco American Reference Books Annual One of the enduring monuments of reference publishing... Still essential after all these years, on the ready-reference shelf. Booklist
£267.20
Columbia University Press Archival Resources of Republican China in North
Book SynopsisPresented in both English and Chinese, this volume covers personal papers, correspondences, memoirs, diaries, photographs, moving images, and other materials held at academic and research institutions across the United States and CanadaTrade ReviewThis indispensable volume widens our knowledge of what is available in North America, where Republican Period collections have heretofore not received such organized attention. It also makes known alternatives to the archives and libraries in China, many of which limit access to their holdings. -- D.E. Perushek, University of Hawaii Well-researched, well-organized, and extremely useful... highly recommended. American Reference Books AnnualTable of ContentsForeword, by Joseph W. Esherick Foreword, by Eugene Wu Introduction Archival Titles in Alphabetical Order by Creator Entries of Archival Resources Appendix 1. Archival Titles by Holding Libraries and Repositories Appendix 2. Chinese Place Names in Romanization and Chinese Characters Appendix 3. Chinese Personal Names in Romanization and Chinese Characters References Index
£90.75
Indiana University Press The Pianists Bookshelf Second Edition
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis useful volume should be on every pianist's bookshelf. -- Piano & KeyboardA unique and valuable tool for teachers, students, performers. -- Library JournalTable of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionIntroductionAccompanyingBiographiesChamber MusicConstruction and DesignEditors, Innovators, Performers, Teachers, and WritersHistory and CriticismInternet ResourcesJournalsPedagogyPerformance PracticePiano and OrchestraPiano DuetPiano LiteraturePiano Literature in Collected StudiesTranscriptionsTwo or More PianosAuthor IndexComposer and Performer Index
£41.40
Yale University Press An Inspiration to All Who Enter
Book SynopsisIn celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, this title presents fifty of the Library's most prized treasures. It features works ranging from recently acquired items from living authors and poets to some of the most famous, rare, and notorious books in history.
£16.14
John Wiley & Sons Inc Cumulative Index of Heterocyclic Systems Volume
Book SynopsisThe Cumulative Index of Systems Reviewed in the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds is a collection of data for the approximately 2700 systems reviewed therein that serves as a useful guide to locating information in this well established and reputable series. The Cumulative Index also contains a complete list of books in the series showing author(s), title, date of publication, and all chapter headings. It is useful to professionals and advanced graduate students in synthetic organic chemistry, in academia, government, and industries including pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and agriculture.Table of ContentsSECTION I HETEROCYCLIC SYSTEMS REVIEWED. SECTION II REFERENCES.
£460.76
John Wiley & Sons Inc Black Books Galores Guide to Great African
Book SynopsisThis is a great resource that fills a tremendous need. It shouldbe on parents'' shelves at home as well as in every school. --AlvinF. Poussaint, M.D. Harvard Medical School These are exciting times for African American children''sliterature. Never before have there been so many titles available.Now the three mothers who founded Black Books Galore! --thenation''s leading organizer of festivals of African Americanchildren''s books --share their expert advice on how to find andchoose the best. This fully annotated guide opens the door to awonderful world of reading for the children in your life. Here arethe most positive, the best-written, and the most acclaimed booksin every category, including board books, story and picture books,fiction, nonfiction, poetry, history, biography, fables, andmore. Invaluable for parents, teachers, and librarians, this easy-to-use,illustrated reference guide features: * Quick, lively descriptions of 500 books, plus 200 additionalrecommTrade Review"BLACK BOOKS GALORE! is distinct from similar efforts ...in that selections are 'children's' books, as opposed to works of Black literature that youth should be encouraged to read."--Emerge, October 1998Table of ContentsRead Aloud Books (Babies to Preschoolers). Books for Primary Readers (Kindergarten - Third Grade). Books for Secondary Readers (Fourth Grade - Sixth Grade). Books for Middle School Readers (Seventh Grade - Ninth Grade). Appendices. Indexes. Bibliography.
£15.30
John Wiley & Sons Inc A History of the Theory of Investments
Book SynopsisThis exceptional book provides valuable insights into the evolution of financial economics from the perspective of a major player. -- Robert Litzenberger, Hopkinson Professor Emeritus of Investment Banking, Univ. of Pennsylvania; and retired partner, Goldman Sachs A History of the Theory of Investments is about ideas -- where they come from, how they evolve, and why they are instrumental in preparing the future for new ideas. Author Mark Rubinstein writes history by rewriting history. In unearthing long-forgotten books and journals, he corrects past oversights to assign credit where credit is due and assembles a remarkable history that is unquestionable in its accuracy and unprecedented in its power. Exploring key turning points in the development of investment theory, through the critical prism of award-winning investment theory and asset pricing expert Mark Rubinstein, this groundbreaking resource follows the chronological development of investment theory overTable of ContentsPreface ix THE ANCIENT PERIOD: Pre-1950 1 THE CLASSICAL PERIOD: 1950–1980 99 THE MODERN PERIOD: Post-1980 309 Notes 349 Index of Ideas 359 Index of Sources 365
£52.00
University of California Press Canadian Diaries and Autobiographies
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ramesside Inscriptions Ramesses II Royal
Book Synopsis* An indispensable source of information and scholarship on one of the most important periods of Egyptian history. * Notes and commenst related directly to Kitchen's Translations. .Table of ContentsContents. Abbreviations and Sigla. Preface. By Way of Introduction. Part I: Ramesses II:. The Wars of Ramesses II. Dated Documents. Undated War-Scenes: Thebes and Upper Egypt. Triumph-Scenes and Lists: Lower Egypt. Undated War-Scenes and Lists: Nubian Temples. Levantine Stelae. Documents of Peace. 'Rhetorical' Stelae. Works of Peace. Burials odf the Sacred Bulls. The Royal Jubilees (Sed-Festivals). Other Dated Inscriptions. Other Royal Monuments- Geographical Series. Part II: East Delta:. Eastern Approaches. The Delta Residence. Other East-Delta Sites. Part III: Central Delta: . North. South. Part IV: West Delta: . Part V: The Libyan Marches:. Part VI: Heliopolis: . Part VII: Memphis: . Part VIII: Middle to Upper Egypt: . Part IX: Abydos: . Part X: Thebes:. Karnak: Temples of Montu/Maat, Amun, Mut. Luxor: Temple of Amun. Part XI: Thebes: West Bank:. Qurneh: Temple of Sethos I. The Ramesseum. Valley of Kings, Deir el-Medina and Others. Part XII: Nubia:. Miscellaneous and Minor Monuments (Royal). Documents of the Reign. Part XIII: Royal Family: . Queen - Mother Tuya. The Queens-Consort. Queen Nefertari. Queen Istnofret. Queen Hentmire. Queen Maathorneferure and her sister. The List of Princes. Monuments of Individual Princes. The Lists of Princesses. Monuments of Individual Princesses. Part XIV: Addenda et Corrigenda: . Indexes.
£239.36
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country Music
Book SynopsisRECORDED COUNTRY MUSIC The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country MusicThis is the definitive guide to selecting the finest recordings in country music. Artists such as Garth Brooks and Billy Ray Cyrus outsell established pop and rock giants in the United States, and they are becoming increasingly popular in Europe. Yet this very popularity means that it is now more difficult to define just what country music' is.The Guide looks at the key recordings in ten major areas of the music, selecting a main library of 100 discs the majority of them currently available CDs, but with a few harder-to-find specialist items that should form the core of any country collection. In addition, over 300 supplementary albums are listed and described, enriching the coverage of each style. Crossover artists are discussed (who adapted their styles to the vast pop audience), as are many of the other musicians who can make this vast and relatively uncharted area of music confusing for theTable of Contents1. The Early Years (Charles Wolfe) 2. Honky Tonk (Nick Tosches) 3. Regional Music: Cajun, Western Swing and the Bakersfield Sound (Geoffrey Himes) 4. Western Music and Songs of the Cowboys (Laurence J. Zwisohn) 5. Bluegrass (Frank and Marty Godbey) 6. The 1950s and 1960s (Bob Allen) 7. The 1970s (Bob Allen) 8. Alternative Country (Geoffrey Himes) 9. Irish Country (Tom Gilmore) 10.The 1980s and Beyond (Bob Allen).
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Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library First Supplement to James E. Walshs Catalogue of
Book SynopsisWalsh’s pioneering catalogue of the Harvard collection of 15th-century printed books was published in five volumes. The First Supplement describes 202 new incunabula at Harvard: 67 complete or nearly complete copies and 135 single leaves or fragments, representing a total of 173 editions, including 110 not in Walsh’s original five volumes.
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Harvard University Press David to Corot
Book SynopsisThe Harvard University Art Museums hold one of the world's finest collections of early 19th-century drawings; the nearly 500 works reproduced heremany published for the first timeinclude the most significant groups of drawings outside France by the masters of the age: David, Gericault, Ingres, Delacroix, and Prud'hon.Trade ReviewThe Fogg’s holdings of early 19th-century French drawings are a near embarrassment of riches. Along with the Ingres, the Fogg owns the most significant groups of drawings of David, Gericault, Delacroix and Prud’hon outside of France...‘David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum’ also celebrates the publication of a major catalog of the same name. Thirty years in the making, it is the grand effort of the legendary curator of drawings and former director of the Fogg, Agnes Mongan...[A] landmark. -- Nancy Stapen * Boston Globe *[A] masterful piece of scholarship...Author Agnes Mongan and a host of contributing scholars assembled this catalog over the course of decades, creating a work whose text offers as much to the historian and biographer as its handsome plates do to fanciers of draftsmanship. For those who can't travel to Boston to visit this superb collection, Mongan has created a portable resource...whose first-rate illustrations capture the nuances of touch that are so much the appeal of drawing for connoisseurs. More than 300 drawings are illustrated in black and white, including works by such major figures as Delacroix, Gericault and Ingres...To see them all reproduced in this catalog is a bit like peeking over the artist's shoulder as he sketched. -- Chris Waddington * Lagniappe *[Mongan’s] catalog includes a detailed, interesting, and scholarly text, which accompanies the reproduction of each drawing. The provenance is included for each drawing, as well as an extensive bibliography of books and an appendix of historically relevant exhibitions. The book provides a wonderful visit to the Fogg’s internationally renowned collection of these 19th-century French drawings. * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword by James Cuno Preface Note to the Catalogue CATALOGUE Appendix A. The Leclere and Percier-Fontaine Albums Appendix B. Drawings Aquired since 1979 Bibliography Exhibitions
£158.36
Voltaire Foundation Bibliographie Analytique des Ecrits Relatifs a
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John Wiley & Sons Russian 201migr233s in the Intellectual and
Book SynopsisAn encyclopedic bibliography of material published in the cultural exchange between French intellectuals and Russian exiles who fled the Soviet Union.Trade Review"Russian E migrE s is an invaluable resource. The book achieves precisely what it sets out to do ... . The bibliography is admirably comprehensive, providing a thorough list of varying resources (articles, books, dissertations, letters, newspaper, etc.) available in a large array of collections worldwide. It suggests, furthermore, exciting avenues of future research not just in the history of French-Russian/Soviet relations, but also in comparative approaches to literary and cultural history." N. Christine Brookes, Central Michigan University "Leonid Livak has done a great service to the study of the Russian emigration with the publication of this volume. It is bound to be of considerable value to students of both Russian and French intellectual and political history, and will certainly lead to new perspectives on intellectual cross-fertilization in twentieth-century Europe." Russian Review "[Russian E migrE s]contributes to and illuminates often ignored, yet imminently valuable perspectives to current notions of borders, exile, the nation, and the transnational within European literary and cultural history. An invaluable resource." H-FranceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii; Introduction 3; Russian Emigres in the Intellectual and Literary Life of Interwar France: A History 12; How to Read This Bibliography 47; Abbreviations Used in the Bibliography 50; Bibliography 57; Appendix A: Group Declarations 441; Appendix B: Corporate Authors 446; Appendix C: Russian Emigration in the French Press 448; Primary Sources 491; Secondary Sources 509; Index 511
£108.80
University of Toronto Press Chaucers Millers Reeves and Cooks Tales An
Book SynopsisAn annotated bibliography describing editing and critical works on three of Chaucer's tales. The authors make extensive use of the standard bibliographies of English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies.
£68.85
University of Toronto Press The Jesuit Series Part Four LP
Book SynopsisThis bibliography encompasses all extant books of emblems, and books dealing with the theory and practice of emblematics written by members of The Society of Jesus. Translations and adaptations of Jesuit works in all languages are also included.
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University of Toronto Press A Bibliography of Robertson Davies
Book SynopsisUsing Davies' archives and the archives of other authors, organizations, and publishers, Carl Spadoni and Judith Skelton Grant present A Bibliography of Robertson Davies to serve the research demands of Canadian literature and book history scholars.Table of ContentsChronology Introduction: Scope and Arrangement of the Bibliography; Descriptive Elements; Sources Consulted; Index Location Symbols Acknowledgments Illustrations A Section: Separate Publications Shakespeare's Boy Actors. 1939 Shakespeare for Young Players: A Junior Course. 1942 How Stupid Is Canada? 1946 The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks. 1947 Overlaid: A Comedy. 1948 Eros at Breakfast and Other Plays. 1949 Fortune, My Foe. 1949 The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks. 1949 At My Heart's Core. 1950 Tempest-Tost. 1951 A Masque of Aesop. 1952 Leaven of Malice. 1954 A Jig for the Gypsy. [1955] A Mixture of Frailties. 1958 Battle Cry for Book Lovers. 1960 A Voice from the Attic. 1960 Literature in Medicine. 1962 A Masque of Mr Punch. 1963 In Memoriam Lionel Vincent Massey 1916-1965. 1965 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1965 A21 Massey College Calendar 1966-1967. 1966 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1966 At My Heart's Core & Overlaid. 1966 Massey College Calendar 1967-1968. 1967 Marchbanks' Almanack. 1967 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1967 Massey College Head Remembers Vincent Massey. 1968 In Memoriam The Right Honourable Vincent Massey 1887-1967. [1968] The Voice of the People. 1968 Four Favourite Plays. 1968 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1968 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1969 Stephen Leacock. 1970 [Citation of Dora Mavor Moore for Honorary Degree]. 1970 Feast of Stephen. 1970 The Other Leacock [program poster]. 1970 The McFiggin Fragment. 1970 Fifth Business. 1970 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1970 The Heart of a Merry Christmas. 1970 What Do You See in the Mirror? 1970 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1971 Hunting Stuart & Other Plays. 1972 The Manticore. 1972 An Evening with Ben Jonson [program poster]. 1972 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1972 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1973 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1974 Question Time. 1975 World of Wonders. 1975 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1975 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1976 One Half of Robertson Davies: Provocative Pronouncements on a Wide Range of Topics. 1977 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1977 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1978 The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies. 1979 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1979 [Gaudy Night broadside]. 1980 The Well-Tempered Critic. 1981 The Penguin Leacock. 1981 Brothers in the Black Art. 1981 The Rebel Angels. 1981 On Being a Professional. 1981 High Spirits. 1982 Thirty Years at Stratford. [1983] The Mirror of Nature. 1983 The Deptford Trilogy. 1983 Introduction to The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks. 1985 What's Bred in the Bone. 1985 The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks. 1985 The Salterton Trilogy. 1986 The Lyre of Orpheus. 1988 [Folio Society promotional leaflet. 1990?] Opera and Humour. 1991 Murther & Walking Spirits. 1991 The Cornish Trilogy. [1992] Reading and Writing. 1993 An Introduction to the Twenty-First Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair. 1993 Jezebel: The Golden Tale of Naboth and His Vineyard, and of King Ahab and His Wicked Queen. 1993 Revelation from a Smoky Fire. 1993 Why I Do Not Intend to Write an Autobiography. 1993 Two Plays: Fortune, My Foe & Eros at Breakfast. 1993 A Return to Rhetoric. 1993 The Cunning Man. 1994 Two Plays: Hunting Stuart & The Voice of the People. 1994 The Dignity of Literature. 1994 A Christmas Carol Re-Harmonized. 1995 A Gathering of Ghost Stories. 1995 Animal U. 1995 The Merry Heart: Selections 1980-1995. 1996 Happy Alchemy: Writings on the Theatre and Other Lively Arts. 1997 The Golden Ass, a Libretto. 1999 For Your Eye Alone: Letters 1976-1995. 1999 Discoveries: Early Letters 1938-1975. 2002 The Quotable Robertson Davies: The Wit and Wisdom of the Master. 2005 Selected Plays. 2008 Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading. 2008 Selected Works on the Art of Writing. 2008 B Section: Contributions to Books "Diary of Christmas Excitement" in Souvenir Edition Examiner for the Annual Christmas Party 1945. 1945 "The Theatre: A Dialogue on the State of the Theatre in Canada" in Royal Commission Studies. 1951. Preface, "The Director," and "The Players" in Renown at Stratford: A Record of the Shakespeare Festival in Canada 1953. 1953 Statement for playbill A Jig for a Gypsy. 1954 Preface, "Rehearsal-A Study in Rhythm," "The Taming of the Shrew," "Measure for Measure," and "Oedipus Rex" in Twice Have the Trumpets Sounded: A Record of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada 1954. 1954 Introduction to B.K. Sandwell's The Diversions of Duchesstown and Other Essays. 1955. Preface, "Julius Caesar," "King Oedipus," "Merchant of Venice," and "A Note on Style in Acting" in Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd: A Record of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada 1955. 1955 "Sherry Trifle" in We Can Cook Too! Recipes Hot Off the Press. 1956 "Stephen Leacock" in Claude T. Bissell, ed., Our Living Tradition: Seven Canadians. 1957 Introduction to Stephen Leacock's Literary Lapses. 1958 "Shakespeare Over Port" in B.A.W. Jackson's Stratford Papers on Shakespeare. 1961 "The Theatre" in D.C. Williams's The Arts as Communication. 1962 "Changing Fashions in Shakespearian Production" in B.A.W. Jackson's Stratford Papers on Shakespeare. 1963 Testimonial letter in Lulie Westfeldt's F. Matthias Alexander: The Man and His Work. 1964 Introduction to Stephen Leacock's Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy. 1964 "Stephen Leacock" in Encyclopedia Americana. 1964 "The Implacable Educator" in Great Canadians, A Century of Achievement. 1965 Introduction to Horton Rhys's A Theatrical Trip for a Wager! Through Canada and the United States. 1966 Preface to Ronald Borg's Peterborough: Land of Shining Waters. 1966 The Centennial Play. 1967 The Centennial Play program. 1967 Program note for the play Caste, Hart House Theatre. 1967 "Letters: The Unfashionable Canadians" in John D. Harbron's Century 1867-1967: The Canadian Saga. 1967. "Note on A Midsummer's Night's Dream" in Peter Raby's The Stratford Scene, 1958-1968. 1968 "Some Reminiscences of W.L. Grant" in The W.L. Grant Fellowship in Adult Education. 1969 "Ben Johnson and Alchemy" in B.A.W. Jackson's Stratford Papers 1968-69. 1972 Foreword to Betty Lee's Love and Whisky: The Story of the Dominion Drama Festival. 1973 "III Playwrights and Plays" in vol. VI of The Revels History of Drama in English. 1975 Autobiographical essay in World Authors 1950-1970: A Companion Volume to Twentieth Century Authors. 1975 Preface to Abraham Rotstein's Beyond Industrial Growth. 1976 "Massey College" in William Kilbourn's The Toronto Book: An Anthology of Writings Past and Present. 1976 Statement in advertisement flyer, Masks of Satan. 1976 Program note to the MacMillan Theatre's production of "Pontiac and the Green Man." 1977 Chapter Three, "Robertson Davies," in Geraldine Anthony's Stage Voices: Twelve Canadian Playwrights Talk about Their Lives and Work. 1978 "A Note on 'Overlaid'" in Transitions I: Short Plays, A Source Book of Canadian Literature. 1978 Tribute in The Pierre Berton Celebration Dinner. 1979 "The Deptford Trilogy in Retrospect" in Studies in Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy. 1980 Introduction to "Hope Deferred" in Anton Wagner's Canada's Lost Plays, vol. 3, The Developing Mosaic: English-Canadian Drama to Mid-Century. 1980 Introduction to Arnold Edinborough's The Festivals of Canada. 1981 "Mixed Grill: Touring Fare in Canada, 1920-1935" in L.W. Conolly's Theatrical Touring and Founding in North America. 1982 "What the Opera Is About" in Doctor Canon's Cure, theatre programme. 1982 Foreword to Richard Perkyns's Major Plays of the Canadian Theatre 1934-1984. 1984 Introduction to John Cowper Powys's Wolf Solent. 1984 Introduction to Graham McInnes's The Road to Gundagai. 1985 Foreword to vol. 1 of John Pettigrew and Jamie Portman's Stratford: The First Thirty Years. 1985 "What Is Canadian about Canadian Literature" in Franz K. Stanzel and Waldemar Zacharasiewicz's Encounters and Explorations: Canadian Writers and European Critics. 1986 Letter to Nicholas Goldschmidt in The Peeled Eye: An Author in Canada, Guelph Spring Festival programme. 1986 "The Novel as Secular Religion" in The Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 8. 1987. Introduction to Robert Finch's Sail-Boat and Lake. 1988 "Massey, Vincent" and "Massey, Raymond Hart" in Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly's The Oxford Companion to Canadian Drama and Theatre. 1989 "The Only Creatures in All of Nature Who Sing Are Birds and Mankind" in The Joy of Singing: 1989 International Choral Festival. 1989 Introduction to Francis Thistleton's How I Came to Be Governor of the Island of Cacona. 1989 Statement in Edward Arlington Robinson. 1990 "A Chat about Literacy" in More Than Words Can Say: Personal Perspectives on Literacy. 1990 "On Macbeth" for the Stratford Festival Theatre programme of Macbeth. 1990 "Heartcry of an Over-Solicited Donor" in Margaret Atwood's Barbed Lyres: Canadian Venomous Verse. 1990 "On the Dangerous Edge" in Clifton Fadiman's Living Philosophies: The Reflections of Some Eminent Men and Women of Our Time. 1990 Chapter 4, "The Nineteenth-Century Repertoire" in Ann Saddlemyer's Early Stages: Theatre in Ontario 1800-1914. 1990 "Robertson Davies" in Christopher Bigsby's Arthur Miller and Company. 1990 Introduction to Dorothy Sennett's Vital Signs: International Stories on Aging. 1991 "Reading and Writing" in The Tanner Lectures on Human Values. 1992 "Reflections from the Golden Age" in The Greek Miracle Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy. 1992 "A Birthday Brindisi" in Red Jade Cups: John Espey at Eighty. 1993 "The Value of a Coherent Notion of Culture" in An Emerging North American Culture. 1993 "A Try for Greatness" in Clare Boylan's The Agony and the Ego: The Art and Strategy of Fiction Writing Explored. 1993 Introduction to Anthony Trollope's He Knew He Was Right. 1994 "Tanya Moiseiwitsch: An Appreciation" in T.J. Edelstein's The Stage Is All the World: The Theatrical Designs of Tanya Moiseiwitsch. 1994 Tribute to Nicholas Goldschmidt in A Night in Old Vienna. 1994 "Getting There" in Constance Rooke's Writing Away: The PEN Canada Travel Anthology. 1994 "Leacock Stephen (1869-1944)" in Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly's Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. 1994 Introduction to Marie Elena Korey's Elegant Editions: Aspects of Victorian Book Design. 1995 Untitled tribute to Robert Christie in Five Fond Tributes to Robert Christie. 1995. Introduction to Mabel Smith, Dick Beck, and Beth McMaster's Peterborough Theatre Guild: The First Thirty Years. 1995 Afterword to Mavis Gallant's Across the Bridge. 1996 Foreword to Jerry Sontag's Curiosity Recaptured: Exploring Ways We Think and Move. 1996 Libretto to The Golden Ass: A Two Act Opera. 1999 "Irving, Sir Henry" in H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison's Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 29. 2004 "Summers, (Augustus) Montague" in H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison's Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 53. 2004 C Section: Contributions to Periodicals (Newspapers, Journals, Magazines, and Annuals) 1923-1939 1940-1944 1945-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-2004 D Section: Reports of Speeches, Lectures, and Public Presentations E Section: Speeches and Lectures Given F Section: Interviews G Section: Unsigned Articles and Editorials H Section: Translations (organized under each language) I Section: Films, Recordings by Davies, Audio Books, and Braille J Section: Contributions in Articles and Books by Others Index
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University of Toronto Press Medieval Celtic Literature
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Facts On File Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents
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University of Pittsburgh Press Societies After Slavery A Select Annotated Bibliography of Printed Sources on Cuba Brazil British Colonial Africa South A Pitt Latin American Series
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MP-ALA American Library Assoc A Basic Music Library Essential Scores and Sound
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Liverpool University Press The English Manuscripts of Richard Rolle A
Book SynopsisRichard Rolle - the Yorkshire hermit, visionary and transmitter of religious counsel - was widely recognised in the later English Middle Ages as a major spiritual author.Trade ReviewThis will be an invaluable volume, obviously useful to those interested in its name author and his works, but also to all those engaged with later Middle English religious texts and their manuscript contexts. * Journal of the Early Book Society *Hanna’s descriptive catalogue is an invaluable source of information for those interested not only in Rolle’s English canon but also in the compilation of the medieval English manuscript book itself. The 123 examples meticulously catalogued here offer an author-based insight into the reading habits and textual tastes of the later Middle Ages thoroughly examined and researched by a master in his own field. * The Library, Vol 12, no.2 *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Abbreviated references List of Manuscripts described, with table of equivalents to Ogilvie-Thomson's edition Illustrations Introduction Richard Rolle in English The Catalogue Indexes o English Works of Richard Rolle o Associated English Texts o Associated Latin Texts o Associated French Texts o Incipits of Unindexed English Prose o Pre-Dissolution Owners o Book-Producers o Paper Stocks o Manuscripts Referred to but not Described
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Middle English Lyric and Short Poem
Book SynopsisThis Bibliography assembles annotation of collections and criticism of lyrics of religious and secular love, carols and songs, and rhymes of everyday life.The Middle English lyrics and short poems form a varied group that ranges over most aspects of life to include lyrics of religious and secular love, carols and songs, and mundane rhymes of everyday life. Thus there are expressionsof devotion, ethereal or earthly, theological expositions, and knowledge needed for life. The poems are disparate and generally anonymous, and their survival owes much to chance. The bibliography assembles neutral annotation of collections and criticism of the works, arranged chronologically to show the course of criticism and the growing appreciation of these poems and all they can tell us. The introduction considers these matters, problems of definitionof the genre, and the isolable lyrics, and seeks to reconcile some first impressions of the poems, as disparate and slight, with the rewards of close study. ROSEMARY GREENTREE is currently Visiting Research Fellow, Dept of English, University of Adelaide.Trade ReviewExcellent guide... unique in that it specifically addresses the Middle English lyric and short poem, a genre that encompasses a wide range of poetry, including song lyrics and religious and instructive poems... Thoroughly discusses published editions and the history of their criticism. * CHOICE *Praise is highly deserved for this bibliography... Her book will not only be an indispensable scholarly tool: it is more than that, it is a pleasure to read it and to consult it. -- E.G. Stanley * NOTES AND QUERIES *Table of ContentsDefining the ME lyric; collections of lyrics; trends in criticism; individual scholars; individual lyrics; the isolable lyrics; the mundane lyrics; conclusions.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Arthurian Bibliography IV 19931998 Author
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American Philosophical Society My Life in Germany Before and After January 30
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Cornell University Press G. B. Shaw
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East European Monographs CarpathoRusyn Studies An Annotated Biliography
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East European Monographs CarpathoRusyn Studies An Annotated Bibliography
Book SynopsisThe fifth volume of Carpatho-Rusyn Studies follows the same format as previous volumes. It includes nearly 800 entries listing books, articles in journals, and chapters in books published during the years 2004 through 2009, and which deal with various aspects of Carpathian Rus' in Europe and of Carpatho-Rusyns wherever they may live. Each entry includes full bibliographical data followed by an extended annotation. Journals that focus on Carpatho-Rusyn studies each have their own entry and include content analysis in the annotation.The material listed covers a wide variety of subject areas in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts, among the most important of which-in terms of number of entries-are: history, language, religious studies, literature, ethnography and folklore, the nationality (identity) question, Carpatho-Rusyn diasporas, historiography and scholarship, education, and book publishing and the press.The volume begins with a survey of the highlights of Carpatho-Rusyn scholarship during the five-year period, 2004-2009. Appended are several charts with publication data. The volume concludes with an extensive index of authors, editors, compilers, placenames, and persons who are the subject of studies.
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London Record Society Unpublished London Diaries
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University of Chicago Press Lasting Impressions The Grolier Club Library
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Buros Institute of Mental Measurements,U.S. Tests in Print X
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Houghton Library,U.S. Centuries of Books and Manuscripts
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The University of Chicago Press Homer in Print
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Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library From the Great Desire of Promoting Learning
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University of Toronto Press Bibliographie de la Critique sur Emile Zola 18641970
Book SynopsisDepuis longtemps, les spécialistes de Zola ainsi que tous ceux qui, par leurs recherches, qu’elles soient d’ordre littéraire, historique, sociologique ou artistique, s’intéressent à Zola, ont éprouvé le besoin d’avoir à leur disposition un répertoire de l’immense corpus d’écrits relatifs à un écrivain majeur que le grand public lit encore. Cette bibliographie, remarquablement complète et intelligemment organisée, met à notre disposition un tel répertoire. Avec l’aide de plusieurs collaborateurs et avec le concours de bibliothèques de nombreux pays, David Baguley a recueilli environ 8000 titres pour la période qui s’étend des premiers comptes rendus des ouvrages de jeunesse de Zola jusqu’à l’an 1970. Bien que son livre ne prétende pas être exhaustif, l’auteur a répertorié de façon extrêment détaillée la critique française ainsi que la critique anglaise, allemande, espagnole et polonaise et il a inclu les étu
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University of Texas Press Handbook of Latin American Studies Vol. 70
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University of Texas Press Handbook of Latin American Studies Vol. 72
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