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Harvard University Press Greek Lyric Volume IV Bacchylides Corinna and
Book SynopsisBacchylides wrote masterful choral poetry of many types. Other fifth-century BC lyricists included: Myrtis, Telesilla of Argos, Timocreon of Rhodes, Charixena, Diagoras of Melos, Ion of Chios, and Praxilla of Sicyon. More of Boeotian Corinna’s poetry survives than that of any other Greek woman poet except Sappho.
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Harvard University Press Declamations Volume II Controversiae Books 710.
Book SynopsisSeneca the Elder (?55 BCE–40 CE) collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae. Extracts from famous declaimers of Seneca’s illuminate influences on the styles of most pagan (and many Christian) writers of the Empire.
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Harvard University Press Moralia Volume XIII
Book SynopsisPlutarch (ca. AD 45120) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
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Harvard University Press De Causis Plantarum Volume II
Book SynopsisEnquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (ca. 370ca. 285 BC) are a counterpart to Aristotle's zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant. In the latter Theophrastus turns to plant physiology.
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Harvard University Press De Causis Plantarum Volume III
Book SynopsisEnquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (ca. 370ca. 285 BC) are a counterpart to Aristotle's zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant. In the latter Theophrastus turns to plant physiology.
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Harvard University Press Places in Man. Glands. Fleshes. Prorrhetic 12.
Book SynopsisOf the roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BC), but they are essential sources of information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body, and he was undeniably the Father of Medicine.
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Harvard University Press The Learned Banqueters Volume II Books 3.106e5
Book SynopsisA series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information about Greek culture.Trade ReviewOne of the main advantages of Olson's new edition is that it is reader-friendly. When The Learned Banqueters quotes from a known author, Olson follows the text of, and gives the reference to, the best modern edition, making it easy for the reader to look up the citation in its original context...Olson's translation is largely excellent, and captures the spirit of the different authors quoted. -- Helen Morales * Times Literary Supplement *
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Princeton University Press The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Book SynopsisComprises annotations on more than fifty books and manuscripts (from "Valckenaer" to "Zwick", and "Addenda"). This book includes comments on Wordsworth's "Benjamin the Waggoner," "The Prelude," and "Translation of Virgil's Aeneid," as well as on William Godwins's verse drama "Abbas."Trade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2001 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Multivolume Reference: Humanities, Association of American Publishers "This remarkable volume concludes one of the magisterial scholarly projects of our time... The patience, knowledge, and sometimes-slavish devotion involved in editing such a work are beyond praise... The cumulative effect produces something akin to awe. The set as a whole rivals his notebooks in bringing the reader into the intimate presence of Coleridge's mind and astonishing breadth of his intellectual interests."--ChoiceTable of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi FOREWORD xiii EDITORIAL PRACTICE: A BRIEF GUIDE xxiii ABBREVIATIONS xxv ADDENDA 247 INDEX 337 Marginalia [* designates a "Lost Book"--a book reported to contain marginal notes in C's hand but which the editor has not been able to find and for which no transcript of marginalia is known to exist.] Lodewijk Kasper Valckenaer Diatribe de Aristobulo Judaeo 3 Sir Harry Vane A Healing Question Propounded and Resolved 10 Robert Vaughan The Life and Opinions of John de Wycliffe 12 William Vincent The Greek Verb Analysed 25 Vindex The Conduct of the British Government 28 Virgil Georgica ... hexaglotta 30 Aeneid tr Wordsworth see William WORDSWORTH Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire A Treatise on Toleration 32 Gerhard Voss Poeticarum institutionum libri tres 34 [Edward Gibbon Wakefield] A Letter from Sydney 35 John Walker A Dictionary of the English Language 38 William Wall Conference between Two Men 41 John Benn Walsh, Baron Ormathwaite On the Present Balance of Parties 44 Popular Opinions on Parliamentary Reform 50 Daniel Waterland The Importance of the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity 54 A Vindication of Christ's Divinity 73 Alaric Alexander Watts Poetical Sketches 94 John Webster The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft 95 Adam Weishaupt Apologie des Misvergnugens and Uebels 125 Pythagoras* 128 Ueber den Kantischen Anschauungent 129 Ueber Wahrheit and sittliche Vollkommenheit 130 William Charles Wells Two Essays 131 Benjamin Wheeler Theological Lectures 134 Whistlecraft see FRERE John Whitaker The Origin of Arianism Disclosed 136 Gilbert White Works, in Natural History 147 Thomas Whitfield A Discourse of Liberty of Conscience 154 Christoph Martin Wieland Comische Erzdhlungen 156 Idris 158 Neueste Gedichte 159 Edward Williams Poems, Lyric and Pastoral 161 Walter Wilson Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe 163 Johann Christoph Wolf Curae philologicae et criticae 164 Karl Christian Wolfart Jahrbucher fiir den Lebens-Magnetismus 169 Christian Wolff Logic 171 [Christopher Wordsworth] Six Letters to Granville Sharp 177 "Who Wrote Considered 184 William Wordsworth "Benjamin the Waggoner" MS I 187 The Excursion 189 "The Prelude" MS B 194 "Translation of Virgil Aeneid" 197 Francis Wrangham Life of Dr Richard Bentley 216 Scraps 218 Xenophon Memoirs of Socrates 222 Thomas Young A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophyt* 224 Zeitschrift fur spekulative Physik ed Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling 225 Henry Augustus Zwick Calmuc Tartary 246 ADDENDA Thomas Amory The Life of John Buncle 249 Edwin Atherstone The Last Days of Herculaneum 251 John and Michael Banim Tales by the O'Hara Family 256 Richard Baxter Reliquiae Baxterianae COPY A 257 Joseph Beaumont Some Observations upon the Apologie of Dr Henry Moret* 265 La danse des morts 266 Declaration of Principles 267 Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee The Life and Opinions of Sir Richard Maltravers 268 William Godwin Abbas 270 John Haslam Medical Jurisprudence 285 Johann Gottfried Herder Verstand and Erfahrung 290 Immanuel Kant Vermischte Schriften COPY D 291 Robert Leighton The Genuine Works COPY B 295 Pietro Metastasio Opere 320 APPENDIX Some Mistaken Attributions 331 INDEX to Vols I to VI 337
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Princeton University Press Aristotles De Motu Animalium
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to ask through a study of one of his most complicated treatises on explanation, how far, and in what sense, the demands of the 'scientific person' are Aristotle's.Trade Review"In virtue of its text alone, this book represents a major advance; and the essays, which range far beyond the text ..., are considerable works of philosophical interpretation in their own right. Anyone interested in Aristotle will want to own this book: it will be conned, discussed, and valued, for years to come."--Jonathan Barnes, Greece and Rome "An achievement that deserves warm thanks and congratulation."--John Ackrill, Philosophical Review
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Princeton University Press Guanzi
Book SynopsisNamed for the famous Chinese minister of state, Guan Zhong (d 645 BC), the Guanzi is one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese writings in existence. It was compiled in its present form about 26 BC by the Han dynasty scholar Liu Xiang. This volume presents a translation of the Guanzi into English.Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 3 General Content of Volume Two, 3; Changes in Format, 4; Special Terms, 5; Rhymes, 6; Recent Developments in Guanzi Studies, 8; Translation Procedures and Methods of Notation, 9 GUANZI XII, 35. Chi Mi (follows XIX, 59) XIV, 49. Nei Ye, Inner Workings, and Introduction to the Four "Xin shu" Chapters 15 XIII, 36. Xin Shu Shang (follows XIII, 37) XIII, 37. Xin Shu Xia, Art of the Mind, Part II 56 XIII, 36. Xin Shu Shang, Art of the Mind, Part I 65 XIII, 38. Bai Xin, Purifying the Mind 82 XIV, 39. Shui Di, Water and Earth 98 XIV, 40. Si Shi, The Four Seasons 108 XIV, 41. Wu Xing, Five Phases 118 XV, 42. Shi, On Paying Attention to Circumstances 129 XV, 43. Zheng, Rectification 136 XV, 44. Jiu Bian, The Nine Alternatives 140 XV, 45. Ren Fa, Reliance on Law 143 XV, 46. Ming Fa, On Making the Law Clear, and XXI, 67, Ming Fa Xe, Explanation of the "Ming Fa" 152 XV, 47. Zheng Shi, Rectifying the Age 170 XV, 48. Zhi Guo, Maintaining the State in Good Order 175 XVI, 49. Nei Ye (precedes XIII, 36) XVI, 50. Feng Shan, The Feng and Shan Sacrifices 181 XVI, 51. Xiao Wen , Minor Queries 186 XVII, 52. Qi Chen Qi Zhu, Seven Ministers and Seven Rulers 201 XVII, 53. Jin Cang, On Maintaining Restraint 214 XVIII, 54. Ru Guo, On Entering the Capital 227 XVIII, 55. Jiu Shou, Nine Things to Be Preserved 231 XVIII, 56. Huan Gong Wen, Queries of Duke Huan 238 XVIII, 57. Du Di, On Appraising the Terrain 240 XIX, 58. Di Yuan, Categories of Land 254 XIX, 59. Dizi Zhi, Duties of the Student 283 XII, 35. Chi Mi, On Extravagance in Spending 292 XIX, 60, Yan Zhao, (lost) XIX, 61. Xiu Shen, (lost) XIX, 62. Wen Ba, (lost) XIX, 63. Mu Min Jie, (lost) XX, 64. Xing Shi Jie, (see Volume One, I, 2) XXI, 65. Li Zheng Jiu Bai Jie (see Volume One, I, 4) XXI, 66. Ban Fa Jie (see Volume One, II, 7) XXI, 67. Ming Fa Jie (see XV, 46) XXI, 68. Chen Cheng Ma, and Introduction to the Qing Zhong Section 337 XXI, 69. Cheng Ma Shu, The Art of Fiscal Management 364 XXI, 70. Wen Cheng Ma (lost) XXII, 71. Shi Yu, Discourse on Economic Matters 368 XXII, 72. Hai Wang, Kingship Based on the Sea 372 XXII, 73. Guo Xu, The State's Store of Grain 376 XXII, 74. Shan Guo Gui, Using Statistics to Control State Finances 388 XXII, 75. Shan Quan Shu, Methods for Coping with Change 396 XXII, 76. Shan Zhi Shu, The Best Methods for Insuring Fiscal Control 406 XXIII, 77. Di Shu, Methods for Exploiting the Earth 421 XXIII, 78. Kui Du, Calculations and Measures 430 XXIII, 79. Guo Zhun, Maintaining Stability in State Finances 443 XXIII, 80. Qing Zhong Jia, Qing zhong Economic Policies, Part A 446 XXIV, 81. Qing Zhong Y1, Qing zhong Economic Policies, Part B 466 XXIV, 82. Qing Zhong Bing (lost) XXIV, 83. Qing Zhong Ding, Qing zhong Economic Policies, Part D 480 XXIV, 84. Qing Zhong Wu, Qing zhong Economic Policies, Part E 498 XXIV, 85. Qing Zhong Ji, Qing zhong Economic Policies, Part F 509 XXIV, 86. Qing Zhong Geng (lost) Appendix. End-Rhymes for Rhymed Passages in Guanzi Volume One 517 Bibliography 525 Abbreviations, 525; Commentators, 525; Older Works in Chinese and Japanese, 529; Recent Works in Chinese and Japanese, 535; Works in Other Languages, 541 Index 547
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Princeton University Press The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
Book SynopsisA collection of fifty-three early pieces by Thoreau representing the full range of his youthful imagination. Collected, arranged, and edited, these writings date from 1828 to 1852 and cover a range of subjects, such as: learning, morals, literature, history, politics, and love.
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Princeton University Press The Writings of Henry David Thoreau Volume 1
Book SynopsisCovers the early years of Thoreau's intellectual and artistic growth. This title reflects his reading, travels, and contacts with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and other Transcendentalists.
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Princeton University Press The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
Book SynopsisFrom 1837 to 1861, Henry D Thoreau kept a "Journal" that would become the principal imaginative work of his career. This book presents Thoreau's "Journal".Table of ContentsM S Volume XVI August 19, 1853-February 12, 1854 1 Indexes of MS Volume 287 EDITORIAL APPENDIX Annotations 305 Maps 368 Index 373 Notes on Illustrations 388 Acknowledgments 390 Editorial Contributions 392 Historical Introduction 393 Textual Introduction 419 Textual Notes 430 Emendations 435 Alterations 443 End-of-Line Hyphenation 494 Later Revisions 496 Cross-References to Published Versions 519
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Princeton University Press The Complete Works of W. H. Auden Prose Volume II
Book SynopsisW H Auden's first ten years in the United States were marked by rapid and extensive change in his life and thought. He became an American citizen, fell in love with Chester Kallman, and began to reflect on American culture. This volume contains prose that Auden wrote during these years, including essays and reviews he published under pseudonyms.Trade Review"For anyone interested in 'early Auden' this book is indispensable."--Bernard Knox, New York Review of Books "We need Auden again, sacred and profane. As the New Age lunges into the volcano, we could do worse than read the Auden of the '30s, if only to prepare us to understand, and value, the later Audens ... The Complete Works, edited with elegant scruple by Auden's literary executor Edward Mendelson is ... the only way to get at Auden as he happened, year by year, bit by bit, and not as he, or his later biographers, want us to think of him."--Tom D'Evelyn, Boston Book Review "Before famously (and more or less permanently) emigrating to New York in 1939, W. H. Auden was not only the foremost English poet of his generation but also a prolific reviewer and essayist whose tastes and political sensibilities dominated the anti-fascist England of the 1930s... This essential volume in a projected complete edition restores the voracious reader and never pedantic critic to the master poet."--Publisher's Weekly "The collection, which can be dipped into as well as read as a whole, is a feast of language and insight, and a brilliant, if indirect, cultural history of the World War II period as well as an often prophetic look at our own."--Arthur Kirsch, Washington Post Book World "To have found and contextualized the material collected in this second volume of Auden's prose is a magnificent achievement, and Edward Mendelson's immaculately handled edition will be a scholarly resource of a permanent kind."--Peter MacDonald, Times Literary Supplement "At last, we have a big book in which we can step into the quarry of ideas, good and bad, from which [Auden] mined [his] poems... The essays are overwhelming in the number and variety of the subjects addressed, ideas aired, capital letters employed, and systems invented to prove a small point... The essays are also a reminder of how many more places a poet could work out his worries in public fifty years ago... If he sometimes sounds in the forties as if he were speaking to us from a very high soapbox in a very big square, well, listen: we can hear him, still."--Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker "To read a mere decade's worth of Auden's essays, reviews, articles and miscellaneous musings is to be reminded that the best English poet of the 20th century was one of its brightest commentators. His range of interests was incomparably wide, his manner generally clear and always insightful, his curiosity unflagging."--Glyn Maxwell, The Guardian "Auden's range of topics is impressively, even dizzyingly broad... Auden did not sacrifice depth; numerous pieces are reflective, analytic, and otherwise carefully developed, and few of the pieces seem dated... Like its predecessors, the book is the model of an intelligently edited compilation."--Choice "Auden displays the capacious intellect, wide-ranging sympathies, and unfaltering brilliance that make him one of the most admired writers of the 20th century. Mendelson's meticulously edited collection will be a delight for all who relish the work of this massive, mid-century mind."--Virginia Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction xiii The Text of This Edition xxxiii ESSAYS AND REVIEWS, 939-948 The Public v. the Late Mr William Butler Yeats 3 A Great Democrat 8 Whitman and Arnold 11 Christian on the Left 13 Effective Democracy 15 How Not to Be a Genius 18 Young British Writers--On the Way Up (by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood) 21 Rilke in English 25 Democracy Is Hard 27 The Dyer's Hand 29 Heretics 32 Louis MacNeice 35 Inside China 35 Jacob and the Angel 37 Poet and Politician 39 A Literary Transference 42 The Icon and the Portrait 49 Tradition and Value 51 Against Romanticism 53 The Double Focus: Sandburg's Lincoln 55 Empirics for the Million 57 A Review of How to Read a Book, by Mortimer J.Adler 59 Yeats: Master of Diction 61 Romantic or Free? 63 "What Is Culture?" 72 Poet in Wartime 73 Open Letter to Knut Hamsun 76 Mimesis and Allegory 78 Who Shall Plan the Planners? 88 Criticism in a Mass Society 90 A Note on Order 100 Symposium [on the role of intellectuals in political affairs ]104 Where Are We Now? 104 Tract for the Times 108 The Wandering Jew 110 All about Ida 114 James Joyce and Richard Wagner 115 Yale Daily News Banquet Address 119 A Review of Open House, by Theodore Roethke 125 The Masses Defined 127 Opera on an American Legend 129 The Means of Grace 131 Ambiguous Answers 134 Eros and Agape 137 A Grammar of Assent 141 Last Words 143 La Trahison d'un Clerc 148 W. H. Auden Speaks of Poetry and Total War 152 The Rewards of Patience 153 The Fabian Figaro 158 Lecture Notes [I] 161 Lecture Notes [II] 163 Lecture Notes [III] 165 Lecture Notes [IV] 168 Lecture Notes [V] 170 An Unbiased Biography of Yeats and His World 173 Vocation and Society 175 Auden Calls "Night" Fun but Not Art 183 Purely Subjective 184 The Poet of the Encirclement 198 Introduction to A Selection from the Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson 203 Student Government-or Bombs? 212 A Preface to Kierkegaard 213 A Knight of the Infinite 218 In Poor Shape 221 Children of Abraham 224 Augustus to Augustine 226 William Shakespeare, in a Wartime Format 231 Beauty Is Everlasting 234 The Giving of Thanks 236 Agee on Films 239 In Praise of the Brothers Grimm 239 Henry James and the Dedicated 242 Foghorn Bellow, Sly Bitchery, Spark Shakespeare's Worst Play 244 Foreword to The Flower of Grass, by Emile Cammaerts 246 Mr Welch 251 A Toast 253 Concerning the Village of Gschaid, and Its Mountain 254 The Day-by-Day Jottings of Piotr Tchaikovsky 256 The Christian Tragic Hero 258 The Guilty Vicarage 261 Introduction to The American Scene, by Henry James 270 K's Quest 282 As Hateful Ares Bids 286 Mozart and the Middlebrow 290 Red Lizards and White Stallions 292 Foreword to Poems, by Joan Murray 295 Address on Henry James 296 Introduction to Slick but Not Streamlined, by John Betjeman 303 Introduction to Intimate Journals, by Charles Baudelaire 307 Old Formulae in a New Light 315 Some Notes on D. H. Lawrence 317 The Essence of Dante 322 The Mythical Sex 325 Foreword to A Beginning, by Robert Horan 332 I Like It Cold 334 Mystic-and Prophet 337 Squares and Oblongs 339 Philosophy with Courage and Imagination 351 Introduction to The Portable Greek Reader 354 The Ironic Hero 377 Yeats as an Example 384 Introduction to Tales of Grimm and Andersen 390 The Poet's Life-and His Work 398 Opera Addict 400 Foreword to The Grasshopper's Man, by Rosalie Moore 403 APPENDICES I "The Prolific and the Devourer" 409 II Auden as Anthologist and Editor 459 III Courses, Syllabi, Examinations, and a Curriculum 464 IV Reported Lectures 481 V Endorsements, a Commissioned Text, and a List 498 VI Auden on the Air 501 VII Lost and Unwritten Work 506 TEXTUAL NOTES Essays and Reviews, 1939-948 511 Index of Titles, First Lines, and Books Reviewed 553
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Princeton University Press The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Book SynopsisPresents the manuscripts that provide insight into a crucial period of the author's intellectual development, as he became increasingly dissatisfied with Naturphilosophie and struggled to affirm Trinitarian Christianity on a rational basis.Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS page xi EDITOR'S FOREWORD xiii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv EDITORIAL PRACTICE xvii CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE xxxiii EDITOR'S PROLEGOMENA xli Opus Maximum "Proposed Preface" 3 Fragment 1. VCL S MS 29 Vol II 5 Fragment 2. VCL S MS 29 Vol III 80 Fragment 3. On the Divine Ideas 214 Fragment 4. VCL S MS 29 Vol I 291 EDITOR'S APPENDIXES A. VCL S MS 28 ("Magnum Opus") 347 B. Unassigned Manuscript Fragments 388 C. John Watson's Transcript of Coleridge's Commentary on the Bhagavadgita 393 INDEX 395
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Princeton University Press Kierkegaards Journals and Notebooks Volume 2
Book SynopsisSoren Kierkegaard (1813-55) published a number of works during his lifetime, but he left behind nearly as much unpublished writing, most of which consists of what are called his "journals and notebooks." This volume includes materials from 1836 to 1846, a period that takes Kierkegaard from his student days to the peak of his activity as an author.Trade Review"For all of his lyricism, many of Kierkegaard's works project themselves as an impenetrable fortress of abstractions. These magnificently translated journals are a tunnel beneath the moat of that fortress. They capture the unpackaged and unbuttoned Kierkegaard and thus provide a stimulus to anyone intent on understanding a religious author who could well be reckoned a Luther of Lutheranism."--Gordon Marino, Christian Century "These new critical editions do an excellent job of making Kierkegaard's journals and notebooks available in all their richness."--Brian Gregor, Elizabeth C. Shaw and StaffTable of ContentsIntroduction vii Journal EE 1 Journal FF 67 Journal GG 109 Journal HH 115 Journal JJ 133 Journal KK 289 Notes for Journal EE 353 Notes for Journal FF I 393 Notes for Journal GG I 429 Notes for Journal HH 437 Notes for Journal JJ 451 Notes for Journal KK 585 Selected Variants for Volume 1 627 Maps 629 Calendar 641 Concordance 665
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Princeton University Press Kierkegaards Journals and Notebooks Volume 3
Book SynopsisSoren Kierkegaard (1813-55) published an extraordinary number of works during his lifetime, but he left behind nearly as much unpublished writing, most of which consists of what are called his "journals and notebooks." This title includes Kierkegaard's extensive notes on lectures.Trade Review"[T]he new series Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, which aims to become the standard English version of Kierkegaard's papers, journals, and notebooks ... is certainly well positioned to achieve this goal... [T]his volume is an excellent addition to an excellent series. It is a rich resource for English-language Kierkegaard scholars, and reason to look forward to future volumes with great anticipation."--Brian Gregor, Philosophy in Review "The attention to detail in this work is at times astonishing... As befits a library volume of this type, it is encyclopedic rather than analytic: the critical accounts are essentially summaries of content and context, rather than interpretative discussions."--Thomas Grimwood, European Legacy "For all of his lyricism, many of Kierkegaard's works project themselves as an impenetrable fortress of abstractions. These magnificently translated journals are a tunnel beneath the moat of that fortress. They capture the unpackaged and unbuttoned Kierkegaard and thus provide a stimulus to anyone intent on understanding a religious author who could well be reckoned a Luther of Lutheranism."--Gordon Marino, Christian Century "These new critical editions do an excellent job of making Kierkegaard's journals and notebooks available in all their richness."--Brian Gregor, Elizabeth C. Shaw and StaffTable of ContentsIntroduction vii Notebook 1 Notebook 2 83 Notebook 3 93 Notebook 4 123 Notebook 5 169 Notebook 6 185 Notebook 7 199 Notebook 8 217 Notebook 9 241 Notebook 10 279 Notebook 11 301 Notebook 12 367 Notebook 13 379 Notebook 14 421 Notebook 15 427 Notes for Notebook 1 447 Notes for Notebook 2 491 Notes for Notebook 3 511 Notes for Notebook 4 525 Notes for Notebook 5 551 Notes for Notebook 6 565 Notes for Notebook 7 585 Notes for Notebook 8 603 Notes for Notebooks 9 and 10 621 Notes for Notebook 11 657 Notes for Notebook 12 715 Notes for Notebook 13 729 Notes for Notebook 14 765 Notes for Notebook 15 773 Maps 789 Calendar 799 Concordance 819
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Princeton University Press The Complete Works of W. H. Auden Prose Volume V
Book SynopsisThis fifth volume of W. H. Auden's prose displays a great writer's mind in its full maturity of wisdom, learning, and emotional and moral intelligence. It contains his most personally revealing essays, the ones in which he wrote for the first time about the full history of his family life, his sexuality, and the development of his moral and religioTrade ReviewA NewStatesman Book of the Year for 2015, selected by Leo Robson One of Truthdig's 2015 Books of the Year "Stupendous collections... [The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose] is becoming one of the great achievements of current literary scholarship."--Fintan O'Toole, New York Review of Books "Wholly exemplary... Edward Mendelson deserves gratitude and unmitigated praise."--Seamus Perry, Times Literary Supplement "No one could take [Auden] for anything less than an extremely accomplished, fluent, professional writer ... As an editor, Mendelson is meticulous, judicious and quite extraordinarily thorough. To say that Princeton University Press, in producing such handsome and usable volumes, has matched Mendelson's editorial standards is to give high praise indeed."--Stefan Collini, London Review of Books "This rich horde, beautifully produced and meticulously edited, will be my bedside reading for the rest of the year and beyond."--David Collard, Times Literary Supplement Praise for previous volumes: "The articles will delight any reader with their wit, charm, and elegance."--Charles Rosen, New York Review of Books Praise for previous volumes: "When you add in the volumes already devoted to plays, libretti, poems, it becomes hard to avoid describing the whole enterprise as heroic. In fact it could also be described as unique, for no other twentieth-century English poet has been so fully and patiently honoured."--Frank Kermode, London Review of Books "The fifth and sixth volumes of Auden's collected prose ... Bring to a conclusion a project that began in 1996 under the meticulous editorship of Edward Mendelson. It is hard to find superlatives adequate to the accomplishment. The successive volumes, spaced roughly by decades and each running from some 600 to over 800 pages, include lively and detailed introductions, which end up forming a kind of literary biography of Auden as essayist... To add to the pleasures of editorial precision, the volumes themselves have been beautifully produced."--Eric Ormsby, Wall Street Journal Praise for previous volumes: "No major writer's complete works are more fun to read."--Publishers Weekly Praise for previous volumes: "A feast of language and insight."--Arthur Kirsch, Washington Post Book World "Where should the praise go for this magnificent edition of W.H. Auden's prose, now rounded off by its final two volumes? To the great Anglo American poet himself for having produced such incisive and memorable criticism? To Edward Mendelson, whose scrupulous editing calls to mind Samuel Beckett's phrase 'No author better served'? Or to designer Jan Lilly and the Princeton University Press for the elegance and beauty of the books themselves? One thing is certain: This is what scholarly publishing is meant to be."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Praise for previous volumes: "The only way to get at Auden as he happened, year by year, bit by bit, and not as he, or his later biographers, want us to think of him."--Tom D'Evelyn, Boston Book Review "Mendelson's editions of Auden's works are among the great achievements of modern literary scholarship and his introduction here is a masterpiece of the editor's tactful art, guiding readers through the heaped documents to those where the poet writes most significantly... about himself and his work."--Jeremy Noel-Tod, Literary Review "[B]eautiful."--Jon Sweeney, The Tablet "Mendelson's notes and appendices contribute illuminating, and sometimes amusing, extra-textual detail."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Anyone who cares about literature will be grateful for ... The final installments of The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose."--Leo Robson, New Statesman "[B]eautifully designed by Princeton University Press, edited with great care. No other poet of the 20th century has been honoured by this treatment. Perhaps no other deserves it."--Robert Fulford, National Post "W. H. Auden was a prolific writer. Volumes 5 and 6 of the complete works collect the prose he wrote in the last decade of his life. The essays and reviews illustrate the breadth of Auden's erudition, his engagement with a Christian ethos, and the clarity that belief brought to his world... These volumes, and the entire series, should be available in all libraries."--R. T. Prus, Choice "Princeton University Press is publishing [Auden's] complete works, verse and prose, in (by my count) 10 beautiful volumes, splendidly edited by Edward Mendelson... These two volumes of prose have only the unity of purpose embodied in Auden himself: his style, his turns of mood and phrase."--Denis Donoghue, Irish Times "[R]ange, brilliance, and unflagging energy show everywhere the imprint of a master."--William H. Pritchard, The New Criterion "If Mendelson's clarion call does not convert self-professed literature scions, nothing will... Research scholars and general readers will be swept away by Auden's range of reading and Mendelson's scrupulous editing. This definitive volume should be in all English departments throughout the world."--Subhasis Chattopadhyay, Prabuddha BharataTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction xiii The Text of This Edition xli ESSAYS AND REVIEWS, 1963-1966 Foreword to The Plough and the Pen 3 Telling Tales 5 Adam as a Welshman 11 Beyond Politics 15 An Improbable Life 19 Introduction to The Art of Eating, by M. F. K. Fisher 37 Introduction to The Protestant Mystics 42 [To Benjamin Britten on His Fiftieth Birthday] 65 Louis MacNeice 66 Louis MacNeice: A Memorial Address 69 A Symposium on W. H. Auden's "A Change of Air" 73 Foreword to W. H. Auden: A Bibliography, by B. C. Bloomfield 78 Introduction to Selected Poems, by Louis MacNeice 80 Foreword to Markings, by Dag Hammarskjold 81 Introduction to The Sonnets, by William Shakespeare 92 Speaking of Books 109 Private Poet 112 A Short Defense of Poetry 117 Preface to The Tree and the Master 120 T. S. Eliot, O.M.: A Tribute 122 Behaviour, Action and Enchantment 124 President's Address 132 As It Seemed to Us 134 The Corruption of Innocent Neutrons 160 Mozart in the Stacks 164 A Word from W. H. Auden 165 One of the Family 166 Books of the Year: A Personal Choice 178 Introduction to Nineteenth-Century British Minor Poets 179 Foreword to Antiworlds, by Andrei Voznesensky 185 Introduction to Selected Poetry and Prose, by George Gordon, Lord Byron 187 Noah Greenberg (1909-1966) 201 Heresies 202 Nowness and Permanence 209 The Fall of Rome 214 The Worship of God in a Secular Age: Some Reflexions 229 Foreword to History in English Words, by Owen Barfield 233 Books of the Year: Some Personal Choices 236 Afterword to The Golden Key, by George MacDonald 237 SECONDARY WORLDS Secondary Worlds 241 ESSAYS AND REVIEWS 1967-1968 Foreword to No Man's Time, by V. S. Yanovsky 327 Good and Evil in The Lord of the Rings 331 Mr G 336 By the Grace of God and Henry Tudor, Archbishop 341 A Civilized Man 347 [Contribution to Attacks of Taste] 352 [Liner notes to a recording of Poems and Songs of Middle Earth] 353 A Don in the World 354 Foreword to H. A. R.: The Autobiography of Father Reinhold 359 A Knight of Doleful Countenance 361 A Very Inquisitive Old Party 374 Words and Notes 382 A Letter of Introduction 388 The Greatest of the Monsters 389 APPENDICES I Auden as Anthologist and Editor 401 II Lectures, Sermons, Speeches, and Dialogues 404 III Responses to Questionnaires 483 IV Auden on the Air 489 V Tributes, Citations, and Endorsements 510 VI Letters to the Editor and Other Public Statements 512 VII Lost and Unwritten Work 517 TEXTUAL NOTES Essays and Reviews, 1963-1966 521 Secondary Worlds 546 Essays and Reviews, 1967-1968 551 Index of Titles and Books Reviewed 559
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Princeton University Press The Complete Works of W. H. Auden Prose Volume VI
Book SynopsisThis sixth and final volume of W. H. Auden's prose displays a great writer's mind in its full maturity of wisdom, learning, and emotional and moral intelligence. It contains the full text of the only book that he regarded as an autobiography, A Certain World, in which he portrayed himself by selecting and commenting on writings by others that mostTrade ReviewOne of Truthdig's 2015 Books of the Year "Stupendous collections... [The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose] is becoming one of the great achievements of current literary scholarship."--Fintan O'Toole, New York Review of Books "Wholly exemplary... Edward Mendelson deserves gratitude and unmitigated praise."--Seamus Perry, Times Literary Supplement "No one could take [Auden] for anything less than an extremely accomplished, fluent, professional writer ... As an editor, Mendelson is meticulous, judicious and quite extraordinarily thorough. To say that Princeton University Press, in producing such handsome and usable volumes, has matched Mendelson's editorial standards is to give high praise indeed."--Stefan Collini, London Review of Books "This rich horde, beautifully produced and meticulously edited, will be my bedside reading for the rest of the year and beyond."--David Collard, Times Literary Supplement Praise for previous volumes: "The articles will delight any reader with their wit, charm, and elegance."--Charles Rosen, New York Review of Books Praise for previous volumes: "When you add in the volumes already devoted to plays, libretti, poems, it becomes hard to avoid describing the whole enterprise as heroic. In fact it could also be described as unique, for no other twentieth-century English poet has been so fully and patiently honoured."--Frank Kermode, London Review of Books "The fifth and sixth volumes of Auden's collected prose ... bring to a conclusion a project that began in 1996 under the meticulous editorship of Edward Mendelson. It is hard to find superlatives adequate to the accomplishment. The successive volumes, spaced roughly by decades and each running from some 600 to over 800 pages, include lively and detailed introductions, which end up forming a kind of literary biography of Auden as essayist... To add to the pleasures of editorial precision, the volumes themselves have been beautifully produced."--Eric Ormsby, Wall Street Journal Praise for previous volumes: "No major writer's complete works are more fun to read."--Publishers Weekly Praise for previous volumes: "A feast of language and insight."--Arthur Kirsch, Washington Post Book World "Where should the praise go for this magnificent edition of W.H. Auden's prose, now rounded off by its final two volumes? To the great Anglo American poet himself for having produced such incisive and memorable criticism? To Edward Mendelson, whose scrupulous editing calls to mind Samuel Beckett's phrase 'No author better served'? Or to designer Jan Lilly and the Princeton University Press for the elegance and beauty of the books themselves? One thing is certain: This is what scholarly publishing is meant to be."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Praise for previous volumes: "The only way to get at Auden as he happened, year by year, bit by bit, and not as he, or his later biographers, want us to think of him."--Tom D'Evelyn, Boston Book Review "Mendelson's editions of Auden's works are among the great achievements of modern literary scholarship and his introduction here is a masterpiece of the editor's tactful art, guiding readers through the heaped documents to those where the poet writes most significantly... about himself and his work."--Jeremy Noel-Tod, Literary Review "[B]eautiful."--Jon Sweeney, The Tablet "Mendelson's notes and appendices contribute illuminating, and sometimes amusing, extra-textual detail."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Anyone who cares about literature will be grateful for ... the final installments of The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose."--Leo Robson, New Statesman "[B]eautifully designed by Princeton University Press, edited with great care. No other poet of the 20th century has been honoured by this treatment. Perhaps no other deserves it."--Robert Fulford, National Post "W. H. Auden was a prolific writer. Volumes 5 and 6 of the complete works collect the prose he wrote in the last decade of his life. The essays and reviews illustrate the breadth of Auden's erudition, his engagement with a Christian ethos, and the clarity that belief brought to his world... These volumes, and the entire series, should be available in all libraries."--R. T. Prus, Choice "Princeton University Press is publishing [Auden's] complete works, verse and prose, in (by my count) 10 beautiful volumes, splendidly edited by Edward Mendelson... These two volumes of prose have only the unity of purpose embodied in Auden himself: his style, his turns of mood and phrase."--Denis Donoghue, Irish Times "[R]ange, brilliance, and unflagging energy show everywhere the imprint of a master."--William H. Pritchard, The New Criterion "If Mendelson's clarion call does not convert self-professed literature scions, nothing will... Research scholars and general readers will be swept away by Auden's range of reading and Mendelson's scrupulous editing. This definitive volume should be in all English departments throughout the world."--Subhasis Chattopadhyay, Prabuddha BharataTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xi The Text of This Edition xiii A CERTAIN WORLD A Certain World 1 ESSAYS AND REVIEWS 1969-1973 Foreword to the American edition of The Pendulum, by Anthony Rossiter 341 Foreword to Persons from Porlock and Other Plays For Radio,by Louis MacNeice 344 A Civilized Voice 347 To Stephen Spender on His Sixtieth Birthday 359 Papa Was a Wise Old Sly-Boots 360 A Piece of Pure Fiction in the Firbank Mode 368 Freedom and Necessity in Poetry 370 In Defense of the Tall Story 378 Foreword to G. K. Chesterton: A Selection from His Non-Fictional Prose 384 Translation 390 Foreword to I Am an Impure Thinker, by Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy 395 [A Tribute to Igor Stravinsky] 396 Concerning the Unpredictable 397 Translator's Note [to the Icelandic "Song of Rig"] 405 A Russian Aesthete 405 Foreword to The Sorrows of Young Werther [and] Novella, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 412 Foreword to Selected Poems, by Joseph Brodsky 417 Lame Shadows 419 Robert to the Rescue 424 Portrait with a Wart or Two 434 Well Done, Sir Walter Scott! 437 [A Review of Hogarth on the High Life, by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg] 446 Foreword to Plastic Sense, by Malcolm de Chazal 446 Foreword to Austria: People and Language, by Stella Musulin 450 Foreword to Selected Poems, by Gunnar Ekelof 453 The Artist's Private Face 456 W. H. Auden on George Orwell 458 The Anomalous Creature 462 The Mountain Allowed Them Pride 465 He Descended into Hell in Vain 467 Craftsman, Artist, Genius 472 Louise Bogan 1897-1970 475 The Megrims 478 Too Much Mustard 482 W. H. Auden on the Young Mr Goethe 483 Foreword to Sense & Inconsequence, by Angus Stewart 486 Chester Kallman: A Voice of Importance 487 The Diary of a Diary 491 A Worcestershire Lad 495 Down with the "Melting Pot" 500 A Genius and a Gentleman 503 Telling It the Way It Was 506 I'll Be Seeing You Again, I Hope 509 A Poet of the Actual 510 Doing Oneself In 514 Wilson's Sabine Farm 518 To an Old Friend [Cecil Day-Lewis] 523 Introduction to The Spirit of Man: An Anthology, compiled by Robert Bridges 526 The Poet of No More 528 A Saint-Simon of Our Time 531 Other People's Babies 536 An Odd Couple 538 A Kind of Poetic Justice 544 Evangelist of the Life Force 546 Happy Birthday, Dorothy Day 551 Marianne Moore 1887-1972 556 Preface to Selected Songs of Thomas Campion 559 Introduction to George Herbert: Selected by W. H. Auden 562 Introduction to A Choice of Dryden's Verse 567 Foreword to Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, by E. M. Forster 571 How Can I Tell What I Think Till I See What I Say? 575 The Gift of Wonder 579 Renderings 585 An Odd Ball 588 Veni, Vici, VD 594 Larkin's Choice 598 Rhyme and Reason 600 Between Crossfires 602 Indestructible 609 Progress Is the Mother of Problems (G. K. Chesterton) 611 Praiseworthy 618 Responses to the Near East 620 Books Which Mean Much to Me 624 A Russian with Common Sense 626 "I have a ferocious bee in my bonnet" 632 An Odd Ball in an Odd Country at an Odd Time 633 Where Are the Arts Going? 638 Death at Random 639 Some Reflections on the Arts 644 An Odd Fish 645 FOREWORDS AND AFTERWORDS Forewords and Afterwords 655 ADDENDA TO PREVIOUS VOLUMES Addenda to Previous Volumes 669 APPENDICES I Auden as Anthologist and Editor 675 II Lectures and Speeches 679 III Responses to Questionnaires 724 IV Auden on the Air 726 V Endorsements 731 VI Letters to the Editor and Other Public Statements 733 VII Auden and the Liturgy 739 VIII Lost and Unwritten Work 741 TEXTUAL NOTES A Certain World 745 Essays and Reviews 1969-1973 751 Forewords and Afterwords 774 Index of Titles and Books Reviewed 787
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Princeton University Press Einstein
Book Synopsis"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility ...The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle." --Albert Einstein, 1936 Albert Einstein's universal appeal is only partially explained by his brilliant work in physics, as Andrew Robinson demonstrates in this authoritative, accessible, and richly illustrated biography. The main narraTrade Review"A peerless introduction to the man, his life, and his scientific theories... [T]his is by far the best book about Einstein that I have ever come across."--Patrick Moore, BBC Sky at Night magazine "Most appealing... [C]ontains material on all aspects of Einstein's scientific work and private life ... It is filled with a myriad of familiar and not-so-familiar images."--Physics World "Einstein's life was full of paradoxes, and this lovely coffee table book, with essays by Stephen Hawking, Philip Anderson, Steven Weinberg and others, reveals them all."--New Scientist "A thoroughly grounded biography of Einstein. This book appeals to anyone interested in the universe, science or physics. This is one of the best books on Einstein to be found."--School Librarian "Andrew Robinson's main biographical narrative is enhanced by 12 essays by eminent scientists, scholars and artists that put Einstein's life and work in perspective."--Bill Condie, Cosmos Magazine "The commentaries are excellent, extremely helpful, and a very welcome addition to the literature on Einstein's theories of relativity... With its plentiful photographs and iconic, whimsical images, Robinson's work has great aesthetic appeal. The book offers a general introduction to Einstein in which his scientific achievements and his vivid personality are clearly conveyed... A fitting tribute to the man and his work, on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's general theory of relativity."--MetascienceTable of ContentsAuthor's Note 8 Preface by Freeman Dyson 10 Part One: The Physicist 1 The World of Physics Before Einstein 14 Autobiographical Notes by Albert Einstein 26 2 The Making of a Physicist 32 A Brief History of Relativity by Stephen Hawking 42 3 The Miraculous Year, 1905 52 4 General Relativity 66 Varying e: Vodka Without Alcohol? by Joao Magueijo 78 5 Arguing About Quantum Theory 82 6 The Search for a Theory of Everything 95 Einstein's Search for Unification by Steven Weinberg 102 7 Physics Since Einstein 109 Einstein's Scientific Legacy by Philip Anderson 122 Part Two: The Man 8 The Most Famous Man in the World 130 9 Personal and Family Life 140 Einstein's Love Letters by Robert Schulmann 150 Einstein and Music by Philip Glass 153 10 Germany, War and Pacifism 156 11 America 166 12 Zionism, the Holocaust and Israel 176 Einstein on Religion, Judaism and Zionism by Max Jammer 185 13 Nuclear Saint and Demon 191 Einstein's Quest for Global Peace by Joseph Rotblat 202 14 The End of an Era 207 Einstein's Last Interview by I. Bernard Cohen 212 15 Einstein's Enduring Magi 226 Einstein: Twentieth-Century Icon by Arthur C. Clarke 235 Afterword: Einstein's Nachlass by Diana Kormos Buchwald 240 Chronology of Einstein's Life 245 Sources of Quotations 246 Bibliography 250 Contributors 251 Index 252 Credits 256
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Princeton University Press Literature and Society An Advanced Reader of
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Princeton University Press Lives of Houses
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Some of the best writing about the home that I’ve ever had the pleasure to read—and, crucially, loads of black-and-white photographs and illustrations. . . . Kennedy and Lee pleasingly assert the freedom to consider not only houses, but also house-related themes."---Kate Bolick, New York Review of Books"The joy of the book lies in the sheer variety of its subjects’ domestic routines. . . . Life-writing of this kind has the power to animate its subjects in ways that Sunday afternoon tours cannot."---Helen Barrett, Financial Times"A rich and eclectic collection of essays about the role houses play in people’s lives and our fascination with the homes of our creative heroes."---P. D. Smith, The Guardian"Crammed with picturesque detail."---Lindsay Duguid, Times Literary Supplement"An enjoyable and at times outstanding gathering of idiosyncratic voices."---Kevin Jackson, Literary Review"[A] thoughtful, meticulously edited collection of essays."---Lara Feigel, The Spectator"A series of interesting essays about the houses of famous writers, composers and politicians."---Martin Chilton, The Independent"Accessible, though with an obvious intellectual bent, Lives of Houses does not try to really answer the question of what houses mean to the people who live in them, but rather, calls readers to consider more broadly why these structures have such a hold—both physically and in how they frame the concept of home."---Michelle Anya Anjirbag, Shelf Awareness"Pilgrimages to the houses of late artists and writers are often destined to disappoint. Many of us go with grand hopes of finding something revelatory—we’re not sure what—that will make us feel closer to the person, perhaps lead us to discover something hidden about their work. Lives of Houses . . . is a collection of essays largely centered on such pilgrimages and what we unexpectedly find."---Elisa Wouk Almino, Literary Hub"An anthology with a concept both interesting in itself and unintentionally topical."---Carol Rumens, The Guardian"Lives of Houses is a collection of 20 or so essays, and several poems, on the houses of an eclectic selection of people—some of them famous, some obscure, ranging in time from the Roman Empire to the present day."---Constance Craig Smith, Daily Mail"The real object of study in Lives of Houses . . . is not the fascination with celebrity relics or the gossip over the scale and provenance of literary real estate, but the actual nature, tone and temperament of our attachment to place and home as dream-habitat and creative source."---Gregory Day, The Australian"Lives of Houses centres human stories first and foremost. . . . Each morsel of information provides a jolt of recognition as we see that many of the common activities of life have not altered."---Charles Pidgeon, Oxford Review of Books"A delight for bibliophiles."---David Luhrssen, ShepardExpress.com"[An] immensely satisfying collection."---Hephzibah Anderson, Observer"[A] favorite book about home and place."---Frances Mayes, Garden & Gun
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Princeton University Press Now Comes Good Sailing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A remarkable anthology. . . . Blauner’s table of contents reads like a ‘Who’s Who of Intelligent Modern Prose’. . . . This collection amplifies the wisdom of Thoreau for an age that is frequently hard of hearing."---John Kaag, New York Times"Many of the 27 pieces gathered in Andrew Blauner’s anthology Now Comes Good Sailing, by such leading lights as Jennifer Finney Boylan, Adam Gopnik, Lauren Groff and Geoff Wisner, . . . emphasize Thoreau’s exuberant and often funny side, though none do this as memorably as George Howe Colt’s ‘Thoreau on Ice’. . . . And what a wonder to read, in James Marcus’s ‘Thoreau in Love,’ how the erotically stunted Henry opened his heart to Emerson’s wife, Lidian, imagining how, together, they would ‘splice the heavens.’"---Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal"A rich new anthology."---Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe"[A] dynamic collection. . . . The contributors address what about Thoreau’s life and writing inspired them, and what he has to say to readers today. . . . The pieces make a convincing case that Thoreau’s work is ever-relevant and deserving of continued wide readership. . . . Thoreau fans will be delighted." * Publishers Weekly *"In graceful, often lyrical essays, the 26 contributors to Blauner’s thoughtful collection . . . consider Thoreau’s meaning in their lives. . . . Candid, often insightful reflections testify to Thoreau’s enduring appeal." * Kirkus *"Now Comes Good Sailing forms a wonderfully incidental biography of Thoreau and proves his immortal value. It will surprise and delight Thoreauvians and newcomers alike"---Alice Bloch, Geographical"Now Comes Good Sailing shows that we shouldn’t dismiss the transcendentalist nor the lessons he learned at Walden. . . . The essays in Now Comes Good Sailing vary widely in tone and style, offering a range of perspectives on how Thoreau’s nineteenth-century writing can still find relevance in 2022."---Austin Price, Earth Island Journal"An intriguing compilation that could lead you to hunt down your own copy of Walden."---Edward Hardy, Brown Alumni Magazine"Most readers will experience this anthology as a welcome imperative, an invitation to take up Thoreau once again." * Choice *
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Princeton University Press Old Truths and New Clichés
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Princeton University Press Guanzi
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Princeton University Press The Dialectic Is in the Sea
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Princeton University Press On the Couch
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Princeton University Press Pleasure and Efficacy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awards, Criticism Category"
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Princeton University Press The Forest
Book SynopsisTrade Review"For each scene, [Alexander Nemerov] seems to have asked himself not merely how things would have looked in the 1830s but also how they would have sounded, felt, tasted and smelled. The Forest is easily one of the most pungent books I’ve read, an encyclopedia of vintage odors. . . . After you’ve read this book, most other cultural histories will seem as stale as the straw on the floor."---Jackson Arn, Wall Street Journal"This vibrant collection liberally envisions America’s early cultural life through its forests, from Nathaniel Hawthorne, for whom trees were ‘arbors of thought,’ to Nat Turner, who planned his rebellion while secluded in the woods." * New York Times *"I really wish I’d written this book. The Forest is what one might dubiously call ‘a nonfiction novel,’ taking as it does the lives, both real and imagined, of multiple early inhabitants of America’s great forests—artists, tradesmen, farmers, poets, enslaved people—and turning them into fictionalized episodes. . . . This is history imagined as ecology."---Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub"[A] beguiling study of American intellectual and cultural life two centuries ago at the places where forests and civilization met." * Kirkus Reviews starred review *"Alexander Nemerov . . . brings [an] unruly and uncanny world to life in his new book, The Forest. Neither history nor fiction, the book unspools over dozens of gem-like stories of man’s last real encounters with these ancient forests: Nat Turner’s woodland hiding place, the inscription of the Cherokee language both on trail trees and on paper, Harriet Tubman’s view of the Leonid meteor shower, the painter Thomas Cole’s top hat of felted-beaver fur."---Stephanie Bastek, Smarty Pants podcast"[In] The Forest, readers have a chance to walk through the woods of the early 1800s—and discover that the often contradictory ways we relate to nature now have been with us at least since then. . . . [The book] peers closely at the art of the period in order to better capture how people then felt, thought and dreamed about themselves and the land."---Kiley Bense, Inside Climate News"The stories are strikingly written with a siren-like poetic draw. . . . [An] historic, sylvan delight."---Kassie Rose, The Longest Chapter"The Forest is Alexander Nemerov’s eccentric, impressionistic and strangely hypnotic reconstruction of American life before deforestation and standardisation. . . . Nemerov captures the fleeting spirit of a changing place."---Dominic Green, The Spectator"A history of a lost era that's as moving and profound as great fiction. I'm not sure I've ever read anything that brought the past to such vivid life and made me feel so much like a time traveler."---James Crossley, Madison Books Seattle
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Princeton University Press Now Comes Good Sailing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A remarkable anthology. . . . Blauner’s table of contents reads like a ‘Who’s Who of Intelligent Modern Prose’. . . . This collection amplifies the wisdom of Thoreau for an age that is frequently hard of hearing."---John Kaag, New York Times"Many of the 27 pieces gathered in Andrew Blauner’s anthology Now Comes Good Sailing, by such leading lights as Jennifer Finney Boylan, Adam Gopnik, Lauren Groff and Geoff Wisner, . . . emphasize Thoreau’s exuberant and often funny side, though none do this as memorably as George Howe Colt’s ‘Thoreau on Ice’. . . . And what a wonder to read, in James Marcus’s ‘Thoreau in Love,’ how the erotically stunted Henry opened his heart to Emerson’s wife, Lidian, imagining how, together, they would ‘splice the heavens.’"---Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal"A rich new anthology."---Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe"[A] dynamic collection. . . . The contributors address what about Thoreau’s life and writing inspired them, and what he has to say to readers today. . . . The pieces make a convincing case that Thoreau’s work is ever-relevant and deserving of continued wide readership. . . . Thoreau fans will be delighted." * Publishers Weekly *"In graceful, often lyrical essays, the 26 contributors to Blauner’s thoughtful collection . . . consider Thoreau’s meaning in their lives. . . . Candid, often insightful reflections testify to Thoreau’s enduring appeal." * Kirkus *"Now Comes Good Sailing forms a wonderfully incidental biography of Thoreau and proves his immortal value. It will surprise and delight Thoreauvians and newcomers alike"---Alice Bloch, Geographical"Now Comes Good Sailing shows that we shouldn’t dismiss the transcendentalist nor the lessons he learned at Walden. . . . The essays in Now Comes Good Sailing vary widely in tone and style, offering a range of perspectives on how Thoreau’s nineteenth-century writing can still find relevance in 2022."---Austin Price, Earth Island Journal"An intriguing compilation that could lead you to hunt down your own copy of Walden."---Edward Hardy, Brown Alumni Magazine"Most readers will experience this anthology as a welcome imperative, an invitation to take up Thoreau once again." * Choice *
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Princeton University Press Old Truths and New Clichés
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Princeton University Press Atom and Void
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Princeton University Press The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Princeton University Press The Tang Code Volume I
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