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Annals(2004) TACITUSWoodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, andVezava: Mehka34,92 € -
United States(1994) VIDAL, GOREA collection of essays taken from 40 years of work by the bestselling and celebrated Gore VidalVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Trains and Buttered Toast(2007) BETJEMAN, JOHN,GAMES, STEPHENBetjeman's infectious enthusiasms have made him a keystone of England's common culture.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Poetics(1996) ARISTOTLESuitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Selected Writings on Art and Literature(1992) BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES-PIERREDiscusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors(2009) SONTAG, SUSANReveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, this study shows caVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
What Am I Doing Here?(1998) CHATWIN, BRUCEIn this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journeyVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Reflections on Exile: And Other Literary and Cultural Essays(2012) EDWARD SAIDVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Proper Study Of Mankind(2013) BERLIN, ISAIAHIsaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the century, and one of the finest writers. This title selects some of the best of his essays. It encapsulates the principal movements that characterise the modern age: romanticism, historicism, Fascism, reVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Rural Rides(2001) COBBETT, WILLIAMWilliam Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett'sVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Freud Reader(1995) GAY, PETERIt contains fifty-one key texts, spanning Freud's entire career from early case histories through his work on dreams, essays on sexuality, and on to his late writings, including Civilisation and Its Discontents. Peter Gay, a leading scholar of Freud, haVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
News from Nowhere and Other Writings(1993) MORRIS, WILLIAMWilliam Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on theVezava: Mehka14,01 €
