Diogenes At Athens Other Poe
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Diogenes At Athens And Other Poems
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Author : Rowland Thirlmere
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01
Diogenes At Athens And Other Poems written by Rowland Thirlmere and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01 with categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Free Speech And Democracy In Ancient Athens
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Author : Arlene W. Saxonhouse
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-12-19
Free Speech And Democracy In Ancient Athens written by Arlene W. Saxonhouse and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-19 with Political Science categories.
This book illuminates the distinctive character of our modern understanding of the basis and value of free speech by contrasting it with the very different form of free speech that was practised by the ancient Athenians in their democratic regime. Free speech in the ancient democracy was not a protected right but an expression of the freedom from hierarchy, awe, reverence and shame. It was thus an essential ingredient of the egalitarianism of that regime. That freedom was challenged by the consequences of the rejection of shame (aidos) which had served as a cohesive force within the polity. Through readings of Socrates's trial, Greek tragedy and comedy, Thucydides's History, and Plato's Protagoras this volume explores the paradoxical connections between free speech, democracy, shame, and Socratic philosophy and Thucydidean history as practices of uncovering.
Tales And Sketches 1831 1842
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Author : Edgar Allan Poe
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2000
Tales And Sketches 1831 1842 written by Edgar Allan Poe and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fantasy literature, American categories.
Promising spine-tingling delights and sleepless nights, this annotated edition of Tales and Sketches is a treasure trove for scholars and general readers alike, confirming Edgar Allan Poe's status as one of literary art's "most brilliant but erratic stars". This volume is the first of two, edited by the consummate Poe scholar Thomas Ollive Mabbott, collecting all the tales of a master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. Each volume is enriched with Mabbott's detailed and authoritative notes on sources, the history and collation of all known texts authorized by Poe, and variants of Poe's "final" version. Marrying grotesque inventiveness with superb plot construction, Poe's strikingly original tales often use only one main character and one main incident. In many of them, horror and suspense, revenge and torture, are laced with hilarious satire. Volume I includes "Ms. Found in a Bottle", the horrific "Berenice", "Ligeia" (which Poe considered his finest tale), "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and one of his most famous stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Guy Davenport
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Author : Andre Furlani
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 2007-07-20
Guy Davenport written by Andre Furlani and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Guy Davenport (1927–2005), an American writer of fiction, poetry, criticism, and essays, a translator, painter, intellectual, and teacher, brought a breadth and depth of knowledge to his pursuits that few other writers could approach, let alone appraise. In Andre Furlani, this twentieth-century American master has finally found an apt critical reader. In this first sustained critical study of Davenport, Furlani elucidates the depths of Davenport's fiction and its poetic precedents, brings a rare understanding to the author's reworking of twentieth-century literature and intellectual history, and offers unusual insight into his compositional technique. Furlani explores key themes across the spectrum of Davenport's fiction: pastoral utopia; twentieth-century dystopia; sexual ethics; the mythologizing of childhood; the inseparability of the archaic and the modern; and a celebration of the union of sophia, eros, and poesia. Whether Davenport's view of art and the cosmos should be called "postmodern" is a question that Furlani considers closely--offering, finally, a new aesthetic for this American original who, in these pages, at last receives the thorough and meticulous attention he has long merited.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Or Dictionary Of Arts Sciences And General Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
The Encyclopaedia Britannica Or Dictionary Of Arts Sciences And General Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with categories.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Author : Thomas Stewart Traill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Thomas Stewart Traill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
Audubon Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
Audubon Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Birds categories.
Audubon
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Audubon written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with Birds categories.
Collected Works Of Edgar Allan Poe
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Author : Edgar Allan Poe
language : en
Publisher: Belknap Press
Release Date : 1969
Collected Works Of Edgar Allan Poe written by Edgar Allan Poe and has been published by Belknap Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Fiction categories.
The Arcades Project
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Author : Walter Benjamin
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1999
The Arcades Project written by Walter Benjamin and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Focusing on the arcades of 19th-century Paris--glass-roofed rows of shops that were early centers of consumerism--Benjamin presents a montage of quotations from, and reflections on, hundreds of published sources. 46 illustrations.