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Author: Michael Ferber
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-09-23
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 019956891X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe only short introduction to Romanticism that incorporates not only the English but the Continental movements, and not only literature but music, art, religion, and philosophy.-publisher description.
Author: Ronald De Sousa
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 019966384X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the philosophical notion of love, and argues that love is more complex than conventional thought would have us believe.
Author: Jonathan Bate
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-10-07
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0199569266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnglish Literature: A Very Short Introduction discusses why literature matters, how narrative works, and what is distinctly English about English literature. Jonathan Bate considers how we determine the content of the field, and looks at the three major kinds of imaginative literature - English poetry, English drama and The English novel.
Author: Michael Ferber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1107376866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe best way to learn about Romantic poetry is to plunge in and read a few Romantic poems. This book guides the new reader through this experience, focusing on canonical authors - Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Blake and Shelley - whilst also including less familiar figures as well. Each chapter explains the history and development of a genre or sets out an important context for the poetry, with a wealth of practical examples. Michael Ferber emphasizes connections between poets as they responded to each other and to great literary, social and historical changes around them. A unique appendix resolves most difficulties new readers of works from this period might face: unfamiliar words, unusual word order, the subjunctive mood and meter. This enjoyable and stimulating book is an ideal introduction to some of the most powerful and pleasing poems in the English language, written in one of the greatest periods in English poetry.
Author: Christopher Butler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-07-29
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 0192804413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA compact introduction to modernism--why it began, what it is, and how it hasshaped virtually all aspects of 20th and 21st century life
Author: Stephen Law
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2011-01-27
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0199553645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSummary: Philosopher Stephen Law explains why humanism--though a rejection of religion--nevertheless provides both a moral basis and a meaning for our lives.-publisher description.
Author: Paul Strohm
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-06-23
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 019956969X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhere does our conscience come from, and how reliable is it? Exploring its deep historical roots, Paul Strohm considers what conscience has meant to successive generations. Using examples from popular culture and contemporary politics he demonstrates that conscience is as important today as it has ever been.
Author: Ennis Barrington Edmonds
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-12-20
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0199584524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRastafari has grown into an international socio-religious movement, with adherents of Rastafari found in most of the major population centres and outposts of the world. This Very Short Introduction provides a brief account of this widespread but often poorly understood movement, looking at its history, central principles, and practices.
Author: David Ford
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-10-24
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0199679975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an introduction to the subject of academic theology. Its basic approach is interrogative, raising key questions so as to lead into a range of selected topics such as knowledge community, salvation, God, prayer and evil.
Author: Julian Stallabrass
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2006-03-23
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0192806467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Bloodied toy soldiers, gilded shopping carts, and Lego concentration camps. Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break taboos, and switch between confronting viewers with works of great profundity and jaw-dropping triviality. But away from shock tactics in the gallery, there are many unanswered questions. What is contemporary about contemporary art? What effect do politics and big business have on art? And who really runs the art world?" "Previously published as Art Incorporated, this controversial and witty Very Short Introduction is an exploration of the global art scene that will change the way you see contemporary art."--BOOK JACKET.
