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Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0747559058ISBN 13: 9780747559054
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Book
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life.Using the untimely death of the poet and friend, Sylvia Plath, as a point of departure, Al Alvarez confronts the controversial and often taboo area of human behaviour: suicide.The Savage God explores the cultural attitudes, theories, truths and fallacies surrounding suicide and refracts them through the windows of philosophy, art and literature: following the black thread leading from Dante, through Donne, Chatterton and the Romantic Agony, to Dada and Pavese.Entwined within this sensitive study is the author's deeply personal account of his own unsuccessful suicide attempt, and together they form the most fascinating and compelling meditation on the Savage God at the heart of human existence.________________________'A beautifully written book, full of poetic truths . It adds a new dimension to the perspective of suicide.' New Society'Widely admired . Alvarez does what Levi says: he writes what the politeness and prevarications of speech might have defeated.' Guardian'To write about suicide . to transform the subject into something beautiful - this is the forbidding task that Alvarez has set for himself . he has succeeded.' New York Times.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0747563209ISBN 13: 9780747563204
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Comic
Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - SCHOTT'S MISCELLANY makes few claims to be exhaustive or even practical. It does, however, claim to be essential. It will afford you great wisdom in the morning, several conversational bons mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. Where else can you find, packed on to one page, the thirteen principles of witchcraft, the structure of military hierarchy, all of the clothing care symbols, a list of the countries where you drive on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing Where else, but SCHOTT'S MISCELLANY, will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple An encyclopaedia A dictionary An almanac An anthology A treasury An amphigouri A commonplace A vade-mecum Well - yes. SCHOTT'S ORIGINAL MISCELLANY is all these, and, of course, more. A book like no other, SCHOTT'S ORIGINAL MISCELLANY is entertaining, informative, unpredictable and utterly addictive.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2002, 2002
ISBN 10: 0333725603ISBN 13: 9780333725603
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Book
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The nineetenth century was a period of striking developments, and subject to a great pressure of change. This process of change is the primary focus of the book. Organised into a series of thematic chapters, Black and MacRaild's wide-ranging text offers the reader an analysis of numerous spheres of human history: politics, empire and warfare; economy, society and population; religion and culture. The book also offers considered treatment of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with a truly British (as opposed to English) perspective maintained throughout. With numerous illustrations, helpful explanatory tables, boxes and textual inserts, as well as a list of further reading with each chapter, Ninteetenth Century Britain is an excellent introductory text book for students of this most vital period in British history.