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World Press Encyclopedia

DOWNLOADWorld Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide ( TWO VOL. SET ) by Amanda C. Quick Twenty-one years after publication of the first edition, this completely revised work contains articles on the press and media in 232 countries and territories. Arranged alphabetically by country, entries generally cover the history of the Fourth Estate, press laws, economic framework,

Semiotics: The Basics

DOWNLOADSemiotics: The Basics by Dani Chandler This up-dated second edition provides a clear and concise introduction to the key concepts of semiotics in accessible and jargon-free language. With a revised introduction and glossary, extended index and suggestions for further reading, this new edition provides an increased number of examples including computer and mobile phone technology,

Contesting the Logic of Painting

DOWNLOADContesting the Logic of Painting (Visualising the Middle Ages) [ILLUSTRATED] by C.E. BarberDrawing on a range of philosophical and theological writings produced in eleventh-century Byzantium, this book offers a reading of the icon and Byzantine aesthetics that not only expands our understanding of these topics but challenges our assumptions about the work of art itself.

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

DOWNLOADUnderstanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhanwith a new introduction by Lewis H. Lapham This reissue of Understanding Media marks the thirtieth anniversary (1964-1994) of Marshall McLuhan's classic expose on the state of the then emerging phenomenon of mass media. Terms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon,

Mimesis and Its Romantic Reflections

DOWNLOADMimesis and Its Romantic Reflections by Frederick Burwick In this study, Frederick Burwick probes the origins - philosophical, aesthetic and literary - of developing subjectivist mimesis in the literature and theory of the Romantic period. He draws on the theories of Aristotle, Kant, Schiller, Thomas De Quincey, and others.

Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism

DOWNLOADDesert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism by William Harmless In the fourth century, the deserts of Egypt became the nerve center of a radical new movement, what we now call monasticism. Groups of Christians-from illiterate peasants to learned intellectuals-moved out to the wastelands beyond the Nile Valley and, in the famous words of Saint Athanasius, made

Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography

DOWNLOADEncyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography by Lynne Warren Product DescriptionPhotography is an international cultural form, practice, and profession. Encompassing art, advertising, journalism, fashion, commercial, political, and everyday photography, the field of photography also includes chemical processes, mechanical inventions, equipment, industries, movements, techniques, terms

The Byzantine Revival

DOWNLOADThe Byzantine Revival, 780-842 by Warren T. TreadgoldThis is the story of how the Byzantine Empire, led by a succession of extraordinary rulers, emerged from a long decline to reclaim its place as a leading state of the medieval world. "This is a work of painstaking and substantive scholarship that should long remain the authoritative work on the period...The illustrations have been

UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography

DOWNLOADUXL Encyclopedia of World Biography Edition 1. [ILLUSTRATED] by Laura B. Tyle (Editor)A collection of 750 biographies and portraits of notable historic and current figures in American and world history, literature, science and math, arts and entertainment, and the social sciences.

The Mahler Family Letters

DOWNLOADThe Mahler Family Letters by Stephen McClatchie Hundreds of the letters that Gustav Mahler addressed to his parents and siblings survive, yet they have remained virtually unknown. Now, for the first time Mahler scholar Stephen McClatchie presents over 500 of these letters in a clear, lively translation in The Mahler Family Letters . Drawn primarily from the Mahler-Rose Collection at the

Structural Functions of Harmony

DOWNLOADpassword: www.AvaxHome.ruStructural Functions of Harmonyby Arnold SchonbergThis book is Schoenberg's last completed theoretical work and represents his final thoughts on the subject of classical and romantic harmony. The earlier chapters recapitulate in consensed form the principles laid down in his Theory of Harmony; the later chapters break entirely new ground, for they analyze the

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

DOWNLOADBruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Benjamin M. Korstvedt Anton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony (1890), one of the last of the great Romantic symphonies, is a grandly complex masterpiece. This book explores this many-faceted work from several angles. It documents the complicated and often misunderstood history of the symphony's composition and revision and provides an

The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece

DOWNLOADThe Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece by Andrew Barker The ancient science of harmonics investigates the arrangements of pitched sounds which form the basis of musical melody, and the principles which govern them. It was the most important branch of Greek musical theory, studied by philosophers, mathematicians and astronomers as well as by musical specialists. This book examines

Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature

DOWNLOADGale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature by Anne Marie Hacht This new 4-volume set covers world authors from many periods and genres, building a broad understanding of the various contexts in which literature can be viewed - from the biographical to the literary and historical.

The Theology of Food

DOWNLOADThe Theology of Food: Eating and the Eucharist (Illuminations: Theory & Religion) by Angel F. Mendez Montoya "What a pleasure it is to be taken by Angel into such a subtly Catholic imagination! Here is a universe where generosity and abundance are prior to lack and to hunger, and where the dualisms to which we have become accustomed in our anorexic theological thinking have no place. Here

Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition

DOWNLOADKant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition by Umberto EcoHow do we know a cat is a cat? And why do we call it a cat? How much of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources? Here, in six remarkable essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perception, and experience. Basing his ideas on common sense, Eco

Harper Collins Bible Dictionary

DOWNLOADHarper Collins Bible Dictionary by Paul J. AchtemeierThe HarperCollins Bible Dictionary puts the latest and most comprehensive biblical scholarship at your fingertips. Here is everything you need to know to fully understand the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament. An unparalleled resource, The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary explains every aspect of the Bible, including

The Dictionary of Classical Mythology

DOWNLOADThe Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Pierre Grimal "The Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology" is a distillation into brief form of the single source dictionary of ancient Greek and Roman myths and legends. In keeping with Grimal's original dictionary, first published in 1951 in France the concise version covers virtually all major characters, and eight genaeological tables

Reading Ancient Texts, Aristotle and Neoplatonism

DOWNLOADReading Ancient Texts, Aristotle and Neoplatonism: Essays in Honour of Denis O'brien (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; Reading Ancient Texts) by Suzanne Stern-Gillet, Kevin Corrigan (Editors)What is the history of philosophy? Is it history or is it philosophy or is it by some strange alchemy a confluence of the two? The contributors to the present volume of essays have tackled

Reading Ancient Texts, Presocratics and Plato

DOWNLOADReading Ancient Texts, Presocratics and Plato: Essays in Honour of Denis O'brien (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; Reading Ancient Texts) by Suzanne Stern-Gillet, Kevin Corrigan (Editors) What is the history of philosophy? Is it history or is it philosophy or is it by some strange alchemy a confluence of the two? The contributors to the present volume of essays have tackled this

Словарь русского мата. Т. 1.

DOWNLOADСловарь русского мата. Т. 1. Лексические и фразеологические значения слова "ХУЙ"

James Joyce and the Act of Reception: Reading, Ireland, Modernism

DOWNLOADJames Joyce and the Act of Reception: Reading, Ireland, Modernism by John NashJames Joyce and the Act of Reception is the first detailed account of Joyce's own engagement with the reception of his work. It shows how Joyce's writing, from the earliest fiction to Finnegans Wake, addresses the social conditions of reading (particularly in Ireland). Most notably, it echoes and transforms the

Ancient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome

DOWNLOADAncient Literacies: The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome by William A JohnsonClassicists have been slow to take advantage of the important advances in the way that literacy is viewed in other disciplines (including in particular cognitive psychology, socio-linguistics, and socio-anthropology). On the other hand, historians of literacy continue to rely on outdated work by classicists

The Cambridge Companion to Ovid

DOWNLOADThe Cambridge Companion to Ovid (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Philip Hardie (Editor) 'The duties of an informative companion attending readers of Ovid are admirably fulfilled in H's volume by the essays that discuss broader themes ...' Journal of Roman Studies '... [the] Companion succeeds admirably by surveying the entire range of Ovid criticism at the level of theme, genre,

The Cambridge Companion to Horace

DOWNLOADThe Cambridge Companion to Horace (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stephen Harrison (Editor) Horace is a central author in Latin literature. His work spans a wide range of genres, from iambus to satire, and odes to literary epistle, and he is just as much at home writing about love and wine as he is about philosophy and literary criticism. He also became a key literary figure in

A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography

DOWNLOADA Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) by Aviezer Tucker (Editor) The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation and narrative. Do we possess knowledge of the past? Do we just have probable beliefs about the past, or is historiography a

Household and Family Religion in Antiquity

DOWNLOADHousehold and Family Religion in Antiquity (Ancient World: Comparative Histories) by John Bodel, Saul M. Olyan (EditorS) Traditional scholarship on religion in antiquity has favoured the study of national, regional, or municipal worship, overlooking the significant day-to-day rituals and beliefs that existed beyond the contexts of state-sponsored or civic temple cults. Household and

A Companion to Henry James

DOWNLOADA Companion to Henry James (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) by Greg W. Zacharias (Editor)Written by some of the best known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides up-to-date scholarship on James’s writings. Read together, the chapters of this Companion map the direction of contemporary James studies. Taken separately, each one offers a concise

ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორია - 5

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ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორია - 4

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ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორია -3

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ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორია - 2

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