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As a scholar of Greek and Latin Classics and a former academic, Cliff's reading tastes inevitably trend toward literature, philosophy, history, and criticism. But his picks also reflect his youth spent mostly as a student of music (especially piano) and cinema, the recommendations of his friends and loved ones, and new discoveries which have provoked his curiosity since he started as the Public Humanities Specialist here at PPL.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey

by Homer

Book - 2018

Some prefer the Iliad, others the Odyssey. The strangeness of the Odyssey challenges the reader to imagine a world in which all of the tragedies have alre...Show more Some prefer the Iliad, others the Odyssey. The strangeness of the Odyssey challenges the reader to imagine a world in which all of the tragedies have already occurred and the heroes of the Trojan War must somehow try to return to an ordinary mortal life. Odysseus must visit even the land of the dead before he is prepared to attempt the grave difficulty of returning home. It remains controversial whether he came back to himself and his native land or he brought the war home with him. Show less

Some prefer the Iliad, others the Odyssey. The strangeness of the Odyssey challenges the reader to imagine a world in which all of the tragedies have alre...Show more Some prefer the Iliad, others the Odyssey. The strangeness of the Odyssey challenges the reader to imagine a world in which all of the tragedies have already occurred and the heroes of the Trojan War must somehow try to return to an ordinary mortal life. Odysseus must visit even the land of the dead before he is prepared to attempt the grave difficulty of returning home. It remains controversial whether he came back to himself and his native land or he brought the war home with him. Show less

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History of the Peloponnesian War

History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

Book - 1972

Thucydides narrates the gradual collapse of Athenian democracy and its maritime empire through its thirty-year conflict with Sparta and its allies. More t...Show more Thucydides narrates the gradual collapse of Athenian democracy and its maritime empire through its thirty-year conflict with Sparta and its allies. More telling than the narrative itself though are the grave silences through which Thucydides provokes the reader to reflect on the nature of government and human action, how our collective and individual purposes, ever in contention, lead and mislead us toward triumph or ruin. Show less

Thucydides narrates the gradual collapse of Athenian democracy and its maritime empire through its thirty-year conflict with Sparta and its allies. More t...Show more Thucydides narrates the gradual collapse of Athenian democracy and its maritime empire through its thirty-year conflict with Sparta and its allies. More telling than the narrative itself though are the grave silences through which Thucydides provokes the reader to reflect on the nature of government and human action, how our collective and individual purposes, ever in contention, lead and mislead us toward triumph or ruin. Show less

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The Oresteia

The Oresteia

by Aeschylus

Book - 1984

Aeschylus' Oresteia is the only complete trilogy of tragic dramas to survive from the ancient world. It follows the cycle of violent murders through which...Show more Aeschylus' Oresteia is the only complete trilogy of tragic dramas to survive from the ancient world. It follows the cycle of violent murders through which the royal family of Agamemnon, the leading general of the Achaian armies invading Troy, finally seeks a divine resolution of its troubles through a trial at the Court of the Areopagus in Athens. The texture of Aeschylus' poetry evokes the gradual turning of the drama's world from dark obscurity to brilliant clarity, just as the action of the characters proceeds from insidious evil to merciful justice. Show less

Aeschylus' Oresteia is the only complete trilogy of tragic dramas to survive from the ancient world. It follows the cycle of violent murders through which...Show more Aeschylus' Oresteia is the only complete trilogy of tragic dramas to survive from the ancient world. It follows the cycle of violent murders through which the royal family of Agamemnon, the leading general of the Achaian armies invading Troy, finally seeks a divine resolution of its troubles through a trial at the Court of the Areopagus in Athens. The texture of Aeschylus' poetry evokes the gradual turning of the drama's world from dark obscurity to brilliant clarity, just as the action of the characters proceeds from insidious evil to merciful justice. Show less

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Republic

Republic

by Plato

Book - 2012

The philosopher Socrates and a group of young Athenians discuss justice as a civic virtue as they seek to discover what shape justice must take in the ind...Show more The philosopher Socrates and a group of young Athenians discuss justice as a civic virtue as they seek to discover what shape justice must take in the individual soul. No reader should come away from the Republic entirely convinced of its conclusions. Likewise, no reader should come away without having been challenged to rethink the most fundamental assumptions about human life. Show less

The philosopher Socrates and a group of young Athenians discuss justice as a civic virtue as they seek to discover what shape justice must take in the ind...Show more The philosopher Socrates and a group of young Athenians discuss justice as a civic virtue as they seek to discover what shape justice must take in the individual soul. No reader should come away from the Republic entirely convinced of its conclusions. Likewise, no reader should come away without having been challenged to rethink the most fundamental assumptions about human life. Show less

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Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics

by Aristotle

Book - 2011

Aristotle's most important work on ethics argues in general terms that a human life has a definable purpose: namely, the pursuit of virtuous action guided...Show more Aristotle's most important work on ethics argues in general terms that a human life has a definable purpose: namely, the pursuit of virtuous action guided by reason. His thinking in this area reflects the social context in which he wrote, but it still manages to achieve a relatively objective view of the human condition, so that it rewards multiple readings and repeated attempts to work out how his positions on various topics, such as friendship, pleasure, or habits, depend upon his account of human nature. Show less

Aristotle's most important work on ethics argues in general terms that a human life has a definable purpose: namely, the pursuit of virtuous action guided...Show more Aristotle's most important work on ethics argues in general terms that a human life has a definable purpose: namely, the pursuit of virtuous action guided by reason. His thinking in this area reflects the social context in which he wrote, but it still manages to achieve a relatively objective view of the human condition, so that it rewards multiple readings and repeated attempts to work out how his positions on various topics, such as friendship, pleasure, or habits, depend upon his account of human nature. Show less

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The Aeneid

The Aeneid

by Virgil

Book - 2021

The classic epic of Rome's founding hero, this poem brings Latin verse to its most stately and elegant pitch. A notable strain of melancholy in the poem's...Show more The classic epic of Rome's founding hero, this poem brings Latin verse to its most stately and elegant pitch. A notable strain of melancholy in the poem's tone has suggested to numerous contemporary critics the author's despair at human suffering under the weight of empire. As the wandering Trojan hero becomes more secure in his adoptive Italian homeland, he gradually effaces everything which makes him a distinctive human person, so that finally there is nothing left but his regal power to punish. Show less

The classic epic of Rome's founding hero, this poem brings Latin verse to its most stately and elegant pitch. A notable strain of melancholy in the poem's...Show more The classic epic of Rome's founding hero, this poem brings Latin verse to its most stately and elegant pitch. A notable strain of melancholy in the poem's tone has suggested to numerous contemporary critics the author's despair at human suffering under the weight of empire. As the wandering Trojan hero becomes more secure in his adoptive Italian homeland, he gradually effaces everything which makes him a distinctive human person, so that finally there is nothing left but his regal power to punish. Show less

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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo

A Biography

by Brown, Peter

Book - 2000

This celebrated biography of Augustine demonstrates Peter Brown's tremendous learning and literary prowess. Brown's biography not only traces Augustine's ...Show more This celebrated biography of Augustine demonstrates Peter Brown's tremendous learning and literary prowess. Brown's biography not only traces Augustine's especially well documented life, but also restores the unfolding of his thought and his spiritual growth to the historical circumstances in which he lived and wrote. It is difficult now to appreciate just how provocative it was when this biography was first written to treat the life of Augustine from a historical perspective. And yet Brown's biography was so successful that it has been a perennial classic. Show less

This celebrated biography of Augustine demonstrates Peter Brown's tremendous learning and literary prowess. Brown's biography not only traces Augustine's ...Show more This celebrated biography of Augustine demonstrates Peter Brown's tremendous learning and literary prowess. Brown's biography not only traces Augustine's especially well documented life, but also restores the unfolding of his thought and his spiritual growth to the historical circumstances in which he lived and wrote. It is difficult now to appreciate just how provocative it was when this biography was first written to treat the life of Augustine from a historical perspective. And yet Brown's biography was so successful that it has been a perennial classic. Show less

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Toccatas

Toccatas

Vol. 2

by Bach, Johann Sebastian

Music CD - 2001

Glenn Gould's interpretations of Bach's keyboard works achieved a distinctive synthesis of virtuosic skill at performance with devilishly clever sound eng...Show more Glenn Gould's interpretations of Bach's keyboard works achieved a distinctive synthesis of virtuosic skill at performance with devilishly clever sound engineering in the studio. His recordings ushered in a new era of Bach performance, even as they foretold the directions toward which the recording of classical music would evolve in the twenty-first century. Show less

Glenn Gould's interpretations of Bach's keyboard works achieved a distinctive synthesis of virtuosic skill at performance with devilishly clever sound eng...Show more Glenn Gould's interpretations of Bach's keyboard works achieved a distinctive synthesis of virtuosic skill at performance with devilishly clever sound engineering in the studio. His recordings ushered in a new era of Bach performance, even as they foretold the directions toward which the recording of classical music would evolve in the twenty-first century. Show less

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Piano concertos K 503 & K 466

Piano concertos K 503 & K 466

by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Music CD - 2014

Mozart's piano concertos, admirably performed here by Martha Argerich as the soloist, represent one of the consummate achievements of the Classical Style,...Show more Mozart's piano concertos, admirably performed here by Martha Argerich as the soloist, represent one of the consummate achievements of the Classical Style, as Charles Rosen called it in his definitive work. Perfectly balancing the soloist against the orchestra, and the periodic style of phrasing against the dynamic development of a movement's overall form, Mozart's style is at once deceptively simple, even capable of falling into the background, and yet somehow always commanding of deep attention. Show less

Mozart's piano concertos, admirably performed here by Martha Argerich as the soloist, represent one of the consummate achievements of the Classical Style,...Show more Mozart's piano concertos, admirably performed here by Martha Argerich as the soloist, represent one of the consummate achievements of the Classical Style, as Charles Rosen called it in his definitive work. Perfectly balancing the soloist against the orchestra, and the periodic style of phrasing against the dynamic development of a movement's overall form, Mozart's style is at once deceptively simple, even capable of falling into the background, and yet somehow always commanding of deep attention. Show less

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Piano sonatas

Piano sonatas

by Beethoven, Ludwig van

Music CD - 2007

Beethoven's piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire, which document the instrument's evolution over his lifespan even as they trace down t...Show more Beethoven's piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire, which document the instrument's evolution over his lifespan even as they trace down the journey of his spirit. The last ones still stretch the limits of what music theory has been able to comprehend. Show less

Beethoven's piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire, which document the instrument's evolution over his lifespan even as they trace down t...Show more Beethoven's piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire, which document the instrument's evolution over his lifespan even as they trace down the journey of his spirit. The last ones still stretch the limits of what music theory has been able to comprehend. Show less

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The Intimate Duke Ellington

The Intimate Duke Ellington

DVD - 2003

Duke Ellington has a reputation as perhaps the foremost jazz composer, bandleader, and conductor. But he was also an admirable pianist who achieved an esp...Show more Duke Ellington has a reputation as perhaps the foremost jazz composer, bandleader, and conductor. But he was also an admirable pianist who achieved an especially elegant piano style. Several films record him performing at the piano, and one can learn a lot from how he handles himself at the keyboard. Show less

Duke Ellington has a reputation as perhaps the foremost jazz composer, bandleader, and conductor. But he was also an admirable pianist who achieved an esp...Show more Duke Ellington has a reputation as perhaps the foremost jazz composer, bandleader, and conductor. But he was also an admirable pianist who achieved an especially elegant piano style. Several films record him performing at the piano, and one can learn a lot from how he handles himself at the keyboard. Show less

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Kind of blue

by Davis, Miles

Music CD - 1997

Perhaps the most revolutionary jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue is also a major contribution to twentieth century art music. Miles Davis's spare, moda...Show more Perhaps the most revolutionary jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue is also a major contribution to twentieth century art music. Miles Davis's spare, modal style on the trumpet here finds perfect relief in the saxophone playing of John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Jimmy Cobb at the drums, Paul Chambers on the bass, and Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly on the piano. Each track is a triumph on its own, but the whole that emerges is a masterpiece as well. Show less

Perhaps the most revolutionary jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue is also a major contribution to twentieth century art music. Miles Davis's spare, moda...Show more Perhaps the most revolutionary jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue is also a major contribution to twentieth century art music. Miles Davis's spare, modal style on the trumpet here finds perfect relief in the saxophone playing of John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Jimmy Cobb at the drums, Paul Chambers on the bass, and Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly on the piano. Each track is a triumph on its own, but the whole that emerges is a masterpiece as well. Show less

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Vertigo

Vertigo

DVD - 2008

Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece explores the meaning of obsession and repetition, the limits of our sense of time and reality, and the ruin to which unchec...Show more Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece explores the meaning of obsession and repetition, the limits of our sense of time and reality, and the ruin to which unchecked desire can bring us. The criminal plot and the investigator's pursuit are really only a framework for the investigation of these more profound struggles essential to the nature of human existence. Show less

Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece explores the meaning of obsession and repetition, the limits of our sense of time and reality, and the ruin to which unchec...Show more Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece explores the meaning of obsession and repetition, the limits of our sense of time and reality, and the ruin to which unchecked desire can bring us. The criminal plot and the investigator's pursuit are really only a framework for the investigation of these more profound struggles essential to the nature of human existence. Show less

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The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

DVD - 2005

This film makes the most of its actors' talents for comic dialogue and witty delivery to bring off a brilliantly written script. Charting the course throu...Show more This film makes the most of its actors' talents for comic dialogue and witty delivery to bring off a brilliantly written script. Charting the course through which Tracy Lord (Katherine Hepburn), through her contentious romance with C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), gradually comes down from her superhuman posture and accepts a partner, one nevertheless wonders whether anyone really is a match for Tracy. Show less

This film makes the most of its actors' talents for comic dialogue and witty delivery to bring off a brilliantly written script. Charting the course throu...Show more This film makes the most of its actors' talents for comic dialogue and witty delivery to bring off a brilliantly written script. Charting the course through which Tracy Lord (Katherine Hepburn), through her contentious romance with C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), gradually comes down from her superhuman posture and accepts a partner, one nevertheless wonders whether anyone really is a match for Tracy. Show less

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L'avventura

L'avventura

DVD - 2001

Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece concerns the search for a woman missing under mysterious circumstances, which bring together her lover and her best f...Show more Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece concerns the search for a woman missing under mysterious circumstances, which bring together her lover and her best friend as they search for her throughout Rome, the Aeolian Islands, and Sicily. The camera here seems to have a mind of its own, as the human ordeal occasionally falls into the background and the surrounding world of nature, unconcerned with human affairs, comes into view. Show less

Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece concerns the search for a woman missing under mysterious circumstances, which bring together her lover and her best f...Show more Michelangelo Antonioni's masterpiece concerns the search for a woman missing under mysterious circumstances, which bring together her lover and her best friend as they search for her throughout Rome, the Aeolian Islands, and Sicily. The camera here seems to have a mind of its own, as the human ordeal occasionally falls into the background and the surrounding world of nature, unconcerned with human affairs, comes into view. Show less

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La jetée

La jetée

Sans soleil

DVD - 2007

Chris Marker's "Sans Soleil" is an experimental documentary that brings together footage from Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Iceland, Paris, ...Show more Chris Marker's "Sans Soleil" is an experimental documentary that brings together footage from Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Iceland, Paris, and San Francisco with narration of a series of letters supposedly sent by the cameraman and read over the images by the woman to whom they were sent. The letters are by turns brooding, philosophical, self-indulgent, and even dull, but they bring about a peculiar mood of estrangement distinctive to the experience of this film. Show less

Chris Marker's "Sans Soleil" is an experimental documentary that brings together footage from Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Iceland, Paris, ...Show more Chris Marker's "Sans Soleil" is an experimental documentary that brings together footage from Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Iceland, Paris, and San Francisco with narration of a series of letters supposedly sent by the cameraman and read over the images by the woman to whom they were sent. The letters are by turns brooding, philosophical, self-indulgent, and even dull, but they bring about a peculiar mood of estrangement distinctive to the experience of this film. Show less

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Basic Writings

Basic Writings

From Being and Time (1927) to The Task of Thinking (1964)

by Heidegger, Martin

Book - 1993

The controversial philosophical writings of Martin Heidegger remain significant, both for their powerful insights, such as their profound elaboration of t...Show more The controversial philosophical writings of Martin Heidegger remain significant, both for their powerful insights, such as their profound elaboration of the different modes through which we experience reality and their recognition of the dangers lurking in technology, and for their egregious failings, such as their reticence to find in others a call to humanism and their silence on the criminal political order in which many of his works were written. Heidegger is best read as a source of provocation, a point of entry into philosophical problems rather than the last word on them. Show less

The controversial philosophical writings of Martin Heidegger remain significant, both for their powerful insights, such as their profound elaboration of t...Show more The controversial philosophical writings of Martin Heidegger remain significant, both for their powerful insights, such as their profound elaboration of the different modes through which we experience reality and their recognition of the dangers lurking in technology, and for their egregious failings, such as their reticence to find in others a call to humanism and their silence on the criminal political order in which many of his works were written. Heidegger is best read as a source of provocation, a point of entry into philosophical problems rather than the last word on them. Show less

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The Gift of Death & Literature in Secret

The Gift of Death & Literature in Secret

by Derrida, Jacques

Book - 2008

These essays offer a difficult, but rewarding meditation on literature, philosophy, and religion. Derrida investigates our moral and ethical responsibilit...Show more These essays offer a difficult, but rewarding meditation on literature, philosophy, and religion. Derrida investigates our moral and ethical responsibilities in the face of mortality, exploring how we confront, impose, avoid, and negotiate with death. The philosopher's personal library is held among the special collections at Princeton University Library. Show less

These essays offer a difficult, but rewarding meditation on literature, philosophy, and religion. Derrida investigates our moral and ethical responsibilit...Show more These essays offer a difficult, but rewarding meditation on literature, philosophy, and religion. Derrida investigates our moral and ethical responsibilities in the face of mortality, exploring how we confront, impose, avoid, and negotiate with death. The philosopher's personal library is held among the special collections at Princeton University Library. Show less

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Duty of Genius

by Monk, Ray

Book - 1990

Ray Monk's masterful biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein explores the troubled life of a remarkable mind, a man whose very difficulty with sustaining human c...Show more Ray Monk's masterful biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein explores the troubled life of a remarkable mind, a man whose very difficulty with sustaining human connections may have given him particular insight into what human connection means to us, awards us, and at times demands of us. The biography can be understood as in itself a work of philosophy, going a long way toward making this challenging author's philosophy more accessible. Show less

Ray Monk's masterful biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein explores the troubled life of a remarkable mind, a man whose very difficulty with sustaining human c...Show more Ray Monk's masterful biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein explores the troubled life of a remarkable mind, a man whose very difficulty with sustaining human connections may have given him particular insight into what human connection means to us, awards us, and at times demands of us. The biography can be understood as in itself a work of philosophy, going a long way toward making this challenging author's philosophy more accessible. Show less

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Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy

Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy

by Laugier, Sandra

Book - 2013

Proceeding from Wittgenstein's cryptic writings, J.L. Austin's lectures and essays, and Stanley Cavell's many books and essays, Sandra Laugier defends an ...Show more Proceeding from Wittgenstein's cryptic writings, J.L. Austin's lectures and essays, and Stanley Cavell's many books and essays, Sandra Laugier defends an approach to philosophical problems that recontextualizes the experience of perplexity in terms of our everyday lives, ordinary experiences, and the ways in which we describe their rich complexity. Too often philosophical dilemmas reduce that complexity to dichotomies, definitions, and abstractions; Sandra Laugier's book helps us to understand how we can reconnect those dilemmas to our lives and our values. Show less

Proceeding from Wittgenstein's cryptic writings, J.L. Austin's lectures and essays, and Stanley Cavell's many books and essays, Sandra Laugier defends an ...Show more Proceeding from Wittgenstein's cryptic writings, J.L. Austin's lectures and essays, and Stanley Cavell's many books and essays, Sandra Laugier defends an approach to philosophical problems that recontextualizes the experience of perplexity in terms of our everyday lives, ordinary experiences, and the ways in which we describe their rich complexity. Too often philosophical dilemmas reduce that complexity to dichotomies, definitions, and abstractions; Sandra Laugier's book helps us to understand how we can reconnect those dilemmas to our lives and our values. Show less

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A Testament of Hope

A Testament of Hope

The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr

by King, Martin Luther Jr

Book - 1991

This collection of essays and speeches provides a comprehensive view of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thought and its development through and beyond ...Show more This collection of essays and speeches provides a comprehensive view of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thought and its development through and beyond the Civil Rights Era. Still revolutionary in our time, MLKJ's arguments for social reform envision a society which we have not yet achieved, while providing real, practical proposals through which we can work toward it. Show less

This collection of essays and speeches provides a comprehensive view of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thought and its development through and beyond ...Show more This collection of essays and speeches provides a comprehensive view of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thought and its development through and beyond the Civil Rights Era. Still revolutionary in our time, MLKJ's arguments for social reform envision a society which we have not yet achieved, while providing real, practical proposals through which we can work toward it. Show less

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The Names

The Names

by DeLillo, Don

Book - 1982

Don DeLillo's seventh novel may also be his most challenging one. The mystical sense of awe at technology and social change which pervades his other novel...Show more Don DeLillo's seventh novel may also be his most challenging one. The mystical sense of awe at technology and social change which pervades his other novels here connects ancient mediterranean epigraphic habits and the mystery of signs to modern American revivalism and cult obsessions in a conspiratorial exploration of Greece's intermediate position between the new and old worlds. Show less

Don DeLillo's seventh novel may also be his most challenging one. The mystical sense of awe at technology and social change which pervades his other novel...Show more Don DeLillo's seventh novel may also be his most challenging one. The mystical sense of awe at technology and social change which pervades his other novels here connects ancient mediterranean epigraphic habits and the mystery of signs to modern American revivalism and cult obsessions in a conspiratorial exploration of Greece's intermediate position between the new and old worlds. Show less

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Labyrinths

Labyrinths

Selected Stories & Other Writings

by Borges, Jorge Luis

Book - 2007

Borges' stories somehow turn upon what Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll had already achieved in rather different ways, but still manage to go their own way in charting a cosmos of paradox and puzzlement. Borges' stories somehow turn upon what Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll had already achieved in rather different ways, but still manage to go their own way in charting a cosmos of paradox and puzzlement. Show less

Borges' stories somehow turn upon what Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll had already achieved in rather different ways, but still manage to go their own way in charting a cosmos of paradox and puzzlement. Borges' stories somehow turn upon what Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll had already achieved in rather different ways, but still manage to go their own way in charting a cosmos of paradox and puzzlement. Show less

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Six Memos for the Next Millennium

Six Memos for the Next Millennium

by Calvino, Italo

Book - 1988

Calvino's American lectures arose from a program for the definition of Italian culture which he had planned with the author Elsa Morante and the philosoph...Show more Calvino's American lectures arose from a program for the definition of Italian culture which he had planned with the author Elsa Morante and the philosopher Giorgio Agamben. They represent a moment when Italian literary culture was in a kind of vanguard position, due to the political upheaval of the 1980s. These essays communicate certain powerful insights on art and literature, which remain timely provocation to this day. Show less

Calvino's American lectures arose from a program for the definition of Italian culture which he had planned with the author Elsa Morante and the philosoph...Show more Calvino's American lectures arose from a program for the definition of Italian culture which he had planned with the author Elsa Morante and the philosopher Giorgio Agamben. They represent a moment when Italian literary culture was in a kind of vanguard position, due to the political upheaval of the 1980s. These essays communicate certain powerful insights on art and literature, which remain timely provocation to this day. Show less

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Passions of Our Time

Passions of Our Time

by Kristeva, Julia

Book - 2018

An important linguist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and novelist, Julia Kristeva has been one of the defining voices in the Humanities for the last fifty y...Show more An important linguist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and novelist, Julia Kristeva has been one of the defining voices in the Humanities for the last fifty years. This collection epitomizes recent developments in her theory and practice, while demonstrating her admirable style. Show less

An important linguist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and novelist, Julia Kristeva has been one of the defining voices in the Humanities for the last fifty y...Show more An important linguist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and novelist, Julia Kristeva has been one of the defining voices in the Humanities for the last fifty years. This collection epitomizes recent developments in her theory and practice, while demonstrating her admirable style. Show less

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