Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Contents: Natural history of intellect.--Memory.--Boston.--Michael Angelo.--Milton.--Papers from the Dial: Thoughts on modern literature, Walter Savage Landor, Prayers, Agriculture of Massachusetts, Europe and European books, Past and present, A letter, The tragic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton, Mifflin 1893
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Summary: "This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need to think critically about this landmark epic. Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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Summary: Using current critical perspectives, this introduction to John Milton, and to his prose and poetry, presents him as a radical social theorist. Its emphasis is on a clear presentation of this complex and sophisticated author and his works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackwell Publishers 2002
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Summary: In this brilliant biography, an acclaimed Oxford professor rediscovers a poet whose rich contradictions confound his monumental image and immerses us in the rhythms and textures of his world, from his childhood into his idiosyncratic belief system and his strange, electrifying imagination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILTON, JOHN MOSSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005