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| 181. |  | Title: Legal hermeneutics: history, theory, and practice  Author: Leyh, Gregory Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Politics | Political Theory | Postcolonial Studies | Law | Language and Linguistics Publisher's Description: Interpretation of the law is based on assumptions about the nature of texts, language, and the act of interpretation itself. These fourteen new essays trace the origin of these assumptions, examine their philosophical implications, and extend legal interpretation in new and constructive directions. Matches in book (53): ...South Bend, Ind. : Gateway, 1955), 25 (art. 1. 22). The letter is quoted in Jean... Similar Items...Symboleography, which may be termed the art, or description of instruments and... ...37.a. , logic is defined as the art of probable argument and the "logician first... |
| 182. |  | Title: The novel according to Cervantes Author: Gilman, Stephen Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Literature | European Literature | European History | Literature in Translation | Intellectual History Matches in book (33): ...If in the mechanical arts it is licit to invent . . ."... Similar Items...had high notions of the dignity of an art which he may be considered as having... ...artist and the Chartreuse as a work of art (for him it is only an experience) is... |
| 183. |  | Title: Green thoughts, green shades: essays by contemporary poets on the early modern lyric Author: Post, Jonathan F. S 1947- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Literature | Poetry | Renaissance Literature Publisher's Description: Green Thoughts, Green Shades is a strikingly original book, the first and only of its kind. Edited and introduced by noted seventeenth-century scholar Jonathan Post, it enlists the analytic and verbal power of some of today's most celebrated poets to illuminate from the inside out a number of the gr . . . [more] Matches in book (50): ...Press, 1994), 38. Elizabeth Bishop, One Art: Letters , ed. Robert Giroux (New... Similar Items...John Carey, John Donne: Life, Mind, and Art (New York: Oxford University Press,... ...reference to a maker not only of visual art but of love sonnets) indicate no... |
| 184. |  | Title: Robert Maynard Hutchins: a memoir Author: Mayer, Milton Sanford 1908- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Literature | Autobiographies and Biographies | Print Media | Education | United States History Publisher's Description: At age 28, he was dean of Yale Law School; at 30, president of the University of Chicago. By his mid-thirties, Robert Maynard Hutchins was an eminent figure in the world of educational innovation and liberal politics. And when he was 75, he told a friend, "I should have died at 35."Milton Mayer, Hut . . . [more] Matches in book (62): ...terror of the Committee on the Liberal Arts dissipated. In the spring of 1937... Similar Items...had less and less to do with the liberal arts, and more and more to do with the... ...off in between, "mastering all of the arts implied in the verb 'to soldier'");... |
| 185. |  | Title: Virgil's epic technique Author: Heinze, Richard 1867-1929 Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Classics | Literature in Translation Publisher's Description: Heinze's study, originally published in German in 1903, remains a classic of Virgil scholarship. This translation makes the book available in English for the first time. Matches in book (58): ...will provide an excellent introduction to that art for yet another generation.... Similar Items...n. 41 Winds, 44 f. , 302 Women, 220 f. , 233 Works of art, 312 f. Wounds, 163 f.... ...certainly calculated, but in which the art of calculation comes close ... |
| 186. |  | Title: Yorick's world: science and the knowing subject Author: Caws, Peter Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Philosophy | History and Philosophy of Science Publisher's Description: Peter Caws provides a fresh and often iconoclastic treatment of some of the most vexing problems in the philosophy of science: explanation, induction, causality, evolution, discovery, artificial intelligence, and the social implications of technological rationality.Caws's work has been shaped equall . . . [more] Matches in book (46): ...Understanding (New York: The Liberal Arts Press, 1955), 48. 3. Ibid. , 51-52. 4.... Similar Items...Understanding (New York: The Liberal Arts Press, 1955), 48. 3. Ibid. , 51-52. 4.... ...Understanding (New York: The Liberal Arts Press, 1955), 48. 3. Ibid. , 51-52. 4.... |
| 187. |  | Title: The Quantifying spirit in the 18th century Author: Frängsmyr, Tore 1938- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science | Intellectual History Matches in book (50): ...naturelle (Bomare), 68 Dictionnaire des arts et métiers , 17 Diderot, Denis,... Similar Items...intended polygraphy to facilitate the art of communication across national... ...91, 114; N.H. Gibbs, "Armed forces and the art of war," The new Cambridge modern... |
| 188. |  | Title: The forgotten hermitage of Skellig Michael Author: Horn, Walter William 1908- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Architecture | Art | Architectural History | Medieval Studies Publisher's Description: This book is a dramatically told and visually stunning account of a ninth-century hermitage discovered on the South Peak of Skellig Michael, an island off the west coast of Ireland. It is the story, pieced together from fragmentary remains, study, and conjecture, of a man's attempt to live on a tiny . . . [more] Matches in book (23): ...92 Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in, 96 –97 Munster, 11 n8... Similar Items...California Studies in the History of Art, for having accepted this explorative... ...125–48. ———. "High Crosses." In Irish Art and Architecture from Prehistory to... |
| 189. |  | Title: Precious nonsense: the Gettysburg address, Ben Jonson's epitaphs on his children, and Twelfth night Author: Booth, Stephen Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Literature Publisher's Description: Why do we value literature so? Many would say for the experience it brings us. But what is it about that experience that makes us treasure certain writings above others? Stephen Booth suggests that the greatest appeal of our most valued works may be that they are, in one way or another, nonsensical. . . . [more] Matches in book (32): ...on The Court Pucell," 68 n6; "Horace, of the Art of Poetry," 64 ; "On the Famous... Similar Items...Female, 18 Daredevils, great works of art as, 35 -36 de Jouvenel, Bertrand, 51... ...of coherence and incoherence in works of art. A principal tenet of the essays in... |
| 190. |  | Title: Tokugawa village practice: class, status, power, law Author: Ooms, Herman Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | Asian History | Japan | Law Publisher's Description: In contrast to modern Japanese citizens, during the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) villagers frequently resorted to lawsuits to settle conflicts. Herman Ooms uses colorful, skillfully analyzed case studies to trace the evolution of class and status conflicts through lawsuits and petitions in villages. . . . [more] Matches in book (52): ...for hunting ("the killing of life") is mentioned in village laws; see art. 20 in... Similar Items...appendix 3. See arts. 16 and 54 in appendix 3. their own advantage as best as... ...286. Kujikata osadamegaki (1742), art. 71, par. shi, tsuika of 1744 ( Tokugawa... |
| 191. |  | Title: Nets of awareness: Urdu poetry and its critics Author: Pritchett, Frances W 1947- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | South Asia | Asian History Publisher's Description: Frances Pritchett's lively, compassionate book joins literary criticism with history to explain how Urdu poetry - long the pride of Indo-Muslim culture - became devalued in the second half of the nineteenth century.This abrupt shift, Pritchett argues, was part of the backlash following the violent I . . . [more] Matches in book (32): ...The Art and Craft of Poetry... Similar Items...extremes. Kināyah (implication). The art of causing the (suitably knowledgeable)... ...and enrichment of poetic meaning; the art of creating a verse that will elicit... |
| 192. |  | Title: Historied thought, constructed world: a conceptual primer for the turn of the millennium Author: Margolis, Joseph 1924- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Philosophy | Social and Political Thought | Intellectual History Publisher's Description: Historied Thought, Constructed World offers a fresh vision: one that engages the reigning philosophies of the West, endorses the radical possibilities of historicity and flux, and reconciles the best themes of Anglo-American and continental European philosophy. Margolis sketches a program for the ph . . . [more] Matches in book (48): ...introduced. See Joseph Margolis, Art and Philosophy (Atlantic Highlands:... Similar Items...alternative interpretations appear in Wollheim, Art and Its Objects; and... ...Wolterstorff, Works and Worlds of Art . Both of these views admit real... |
| 193. |  | Title: Welcoming the undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish question Author: Lesser, Jeff Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | Latin American Studies | Jewish Studies | Latin American History Publisher's Description: Jeffrey Lesser's invaluable book tells the poignant and puzzling story of how earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "the land of the future." What motivated the Brazilian government, he asks, to create a secret ba . . . [more] Matches in book (39): ...1969), 209-17. 120. Brazilian constitution of 16 July 1934, art. 121, par. 6.... Similar Items...121. Brazilian constitution of 16 July 1934, art. 5, par.... ...19g, and art. 121, par. 6. 122. Brazilian constitution of 16 July 1934, art. 133... |
| 194. |  | Title: King Charles I Author: Gregg, Pauline Published: University of California Press, 1984 Subjects: History | European History Publisher's Description: This is a lucid, fair-minded account of a difficult and tragic man. Pauline Gregg has drawn heavily on original documents, letters, and speeches to show how Charles's heritage, upbringing, and personality, as well as his relationships with friends, advisors, and favorites, all took place against a b . . . [more] Matches in book (49): ...3— Art and the King's Pictures... Similar Items...Whinney, M. and Millar, O. , English Art 1625-1714 , 1957. Millar, O. , The... ...1949. Roper, H. Trevor-, The Plunder of the Arts in the Seventeenth Century (for... |
| 195. |  | Title: The Boundaries of humanity: humans, animals, machines Author: Sheehan, James J Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Philosophy | History and Philosophy of Science | Biology | Technology and Society Publisher's Description: To the age-old debate over what it means to be human, the relatively new fields of sociobiology and artificial intelligence bring new, if not necessarily compatible, insights. What have these two fields in common? Have they affected the way we define humanity? These and other timely questions are ad . . . [more] Matches in book (37): ...20. Ibid. , 157-158. 21. Ibid. , II-II, Q. 154, Art. 12, Reply. 22. Ibid. , 161.... Similar Items...23. Ibid. , II-II, Q. 154, Art. 12, Rep. Obj. 4 break 24. Ibid. , 160. A useful... ...that artists and writers have of their own art and craft. From this standpoint,... |
| 196. |  | Title: The persistence of memory: organism, myth, text Author: Kuberski, Philip Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Literature | History and Philosophy of Science Publisher's Description: While memory is one of the most fascinating faculties of consciousness, it is also one of the most mysterious. Is it memory - our own marvelous personal computer or data base - that brings us the intense feelings prompted by a certain object or situation?Drawing on an expansive array of sources, fro . . . [more] Matches in book (27): ...G. W. F. Hegel, The Philosophy of Fine Art , translated by F. P. B. Osmaston (... Similar Items...19. Hegel, The Philosophy of Fine Art , vol. 3, 52-53. 20. Ahmed Fakhry, The... ...expressed in dreams, mythology, and art. And Proust believed that involuntary... |
| 197. |  | Title: A company of scientists: botany, patronage, and community at the Seventeenth-century Parisian Royal Academy of Sciences Author: Stroup, Alice Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | History and Philosophy of Science | European History Publisher's Description: Who pays for science, and who profits? Historians of science and of France will discover that those were burning questions no less in the seventeenth century than they are today. Alice Stroup takes a new look at one of the earliest and most influential scientific societies, the Académie Royale des S . . . [more] Matches in book (44): ...10. CONTINUED Fiscal Year Paid (d) Arts, Crafts, Maps d (e) Surveying e (f)... Similar Items...de France or Musée du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. Académie... ...Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. See Biographie nationale .... |
| 198. |  | Title: The Berlin novels of Alfred Döblin: Wadzek's Battle with the steam turbine, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Men without mercy, and November 1918 Author: Dollenmayer, David B Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: Literature Matches in book (33): ...Poetry. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983. Hermand, Jost and Frank... Similar Items...Rowohlt, 1966. P. 240. Martin, Marianne W. Futurist Art and Theory 1909-1915.... ...New York: Hacker Art Books, 1978. Martini, Fritz. Das Wagnis der Sprache:... |
| 199. |  | Title: Mexican ballads, Chicano poems: history and influence in Mexican-American social poetry Author: Limón, José Eduardo Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | American Literature | American Studies | Latin American History | Folklore and Mythology Publisher's Description: Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems combines literary theory with the personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, José Limón examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He bases his analyses on Harold Bloom's theories of l . . . [more] Matches in book (34): ...in the society at large, of Mexican-American culture and the arts, particularly... Similar Items...the literary arts (Gómez-Quiñones 1979; Acuña 1981:355–65). 3 Given the central... ...Press. Bauman, Richard 1975 "Verbal Art as Performance." American Anthropologist... |
| 200. |  | Title: Acting naturally: Mark Twain in the culture of performance Author: Knoper, Randall K 1953- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Literature | American Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Twain | American Studies Publisher's Description: The phenomenon of performance is central to Mark Twain's writing and persona. But Twain's performative aspects have usually been dismissed as theatrical and discounted as lowbrow burlesque. Randall Knoper takes Twain's theatricality seriously and shows how Twain's work both echoes and engages the so . . . [more] Matches in book (35): ...Twain Detested the Theatre," Theatre Arts 28 (1944): 109-16. 11. Alan Gribben,... Similar Items...141. 23. See Neil Harris, Humbug: The Art of P. T. Barnum (Chicago: University... ...for prizefighting, see Gorn, The Manly Art , 163-65. 28. See the Introduction to... |