Although Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social & political thought in the twentieth century this is the first general anthology of her writings This volume

Includes:: selections from her major works including The Origins of Totalitarianism Between Past & Future Men in Dark Times The Jew as Pariah & The Human Condition as well as many shorter writings & letters Sections include extracts from her work on fascism Marxism & totalitarianism; her treatment of work & labour; her writings on politics & ethics; & a section on truth & the role of the intellectual

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This book is an outstanding overview of the life & thoughts of Karl Marx The editor masterfully weaves together Marx's published works & private letters into a rich tapestry of history & ideas In addition to what you might expect to find in a collection like this (the text of The Communist Manifesto selections from Das Kapital) there are also tidbits from Marx's hand that help you truly understand the man & the history of his ideology from his predictions on the fates of France & Russia even down to his favorite color (red of course) & his old report cards No serious student of economic & political philosophy should be without an understanding of Karl Marx This book provides it like no other ...

The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago As Walter Kaufmann one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche notes in his introduction Few writers in any age were so full of ideas & few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted The Portable Nietzsche

Includes:: Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete & unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works Twilight of the Idols The Antichrist Nietzsche Contra Wagner & Thus Spoke Zarathustra In addition Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books notes & letters to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development versatility & inexhaustibility In this volume one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive passionate & misunderstood writers in Western or any literature -Newsweek

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Edited by Hollis Robbins & Henry Louis Gates Jr; this collection comprises work from forty-nine writers arranged into sections of memoir poetry & essays on feminism education & the legacy of black women writers Many of these pieces engage with social movements like abolition women's suffrage temperance & civil rights but the thematic centre is black women's intellect & personal ambition The diverse selection

Includes:: well-known writers like Sojourner Truth Hannah Crafts & Harriet Jacobs as well as lesser-known writers like Ella Sheppard who offers a firsthand account of life in a world-famous singing group Taken together these incredible works insist that the writing of black women writers be read remembered & addressed

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Self-described as 'a mystic a transcendentalist & a natural philosopher to boot' Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man & as an artist Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration & his refuge from what he considered the follies of society Heedless of his friends' advice to live in a more orthodox manner he determinedly pursued his own inner bent
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- in prose & verse in his masterpiece Walden from which this work is taken Edited by noted Thoreau scholar Jeffrey S Cramer this edition is the new standard for those interested in discovering the great thinker's influential ideas about everything from environmentalism to limited government

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Henry James's great masterpiece now in a stunning Penguin clothbound edition designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Lionel Kelly Senior Lecturer in English University of Reading Transplanted to Europe from her native America Isabel Archer has candour beauty intelligence an independent spirit & a marked enthusiasm for life An unexpected inheritance apparently gives her freedom but despite all her natural advantages she makes one disastrous error of judgement & the result is genuinely tragic Her tale told with James' inimitable poise is of the widest relevance The phase when his (Henry James') genius functioned with the freest & fullest vitality is represented by The Portrait of a Lady' (FR LEAVIS) ...

' One ought to choose something very deliberately & be faithful to that' Isabel Archer is a young intelligent & spirited American girl determined to relish her first experience of Europe She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty & independence declaring that she will never marry Thanks to the generosity of her devoted cousin Ralph she is free to make her own choice about her destiny Yet in the intoxicating worlds of Paris Florence & Rome her fond illusions of self-reliance are twisted by the machinations of her friends & apparent allies What had seemed to be a vista of infinite promise steadily closes around her & becomes instead a 'house of suffocation' Considered by many as one of the finest novels in the English language this is Henry James's most poised achievement written at the height of his fame in 1881 It is at once a dramatic Victorian tale of betrayal & a wholly modern psychological study of a woman caught in a web of relations she only comes to understand too late This edition reproduces the revised New York Edition with James's own Preface ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Regarded by many as Henry James's finest work & a lucid tragedy exploring the distance between money & happiness The Portrait of a Lady contains an introduction by Philip Horne in Penguin Classics When Isabel Archer a beautiful spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett it is expected that she will soon marry But Isabel resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up & to determine her own fate does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond Charming & cultivated Osmond sees Isabel as a rich prize waiting to be taken Beneath his veneer of civilized behaviour Isabel discovers cruelty & a stifling darkness In this portrait of a 'young woman affronting her destiny' Henry James created one of his most magnificent heroines & a story of intense poignancy This edition of The Portrait of a Lady based on the earliest published copy of the novel is the version read first & loved by most readers in James's lifetime It also contains a chronology further reading notes & an introduction by Philip Horne Henry James (1843-1916) son of a prominent theologian & brother to the philosopher William James was one of the most celebrated novelists of the fin-de-siecle In addition to many short stories plays books of criticism biography & autobiography & much travel writing he wrote some twenty novels His novella Daisy Miller (1878) established him as a literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic & his other novels in Penguin Classics include Washington Square (1880) The Portrait of a Lady (1881) The Awkward Age (1899) The Wings of the Dove (1902) The Ambassadors (1903) & The Golden Bowl (1904) If you enjoyed The Portrait of a Lady you might like Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence also available in Penguin Classics' Matchless a grave description of one of life's great traumas the passage from innocence to experience' Anita Brookner ...

An exercise book that will challenge all levels of artist in their pursuit of a true likeness letting them hone their own personal style & skills 128 pages 20 ...