Modern Classic – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 8

Christopher Adair-Toteff

Werner Sombart and the 'Spirit' of Modern Capitalism

This book illuminates the work of Werner Sombart, a key contemporary of Max Weber, showing how his writing and thinking laid the groundwork for concepts of modern capitalism.Although the notion of the 'sp…

Marion A. Wells

Gender, Affect, and Emotion from Classical to Early Modern Literature

Drawing both on historical accounts of the emotions and on contemporary affect theory, this book explores the intersection of social constructions of sex and gender with the development of norms for emoti…

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

An immortal tale about the dangers of excessive ambition and the essence of being humanThe ambitious young scientist Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with unlocking the secret to creating life. One fateful…

This Heat

Live 80-81 (remastered)

Bisher gab es kein offizielles Dokument über die Live-Auftritte der Gruppe. Zusammengestellt von Charles Hayward und Charles Bullen aus Kassettenaufnahmen europäischer Gigs in Tilburg, Nijmegen, Ärhus, Ap…

Depeche Mode

Remixes 81>04

Fast 25 Jahre haben Dave Gahan, Martin Gore und Andy Fletcher aka Depeche Mode wegweisende Musik hervorgebracht, die ganze Musikergenerationen beeinflusste.Seit Anbeginn der Remix-Culture bildete die Band…

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

In the industrial streets and factories of Nottingham, Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) spends his days at the factory bench, his evenings in the local pubs and his nights in the arms of Brenda (Rachel Rober…

Alif Cahya Setiyadi

Jussive Particles and Nouns in Classical Arabic (CA) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) Conditional Sentences

The jussive particles and nouns in Arabic conditional sentences in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic are a crucial aspect of Arabic grammar that has not been extensively explored. Focusing on the Qur'a…

Jorgensen Palle

Brownian Motion And Potential Theory, Modern And Classical

In this book, potential theory is presented in an inclusive and accessible manner, with the emphasis reaching from classical to modern, from analytic to probabilistic, and from Newtonian to abstract or ax…

Carolin Duttlinger

Attention and Distraction in Modern German Literature, Thought, and Culture

This wide-ranging interdisciplinary study traces the intertwined histories of attention and distraction from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)

The Classic Years

The 18th Century Today

An exploration of contemporary re-imaginings of 18th-century narratives, culture, ideas and values across film, television, historical fiction and gaming, this book uncovers and challenges the period's cu…

Alison Cotti-Lowell

Romantic Citizenship and the Transatlantic World

Within the wide discursive arena of national identity in Romantic fiction, this book examines specific literary tropes and figures that consolidate and challenge the nascent, evolving concept of the Briti…

Ray Bradbury,

Remembrance

"Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers and creative dreamers of our time. Remembrance offers the first sustained look at his life in letters from his late teens to his ninth decade. Bradbury…

David Russell

Marion Milner

David Russell describes his experience of reading Marion Milner's writings and sketches on creativity. The book introduces Milner's unique body of work, which acts at the interface of literature, art, and…

Autobiography, Fan Fiction, and Education

This book illuminates the relationship between autobiography, fan fiction, and education via philosophical, pedagogical, and formative perspectives.How might we consider autobiography and fan fiction writ…

Steven Connor

Exorbitance

Although modern life provides many examples of exorbitance - of wealth, growth, information, ambition, consumption, violence - preoccupation with what is 'over the top' is not new. What is it about the id…

Madhu Krishnan, Doseline Kiguru

Literary Activism in 21st-Century Africa

Drawing on case studies from Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya and Uganda, this book explores the ways in which literary activism operates as an essential site of self-making and socio-poli…

Natania Meeker

Illusive Materialisms

"This compelling and timely book makes an innovative argument that should substantially reframe the field. In Meeker's sensitive readings, women authors who did not engage explicitly or dogmatically …

Zombie Futures in Literature, Media and Culture

An exploration into how the figure of the zombie uniquely articulates the societal changes prompted by the health, ecological and ideological threats to humanity in the 2020s and what such narratives can …