Humanities / Language & Literature
Format: Hardback
Pages: 722
ISBN: 9781593336233
Pub Date: 11 Apr 2008
Series: Kiraz Historical Grammars Archive
Description:
Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar is an essential reference tool for any student of classical Hebrew. Apart from the thorough explanation given to each aspect of grammar and syntax, this volume contains an exhaustive scriptural index which leads the user directly to passages that stand as examples of difficult constructions. A full paradigm of the Hebrew verb is also included.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780819568007
Pub Date: 28 Feb 2008
Description:
The poetic masterpiece of the great nineteenth-century writer Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil is one of the most frequently read and studied works in the French language. In this compelling new translation of Baudelaire's most famous collection, Keith Waldrop recasts the poet's original French alexandrines and other poetic arrangements into versets, a form that hovers between poetry and prose. Maintaining Baudelaire's complex view of sound and structure, Waldrop's translation mirrors the intricacy of the original without attempting to replicate its inimitable verse.
The result is a powerful new re-imagining, one that is, almost paradoxically, closer to Baudelaire's own poetry than any previous English translation. Including the six poems banned from the first edition, this Flowers of Evil preserves the complexity, eloquence, and dark humor of its author. Brought here to new life, it is hypnotic, frank, and forceful.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 560
ISBN: 9781593335083
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2008
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
A standard-setting lexicon of classical languages, Freytag’s Arabic-Latin dictionary remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of language study or anyone seeking insight into Arabic literature. This four-volume set contains a treasure trove of information.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 542
ISBN: 9781593335090
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2008
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
A standard-setting lexicon of classical languages, Freytag’s Arabic-Latin dictionary remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of language study or anyone seeking insight into Arabic literature. This four-volume set contains a treasure trove of information.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 528
ISBN: 9781593335106
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2008
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
A standard-setting lexicon of classical languages, Freytag’s Arabic-Latin dictionary remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of language study or anyone seeking insight into Arabic literature. This four-volume set contains a treasure trove of information.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 658
ISBN: 9781593335113
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2008
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
A standard-setting lexicon of classical languages, Freytag’s Arabic-Latin dictionary remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of language study or anyone seeking insight into Arabic literature. This four-volume set contains a treasure trove of information.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 55
ISBN: 9781593338527
Pub Date: 27 Dec 2007
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
The role of medieval Syriac scholars in the translation, and thus preservation, of classical literature cannot be underestimated. Gottheil provides all of the extant Syriac texts of the translation of Aristotle’s Categories, and a brief introduction.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 314
ISBN: 9781891271168
Pub Date: 17 Dec 2007
Imprint: Celtic Studies Publications
Series: Celtic Studies Publications
Illustrations: 8 col pls
Description:
A major new collection by leading contemporary English-language Welsh poets and literary scholars, including original poems by Gillian Clarke, Sheenagh Pugh, Tony Conran, Philip Gross, and Tony Curtis, essays by Wynn Thomas, Tony Brown, Jane Aaron, and Gavin Edwards, art history by Peter Lord. The 30 orginal contributions are thematically organized: I. Earth and Words, II.
Landscapes, Warscapes, III. Welsh Women Writers, IV. Literature and Art, V. Literature and Religion.
Pages: 620
ISBN: 9781593335502
Pub Date: 21 Nov 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Pages: 714
ISBN: 9781593335519
Pub Date: 21 Nov 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
A historical dictionary between two Semitic languages, Cardahi’s Syriac-Arabic dictionary was among the first attempts to bring together the classical languages of Eastern Christianity and Islam. Consistently referred to by subsequent Arabists, this lexicon has become a well-known reference book.
Pages: 714
ISBN: 9781593335519
Pub Date: 21 Nov 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Pages: 620
ISBN: 9781593335502
Pub Date: 21 Nov 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
A historical dictionary between two Semitic languages, Cardahi’s Syriac-Arabic dictionary was among the first attempts to bring together the classical languages of Eastern Christianity and Islam. Consistently referred to by subsequent Arabists, this lexicon has become a well-known reference book.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9780822959731
Pub Date: 20 Nov 2007
Description:
A Counter-History of Composition contests the foundational disciplinary assumption that vitalism and contemporary rhetoric represent opposing, disconnected poles in the writing tradition. Vitalism has been historically linked to expressivism and concurrently dismissed as innate, intuitive, and unteachable, whereas rhetoric is seen as a rational, teachable method for producing argumentative texts. Counter to this, Byron Hawk identifies vitalism as the ground for producing rhetorical texts-the product of complex material relations rather than the product of chance.
Through insightful historical analysis ranging from classical Greek rhetoric to contemporary complexity theory, Hawk defines three forms of vitalism (oppositional, investigative, and complex) and argues for their application in the environments where students write and think today.Hawk proposes that complex vitalism will prove a useful tool in formulating post-dialectical pedagogies, most notably in the context of emerging digital media. He relates two specific examples of applying complex vitalism in the classroom and calls for the reexamination and reinvention of current self-limiting pedagogies to incorporate vitalism and complexity theory.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 880
ISBN: 9781593335526
Pub Date: 19 Nov 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
A historical dictionary translating Syriac into Arabic, this handy volume brings together the language of the author’s Chaldean Church and the Arabic of his contemporary culture. This scarce volume, now available in the west, is sure to be of considerable interest to scholars of Syriac and Arabic alike.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780822959762
Pub Date: 05 Oct 2007
Series: Illuminations
Description:
Hosam Aboul-Ela provides a startlingly original perspective on Faulkner, examining his work in the transnational context of the \u201cGlobal South\u201d: the geopolitical and economic dynamics of the post-Reconstruction period that link the American South to the larger colonial tradition. Other South thus raises new questions as to the scope and attitude of Faulkner's project, positioning Faulkner's work as an inherent critique of colonialism and emphasizing a more specific conceptualization of coloniality.Engaging with ideas and thinkers from the former colonies, Aboul-Ela draws on an understanding of economics, social structures, and the colonial/neocolonial status of the Third World, stepping outside the preconceptions of current postcolonial studies to offer a fresh perspective on our shared literary heritage and a new look at an iconic literary figure.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 948
ISBN: 9781593335540
Pub Date: 13 Sep 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
This massive work of scholarly erudition is an authoritative Syriac lexicon that is essential for all students of the language. Now available with an English introduction, this monumental lexicographical work is of exceptional utility.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 1360
ISBN: 9781593335557
Pub Date: 13 Sep 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
This massive work of scholarly erudition is an authoritative Syriac lexicon that is essential for all students of the language. Now available with an English introduction, this monumental lexicographical work is of exceptional utility.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 363
ISBN: 9781593335564
Pub Date: 13 Sep 2007
Series: Kiraz Historical Dictionaries Archive
Description:
This massive work of scholarly erudition is an authoritative Syriac lexicon that is essential for all students of the language. Now available with an English introduction, this monumental lexicographical work is of exceptional utility.