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This is a unique tribute to Florence, combining history, artistic
description, and social observation. A memorable portrait of the
Florentine spirit and of those figures who exemplify this spirit,
such as Dante, Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Donatello, and
Machiavelli.
From a nuclear North Korea and territorial disputes in the East
China Sea, to global climate change and Asia-Pacific free trade
agreements, Japan is at the center of some of the most challenging
issues that the world faces today. Taking an interdisciplinary
approach, comprising contributions from the fields of politics,
sociology, history, and gender studies, this handbook creates a
comprehensive and innovative overview of the field, investigating
the widening variety of interests, sometimes competing, that
constitute Japanese foreign policy. Organized topically, it is
divided into sections, including: * Japan's evolving foreign policy
landscape * Global environmental and sustainable development *
International and national security * International political
economy * International norms and civil society. Providing an
evaluation of the key actors, institutions, and networks
influencing Japanese foreign policy, the Routledge Handbook of
Japanese Foreign Policy is an essential resource for students and
scholars of Japanese and Asian Politics, International Relations,
and Foreign Policy.
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The Group (Paperback)
Mary McCarthy
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R574
R486
Discovery Miles 4 860
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McCarthy's most celebrated novel portrays the experiences of eight
young women from Vassar College, Class of '33. As the story opens,
they meet in New York City for the wedding of Kay, one of "the
group." The author then describes the lives, loves, and aspirations
of these women until they reconvene seven years later in the same
city for Kay's funeral. "Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost
continually brilliant" (Cosmopolitan).
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Oasis: A Novel (Paperback)
Mary McCarthy, Vivian Gornick
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R365
R344
Discovery Miles 3 440
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Mary McCarthy's long-out-of-print second book satirises the
everyday struggles of a utopian commune seeking refuge after the
destruction of the Second World War. She hardly troubles to
disguise her characters - causing an outrage among the literary
elite of the day, who did not fail to recognise themselves among
her uncharitably, but all-too-accurately drawn portraits.
* 'I consider it a masterpiece' HILARY MANTEL * 'A brilliant novel:
honest, engaging and sharp as a tack' SARAH WATERS * 'One of my
favourite books ever' INDIA KNIGHT When first published in 1963,
The Group was on a bestseller for almost two years. This
groundbreaking novel, with its frank depiction of friendship, sex,
and women's lives, was a revelation, and continues to inspire
today. Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel portrays the lives and
aspirations of eight Vassar graduates. 'The group' meet in New York
following graduation to attend the wedding of one of their members
- and reconvene seven years later at her funeral. The women, fresh
from college, vowed not to become stuffy and frightened like their
parents, but to lead fulfilling, emancipated lives; who really
achieved this - and what sacrifices and compromises had to be made?
'McCarthy's characters confront many of the same issues as their
modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage,
love and lust, fidelity to one's husband versus loyalty to one's
friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself
unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations.
Its continuing relevance is one of the book's most extraordinary
attributes' ELIZABETH DAY
From a nuclear North Korea and territorial disputes in the East
China Sea, to global climate change and Asia-Pacific free trade
agreements, Japan is at the center of some of the most challenging
issues that the world faces today. Taking an interdisciplinary
approach, comprising contributions from the fields of politics,
sociology, history, and gender studies, this handbook creates a
comprehensive and innovative overview of the field, investigating
the widening variety of interests, sometimes competing, that
constitute Japanese foreign policy. Organized topically, it is
divided into sections, including: * Japan's evolving foreign policy
landscape * Global environmental and sustainable development *
International and national security * International political
economy * International norms and civil society. Providing an
evaluation of the key actors, institutions, and networks
influencing Japanese foreign policy, the Routledge Handbook of
Japanese Foreign Policy is an essential resource for students and
scholars of Japanese and Asian Politics, International Relations,
and Foreign Policy.
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On the Iliad (Paperback)
Rachel Bespaloff; Translated by Mary McCarthy
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R758
Discovery Miles 7 580
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Contents include: The Style of the Mythical Age: An Introduction by
Hermann Broch ON THE ILIAD Hector Thetis and Achilles Helen The
Comedy of the Gods Troy and Moscow Priam and Achilles Break Bread
Poets and Prophets Originally published in 1947. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
These six brilliantly written episodes, brought together in Mary
McCarthy's first novel, create a fascinating portrait of a 1930s
New York social circle. Based loosely on the author's own life, the
book follows a young bohemian woman, Margaret Sargent, through her
experiences and lost loves in a time of coming war. On publication
in 1942, its bold insight, sly wit and virtuoso style won Mary
McCarthy immediate recogntion as one of the most accomplished,
versatile and penetrating writers in America.
The interconnected stones that form Felipe Alfau's novel LOCOS take
place in a Madrid as exotic as the Baghdad of the 1001 ARABIAN
NIGHTS and feature unforgettable characters in revolt against their
young 'author' "For them", he complains, "reality is what fiction
is to real people; they simply love it and make for it against ray
almost heroic opposition" Alfau's "comedy of gestures" -- a
mercurial dreamscape of the eccentric, sometimes criminal, habitues
of Toledo's Cafe of the Crazy -- was written in English and first
published in 1936, favorably reviewed for The Nation by Mary
McCarthy, as she recounts here in her Afterword, then long
neglected.
'Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant'
COSMOPOLITAN 'A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a
tack' SARAH WATERS 'Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining'
SUNDAY TIMES This groundbreaking novel celebrates its 60th
anniversary in 2023. One of the first novels to frankly depict
friendship, sex and women's lives. It was a revelation and
continues to inspire today. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALI
Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel portrays the lives and
aspirations of eight Vassar graduates. 'The group' meet in New York
following graduation to attend the wedding of one of their friends
- and reconvene seven years later at her funeral. The women, fresh
from college, vowed not to become stuffy and frightened like their
parents, but to lead fulfilling, emancipated lives. Who really
achieved this - and what sacrifices and compromises had to be made?
'McCarthy's characters confront many of the same issues as their
modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage,
love and lust, fidelity to one's husband versus loyalty to one's
friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself
unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations.
Its continuing relevance is one of the book's most extraordinary
attributes' ELIZABETH DAY, GUARDIAN
Mary McCarthy vividly recalls her early years in New York before
she began writing novels and stories. At that time, she wrote
reviews for the "Nation "and the "New Republic," was active in the
American Communist Party, and was married to activist
actor/playwright Harold Johnsrud. "Foreword by Elizabeth
Hardwick."
This unique autobiography begins with McCarthy's recollections of
an indulgent, idyllic childhood tragically altered by the death of
her parents in the influenza epidemic of 1918. Tempering the need
to fictionalize for the sake of a good story with the need for
honesty, she creates interchapters that tell the reader what she
has inferred or invented. Photographs.
Literary criticism that ranges from Shakespeare to Salinger.
A penetrating work of reportage on Venice. "Searching observations
and astonishing comprehension of the Venetian taste and character"
(New York Herald Tribune).
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On the Iliad (Hardcover)
Rachel Bespaloff; Translated by Mary McCarthy
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R2,555
Discovery Miles 25 550
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Contents include: The Style of the Mythical Age: An Introduction by
Hermann Broch ON THE ILIAD Hector Thetis and Achilles Helen The
Comedy of the Gods Troy and Moscow Priam and Achilles Break Bread
Poets and Prophets Originally published in 1947. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
Picture And Text Book On Italy. Includes All Aspects Of Florentine
Life, From Art And Architecture To Religion And Politics.
Picture And Text Book On Italy. Includes All Aspects Of Florentine
Life, From Art And Architecture To Religion And Politics.
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