Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan, 1999
ISBN 10: 0912303522 ISBN 13: 9780912303529
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Presents three essays and 12 color plates published to accompany a 1998 exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. The exhibition and text focus on the period of Monet's career which he spent at Vetheuil, a small town along the Seine, from 1878 to 1881. The essays examine: love, money, and Monet's debacle paintings of 1880; the site and subject of Monet's Vetheuil paintings; and the marketing of Monet in the context of the exhibition at La Vie Moderne. Contains a number of b&w drawings and a few color reproductions in addition to the color plates. Includes extensive notes and a bibliography, but no subject index. Distributed by U. of Washington Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Usado desde EUR 10,48
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Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan/Division of, 1971
ISBN 10: 0877121508 ISBN 13: 9780877121503
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. The controversial defense lawyer reviews his career, focusing on the Boston Strangler case, the Sam Sheppard vindication, and the Great Plymouth Mail Robbery. The Sam Sheppard Murder Case, The Carl Coppolino Murder Case, The Torso Murder Case. These are some of the sensational "wife-murder" cases F. Lee Bailey re-creates in this riveting collection. Reconstructing each case moment by moment, he brings a behind-the-scenes understanding to unforgettable courtroom drama. These and his other fascinating accounts give us insight into why he went on to be one of the lead defense attorneys in "The Trial of the Century" - the O.J. Simpson trial.
Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Center for, 1990
ISBN 10: 0939512467 ISBN 13: 9780939512461
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Kafu the Scribbler is neither pure biography nor pure criticism nor yet a pure anthology, but a blending of the three. It is an introduction to Nagai Kafu and his city, accompanied by a fairly generous sampling from his works. Marleigh Ryan writes:In this book Edward Seidensticker presents a unique combination of biography and literary criticism by skillfully interweaving details of the life of Nagai Kafu with studies of his writing. With quotations of from Kafus fiction and nonfiction alike, Seidensticker is able to reconstruct many incidents in the authors life which had previously been little understood. The latter half of the book is given over to translations of short stories and to selections from two novels and a journal. Seidensticker has thoughtfully given cross references to the material in both parts of the book which enable the reader to handle this wealth of material with some dexterity.Seidenstickers skill as a translator is so well established that it seems almost unnecessary to comment on it further here but one cannot help being impressed by his rendering of Kafus lyrical style. As we realize when reading the critical material, there is remarkably little plot or character development in Kafus fiction. His position as leading modern writer is dependent to a considerable degree upon the beauty and grace of his style, and we are fortunate indeed to have such masterful translations as these to convey that style.**Ryan, Marleigh. Journal of the American Oriental Society 88, no. 3 (1968): 624. doi:10.2307/596924.
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Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Center for, 2001
ISBN 10: 1929280017 ISBN 13: 9781929280018
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Center for, 1993
ISBN 10: 0939512610 ISBN 13: 9780939512614
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Pr, 1994
ISBN 10: 0472082639 ISBN 13: 9780472082636
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Center for, 1990
ISBN 10: 0939512459 ISBN 13: 9780939512454
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. Condición: Good. Grass on the Wayside is an autobiographical novel written by Soseki Natsume in 1915. It encompasses a short period in Natsumes life between 1903 and 1905, which corresponds to the later part of Japans Meiji era (1868-1912). By 1903, Japan had undergone a rapid transformation from a closed feudal society to an open free market democracy built on the European model. As the Japanese raced to assimilate Western ideas and concepts of liberty, individuality and the pursuit of happiness, their collective consciousness inevitably collided with their own traditional values, such as the deeply ingrained concept of filial piety and family duty, which were hard to die.<br /><br />It was a long-established custom in Japan at the time for parents to arrange for the adoption of one of their children by a relative, friend or acquaintance. Because such adoptions were strictly formal and upheld by the law, they had come to serve the practical needs of many people in a variety of circumstances, and they were considered a perfectly respectable social institution. Natsume himself was a foster child in such an adoption between the ages of two and nine, when he returned to live with his birth parents. The plot of Grass on the Wayside revolves around Natsumes adoption and his subsequent relationship with his stepparents several decades after the adoption was terminated.<br /><br />In the novel, Natsume portrays himself as the protagonist, Kenzoh, who is a mediocre university professor living in Tokyo with his wife and children. Although Kenzoh struggles to support his family on his meager salary, he is better off financially than anyone else in his extended family. Fairly cosmopolitan at this point in his life, he feels tied down by his job and his family, and he longs for independence and personal fulfillment. But even as he tries to pull free, a parade of family members approaches him from all sides to bind his conscience to the traditional Confucian concept of family duty, mercilessly using him for money in greedy, calculating and often coldhearted ways. As he struggles to find a way out, he explores his consciousness from his earliest childhood memories through premonitions of an uncertain future. He examines his childhood and emotionally distant parents and foster parents, his neurotic wife and their failing marriage, his financially struggling yet unambitious brother, and his asthmatic sister and her callous, unfaithful husband. At last, he is torn between his desire to break away and his sense of duty to his family, who he no longer loves but to whom he owes a debt of gratitude.<br /><br />If Natsumes view of life is decidedly on the dark side, his portrayal of it is entertaining and amusing, at times, even comical. And throughout he manages to convey a sense of faith and hope that is greater than the economic hardship and hopelessness that afflicted so many Japanese at the turn of the twentieth century. His natural storytelling ability, richly layered characterization, poignant reflections on human nature, and sheer relentlessness make Grass on the Wayside a literary masterpiece.<br /><br />The story has an old-fashioned charm, written in the days before electricity, telephones and cars, yet it is timeless, its characters as fresh and vivid as if they were alive today. Subtle and attentive to detail, it offers a snapshot of everyday life in Japan at the end of the Meiji era.<br /><br />Angel Ray Reilly.
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Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Center for, 1988
ISBN 10: 0939512343 ISBN 13: 9780939512348
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Book by Kamens, Edward.
Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan, 1992
ISBN 10: 0912303468 ISBN 13: 9780912303468
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Center for, 1990
ISBN 10: 0939512440 ISBN 13: 9780939512447
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Univ of Michigan Pr, 1995
ISBN 10: 0472105329 ISBN 13: 9780472105328
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
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Nuevo desde EUR 332,76
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Publicado por Brand: Michigan State Univ Inst of Public, 1973
ISBN 10: 0877441189 ISBN 13: 9780877441182
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: new.