The language of Masao Maruyama -- From the beginning to the present, and facing the end: The case of one Japanese writer. Japanese writer and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe delivered the first in a series of lectures established at the Center for Japanese Studies to honor political theorist Masao Maruyama. In a second (unrelated) lecture, “From the Beginning to the Present, and Facing the End: The Case of One Japanese Writer, Oe offers an account of his own development as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction.
Persian portraits: A sketch of Persian history, literature and politics
For the Oriental scholar, or for persons well versed in Oriental literature, this book has not been written. A very hasty perusal of it will show them that it contains nothing new, and may be * taken as read,' a form frequently adopted in the case of reports at public meetings. But there are many people in this country who know little, and care less, about Oriental literature generally, and Persian literature particularly.
Double Vision: Moral Philosophy and Shakespearean Drama
Hamlet tells Horatio that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in his philosophy. In Double Vision, philosopher and literary critic Tzachi Zamir argues that there are more things in Hamlet than are dreamt of--or at least conceded--by most philosophers. Making an original and persuasive case for the philosophical value of literature, Zamir suggests that certain important philosophical insights can be gained only through literature.
How the Romans came to have a literature reflecting native and foreign impulses, and how it formed a legacy for subsequent generations have become central questions in the cultural history of the Republic. This book explores the development of Roman literary sensibility from early interest in epic and drama, through invention of satire and eventual enshrining of books in public collections important to Horace and Ovid.
The Early History of Greed, The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature
In this full-length study of the early history of greed Richard Newhauser challenges the traditional view that avarice only became a dominant sin with the rise of a money economy.
