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First published in 1990 The Philosopher's Habitat introduces the subject by investigating a variety of the problems which are currently engaging philosophers, and which can be made intelligible to an absolute beginner.

Brevity in conversation is a window to the workings of the mind. People use ellipsis and various kinds of pragmatic enrichment, keyed to the particular conversational setting, to express concisely what they mean. Distinguished linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists here say how.

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Southern California is one of two significant places in Laurence Goldstein's fourth collection of poems. A native of Los Angeles, the author re-encounters the vivid ghosts of an exotic personal landscape: Criswell the TV prophet, Madame Nhu at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Mickey Cohen in a downtown deli, Bob Hope in a photo shoot with the poet's family. From the Pacific boardwalk to Death Valley, these poems enliven their borderlands with punge...

Southern California is one of two significant places in Laurence Goldstein's fourth collection of poems. A native of Los Angeles, the author re-encounters the vivid ghosts of an exotic personal landscape: Criswell the TV prophet, Madame Nhu at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Mickey Cohen in a downtown deli, Bob Hope in a photo shoot with the poet's family. From the Pacific boardwalk to Death Valley, these poems enliven their borderlands with punge...

The poems the author studies are examples of film criticism, film history, or film theory, among their other virtues. Twentieth-century poems model for readers of poems the complex dynamics by which movies change the consciousness of spectators.

Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and subjects encountered in the study of philosophy. Specially written to meet the needs of students and those with an interest in, but little prior knowledge of, philosophy, the books open up fascinating, yet sometimes difficult ideas. The series builds to give a solid grounding in philosophy and each book is also ideal as a companion to...

Wittgenstein is generally regarded as a difficult philosopher. This comprehensive volume looks at Wittgenstein's development and his relevance to modern though.

One of the most common scenes in Augustan and Romantic literature is that of a writer confronting some emblem of change and loss, most often the remains of a vanished civilization or a desolate natural landscape. Ruins and Empire traces the ruin sentiment from its earliest classical and Renaissance expressions through English literature to its establishment as a dominant theme of early American art.

A far-reaching collection of essays, poetry, fiction, and writing on Ann Arbor by some of the great thinkers and writers of the last two centuries

Is there such a thing as Los Angeles poetry? Laurence Goldstein's Poetry Los Angeles: Reading the Essential Poems of the City opens new windows into the L.A. literary world, illuminating sites as distinct as Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice beach, the freeways, downtown, and South Central and East L.A.

Vital perspectives from leading critics and scholars on one of the most distinguished African American poets of the twentieth century

This is the first work to survey the myths created by the modernliterary imagination about technology." -- HerbertSussman..". succeeds admirably, fascinatingly on allcounts... " -- American Literature..". a landmark inthe study of literary and technological history." --NMAH..". fascinating... a welcome addition to the growingscholarship about the impact of technology on the modern imagination." --Journal of Modern Literature Annual ReviewThis ...

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Poets, anthropologists, philosophers, artists, sociologists, and others provide prespectives on the male body.