165 results for '"Hofmann, Stefan'

Winner of the Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize"Introducing Karen Solie, I would adapt what Joseph Brodsky said some thirty years ago of the great Les Murray: ' . . . He is, quite simply, the one by...

The inspiration for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's epic film and that The Guardian named one of the "Top 100 Books of All Time," Berlin Alexanderplatz is considered one of the most important works of the...

Since his first poetry collection, Lies, C. K. Williams has nurtured an incomparable reputation—as a deeply moral poet, a writer of profound emotion, and a teller of compelling stories. In Writers...

A rich visual survey of over 170 leading examples of contemporary graphic and packaging design for deluxe limited-editionsThis global survey of graphic design innovation brings together over 170...

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"A fascinating catalogue of the conditions and agency of ignorance"--Jeffrey Collins, Times Literary Supplement "A declaration of love for education"--Stefan Bauer, History Today "Dazzling . . ...

A monograph on leading South African architecture studio SAOTA.Light Space Life is the first monograph from internationally recognized South African architecture studio SAOTA, known for crafting...

The sociologist Daniel Bell was an uncommonly acute observer of the structural forces transforming the United States and other advanced societies in the twentieth century. The titles of Bell's major...

With his characteristic style often recognizable from a single frame, Wes Anderson is one of the most iconic directors in American cinema. His acclaimed and inventive films, such as Rushmore, The...

Experience the creative explosion that transformed American art—in the words of the artists, writers, and critics who were there In the quarter century after the end of World War II, a new generation...

Max Horkheimer (1895-1973), one of the founders of critical theory has become a subject of renewed attention and appreciation in Germany in the last decade, especially since the publication of the...

Based on the author's Efroymson lectures at Hebrew Union College. Jews were emancipated at a time when high culture was becoming an integral part of German citizenship. German Jews felt a powerful...

Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei demonstrates that the exotic, as reflected in major works of German literature and in the philosophy and art that inspires it, provokes central questions about the...

The Great Migration of African Americans from the South to northern and western cities between 1915 and 1970 fundamentally altered the political, social, and cultural landscapes of major urban...

The first complete biography of an influential historian whose dramatic life intersected with many great events and thinkers of the twentieth century This is the first complete biography of Ernst...

Essential texts on a legendary twentieth-century artist, including key essays by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Rosalind Krauss, Peter Bürger, Thierry de Duve, and others.Twentieth-century artist Joseph...

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice"Beguiling, mesmerizing, and utterly charming." ―Stefan Fatsis, author of Word FreakA group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of...

Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a seminal figure in the art and thought of the twentieth century. His paintings and theories about art delved into spirituality and music, all the while providing...

Eine Neuinterpretation des intellektuellen Weges von Walter Benjamin. Jahrzehntelang sind Walter Benjamins Texte unter dem Aspekt des Gegensatzes zwischen materialistischem und jüdischem Denken...

Aristoxenus of Tarentum was reported to have been bitterly disappointed when Theophrastus was chosen instead of him to succeed Aristotle as the head of the Peripatetic School. He had a truly...