Countering impressions of Moses reinforced by Sigmund Freud in his epoch-making "Moses and Monotheism", this concise, engaging work begins with the perception that the story of Moses is at once the most nationalist and the most multicultural of all foundation narratives. Weaving together various tex[...]
'This is a book just the way I don't like them', the father of French Symbolism, Stephane Mallarme, informs the reader in his preface to "Divagations": 'scattered and with no architecture'. On the heels of this caveat, Mallarme's diverting, discursive, and gorgeously disordered 1897 masterpiece tumb[...]
Barbara Johnson investigates the significant and illuminating ways in which both literature and criticism are "critically different" from what they purport to be. Her subtle and provocative studies of Balzac, Mallarme, Baudelaire, Apollinaire, Melville, Poe, Barthes, Lacan, Austin, and Derrida take [...]
In 1980, deconstructive and psychoanalytic literary theorist Barbara Johnson wrote an essay on Mary Shelley for a colloquium on the writings of Jacques Derrida. The essay marked the beginning of Johnson's lifelong interest in Shelley as well as her first foray into the field of "women's studies," o[...]
Con una coleccion de relatos, ocurrencias y frases que solo Barbara Johnson podria concebir, los lectores reiran con las sorpresas inolvidables y alocadas de ser una madre.Madres. Ellas lo han visto todo: lo bueno, lo malo y lo chiflado. Y decidieron contarlo. La autora de xitos de librera, conferen[...]
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Öppna den här boken varje dag och låt några glädjestänk ge ny styrka åt din dag ... Den uppskattade humoristen Barbara Johnson vet av egen erfarenhet att till och med det minsta glädjestänk kan vara som balsam för själen och hur även en liten droppe hopp kan lyfta den som är längst ner[...]
This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Wynn Bullock - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.[...]
"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Toronto" will lead you straight to the very best attractions Toronto has to offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the best nightspots, this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 1[...]
"DK Eyewitness Top 10 Toronto Travel Guide" will lead you straight to the best attractions this vibrant city has to offer. Whether you're looking for the best restaurants and bars, a hotel to suit your budget, or want to find the best nightspots in Toronto; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized com[...]
"DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Toronto" will lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights, or want to find the best nightspots; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top [...]
The second edition of Medical Speech--Language Pathology: A Practitioner's Guide presents the latest information on neurological communication disorders and swallowing and voice disorders in adults. The book features complete coverage of the pathophysiology of communication disorders, describing the[...]