Critical views : essays on the humanities and the arts / editor, Teresa Stojkov.
| Other author | Stojkov, Teresa R. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Berkeley, CA : Regents of the University of California, 2012. |
| Description | 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Essays on the humanities and the arts |
| Series | Townsend papers in the humanities ; no. 4 Townsend papers in the humanities ; no. 4. ^A1004323 |
| Contents | Identity against culture / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Getting real : the arts in post-NEA America / Peter Sellars -- Golden ruins/Dark raptures : the literary destruction of Los Angeles / Mike Davis -- The work of art and the historical future / Arthur Danto -- Living in fiction and history / Ivan Klima -- Berlin in autumn : the philosopher in old age / Michael Ignatieff -- The novel in Africa / J.M. Coetzee -- From the beginning to the present, and facing the end : the case ofoOne Japanese writer / Kenzaburo -- Traditions of conversion : Descartes and his demon / Anthony Grafton -- Cannabis, forgetting, and the botany of desire / Michael Pollan -- Dialogues. Grounds for remembering / Maya Lin with Thomas Laqueur, Andrew Barshay, Stephen Greenblatt, and Stanley Saitowitz -- They know everything : children and suffering / Maurice Sendak with Herbert Schreier -- Sounding lines : the art of translating poetry / Seamus Heaney with Robert Hass -- Migrations / Sebastião Salgado with Orville Schell. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2011042478 |
| ISBN | 9780982329436 |
| ISBN | 0982329431 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | NX60 .C75 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |