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UNINA9910450709503321 |
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Autore |
Glendenning Norman K |
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Titolo |
Our place in the universe [[electronic resource] /] / Norman K. Glendenning |
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London, : Imperial College Press |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007 |
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1-281-12116-9 |
9786611121167 |
981-270-830-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Cosmology |
Galaxies - Formation |
Galaxies - Evolution |
Astrophysics |
Electronic books. |
Solar system Origin |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215) and index. |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1. A Day without Yesterday; Chapter 2. Formation of Galaxies; Chapter 3. Birth and Life of Stars; Chapter 4. Supernovae: Death and Trans guration of Stars; Chapter 5. Nebulae; Chapter 6. Spacetime, Relativity, and Superdense Matter; Chapter 7. Origins; Chapter 8. First Modern Astronomer; Chapter 9. Life on Earth; Chapter 10. Other Planets and Their Moons; Chapter 11. New Worlds; Bibliography; Index |
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Our Place in the Universe tells the story of our world, formation of the first galaxies and stars formed from great clouds containing the primordial elements made in the first few minutes; birth of stars, their lives and deaths in fiery supernova explosions; formation of the solar system, its planets and many moons; life on Earth, its needs and vicissitudes on land and in the seas; finally exoplanets, planets that surround distant stars. Interspersed in the text are short pieces on |
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some of those who revealed these wonders to us. It is written in a very authoritative and readable form and conta |
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UNINA9910154723903321 |
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Autore |
Palumbo-Liu David |
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The poetics of appropriation : the literary theory and practice of Huang Tingjian / / David Palumbo-Liu |
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Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 1993 |
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1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-238) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Critical Introduction -- Part I: Huang Tingjian as a Northern Song Poet -- Part II: Huang Tingjian's Theory and Practice -- Appendixes -- Reference Matter |
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The poets of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126) were writing after what was then and still is acknowledged to be the Golden Age of Chinese poetry, the Tang dynasty (618-907). This study examines how these Song poets responded to their uncomfortable proximity to such impressive predecessors and reveals how their response shaped their literary art. The author's focus is on the poetic theory and practice of the poet Huang Tingjian (1045-1105). This first full-length study in English of one of the most difficult and complex poets of the classical Chinese tradition aims to provide the background for understanding better why Huang was so greatly admired, especially by the outstanding literati of his age, and why later scholars claim Huang is the characteristic Northern Song poet. The author concludes by considering how Huang's literary project resembles, but ultimately differs from, Western literary theories of influence and intertextuality. |
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