1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453749803321

Autore

Moss Leonard <1931->

Titolo

The tragic paradox / / Leonard Moss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-7391-7122-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

809/.9162

Soggetti

Tragedy - History and criticism

Paradox in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE TRAGIC PARADOX; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Languages of Paradox; Part I: The Narrative Language; 1. The Masculine Model; 2. The Tragic Female; 3. The Tragic Sequence; 4. Shakespeare's Dangerous Companion; 5. The Relevance of Hegel; Part II: The Metaphorical Language; 6. The Artistry of Flux; 7. The Logic of Dreams; Part III: The Rhetorical Language; 8. Plato's Paragon; 9. Milton's Potpourri; 10. Shakespeare's Paradox; Conclusion: The Truth of Tragedy; Notes; Two Bibliographies, 1900-2010; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

How do an author's techniques establish the recurring paradox raised by the tragic genre? I have called upon the valuable arguments offered by Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, and Nietzsche to help the student and lay reader understand the operation of basic literary languages. But fiction is not philosophy. My study focuses on the narrative sequence, im-ages, and rhetorical devices that embody a dilemma envisioned by prominent tragedians in both the ancient and modern worlds.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797100303321

Autore

Wong Liliane

Titolo

Adaptive reuse : extending the lives of buildings / / Liliane Wong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Birkhauser, , [2017]

2017

ISBN

9783038213130 : (ebk : EbookCentral)

Descrizione fisica

256p. ; : col. ill

Disciplina

690/.24

Soggetti

Buildings - Remodeling for other use

Interior architecture

Architecture and history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 00. Babel -- 01. New Order: The Frankenstein Syndrome -- 02. Plunder: Erasure & Redemption -- 03. The Quest for Immortality -- 04. Battle of the Immortals -- 05. Immortality Redefined -- 06. Immortality Codified -- 07. Hosts [and Guests] -- 08. Considering DNA -- 09. Ghosts -- 10. Fitting In -- 11. The Impassive Host -- 12. Sited Interventions -- 13. The Mathematics of Reuse -- 14. A New and Distant Frontier -- 15. Second Violin -- Illustration Credits -- About the Author -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bauen im Bestand erfordert mehr als praktische Lösungen und Sicherheit in Stilfragen. Wenn bei der Umnutzung von Bauten die neuen Programme und Funktionen mit Veränderungen verbunden sind, stellt sich die fundamentale Frage, mit welchen Mitteln die Vergangenheit in den Entwurf für die Zukunft integriert werden soll. Auf dem Hintergrund langjähriger Lehrerfahrung gibt dieses Buch eine umfassende Einführung ins architektonische Entwerfen von Umbau-/Umnutzungsprojekten. Es zieht Bildwelten von Frankenstein bis Rem Koolhaas zur Verdeutlichung heran, behandelt Geschichte und Theorie, Bautypologie, Material- und Konstruktionsfragen sowie Aspekte von Denkmalschutz, Urbanistik und Innenarchitektur und stellt so das Bauen im Bestand als ein eigenständiges Gebiet des architektonischen Arbeitens dar.



Building in existing fabric requires more than practical solutions and stylistic skills. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses the fundamental question of how the past should be included in the design for the future. On the background of long years of teaching and publishing, and using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas and beyond, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects. History and theory, building typology, questions of materials and construction, aspects of preservation, urban as well as interior design are dealt with in ways that allow to approach adaptive reuse as a design practice field of its own right.