1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783017903321

Titolo

One hundred twentieth-century philosophers / / edited by Stuart Brown, Diane Collinson, Robert Wilkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-68036-8

1-134-68037-6

1-281-14220-4

9786611142209

0-203-02750-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownStuart C

CollinsonDiane <1930->

WilkinsonRobert <1948->

Disciplina

190/.9/04

B

Soggetti

Philosophers

Philosophy, Modern - 20th century

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.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviated Sources; Structure of an Entry; Entries A...Z; Guide to Schools and Movements

Sommario/riassunto

One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers offers biographical information and critical analysis of the life, work and impact of some of the most significant figures in philosophy this century.Taken from the acclaimed Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers, the 100 entries are alphabetically organised, from Adorno to Zhang Binglin, and cover individuals from both continental and analytic philosophy.The entries have an identical four-part structure making it easy to compare and contrast information, comprising:* biographical details * a b



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817922803321

Autore

Roberts Bethan

Titolo

Nightingale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-78914-475-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 pages)

Collana

Animal

Disciplina

598.842

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: 'No Better Dress than Russet Brown' -- 1: Natural History Nightingales: 'When the Buds of the Leaves Are Swelling' -- 2: Literary Nightingales: 'Old-World Pain' -- 3: Literary Nightingales: 'Selfsame Song' -- 4: Musical Nightingales: 'Organ of Delight' -- 5: 'Immortal Bird'? Nightingales in Decline -- Timeline -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Associations and Websites -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A melodious paean to the natural history and symbolic meaning of the most prized, poetized, and mythologized of songbirds.The nightingale has a unique place in cultural history: the most prized of songbirds, it has inspired more poems than any other creature, and it is also the most mythologized of birds. Nightingale juxtaposes the bird of poetry, music, myth, and lore with the living bird of wood and scrubland, unpicking the entangled relationship between them. Covering a huge range of poets, musicians, artists, nature writers, and natural historians--from Aristotle, Keats, and Vera Lynn to Bob Dylan--Nightingale charts our fascination through history with this nondescript yet melodious little brown bird. It also documents the nightingale's disappearance from British breeding grounds and the implications this has for nightingale conservation.