More than eighty years after his death, Nietzsche’s writings and his career remain disquieting, disturbing, obscure. His most famous views—the will to power, the eternal recurrence, the Übermensch, the master morality—often seem incomprehensible or, worse, repugnant. Yet he remains a thinker of singular importance, a great opponent of Hegel and Kant, and the source of much that...(展开全部)

亚历山大•内哈马斯（Alexander Nehamas, 1946—），美国著名学者、教授，1990年起任教于普林斯顿大学，教授哲学和比较文学课程。他的研究兴趣广泛，包括古希腊哲学、艺术哲学、文学理论等。《尼采：生命之为文学》一书为他带来广泛的声誉，该书深入考察了尼采著作中的矛盾并致力于解决这些矛盾，认为尼采写作的目的是为了构建一个承载其价值观的文学形象。近年来，他提倡哲学应当为人们提供某种生活方式，这使他拥有更高的知名度。他的其他代表作品有《生活的艺术》（The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault）、《真之美》（Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates）、《幸福的承诺》（Only a Promise o...(展开全部)

'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate'. For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us thro...(展开全部)

'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate'. For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us thro...(展开全部)

'Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it', writes Harold Bloom in "The Anatomy of Influence", 'is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate'. For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us thro...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Until his death in 1982 at age 34, Bangs wrote freewheeling rock 'n' roll pieces for Creem, Rolling Stone, the Village Voice and London's NME (New Musical Express. As a rock critic, he was adept at distinguishing the commercially packaged product from the real thing. Written in a conversational, wisecracking, erotically charged style, his impudent reviews...(展开全部)

Opening with a child's ascension to the Chinese throne, this novel charts the complexities of courtly life, as a boy of few talents is suddenly thrust into a position of power. The dramatisation of the dark side of nation-building, this is also a deft exploration of the failings of human nature.