托马斯•伯恩哈德（Thomas Bernhard，1931-1989），奥地利著名小说家、剧作家，被公认为20世纪最伟大的德语作家之一，也是“二战”之后德语文坛风格最独特、影响力最大的作家之一，对他有很多称谓：“阿尔卑斯山的贝克特”“敌视人类的作家”“以批判奥地利为职业的作家”“灾难与死亡作家”“夸张艺术家”“故事破坏者”等。作品已被译为45种语言。 特立独行的伯恩哈德，以批判的方式关注人生（生存和生存危机）和社会现实（人道与社会变革）。文字极富音乐性，以犀利的夸张、重复和幽默，将人类境遇中种种愚钝与疾病，痛苦与冷漠，习惯与禁忌推向极端，向纷乱昏暗的世界投掷出一支支光与热的火炬。

托马斯•伯恩哈德（Thomas Bernhard，1931-1989），奥地利著名小说家、剧作家，被公认为20世纪最伟大的德语作家之一，也是“二战”之后德语文坛风格最独特、影响力最大的作家之一，对他有很多称谓：“阿尔卑斯山的贝克特”“敌视人类的作家”“以批判奥地利为职业的作家”“灾难与死亡作家”“夸张艺术家”“故事破坏者”等。作品已被译为45种语言。 特立独行的伯恩哈德，以批判的方式关注人生（生存和生存危机）和社会现实（人道与社会变革）。文字极富音乐性，以犀利的夸张、重复和幽默，将人类境遇中种种愚钝与疾病，痛苦与冷漠，习惯与禁忌推向极端，向纷乱昏暗的世界投掷出一支支光与热的火炬。

"Old Masters (1985)" is Thomas Bernhard's devilishly funny story about the friendship between two old men. For over thirty years Reger, a music critic, has sat on the same bench in front of a Tintoretto painting in a Viennese museum, thinking and railing against contemporary society, his fellow men, artists, the weather, even the state of public lavatories. His friend Atzbacher...(展开全部)

"Old Masters (1985)" is Thomas Bernhard's devilishly funny story about the friendship between two old men. For over thirty years Reger, a music critic, has sat on the same bench in front of a Tintoretto painting in a Viennese museum, thinking and railing against contemporary society, his fellow men, artists, the weather, even the state of public lavatories. His friend Atzbacher...(展开全部)

徐小虎(Joan Stanley-Baker)，英国牛津大学东方研究所博士。 生于南京，受中德父母影响，从小接受东西方文化多元洗礼，小学和初中学业辗转受教于罗马、重庆和上海。大学进入以教育家杜威（John Dewey）所提倡的“从做中学”（learning by doing）而以人文教育与艺文创意知名的美国班宁顿学院（Bennington College, Vermont），开启了对视觉与表演艺术的热爱与直接参与性；又于普林斯顿大学进修中国艺术史，在研究方法学上条理严谨且分析敏锐的训练，为往后四十多年书画断代与艺术评论奠定坚实的基础。五十岁始前往英国牛津大学攻读硕士、博士学位。 1967—1971年，以笔名Jennifer S Byrd每周为《日本时报》（The Japan Times）撰写艺术评论专栏，其后持续在国际与台湾报章杂志上发表有关艺术、建...(展开全部)

徐小虎(Joan Stanley-Baker)，英国牛津大学东方研究所博士。 生于南京，受中德父母影响，从小接受东西方文化多元洗礼，小学和初中学业辗转受教于罗马、重庆和上海。大学进入以教育家杜威（John Dewey）所提倡的“从做中学”（learning by doing）而以人文教育与艺文创意知名的美国班宁顿学院（Bennington College, Vermont），开启了对视觉与表演艺术的热爱与直接参与性；又于普林斯顿大学进修中国艺术史，在研究方法学上条理严谨且分析敏锐的训练，为往后四十多年书画断代与艺术评论奠定坚实的基础。五十岁始前往英国牛津大学攻读硕士、博士学位。 1967—1971年，以笔名Jennifer S Byrd每周为《日本时报》（The Japan Times）撰写艺术评论专栏，其后持续在国际与台湾报章杂志上发表有关艺术、建...(展开全部)

To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that writers and speakers enjoy - and risk - when they tell a joke, indulge in bathos, talk nonsense, or encourage irony? This Very Short Introduction explores comedy both as a literary ge...(展开全部)

Amazon.com British painter David Hockney, well known for his cool and lovely paintings of California pools, has taken on the new role of detective. For two years Hockney seriously investigated the painting techniques of the old masters, and like any admirable sleuth, compiled substantial evidence to support his revolutionary theory. Secret Knowledge is the fruit of this labor, ...(展开全部)

David Hockneyas controversial book, now revised in paperback with thirty-two new pages of evidence Join one of the most influential artists of our time as he investigates the painting techniques of the Old Masters. Hockneyas extensive research led him to conclude that artists such as Caravaggio, VelAzquez, da Vinci, and other hyperrealists actually used optics and lenses to cr...(展开全部)

The seventh edition of this popular introduction to Old English language and literature retains the general structure and style of previous editions, but has been updated, and includes two new, much-requested texts: the Cotton Gnomes and Wulfstan’s Sermo Lupia ad Anglos – and two new appendices: A List of Linguistic Terms Used in This Book and The Moods of Old English. Provide...(展开全部)