While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers. Rilke's Book of Hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems ...(展开全部)

While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers. Rilke's Book of Hours is the invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world, and a work that seems ...(展开全部)

这是二十世纪伟大的诗人之一莱纳·马利亚·里尔克一本重要诗集的华丽新译本 《时辰之书》（1905 年）一直被誉为现代德国文学的杰作，标志着莱纳·马利亚·里尔克独特声音和视野的起源——清晰的措辞与意想不到的意象相遇，诗歌发现了其全部抒情的可能性。在这些大胆的诗歌中，一位虔诚但又坦诚的演讲者向一位终不可知的神灵讲话。“上帝，当我死后，你会做什么？”里尔克的演讲者问道，在寻找意义的过程中，他经历了爱、恐惧、内疚、愤怒、困惑、孤独、温柔和狂喜。 在这个双语版中，爱德华·斯诺，“里尔克当代值得信赖和令人振奋的译者”（迈克尔·迪尔达，《华盛顿邮报》）使里尔克的成就以独特的方式用英语呈现。斯诺不仅忠实于德语文本，还以不可思议的方式传达了其音调和韵律，以及里尔克杰出诗歌中令人着迷的心理存在。《时辰之书》神秘而动人，依然令人惊叹。 A gorgeous new tran...(展开全部)

When the magnificent volume first appeared in 1966, it was celebrated for its extraordinary beauty. Now, more than thirty years since its first publication, it is made available once again. Illustrating one of the great art treasures of the world, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is a fiteenth century illuminated manuscript containing a series of some of the most beautiful illu...(展开全部)

First published in 1930, Seven Types of Ambiguity has long been recognized as a landmark in the history of English literary criticism.Revised twice since it first appeared, it has remained one of the most widely read and quoted works of literary analysis. Ambiguity, according to Empson, includes "any verbal nuance, however slight, which gives room for alternative reactions to t...(展开全部)

Seven Theories of Religion introduces a sequence of "classic" attempts to explain religion scientifically, presenting each in brief outline and in non-technical language. It considers first the views of E.B. Tylor and James Frazer, two Victorian pioneers in anthropology and the comparative study of religion. It explores the controversial "reductionist" appro...(展开全部)

First published in 1930, Seven Types of Ambiguity has long been recognized as a landmark in the history of English literary criticism.Revised twice since it first appeared, it has remained one of the most widely read and quoted works of literary analysis. Ambiguity, according to Empson, includes "any verbal nuance, however slight, which gives room for alternative reactions to t...(展开全部)