'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)

An acclaimed nature writer reveals the secret life of flowers. In Anatomy of a Rose, Sharman Apt Russell eloquently unveils the "inner life" of flowers. From their diverse fragrances to their nasty deceptions, Russell proves that, where nature is concerned, 'wonder is not only our starting point, it can also be our destination.' Throughout this botanical journey, she reveals th...(展开全部)

Using Jungian archetypes, the I-Ching, and color/number combinations, Hamaker-Zondag shows you how to interpret the tarot without having to refer to a guidebook for definitions. Her methods will help you use the tarot to understand your personal innerchanges and their potential manifestations in daily life. She also makes an engaging comparison of the imagery in various decks, ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 納托．湯普森（Nato Thompson） 是作家兼策展人。現職為費城當代館（Philadelphia Contemporary）的藝術總監。在此之前，他曾自二〇〇七年起擔任創意時代（Creative Time）藝術總監。他的其他著作包括了《觀看權力的方式：改變社會的21世紀藝術行動指南》（Seeing Power : Art and Activism in the Twenty-first Century）、以及推想奇幻小說《沼歌》（Marshsong）。 譯者簡介 石武耕 台北人。政大廣告系、台灣大學新聞所畢，巴黎第十大學傳播學博士班肄業。 譯作《藝術的法則：文學場域的生成與結構》（合譯）、《編劇的藝術》（合譯）、《深南地方》、《形象科學》。

An innovative account that brings together cognitive science and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a range of literary works. In The Secret Life of Literature, Lisa Zunshine brings together cognitive science and literary history to trace patterns of “mindreading” in works ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Invisible Man. Zunshine shows that novels, pla...(展开全部)

This wide-ranging and powerful book argues that Theravāda Buddhism provides ways of thinking about the self that can reinvigorate the humanities and offer broader insights into how to learn and how to act. Steven Collins argues that Buddhist philosophy should be approached in the spirit of its historical teachers and visionaries, who saw themselves not as preservers of an archa...(展开全部)

Books on stretching are common, but The Anatomy of Stretching takes a more fundamental approach than the others, taking the reader inside the body to show exactly what is happening during a stretch. At the heart of the book are 300 full-color illustrations that show the primary and secondary muscles worked in 115 key stretches arranged by body area. Author Brad Walker brings ...(展开全部)

This is a study of the Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist. For the second edition, Bloom offers a new introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past 20 years. It is intended for scholars and students of Romantic poetry, 18th and 19th century English liter...(展开全部)