Join Professor Helen Vendler in her course lecture on the Yeats poem "Among School Children." View her insightful and passionate analysis along with a condensed reading and student comments on the course. Helen Vendler has become one of our most trusted companions in reading poetry. Among critics today she has an unrivaled ability to show--lucidly and invitingly--just what a ...(展开全部)

At once a revered canon associated with Confucius and the earliest anthology of poetry, the Book of Poems holds a unique place in Chinese literary history. Since early imperial times it served as an ideal of literary perfection, as it provided a basis for defining shi poetry, the most esteemed genre of elite composition. In imperial China, however, literary criticism and classi...(展开全部)

A leading expert of the neurophysiology of emotions, Damasio shows how our consciousness arose out of the development of emotion. At its core human consciousness is consciousness of the feeling and experiencing self.

A leading expert of the neurophysiology of emotions, Damasio shows how our consciousness arose out of the development of emotion. At its core human consciousness is consciousness of the feeling and experiencing self.

Widely praised for his innovative scientific thinking and elegant writing, Antonio Damasio achieves a new understanding of consciousness by asking-and answering-profound questions: How is it that we know what we know? How is it that our conscious and private minds have a sense of self? A gifted medical clinician with decades of caring for patients with brain damage, a great sci...(展开全部)

Widely praised for his innovative scientific thinking and elegant writing, Antonio Damasio achieves a new understanding of consciousness by asking-and answering-profound questions: How is it that we know what we know? How is it that our conscious and private minds have a sense of self? A gifted medical clinician with decades of caring for patients with brain damage, a great sci...(展开全部)

(Beville's) English translation has been highly lauded... -- Yomiuri Newspaper, Aug. 18th, 2002 For whatever reason, certain poets become spokespersons for their age. Chuya seems to have won that role... -- Leza Lowitz, The Japan Times, May 12th, 2002 I imagine this was tough work since rhythm is central to Chuya's poetry. (This translation) is truly wonderful. -- The Nishinipp...(展开全部)

(Beville's) English translation has been highly lauded... -- Yomiuri Newspaper, Aug. 18th, 2002 For whatever reason, certain poets become spokespersons for their age. Chuya seems to have won that role... -- Leza Lowitz, The Japan Times, May 12th, 2002 I imagine this was tough work since rhythm is central to Chuya's poetry. (This translation) is truly wonderful. -- The Nishinipp...(展开全部)