In this broad cultural survey of self-portraiture, art historian and critic James Hall brilliantly maps the history of the genre, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of bearing witness to the prolific self-image-making of todays contemporary artists. His vivid account shows how artists depictions of themselves have been part of a continuing traditio...(展开全部)

One of the most common--and wounding--misconceptions about literary scholars today is that they simply don't love books. While those actually working in literary studies can easily refute this claim, such a response risks obscuring a more fundamental question: why should they? That question led Deidre Shauna Lynch into the historical and cultural investigation of Loving Literat...(展开全部)

One of the most common--and wounding--misconceptions about literary scholars today is that they simply don't love books. While those actually working in literary studies can easily refute this claim, such a response risks obscuring a more fundamental question: why should they? That question led Deidre Shauna Lynch into the historical and cultural investigation of Loving Literat...(展开全部)

Carlos Rojas presents a sweeping survey of the historical and political significance of one of the world's most recognizable monuments. Although the splendor of the Great Wall has become virtually synonymous with its vast size, the structure's conceptual coherence is actually grounded on the tenuous and ephemeral stories we tell about it. These stories give life to the Wall and...(展开全部)

◎ 著者 吉姆·恩德斯比（Jim Endersby），于英国剑桥大学取得科学史和科学哲学专业博士学位，现为英国苏塞克斯大学科学史系教授。他特别感兴趣植物园史、帝国对19世纪的英国科学和社会的影响、科学和文学、达尔文主义出现以后的接受度以及所产生的影响。吉姆与英国皇家植物园邱园保持着长期合作，除了本职研究，他还曾为邱园策划展览和提供志愿者培训，也曾在英国广播公司BBC四套主持与邱园相关的节目。《兰花诸相》中有关兰花的众多精美插图即选自邱园的收藏。 ◎ 译者 刘夙，2012年毕业于中国科学院大学（中国科学院植物研究所），获博士学位。现为上海辰山植物园研究员，从事通俗读物编著、翻译和植物知识网站建设工作。参著或翻译有植物文化图书《植物名字的故事》《魔豆》《鲜花人类学》等多种。

Following on from his highly acclaimed first publication, Peter Rietbergen's excellent second edition brings the reader up to date with Europe's current cultural trends. Rietbergen examines the many varied cultural building blocks of Europe, their importance in the continent's cultural identity, and how the perception of Europe has changed over the centuries. Working chronologi...(展开全部)

Ugly as sin, the ugly duckling—or maybe you fell out of the ugly tree? Let’s face it, we’ve all used the word “ugly” to describe someone we’ve seen—hopefully just in our private thoughts—but have we ever considered how slippery the term can be, indicating anything from the slightly unsightly to the downright revolting? What really lurks behind this most favored insult? In this ...(展开全部)

Ugly as sin, the ugly duckling—or maybe you fell out of the ugly tree? Let’s face it, we’ve all used the word “ugly” to describe someone we’ve seen—hopefully just in our private thoughts—but have we ever considered how slippery the term can be, indicating anything from the slightly unsightly to the downright revolting? What really lurks behind this most favored insult? In this ...(展开全部)

扬·瓦格纳，1971年10月出生于汉堡，生活在柏林，是德国当今最有影响的诗人之一，翻译家，自由文学评论家。他曾在汉堡大学、柏林洪堡大学和爱尔兰圣三一大学研究英国和爱尔兰当代诗歌，发表了不少的诗和诗评。除了出版了诗集《试钻天空》（2001），《格里克的麻雀》（2004），《十八道派》（2007），《澳大利亚》（2010），《雨桶变奏曲》（2014），《蜂群自画像》（2016），《蝴蝶秀》（2018），他还出版了不少散文集。 所获部分奖项： 安娜·西格斯奖（2004年），恩斯特·梅斯特奖（2005年），威廉·莱曼奖（2009年），德国罗马学院的马西莫别墅奖学金（2011），蒂宾根市的弗里德里希·荷尔德林奖（2011年），保尔·希尔巴特奖（2013年），莱比锡书展奖（2015年），北京大学中坤国际诗歌奖（2017），以及同年获得格奥尔格·毕希纳奖。

约翰·阿什贝利 （John Ashbery，1927—2017） 美国当代最有影响力的诗人之一。出版超过25部诗集，早期作品《一些树》获选W.H.奥登编选的“耶鲁青年诗人丛书”；诗集《凸面镜中的自画像》获普利策奖、美国国家图书奖、美国全国书评人协会奖三项大奖；《空中札记：后期诗选》获格里芬国际诗歌奖。 美国艺术与文学学院院士，也是美国艺术与科学院院士。曾两次获得古根海姆奖，1982年获颁美国诗人学会的年度诗人奖。1985年获得麦克阿瑟奖。 少况 诗人，译者，出版诗集《次要的雪》《Cy Twombly的邮戳》，出版译作《在西瓜糖里》。