Authors:Sigfrid Gauch,  William Radice, Antony Cople
Publisher: Northwestern University Pre
Keywords: father, traces
Number of Pages: 135
Published: 2002-07-17
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0810118904
ISBN-13: 9780810118904

The classic novel of a young German trying to come to terms with his father’s horrible past.

Author: Raymond Federma
Publisher: Northwestern University Pre
Keywords: leave
Number of Pages: 426
Published: 1997-05-09
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1573660302
ISBN-13: 9781573660303

Taking its place among postmodern classics, this novel makes a shambles of traditional fiction and conventional modes of writings with effrontery and laughter.

Authors:Rainer Maria Rilke,  Stephen Cohn, John Bayley
Publisher: Northwestern University Pre
Keywords: poetry, classics, european, bilingual, poems, new
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1998-05-27
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0810116499
ISBN-13: 9780810116498

This stunning version of Rainer Maria Rilke’s New Poems disproves Robert Frost’s dictum that poetry is "what gets lost in translation." On the contrary, Stephen Cohn’s keen ear and flair for the iambic line keep the poet’s virtues very much intact. And unlike most previous translators, Cohn seldom allows meaning to triumph over music. In "The Panther," for instance, he deploys assonance, alliteration, and surprising rhythms to convey the pain of an animal’s entrapment: The bars which pass and strike across his gaze have stunned his sight: the eyes have lost their

Authors:Gottlob Frege,  J. L. Austi,
Publisher: Northwestern University Pre
Keywords: concept, number, enquiry, mathematical, arithmetic, logico, foundations
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1980-12-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0810106051
ISBN-13: 9780810106055

Authors:Alan P. Merriam, Valerie Merriam,
Publisher: Northwestern University Pre
Keywords: music, anthropology
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 1964-12-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0810106078
ISBN-13: 9780810106079

This is a comprehensive approach to music from the point of view of anthropology. The author maintains that ethnomusicology, by definition, must not divorce the sound-analysis of music from its cultural context of people thinking, acting, and creating.

Authors:Patrick S. Washburn,  Clarence Page,
Publisher: Northwestern University Pre
Keywords: american, visions, press, medill, voice, newspaper, african, freedom
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-12-21
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0810122901
ISBN-13: 9780810122901

Authors:Hans Jonas, Eleonore Jonas,  Lawrence Vogel,
Publisher: Northwestern University Pre
Keywords: spep, biology, philosophical, life, phenomenon
Number of Pages: 303
Published: 2001-02-28
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0810117495
ISBN-13: 9780810117495

One of the most prominent thinkers of his generation, Hans Jonas wrote on topics as diverse as the philosophy of biology, ethics and cosmology. This work sets forth a systematic philosophy of biological facts, laid out in support of his claim that mind is prefigured throughout organic existence.