“The Translator’s Invisibility: A History of Translation” provides a thorough and critical examination
of translation from the seventeenth century to the present day. It shows
how fluency prevailed over other translation strategies to shape...
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История, Культурология
Trans gender liberation. A movement whose time has come. A Marxist view of when and why transgender oppression arose
Trans gender liberation. A movement whose time has come. A Marxist view of when and why transgender oppression...
Hurlburt's classic retelling of most of the famous stories from the Bible has been a popular favorite, in print continuously since it was first published in 1904. There are numerous versions and all are beautifully...
Биографии и мемуары, Культурология
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New...
"Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible." --Mortimer J. Adler
This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world--from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to...
Footbinding for women on China was a curious, painful custom that deformed the foot and kept it from growing more than a few inches in length. This practice may have begun in the tenth century as a whim of the Imperial court; by the twelfth century,...
The book that defines a band that defined a generation. During 1967 and 1968 Hunter Davies spent eighteen months with the Beatles at the peak of their powers as they defined a generation and rewrote popular music. As their only authorized...
![Pierre Huyghe [Untitled (Human Mask)]](https://www.rulit.me/data/programs/images/pierre-huyghe-untitled-human-mask_820701.jpg)
**An examination of Pierre Huyghe's post-apocalyptic *Untitled (Human Mask)* , which asks whether our human future may be one of remnants and mimicry.**
Pierre Huyghe's 2014 film *Untitled (Human Mask)* combines images of a post-apocalyptic...
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made...
According to some musicology and religious studies scholars, after the foundation of the Theosophical Society (1875), some professional musicians became interested in Theosophy, and many Theosophists often engaged in music. Several composers like...