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After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
an Insightful Look at Translation: George Steiner takes the reader through the history, theory and justification of translation in this challenging book. His book is divided into six sections. In Understanding as Translation, he explains that since [... more]
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George Steiner: A Reader
Wizard of Modern Critics...: ...or closer to the Wizard of Oz? In my original review of this book (NATIONAL REVIEW, July 26, 1985), I closed by asserting that Steiner "earns that backhanded compliment deserved by few academic critics these days: He [... more]
$39.99
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The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.: A Novel (Phoenix ...
A provocative look at the legacy of A.H.: At it most pedestrian moments, George Steiner's novel "The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H." is a "what if" story in which young Israeli Nazihunters find Hitler in the Amazonian jungle thirty [... more]
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Errata: An Examined Life
a profound, passionate and humane thinker: First off, I should mention that I'm new to the work of George Steiner and this review will perhaps be most helpful to other newcomers. Having spent the better part of the past 20 years immersing myself in music [... more]
$18.50
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Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: An Essay in the Old Criticism, ...
Steiner's most accessible and inspiring work: George Steiner defines this work as a work in the 'Old Criticism'. By this he means it is inspired by admiration for the works. And it has a sense of the works as contributing to one's overall political, [... more]
$26.00
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No Passion Spent: Essays 1978-1995
Amazon.com Review: A teacher at Cambridge University, visiting professor at Oxford, widely published essayist and author of such previous collections as After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation, George Steiner ranks among the preeminent modern [... more]
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Language and Silence: Essays on Language, Literature, ...
Did you understand the previous review?: Referring to the preceeding review: pedantry of such a bold-faced variety, (notwithstanding the author's ignorance of current orthographical conventions) leaves one astounded and disgusted. Unless it was a joke, [... more]
$25.00
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Grammars of Creation
Inventive or Creative: I enjoy Mr Steiner's writing very much and I also enjoy reading about language and its impact on culture - so there are two basic reasons for my approach to this book. Even when Mr Steiner is not making sense for me - and I'll [... more]
$16.95
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Antigones: How the Antigone Legend Has Endured in ...
very extensive and interesting: This book recounts the long history of "Antigone," the famous Sophoclean play. It covers philosophical, literary, and stage interpretations of the myth and the work. A well-educated literary translator, George [... more]
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The Death of Tragedy
Fate of the tragical: If you have ever sat down with quill pen to attempt a blank verse tragedy, only to tear up your notes, this is the book for you. Tragedy as a genre remains the rara avis in the history of art, and its brief appearances seem to [... more]
$37.00
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In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the ...
Optimal Steiner: While reading this book I constantly had to remind myself that it was written in 1970-71, so prescient and prophetic were Steiner's insights. As a study of Western culture, an investigation into where--and what--we are historically and [... more]
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The Origin of German Tragic Drama
Essential reading for students of critical theory: While it concerns baroque Trauerspiel (literally, "mourning play" or "lamentation play," not "tragic drama") this book is necessary reading for students of critical theory [... more]
$18.00
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