Ανθολόγιο Κειμένων. : RevolutionSF - Epic Pooh : Feature. Page 2 of 5 I suppose I respond so antipathetically to Lewis and Tolkien because I find this sort of consolatory orthodoxy as distasteful as any other self-serving misanthropic doctrine. One should perhaps feel some sympathy for the nervousness occasionally revealed beneath their thick layers of stuffy self-satisfaction, typical of the second-rate schoolmaster so cheerfully mocked by Peake and Rowling, but sympathy is hard to sustain in the teeth of their hidden aggression which is so often accompanied by a deep-rooted hypocrisy.
Their theories dignify the mood of a disenchanted and thoroughly discredited section of the repressed English middle-class too afraid, even as it falls, to make any sort of direct complaint ("They kicked us out of Rhodesia, you know"), least of all to the Higher Authority, their Tory God who has evidently failed them. The Lord of the Rings is much more deep-rooted in its infantilism than a good many of the more obviously juvenile books it influenced. Τα εκατό βιβλία με τη μέγιστη επιρροή στην πορεία της ανθρωπότητας - Αντικλείδι.
Τα εκατό βιβλία που αναλύονται εδώ έχουν αλλάξει ριζικά την πορεία του πολιτισμού, είτε εμπνέοντας εκατομμύρια πιστούς (Βίβλος, Κοράνι), είτε φτάνοντας στο απόγειο της καλλιτεχνικής έκφρασης (Ιλιάδα, Οδύσσεια, Σαίξπηρ), είτε ανοίγοντας το δρόμο για επιστημονικές ανακαλύψεις τεράστιας σημασίας (Η Καταγωγή των Ειδών του Δαρβίνου, Η Θεωρία της Σχετικότητας του Αϊνστάιν), είτε επαναπροσδιορίζοντας τις απόψεις για την ανθρώπινη φύση (Ψυχολογικοί Τύποι του Γιουνγκ και Η Ερμηνεία των Ονείρων του Φρόιντ), ή μεταβάλλοντας για πάντα το παγκόσμιο πολιτικό τοπίο (η Πολιτεία του Πλάτωνα, Τα Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου του Πέιν). 1. Ι ΤΣΙΝΓΚ,περίπου 1500π.χ. Το Ι Τσινγκ,που μεταφράζεται συνήθως ως βιβλίο των Αλλαγών,είναι σχεδόν εξίσου αρχαίο με την ίδια την Κίνα. 2.Παλαιά Διαθήκη,περίπου 1500 π.χ. Η Παλαιά Διαθήκη, μαζί με την Καινή Διαθήκη, είναι δυο εντελώς ξεχωριστά βιβλία σε μια σειρά θεμελιωδών θρησκευτικών κειμένων, όπως το Κοράνι, η Αβέστα και η Νταμμαπάντα . 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Joseph Brodsky on How to Develop Your Taste in Reading. By Maria Popova “You stand to lose nothing; what you may gain are new associative chains.” “The most damning revelation you can make about yourself is that you do not know what is interesting and what is not,” Kurt Vonnegut famously proclaimed. But how is one to develop that discerning taste, especially in determining what is worth reading and what is not?
On May 18, 1988, several months after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature and exactly seven months before he delivered the greatest commencement address of all time, the prolific poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky gave the opening keynote at Turin’s very first book fair. His talk, titled “How to Read a Book” and included in the 1997 anthology On Grief and Reason: Essays (public library), is a beautiful and timeless meditation on the value — the purpose, the challenge, the transcendent joy — of the written word.
So what is one to do amidst this grim set of options? The way to develop good taste in literature is to read poetry. Τι είδους βιβλία θα πρέπει να διαβάζουμε.../ Φραντς Κάφκα | Χριστόδουλος Καλλίνος. The Best Books: The Top 100 Novels of All Time - Listmuse.com. A contemporary list, with an international flavour and a respect for the classics, The Best Books: Top 100 Novels of All Time list contains many of the great works of fiction you'd expect, but with a few surprises to add a little spice to the collection. Which books would you omit and which would you add to our list? Please let us know in the comments section below. 1.
Brave New World By Aldous Huxley "Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English. " 2. By Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. 3. By George Orwell Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. 4. By Leo Tolstoy Published to coincide with the centenary of Tolstoy's death, here is an exciting new edition of one of the great literary works of world literature. 5. By J. A modern classic, this early novel by Nobel Laureate J. 6. By Joseph Heller 7. 8. 9. Project Wordsworth - What's a good story worth to you?
My Virtual Bookcases in Evernote. Some time back, I wrote a Going Paperless post called “Creating a Digital Version of Your House” in which I described how I use tools like Skitch and Penultimate to capture floor plans and measurements around the house that might be useful to have when I am away–say at the hardware store. While I was away on my Internet vacation, it occurred to me, as I was measuring my bookshelves, that it might be equally useful to have a digital version of my bookshelves in Evernote. With something like 1,100 books, I can’t always remember if I happen to have a particular book or not, and it might be useful to have a quick reference. Let me back up a moment and admit that yes, I still have paper books. The books on my bookshelves are part of a collection of books I’ve been growing since high school. They consist of science fiction books, books on science, and history books, as well as some miscellaneous books thrown in for good measure.
Take a picture of each shelf on my bookshelf. Other uses. Ulysses by James Joyce - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists. New Year's Resolution Reading List: 9 Essential Books on Reading and Writing. By Maria Popova Dancing with the absurdity of life, or what symbolism has to do with the osmosis of trash and treasure. Hardly anything does one’s mental, spiritual, and creative health more good than resolving to read more and write better. Today’s reading list addresses these parallel aspirations. And since the number of books written about reading and writing likely far exceeds the reading capacity of a single human lifetime, this omnibus couldn’t be — shouldn’t be — an exhaustive list. It is, instead, a collection of timeless texts bound to radically improve your relationship with the written word, from whichever side of the equation you approach it.
If anyone can make grammar fun, it’s Maira Kalman — The Elements of Style Illustrated marries Kalman’s signature whimsy with Strunk and White’s indispensable style guide to create an instant classic. On a related unmissable note, let the Elements of Style Rap make your day. On the itch of writing, Lamott banters: On why we read and write: Bookpickings.tumblr. The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults In History. [Editor's note: While your Flavorwire editors take a much-needed holiday break, we're revisiting some of our most popular features of the year.
This post was originally published June 19, 2011.] Sigh. Authors just don’t insult each other like they used to. Sure, Martin Amis raised some eyebrows when he claimed he would need brain damage to write children’s books, and recent Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan made waves when she disparaged the work that someone had plagiarized, but those kinds of accidental, lukewarm zingers are nothing when compared to the sick burns of yore.
It stands to reason, of course, that writers would be able to come up with some of the best insults around, given their natural affinity for a certain turn of phrase and all. And it also makes sense that the people they would choose to unleash their verbal battle-axes upon would be each other, since watching someone doing the same thing you’re doing — only badly — is one of the most frustrating feelings we know. Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian.