2009
The Infinity of Lists
Introduction The shield and its form The list and the catalogue The visual list The ineffable Lists of things Lists of places There are lists and lists Exchanges between list and form The rhetoric of enumeration Lists of mirabilia Collections and treasure The Wunderkammer Definition by lists of properties versus definition by essence The Aristotelian …
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Joseph Banks in Paradise Herschel on the Moon Balloonists in Heaven Herschel Among the Stars Mungo Park in Africa Davy on the Gas Dr Frankenstein and the Soul Davy and the Lamp Sorcerer and Apprentice Young Scientists
Divided Houses: The Hundred Years War III
Preface Synopsis to 1369 Neighbours and Enemies Return to Arms, 1369 Pontvallain and Limoges, 1370-1371 Poitou, 1372 John of Gaunt in France, 1373-1374 The Congress of Bruges, 1374-1377 England’s Barbicans, 1377-1378 Brittany, 1379-1381 The Revolt of the Towns, 1380-1382 The Path of Flanders, 1382-1383 The Shadow of Invasion, 1383-1385 The Path of Portugal, 1383-1388 War …
Richard Bean: Plays 3
Introduction Chris Campbell
Dispatches from the War Room
Introduction Bill Clinton: Act I Bill Clinton: Act II Nelson Mandela Tony Blair: Act I Tony Blair: Act II Ehud Barak Gonzalo ‘Goni’ Sanchez de Lozada Conclusion
Hammer and Tickle
Laughter under Lenin Stalin and the Grim Grin Nazi Jokes vs Communist Jokes The Soviet Bloc The Golden Age of Communist Jokes Stagnating Jokes The End is Wry We’re Not Joking Conclusion
Understanding Music: Philosophy and Interpretation
Preface Part I: Aesthetics 1: Introduction 2: Sounds 3: Wittgenstein on music 4: Movement 5: Expression 6: Rhythm Part II: Criticism 7: My Mozart 8: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony 9: The trial of Richard Wagner 10: A first shot at The Ring 11: True authority: Janacek, Schoenberg and us 12: Thoughts on Szymanowski 13: Why read …
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The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting small wars in the midst of big ones
Prologue: West Java, December 1996 The Accidental Guerilla “The Crazies will Kill Them”: Afghanistan, 2006-8 “The Twenty-First Day”: Iraq during the Surge, 2007 “Terrain, Tribes and Terrorists”: Conflicts from Indonesia to Europe “Turning an Elephant into a Mouse”: Beyond the War on Terrorism Conclusion
The Sidney Psalter: The Psalms of Sir Philip and Mary Sidney
Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography A Chronology of the Sidneys The Sidney Psalter Dedicatory Poems: The Psalms of David Explanatory Notes Emendations
Handel Aria Album: Female Roles for High Voice from Handel’s Operas
Preface Vorwort Aria Texts / Arientexte in English and German