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The Poetry Handbook (2nd Edition)

Preface to the second edition Abbreviations Introduction Metre Form Layout Punctuation Lineation Rhyme Diction Syntax History Biography Gender Exams and Written Work Glossary and Index of Technical Terms Select Bibliography and Further Reading Index of Poems and Poets Quoted and Cited

The Tragic and the Ecstatic

 Introduction The Path to Schopenhauer Tristan and Schopenhauer Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg I: Minne Tristan and Gottfried von Strassburg II: Honor The Desire Music The Prelude: A Musico-poetic view Tragedy and Dramatic Structure The Two Death Motives Musico-poetic design in Act 1 Act 2, Scene 1: Night and Minne The Love Scene in Act …

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Sound Recording Practice (4th edition)

Technical Introduction The programme chain Basic electronics and acoustics Digital theory Studio planning and installation Studio acoustics The equipment Microphones Mixing consoles: Analogue Digital mixing Sound processing Loudspeakers and monitoring Tape recorders Digital recorders Mobile recording units Maintenance Recording techniques The spoken word Classical music Popular music Electronic music The role of the producer The …

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

Science as an Intellectual Activity Growth of Knowledge Objectivity and the External World Prediction and Explanation Induction Baconian Induction Presuppositionless Observation The Role of Imagination in Scientific Theorizing Inductive Proof Falsification Popperian Philosophy of Science A Bayesian Approach Science and Non-Science The Demarcation Criterion Are Theories ever Falsified? Kuhnian Relativism The Relationship between the History …

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