This book is theessential roadmap to the key concepts
which frame our understanding of society and culture.
From cybernetics
to quantum theory, from ideology to power, from aesthetics to mimesis,
this book spans a range of disciplines to provide an insight into the
current scientific and intellectual state of society.
Each entry provides a history and current meaning of the concept in
question. It then outlines its place in the work of a key author, while
also offering an interpretation of the term's significance, both
current and classical. Concepts are organized in alphabetical order,
complete with references for further research, making this the
essential reference for students throughout the social sciences and
humanities.
Pierre Grimal , Stephen Kershaw , A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop, "A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology"
This volume, following closely on the heels of its progenitor, Grimal's Dictionary of Classical Mythology ( LJ 2/1/86), remains a great reference tool. Entries are shortened by concentrating on the principal version of the myth and omitting minor variants. The publisher's note states that the price of the Dictionary "tended to put it beyond the reach of the lay-reader," and indeed the earlier Dictionary , currently selling at $54.95, is more expensive. This volume will suffice for most libraries.
The History of Classical Music
by Richard Fawkes UNABRIDGED
From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years.
Chapters:
01 The Early, Middle and Renaissance Periods [1:13]
02 The Baroque and Classical Periods [1:18]
03 The Romantic Period [1:17]
04 The Twentieth Century [1:17]
A Dictionary of Literary Symbols
This is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than "universal" pyschological archetypes, myths or esoterica. Michael Ferber has assembled nearly two hundred main entries clearly explaining and illustrating the literary symbols that we all encounter (such as swan, rose, moon, gold), along with hundreds of cross-references and quotations. The dictionary concentrates on English literature, but its entries range widely from the Bible and classical authors to the twentieth century, taking in American and European literatures. Its informed style and rich references will make this book an essential tool not only for literary and classical scholars, but for all students of literature.
Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics
The Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics, includes more than 1,000 entries from the fields of geometry, logic, number theory, set theory, and topology.
The authors who contributed their work to this volume are professional mathematicians, active in both teaching and research.
The goal in writing this dictionary has been to define each term rigorously, not to author a large and comprehensive survey text in mathematics.
