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Syracuse, City of Legends : a Glory of Sicily / Jeremy Dummett. - London ; New York : I. B. TAURIS, 2010. - 245 stron [8 kart tablic] : ilustracje, fotografie ; 23 cm.

Author

Dummett Jeremy (1939-) Autor

Form of Work

Książki Publikacje popularnonaukowe

Demographic Group

Literatura angielska

Subject

Gelon (tyran Geli i Syrakuz ; 540-478 a.C.) Cyceron (106-43 p.n.e.) Łucja (święta ; ok. 281-ok. 305) Historia Rzymianie Grecy Władcy i władczynie Zabytki architektury Syrakuzy (Włochy) Sycylia (Włochy ; wyspa)

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Publikacje popularnonaukowe Opracowanie

Domain

Historia

Instytucja

I. B. Tauris

Bibliografia na stronach 217-221. Indeks.

"Syracuse, City of Legends" is the first modern historical guide to the city that explores Syracuse’s place within the island and the wider Mediterranean and reveals why it continues to captivate visitors today, more than two and a half millennia after its foundation.

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Biblioteka Obcojęzyczna

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The Philosopher of Auschwitz : Jean Améry and Living with the Holocaust / Irene Heidelberger-Leonard. - London : I. B. Tauris, 2010. - XIV, 301 s. ; 24 cm.

Author

Heidelberger-Leonard Irène (1944- ). Autor

Subject

Améry, Jean (1912-1978) Literatura austriacka Holokaust

Domain

Literaturoznawstwo

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who was Jean Amery? Victim or survivor? Agnostic or Jew? Austrian or exile? Philosopher or journalist? Jean Amery is not easy to classify but what this biography (the first in any language) demonstrates is that he is more - far more - than some enigmatic cult figure: he is one of the most influential of Holocaust survivors and one of the most provocative writers and thinkers of the 20th century. Jean Amery - born Hans Maier in Austria in 1912 - is perhaps best known for his seminal work, "At the Mind's Limits", one of the central texts on what Amery himself described as 'the subjective state of the victim.' But as Irene Heidelberger-Leonard's book reveals, Amery was not just a 'professional concentration camper', as he sometimes dubbed himself in a mixture of mockery and resignation. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished documents, Heidelberger-Leonard illuminates the turbulent life of this complex figure, from his middle class origins in pre-war Austria; his flight from his homeland to join the Resistance; his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Belsen; to his eventual suicide in 1978. This definitive biography examines how Amery grappled with what it meant to be both a victim and survivor of the concentration camps and what his experiences there reveal about the tension between human dignity and the reality of horror. Focusing chiefly on Amery's literary works, one of the book's great strengths lies in exploring how every aspect of Amery's life and thought is inextricably connected with his writings. This biography brilliantly demonstrates the importance of Amery in his own time and shows how his relevance extends far beyond.

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Biblioteka Austriacka

There are copies available to loan: sygn. 830(436)(091)A/Z (1 egz.)