DISCLOSURE:
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, Amazon and Alibris.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Stanford University Press 1987 Hardcover Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. [Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
Stanford University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Stanford University Press ISBN 0804713634 9780804713634 [US]
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover First Edition Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover First Edition Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, Date: 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. 225p. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. Jacket is enclosed in a protective mylar cover and has only the slightest edgewear. The book is also a bit edgeworn; otherwise clean and tight. A scholarly study of the life and works of Edward Gibbon. 1987. Stanford University Press ISBN 0804713634 9780804713634 [US]
Stanford, CA Stanford University Press 1987 Hardcover Very Good 225p. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. Jacket is enclosed in a protective mylar cover and has only the slightest edgewear. The book is also a bit edgeworn; otherwise clean and tight. A scholarly study of the life and works of Edward Gibbon.
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA] Hardcover 225p. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. Jacket is enclosed in a protective mylar cover and has only the slightest edgewear. The book is also a bit edgeworn; otherwise clean and tight. A scholarly study of the life and works of Edward Gibbon. [Dayton, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover 225 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Leicht vergilbt, sonst sehr guter Zustand / Slightly yellowed, otherwise in very good condition. - This innovative study of Edward Gibbon and his work considers the relationship between the historians experience of his inner life and his literary portrayal of past lives and ideals. Sharply distinguishing itself from traditional biographical approaches, it shows how Gibbon both defined himself by his literary work and remained beyond its consoling or resolving formulations, and how he was himself caught up in the ironies for which he is famous. After sketching the conditions of solitude under which Gibbon lived and worked, the author describes how, to bring order to history, Gibbon arranges the material of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by stationing the narrator on a high, Olympian prospect within the work, a position that enables simultaneous moral and narrative command. He locates Gibbons attack on the contingent madness of Christianity within a larger scene of cosmic ironies, and examines Gibbons nervous attempts to fix and define character, as exemplified in his portraits of J ...
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover 225 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Leicht vergilbt, sonst sehr guter Zustand / Slightly yellowed, otherwise in very good condition. - This innovative study of Edward Gibbon and his work considers the relationship between the historians experience of his inner life and his literary portrayal of past lives and ideals. Sharply distinguishing itself from traditional biographical approaches, it shows how Gibbon both defined himself by his literary work and remained beyond its consoling or resolving formulations, and how he was himself caught up in the ironies for which he is famous. After sketching the conditions of solitude under which Gibbon lived and worked, the author describes how, to bring order to history, Gibbon arranges the material of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by stationing the narrator on a high, Olympian prospect within the work, a position that enables simultaneous moral and narrative command. He locates Gibbons attack on the contingent madness of Christianity within a larger scene of cosmic ironies, and examines Gibbons nervous attempts to fix and define character, as exemplified in his portraits of J ...
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
ISBN10: 0804713634, ISBN13: 9780804713634, [publisher: Stanford University Press] Hardcover Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
Stanford University Press, Date: 1987-09-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1987. Stanford University Press ISBN 0804713634 9780804713634 [US]
DISCLOSURE:
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, Amazon and Alibris.