Ebooks de William Ian Miller en PDF et EPUB

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Télécharger le livre : Outrageous Fortune
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Outrageous Fortune
William Ian Miller
In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences, indeed often the opposite of intended effects, of so-called 'good things'. Noted for his remarkable erudition, wit, and playful pessimism, Miller here ranges over topics from personal...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-11-02

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9,46 €
Télécharger le livre : Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities
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Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities
William Ian Miller
William Ian Miller presents a close reading of one of the best known of the Icelandic sagas, showing its moral, political, and psychological sophistication. Hrafnkel tells of a fairly simple feud in which a man rises, falls, and rises again with a vengeance, so to...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2016-12-22

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26,72 €
Télécharger le livre : 'Why is your axe bloody?'
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'Why is your axe bloody?'
William Ian Miller
Nijáls saga the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud, that starts innocently enough in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast, and expands over the course of 20 years to engulf half the country,...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2014-07-17

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38,87 €