The ancients and Shakespeare on time : some remarks on the war of generations / Piotr Nowak.
"In this book, Piotr Nowak depicts a world where tradition -- devoid of gravity, 'Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything' -- attempts to curb the young and new, while youth resists with all its power, vitality and characteristic insolence. The wars of generations, which No...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2014.
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| Series: | Value inquiry book series ;
v. 271. Value inquiry book series. Philosophy, literature, and politics. |
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| Summary: | "In this book, Piotr Nowak depicts a world where tradition -- devoid of gravity, 'Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything' -- attempts to curb the young and new, while youth resists with all its power, vitality and characteristic insolence. The wars of generations, which Nowak explores in the works of Plato, Aristophanes and Shakespeare, pertain to the essence and meaning of time. They make up the dramatic tensions in the transgenerational dialogue between the old and the young"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 106 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-101) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789042038202 9042038209 |