Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autobiography, confessions, dynamic theory of history, education of henry adams, henry brooks adams, john adams, john quincy adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, pulitzer prize, st augustine on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
By Henry Brooks Adams
Penguin Classics, 566pp
The Education of Henry Adams was privately printed in 1907. Upon Adams’s death in 1918 it received its first public printing, and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1919. Now largely forgotten, and some of his theories discredited, The Education of Henry [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged E. Dale Saunders, Hibakusha, Hiroshi Teshigahara, identity, japan, Kaori Nagai, kobo abe, masks, noh, Tanin No Kao, the face of another, The Woman of the Dunes on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Face of Another (1964) Tanin No Kao
By Kobo Abe
With an Introduction by Kaori Nagai
Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders
Penguin Classics, 237pp
For his second novel Kobo Abe attempted to deal with larger issues of identity and personality on a national scale, by focussing on one nameless man. In Woman of the Dunes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abelard, american institute of architects, architecture, chanson de roland, chartres, education of henry adams, france, Heloise, henry brooks adams, history, isolde, mont saint michel, paris, philosophy, poetry, ralph adams cram, religion, Spinoza, thomas aquanis, tristan, twelfth century, unesco world heritage sites on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904)
By Henry Brooks Adams
The abbey at Mont-Saint Michel and the cathedral at Chartres are the subject of Henry Adams’ history, self-published in 1904 for the education of his nieces and “nieces in wish” but later released by Ralph Adams Cram with the support of the American Institute of Architects. This [...]
