Martin Puchner: 6 books

Book cover of The Written World

The Written World

The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization

by Martin Puchner
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017

The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal...
Book cover of Stage Fright

Stage Fright

Modernism, Anti-Theatricality, and Drama

by Martin Puchner
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Grounded equally in discussions of theater history, literary genre, and theory, Martin Puchner's Stage Fright: Modernism, Anti-Theatricality, and Drama explores the conflict between avant-garde theater and modernism. While the avant-garde celebrated all things theatrical, a dominant strain of modernism...
Book cover of The Drama of Ideas

The Drama of Ideas

Platonic Provocations in Theater and Philosophy

by Martin Puchner
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010

Most philosophy has rejected the theater, denouncing it as a place of illusion or moral decay; the theater in turn has rejected philosophy, insisting that drama deals in actions, not ideas. Challenging both views, The Drama of Ideas shows that theater and philosophy have been crucially intertwined...
Book cover of The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Martin Puchner
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009

The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics* *series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted...
Book cover of 筆尖上的世界史:形塑民族、歷史和文明的故事力量

筆尖上的世界史:形塑民族、歷史和文明的故事力量

THE WRITTEN WORLD: The Story of Literature and How It Shaped History

by 馬丁.普赫納, Martin Puchner
Language: Chinese
Release Date: July 1, 2018

哈佛大學人氣課程「Hum 10人文經典」講師權威作品,關於書寫最波瀾壯闊的身世追尋之旅! 最驚人的十六幕,是文學的故事,也是世界的歷史。 因為閱讀,我們得以與過去交談,和未來對話。 隨著書寫,帝國興衰起落、哲學與政治的烈焰騷動世界,宗教信仰澤披人間。 這是史上最沛然莫之能禦的偉大革新、傳奇發明, 令所有嗜讀之人再三流連的記憶、想像、創造與冒險! 一名吟遊詩人的史詩故事,造就一個橫跨歐亞非的龐大王朝興起。 一個待解散工會的重整宣言,成為發動革命、震撼歷史進程的基礎概念。 幾名不聽話學生的紀錄,讓老師的教誨徹底翻轉哲學與宗教世界。 一本輕薄短小的書本,導致擁有兩千年輝煌歷史、科學與文化的帝國滅亡。 一位印刷廠工頭對技術的熱愛,激勵殖民地獨立成為現代強國。 如果世界沒有書寫,人類的歷史將因此截然不同,大多數哲學和政治思想也將不復存在,幾乎所有宗教信仰更將徹底消失…… 人類早期書寫系統因為難以精通,只有一小群抄寫員能控制蒐集來的故事,卻間接保存了帝國的文化、造就中東和希臘的字母革命;佛陀、孔子、蘇格拉底和耶穌拒絕寫下任何東西,卻使其門生發展出新的書寫風格,撼動哲學與宗教的發展;書寫受到更容易學習的創新技術支持,讓日本的紫式部和西班牙的塞凡提斯,創造出《源氏物語》和《唐吉訶德》的新文學小說類型;紙張革命從中國傳播到中東,降低了文學成本,從而使得紙張和印刷術的運用更廣泛,人類發展也隨著報紙及《共產黨宣言》般的新文本,進入大量生產和讀寫能力普及化的時代,看見新的政權與國家的誕生。 從《伊里亞德》到JK.羅琳的《哈利波特》,本書收錄十六隻筆創造的經典作品,敘述四千年來的文學故事及發展,也講述書寫技術的革命,如何從根本上改變世世代代的生活、加速歷史的進程。更帶讀者來趟文學朝聖之旅,在地理、歷史、文化、旅遊景點與歷史間悠遊。途中不僅探尋文學遺跡,更與考古學家、翻譯者、吟遊詩人和諾貝爾文學獎得主對話。 世界是龐大複雜的超級文本,而文學筆尖上一則又一則迷人的故事,就是理解世界的起點。 ◆各界推薦 ●...
Book cover of Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by Henrik Ibsen, Martin Puchner
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009

Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes...
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