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A Jane Austen Education

How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

par William Deresiewicz ...

An eloquent memoir of a young man's life transformed by literature.In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily ... En savoir plus

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An eloquent memoir of a young man's life transformed by literature.In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio
Excellent Sheep

The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

par William Deresiewicz ...

A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students (those ‘sheep’), pushy parents, and admissions mayhem” (People).As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

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A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students (those ‘sheep’), pushy parents, and admissions mayhem” (People).As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift
... En savoir plus

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藝術家之死：數位資本主義、社群媒體與零工經濟全面崛起，21世紀的創作者如何開闢新局？

The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech

par 威廉‧德雷西維茲(William Deresiewicz) ...

在21世紀，創作不僅僅是做作品，藝術家也不僅僅是藝術家。藝術家是品牌、是製作人、是KOL。藝術平台是IG限動，藝術家可以24小時直播帶貨。但是當每個人都可能是藝術家，藝術的功能、場域，甚至定義，是否皆已發生質變？牛俊強（當代視覺藝術家╱實踐大學媒傳系助理教授）、朱宥勳（作家）、李屏瑤（作家）、汪正翔（攝影創作者）、徐堰鈴（演員、編劇、導演）、徐蘊康（公視《藝術很有事》製作人）、張鐵志（《VERSE》創辦人暨總編輯）、陳玠安（作家、樂評人）、陳珊妮（音樂創作人）、焦元溥（作家）、謝佩霓（藝評家、國際策展人）、簡莉穎（劇作家、影視工作者）◇齊聲推薦（按姓氏筆畫序排列）在「每個人都是藝術家」的年代，想從事藝術這一行，就要先知道藝術家都是怎麼死的。在大數據時代，關於藝術家，你會聽到兩種版本。一種是矽谷的版本：「要成為藝術家，沒有比現在更好的年代了。你只需要一台筆電、一間錄音室 ... En savoir plus

$17.99 CAD

在21世紀，創作不僅僅是做作品，藝術家也不僅僅是藝術家。藝術家是品牌、是製作人、是KOL。藝術平台是IG限動，藝術家可以24小時直播帶貨。但是當每個人都可能是藝術家，藝術的功能、場域，甚至定義，是否皆已發生質變？牛俊強（當代視覺藝術家╱實踐大學媒傳系助理教授）、朱宥勳（作家）、李屏瑤（作家）、汪正翔（攝影創作者）、徐堰鈴（演員、編劇、導演）、徐蘊康（公視《藝術很有事》製作人）、張鐵志（《VERSE》創辦人暨總編輯）、陳玠安（作家、樂評人）、陳珊妮（音樂創作人）、焦元溥（作家）、謝佩霓（藝評家、國際策展人）、簡莉穎（劇作家、影視工作者）◇齊聲推薦（按姓氏筆畫序排列）在「每個人都是藝術家」的年代，想從事藝術這一行，就要先知道藝術家都是怎麼死的。在大數據時代，關於藝術家，你會聽到兩種版本。一種是矽谷的版本：「要成為藝術家，沒有比現在更好的年代了。你只需要一台筆電、一間錄音室
... En savoir plus
La muerte del artista

par William Deresiewicz ...

Traduit par Mercedes Vaquero Granados ...

Collections series Ensayo
Una advertencia sobre cómo la economía digital amenaza la vida y el trabajo de los artistas: la música, la escritura y las artes visuales que sustentan nuestras almas y sociedades.Se escuchan dos relatos sobre ganarse la vida como artista en la era digital. Uno surge de Silicon Valley: "Nunca ha habido un mejor momento para ser artista. Si tienes un ordenador portátil, tienes un estudio de ... En savoir plus

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Una advertencia sobre cómo la economía digital amenaza la vida y el trabajo de los artistas: la música, la escritura y las artes visuales que sustentan nuestras almas y sociedades.Se escuchan dos relatos sobre ganarse la vida como artista en la era digital. Uno surge de Silicon Valley: "Nunca ha habido un mejor momento para ser artista. Si tienes un ordenador portátil, tienes un estudio de
... En savoir plus
The Death of the Artist

How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech

par William Deresiewicz ...

A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work—the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies—from an award-winning essayist and criticThere are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley. There's never been a better time to be an artist, it goes. If you've got a ... En savoir plus

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A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work—the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies—from an award-winning essayist and criticThere are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley. There's never been a better time to be an artist, it goes. If you've got a
... En savoir plus

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio
El rebaño excelente

par William Deresiewicz ...

Traduit par David Cerdá García ...

Collections series Educación y Pedagogía
¿Es el universitario una oveja, que hay que unir a un buen rebaño para que alcance una buena posición económica? ¿Eso es todo, o casi todo? Deresiewicz denuncia carencias, interpela, incomoda. Porque está en juego la propia construcción interior de la persona.Enseñar no es un problema de ingeniería. No se trata de transferir una cierta cantidad de información de un cerebro a otro. "Educar" ... En savoir plus

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¿Es el universitario una oveja, que hay que unir a un buen rebaño para que alcance una buena posición económica? ¿Eso es todo, o casi todo? Deresiewicz denuncia carencias, interpela, incomoda. Porque está en juego la propia construcción interior de la persona.Enseñar no es un problema de ingeniería. No se trata de transferir una cierta cantidad de información de un cerebro a otro. "Educar"
... En savoir plus
Pilger am Tinker Creek

par Annie Dillard, William Deresiewicz ...

Traduit par Karen Nölle ...

»Ich wohne an einem Fluss, dem Tinker Creek, in einem Tal der Blue Ridge Mountains von Virginia«, heißt es zu Beginn des mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichneten Buches Pilger am Tinker Creek, der Geschichte eines dramatischen Jahres im Roanoke Valley. Inspiriert von Henry David Thoreaus Walden, macht sich Annie Dillard darin auf, all das aufzunehmen, was sie auf ihren Erkundungen sehen kann. Was ... En savoir plus

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»Ich wohne an einem Fluss, dem Tinker Creek, in einem Tal der Blue Ridge Mountains von Virginia«, heißt es zu Beginn des mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichneten Buches Pilger am Tinker Creek, der Geschichte eines dramatischen Jahres im Roanoke Valley. Inspiriert von Henry David Thoreaus Walden, macht sich Annie Dillard darin auf, all das aufzunehmen, was sie auf ihren Erkundungen sehen kann. Was
... En savoir plus
La vita secondo Jane Austen

par William Deresiewicz ...

Quando William Deresiewicz, all'età di ventisette anni, scopre Jane Austen, è un giovane presuntuoso, sentimentalmente immaturo e persuaso che quei «romanzetti da femmine» non facciano di certo per lui. Pochi mesi dopo è un uomo trasformato: nelle pagine dei romanzi austeniani, infatti, scopre un mondo di verità e valori universali e impara a considerare la vita e i rapporti con le persone che lo ... En savoir plus

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Quando William Deresiewicz, all'età di ventisette anni, scopre Jane Austen, è un giovane presuntuoso, sentimentalmente immaturo e persuaso che quei «romanzetti da femmine» non facciano di certo per lui. Pochi mesi dopo è un uomo trasformato: nelle pagine dei romanzi austeniani, infatti, scopre un mondo di verità e valori universali e impara a considerare la vita e i rapporti con le persone che lo
... En savoir plus
Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets

par William Deresiewicz ...

This elegant and thoughtful work offers an important new way of understanding Jane Austen by defining the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on her later novels. In comparing the earlier and later phases of Austen's career, Deresiewicz addresses an important yet neglected issue regarding her work: the longstanding critical consensus that Austen's last three novels (Mansfield ... En savoir plus

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This elegant and thoughtful work offers an important new way of understanding Jane Austen by defining the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on her later novels. In comparing the earlier and later phases of Austen's career, Deresiewicz addresses an important yet neglected issue regarding her work: the longstanding critical consensus that Austen's last three novels (Mansfield
... En savoir plus
The End of Solitude

Selected Essays on Culture and Society

par William Deresiewicz ...

A passionate, probing collection gathering nearly thirty years of groundbreaking reflection on culture and society alongside four new essays, by one of our most respected essayists and critics.What is the internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning ... En savoir plus

$19.19 CAD

Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

A passionate, probing collection gathering nearly thirty years of groundbreaking reflection on culture and society alongside four new essays, by one of our most respected essayists and critics.What is the internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning
... En savoir plus

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The Death of the Artist

How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech

par William Deresiewicz ...

Lu par Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

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13 heure 56 min

A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work—the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies—from an award-winning essayist and criticThere are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley. There's never been a better time to be an artist, it goes. If you've got a ... En savoir plus

$38.99 CAD

Aussi disponible en : eBook

A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work—the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies—from an award-winning essayist and criticThere are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley. There's never been a better time to be an artist, it goes. If you've got a
... En savoir plus

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Excellent Sheep

The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

par William Deresiewicz ...

Lu par Mel Foster ...

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8 heure 34 min

As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively, and how to find a sense of purpose.Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and ... En savoir plus

$23.99 CAD

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As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively, and how to find a sense of purpose.Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and
... En savoir plus

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