»Diese überarbeitete Fassung von Nach Babel will Sprachphilosophen, Ideengeschichtler, Gelehrte auf dem Gebiet der Poetik, der Künste und der Musik, Linguisten und natürlich Übersetzer ansprechen. Aber sie bemüht sich auch...
George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections.
The world chess championship between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer at Reykjavik in 1972 was the most widely publicised and eagerly analysed beforehand of any chess match to date.It seized the attention of the worldâs press and media...
A masterly testament to the high vocation and perilous risks undertaken by true teacher and learner alike through a sustained reflection on the infinitely complex and subtle interplay of power, trust and passions in the most profound sorts of pedagogy....
When it first appeared in 1975, AFTER BABEL created a sensation, quickly establishing itself as both a controversial and seminal study of literary theory. Taking issue with modern linguistics, author George Steiner finds the root of the "Babel problem"...