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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780226359946
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- Autumn of the Middle Ages
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Europe / France, Europe / Medieval
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 31.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 490 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226359948
ISBN-13
9780226359946
eBay Product ID (ePID)
790756
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
490 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Autumn of the Middle Ages
Publication Year
1997
Subject
Europe / France, Europe / Medieval
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
31.3 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
95-000613
Reviews
This massive, gorgeously illustrated volume [. . .] offers a new translation of Huizinga's classic supplemented by all sorts of useful and interesting material. It is in every way a superb production, beginning with Diane Webb's translator's note. If you know someone fascinated by the subject (especially someone you want to find a special gift for), you couldn't go wrong with this. Of course, you might want to add it to your own library as well.
Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
944/.025
Table Of Content
Translator's Introduction Preface to the Dutch Edition Preface to the German Translation Ch. 1: The Passionate Intensity of Life Ch. 2: The Craving for a More Beautiful Life Ch. 3: The Heroic Dream Ch. 4: The Forms of Love Ch. 5: The Vision of Death Ch. 6: The Depiction of the Sacred Ch. 7: The Pious Personality Ch. 8: Religious Excitation and Religious Fantasy Ch. 9: The Decline of Symbolism Ch. 10: The Failure of Imagination Ch. 11: The Forms of Thought in Practice Ch. 12: Art in Life Ch. 13: Image and Word Ch. 14: The Coming of the New Form Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
"Here is the first full translation into English of one of the 20th century's few undoubted classics of history." - Washington Post Book World The Autumn of the Middle Ages is Johan Huizinga's classic portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France and the Netherlands. Few who have read this book in English realize that The Waning of the Middle Ages, the only previous translation, is vastly different from the original Dutch, and incompatible will all other European-language translations. For Huizinga, the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century marked not the birth of a dramatically new era in history-the Renaissance-but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought. However, his work was criticized both at home and in Europe for being "old-fashioned" and "too literary" when The Waning of the Middle Ages was first published in 1919. In the 1924 translation, Fritz Hopman adapted, reduced and altered the Dutch edition-softening Huizinga's passionate arguments, dulling his nuances, and eliminating theoretical passages. He dropped many passages Huizinga had quoted in their original old French. Additionally, chapters were rearranged, all references were dropped, and mistranslations were introduced. This translation corrects such errors, recreating the second Dutch edition which represents Huizinga's thinking at its most important stage. Everything that was dropped or rearranged has been restored. Prose quotations appear in French, with translations preprinted at the bottom of the page, mistranslations have been corrected. "The advantages of the new translation are so many. . . . It is one of the greatest, as well as one of the most enthralling, historical classics of the twentieth century, and everyone will surely want to read it in the form that was obviously intended by the author." -Francis Haskell, New York Review of Books "A once pathbreaking piece of historical interpretation. . . . This new translation will no doubt bring Huizinga and his pioneering work back into the discussion of historical interpretation." -Rosamond McKitterick, New York Times Book Review, "Here is the first full translation into English of one of the 20th century's few undoubted classics of history." -- Washington Post Book World The Autumn of the Middle Ages is Johan Huizinga's classic portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France and the Netherlands. Few who have read this book in English realize that The Waning of the Middle Ages, the only previous translation, is vastly different from the original Dutch, and incompatible will all other European-language translations. For Huizinga, the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century marked not the birth of a dramatically new era in history--the Renaissance--but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought. However, his work was criticized both at home and in Europe for being "old-fashioned" and "too literary" when The Waning of the Middle Ages was first published in 1919. In the 1924 translation, Fritz Hopman adapted, reduced and altered the Dutch edition--softening Huizinga's passionate arguments, dulling his nuances, and eliminating theoretical passages. He dropped many passages Huizinga had quoted in their original old French. Additionally, chapters were rearranged, all references were dropped, and mistranslations were introduced. This translation corrects such errors, recreating the second Dutch edition which represents Huizinga's thinking at its most important stage. Everything that was dropped or rearranged has been restored. Prose quotations appear in French, with translations preprinted at the bottom of the page, mistranslations have been corrected. "The advantages of the new translation are so many. . . . It is one of the greatest, as well as one of the most enthralling, historical classics of the twentieth century, and everyone will surely want to read it in the form that was obviously intended by the author." --Francis Haskell, New York Review of Books "A once pathbreaking piece of historical interpretation. . . . This new translation will no doubt bring Huizinga and his pioneering work back into the discussion of historical interpretation." --Rosamond McKitterick, New York Times Book Review
LC Classification Number
DC33.2.H83 1996
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- r***0 (164)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat book, great quality, condition was as described, it great shape, the value of the book is good. The appearance of the book is very good, came in a plastic package. No damage to the book at all. Fast shipping, arrived earlier than dated that was listed. Great seller, I will buy more books from them!
- 5***u (14)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseHad difficulties with receiving item due to it needing a signature and package repeatedly attempted delivery during hours when most people are at work. Seller was very communicative and accommodating. Item was as described. It was packaged extremely well, and is of a great value.Tascam Portastudio 414 4-Track Multitrack Cassette Tape Recorder (#187179506433)
- e***4 (24)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseSuper fast shipping and great packaging with this order. Items were as described and I like them even better in person! Overall great value. Seller was easy to communicate with and a pleasure to work with.