Another music; polemics and pleasures.9781412807937 Another music; polemics po·lem·ics n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. The art or practice of argumentation or controversy. 2. The practice of theological controversy to refute errors of doctrine. and pleasures. McCormick, John. Transaction Publishers 2008 254 pages $39.95 Hardcover PN511 John McCormick Noun 1. John McCormick - United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945) McCormick spent most of his academic life a s professor of American Studies in Berlin. He has written on American literature American literature, literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in and particularly the work of George Santayana George Santayana (December 16, 1863, Madrid – September 26, 1952, Rome), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. A lifelong Spanish citizen, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States, invariably wrote in English, and is considered an American man . Here he distills the results of over fifty years of observations in a collection of essays. Some are personal, the perceptions of an American living abroad; some are literary. Several use the form of a book review to also comment on social matters. The 1962 essay based on a transcript of a Senate hearing on the need for American short stories to be available in other countries is particularly amusing. There are several essays on literature and some on Spain, including a treatise A scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as Criminal Law or Land-Use Control. Lawyers commonly use treatises in order to review the law and update their knowledge of pertinent case decisions and statutes. on bull fighting. McCormick writes well and has much to say. This is a book that has much to savor and to share. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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