Sound coming from outside the field of vision, from somewhere beyond, holds a privileged
place in the Western imagination. When separated from their source, sounds seem to …

This book shows how recent work in cognitive science, especially that developed by
cognitive linguists and cognitive psychologists, can be used to explain how we understand …

What is music, and why does it move us? From Pythagoras to the present, writers have
struggled to isolate the essence of" pure" or" absolute" music in ways that also account for its …

What does it mean to write about performed music? About an opera live and unfolding in
time and not an operatic work? Shouldn't this be what we do, since we love music for its …

Grounded equally in discussions of theater history, literary genre, and theory, Martin
Puchner's Stage Fright: Modernism, Anti-Theatricality, and Drama explores the conflict …

" The scholarship of Michael Spitzer's new book is impressive and thorough. The writing is
impeccable and the coverage extensive. The book treats the history of the use of metaphor …

Written by one of the best-known interpreters of classical literature today, Sophocles and the
Language of Tragedy presents a revolutionary take on the work of this great classical …

Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music.
Kant described wordless music as" more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it …

After an introductory section, this article will focus on four questions: How should the Kyoto
School be defined? What is meant by its central philosophical concept of “absolute …

Who are pop dandies? Why are stars like David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty and
Robbie Williams so dandified? Taking up a wide range of British pop stars, Hawkins seeks …