Steiner, George 1929-2020
Overview
| Works: | 869 works in 3,479 publications in 15 languages and 45,717 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Allegories Psychological fiction Literature Tragedies (Drama) Parables Art Epic fiction Trivia and miscellanea |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Interviewee, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Creator, Other, Commentator, Contributor, Composer, Donor, wpr, Honoree, Collector, Speaker, htt, pre, Narrator, Organizer of meeting |
| Classifications: | PT2621.A26, 833.912 |
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Most widely held works about
George Steiner
- Uncommon readers : Denis Donoghue, Frank Kermode, George Steiner and the tradition of the common reader by Christopher J Knight( )
- Wounds of possibility : essays on George Steiner by Ricardo Gil Soeiro( )
- Errata : an examined life by George Steiner( Book )
- Disenchantment : George Steiner and the meaning of western civilization after Auschwitz by Catherine D Chatterley( )
- Reading George Steiner( Book )
- A long Saturday : conversations by George Steiner( Book )
- Mythos und Mythisches in der Gegenwartsliteratur : Studien zu Christoph Ransmayr, Peter Handke, Botho Strauss, George Steiner, Patrick Roth und Robert Schneider by Herwig Gottwald( Book )
- Steiner by Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat( Book )
- My unwritten books by George Steiner( Book )
- Barbarie de l'ignorance by George ( Steiner( Book )
- Éloge de la transmission le maître et l'élève by George Steiner( Book )
- Un largo sábado : entrevistas con Laure Adler by George Steiner( )
- Un long samedi entretiens by George Steiner( Book )
- Entretiens by George Steiner( Book )
- Contemporary literary criticism. Volume 221 by Jeffrey W Hunter( )
- Essai sur l'oeuvre de George Steiner : la parole souffle sur notre poussière by Juan Asensio( Book )
- Responsibility and transcendence in the critical thought of George Steiner : toward a clarified calling for Christian cultural criticism by Lucas Benjamin Lee( )
- Fragments (un peu roussis) by George Steiner( Book )
- Avec George Steiner : les chemins de la culture( Book )
- George Steiner : Vienna 1900( Visual )
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Most widely held works by
George Steiner
After Babel : aspects of language and translation by
George Steiner(
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125 editions published between 1975 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the third edition of After Babel, a controversial work in translation studies. It has been revised and corrected and contains information which should be of interest to anyone involved in the theory and practice of translation
125 editions published between 1975 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the third edition of After Babel, a controversial work in translation studies. It has been revised and corrected and contains information which should be of interest to anyone involved in the theory and practice of translation
The death of tragedy by
George Steiner(
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126 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 2,289 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An engrossing and provocative look at the decline of tragedy in modern art"All men are aware of tragedy in life. But tragedy as a form of drama is not universal." So begins George Steiner's adept analysis of the demise of classic tragedy as a dramatic depiction of heroism and suffering. In The Death of Tragedy, Steiner examines the uniqueness and importance of the Greek classical tragedy-from antiquity to the age of Jean Racine and William Shakespeare-as providing stark insight into the grief and joy of human existence. Then, delving into the works of John Keats, Henrik Ibsen, Samuel Beckett
126 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 2,289 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An engrossing and provocative look at the decline of tragedy in modern art"All men are aware of tragedy in life. But tragedy as a form of drama is not universal." So begins George Steiner's adept analysis of the demise of classic tragedy as a dramatic depiction of heroism and suffering. In The Death of Tragedy, Steiner examines the uniqueness and importance of the Greek classical tragedy-from antiquity to the age of Jean Racine and William Shakespeare-as providing stark insight into the grief and joy of human existence. Then, delving into the works of John Keats, Henrik Ibsen, Samuel Beckett
Homer : a collection of critical essays by
George Steiner(
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16 editions published between 1962 and 1976 in English and held by 2,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of critical essays by Joyce, Tolstoy, Kafka, Pound and others
16 editions published between 1962 and 1976 in English and held by 2,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of critical essays by Joyce, Tolstoy, Kafka, Pound and others
Martin Heidegger by
George Steiner(
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142 editions published between 1978 and 2021 in 14 languages and held by 2,017 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discussion of the work of Martin Heidegger
142 editions published between 1978 and 2021 in 14 languages and held by 2,017 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discussion of the work of Martin Heidegger
Language and silence : essays on language, literature, and the inhuman by
George Steiner(
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56 editions published between 1967 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 1,688 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
56 editions published between 1967 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 1,688 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Antigones by
George Steiner(
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93 editions published between 1979 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
According to Greek legend, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, secretly buried her brother in defiance of the order of Creon, king of Thebes. Sentenced to death by Creon, she forestalled him by committing suicide. The theme of the conflict between Antigone and Creon - between the state and the individual, between man and woman, between young and old - has captured the Western imagination for more than 2000 years. George Steiner here examines the far-reaching legacy of this great classical myth. He considers its treatment in Western art, literature, and thought - in drama, poetry, prose, philosophic discourse, political tracts, opera, ballet, film, and even the plastic arts. A study in poetics and in the philosophy of reading, Antigones leads us to look again at the influence the Greek myths exercise on twentieth-century culture
93 editions published between 1979 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
According to Greek legend, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, secretly buried her brother in defiance of the order of Creon, king of Thebes. Sentenced to death by Creon, she forestalled him by committing suicide. The theme of the conflict between Antigone and Creon - between the state and the individual, between man and woman, between young and old - has captured the Western imagination for more than 2000 years. George Steiner here examines the far-reaching legacy of this great classical myth. He considers its treatment in Western art, literature, and thought - in drama, poetry, prose, philosophic discourse, political tracts, opera, ballet, film, and even the plastic arts. A study in poetics and in the philosophy of reading, Antigones leads us to look again at the influence the Greek myths exercise on twentieth-century culture
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky; an essay in the old criticism by
George Steiner(
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37 editions published between 1959 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"George Steiner's Tolstoy or Dostoevsky has become a classic among scholars of Russian literature. An essay in poetic and philosophic criticism that bears mainly on the Russian master, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky deals also with larger themes: the epic tradition extending from Homer to Tolstoy; the continuity of a "tragic world view" from Oedipus Rex to King Lear and The Brothers Karamazov; the contrasts between the epic and dramatic modes, between irreconcilably opposed views of God and of history."--Jacket
37 editions published between 1959 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"George Steiner's Tolstoy or Dostoevsky has become a classic among scholars of Russian literature. An essay in poetic and philosophic criticism that bears mainly on the Russian master, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky deals also with larger themes: the epic tradition extending from Homer to Tolstoy; the continuity of a "tragic world view" from Oedipus Rex to King Lear and The Brothers Karamazov; the contrasts between the epic and dramatic modes, between irreconcilably opposed views of God and of history."--Jacket
Real presences by
George Steiner(
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56 editions published between 1985 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or, is God always a real presence in the arts? Steiner passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication
56 editions published between 1985 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or, is God always a real presence in the arts? Steiner passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication
In Bluebeard's castle : some notes towards the redefinition of culture by
George Steiner(
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53 editions published between 1971 and 1989 in English and held by 1,330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Four lectures with interrelated themes dealing with the fragmentation and of Western culture from the French Revolution onwards (particularly from the perspective of a perceived break with tradition, whether Jewish, Christian, Greek or Latin), with a meditation of what kind of future culture might develop over the course of time. Central to the argument is an examination of effects of the Holocaust on culture, and the questions that arise from it in terms of the growth and development of anti-semitism
53 editions published between 1971 and 1989 in English and held by 1,330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Four lectures with interrelated themes dealing with the fragmentation and of Western culture from the French Revolution onwards (particularly from the perspective of a perceived break with tradition, whether Jewish, Christian, Greek or Latin), with a meditation of what kind of future culture might develop over the course of time. Central to the argument is an examination of effects of the Holocaust on culture, and the questions that arise from it in terms of the growth and development of anti-semitism
Extraterritorial; papers on literature and the language revolution by
George Steiner(
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48 editions published between 1968 and 1978 in English and held by 1,182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
48 editions published between 1968 and 1978 in English and held by 1,182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On difficulty, and other essays by
George Steiner(
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36 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and held by 1,134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A distinguished collection of essays on language, literature, and philosophy from acclaimed scholar and critic George SteinerOn Difficulty is as provocative and relevant today as when its essays were first published. Ranging from critical topics such as the understanding of language to the meaning of meaning, inward speech to the relationship between erotic sensibility and linguistic convention, these eight essays posit myriad topics for exploration and dialogue. George Steiner deals with considerations that are simultaneously literary and philosophical, exploring themes of linguistic privacy
36 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and held by 1,134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A distinguished collection of essays on language, literature, and philosophy from acclaimed scholar and critic George SteinerOn Difficulty is as provocative and relevant today as when its essays were first published. Ranging from critical topics such as the understanding of language to the meaning of meaning, inward speech to the relationship between erotic sensibility and linguistic convention, these eight essays posit myriad topics for exploration and dialogue. George Steiner deals with considerations that are simultaneously literary and philosophical, exploring themes of linguistic privacy
The portage to San Cristóbal of A.H. by
George Steiner(
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63 editions published between 1979 and 2020 in 5 languages and held by 1,099 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1977, deep in the Amazon jungle, exhausted Israeli Nazi-hunters find a silent old man - Adolph Hitler - and decide to carry him to San Cristobal, where he will stand trial. Their harrowing story explores the nature of guilt, vengeance, pain, and the power of language. In his new Afterword, George Steiner responds to the controversy the novel inspired when it first came out and was adapted for the stage."--Jacket
63 editions published between 1979 and 2020 in 5 languages and held by 1,099 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1977, deep in the Amazon jungle, exhausted Israeli Nazi-hunters find a silent old man - Adolph Hitler - and decide to carry him to San Cristobal, where he will stand trial. Their harrowing story explores the nature of guilt, vengeance, pain, and the power of language. In his new Afterword, George Steiner responds to the controversy the novel inspired when it first came out and was adapted for the stage."--Jacket
Grammars of creation : originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990 by
George Steiner(
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35 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in English and held by 920 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Roaming across topics as diverse as the Hebrew Bible, the history of science and mathematics, the ontology of Heidegger, and the poetry of Paul Celan, Steiner examines how the twentieth century has placed in doubt the rationale and credibility of a future tense - the existence of hope. Acknowledging that technology and science may have replaced art and literature as the driving forces in our culture, Steiner warns that this has not happened without a significant loss. The forces of technology and science alone fail to illuminate inevitable human questions regarding value, faith, and meaning. And yet it is difficult to believe that the story out of Genesis has ended, Steiner observes, and he concludes this volume of reflections with an evocation of the endlessness of beginnings."--Jacket
35 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in English and held by 920 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Roaming across topics as diverse as the Hebrew Bible, the history of science and mathematics, the ontology of Heidegger, and the poetry of Paul Celan, Steiner examines how the twentieth century has placed in doubt the rationale and credibility of a future tense - the existence of hope. Acknowledging that technology and science may have replaced art and literature as the driving forces in our culture, Steiner warns that this has not happened without a significant loss. The forces of technology and science alone fail to illuminate inevitable human questions regarding value, faith, and meaning. And yet it is difficult to believe that the story out of Genesis has ended, Steiner observes, and he concludes this volume of reflections with an evocation of the endlessness of beginnings."--Jacket
No passion spent : essays 1978-1995 by
George Steiner(
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23 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 840 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
George Steiner is one of the preeminent essayists and literary thinkers of our era. In this remarkable book he concerns himself with language and the relation of language to literature and to religion. Written during a period when the art of reading and the status of a text have been threatened by literary movements that question their validity and by computer technology, Steiner's essays affirm the primacy of reading in the classical sense. Steiner covers a wide range of subjects, from the Hebrew Bible, Homer, and Shakespeare to Kafka, Kierkegaard, Simone Weil, Husserl, and Freud. The theme of Judaism's tragic destiny winds through his thinking, in particular as he muses about whether Jewish scripture and the Talmud are the Jew's true homeland, about the parallels between the "last supper" of Socrates and the Last Supper of Jesus, and about the necessity for Christians to hold themselves accountable for their invective and impotence during the Holocaust
23 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 840 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
George Steiner is one of the preeminent essayists and literary thinkers of our era. In this remarkable book he concerns himself with language and the relation of language to literature and to religion. Written during a period when the art of reading and the status of a text have been threatened by literary movements that question their validity and by computer technology, Steiner's essays affirm the primacy of reading in the classical sense. Steiner covers a wide range of subjects, from the Hebrew Bible, Homer, and Shakespeare to Kafka, Kierkegaard, Simone Weil, Husserl, and Freud. The theme of Judaism's tragic destiny winds through his thinking, in particular as he muses about whether Jewish scripture and the Talmud are the Jew's true homeland, about the parallels between the "last supper" of Socrates and the Last Supper of Jesus, and about the necessity for Christians to hold themselves accountable for their invective and impotence during the Holocaust
Lessons of the masters by
George Steiner(
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16 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in English and held by 743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When we talk about education today, we tend to avoid the rhetoric of "mastery," with its erotic and inegalitarian overtones. But the charged personal encounter between master and disciple is precisely what interests George Steiner in this book, a sustained reflection on the infinitely complex and subtle interplay of power, trust, and passions in the most profound sorts of pedagogy. Based on Steiner's Norton Lectures on the art and lore of teaching, Lessons of the Masters evokes a host of exemplary figures, including Socrates and Plato, Jesus and his disciples, Virgil and Dante, Heloise and Abelard, Tycho Brahe and Johann Kepler, the Baal Shem Tov, Confucian and Buddhist sages, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, Nadia Boulanger, and Knute Rockne." "Pivotal in the unfolding of Western culture are Socrates and Jesus, charismatic masters who left no written teachings, founded no schools. In the efforts of their disciples, in the passion narratives inspired by their deaths, Steiner sees the beginnings of the inward vocabulary, the encoded recognitions of much of our moral, philosophical, and theological idiom. He goes on to consider a diverse array of traditions and disciplines, recurring throughout to three underlying themes: the master's power to exploit his student's dependence and vulnerability; the complementary threat of subversion and betrayal of the mentor by his pupil; and the reciprocal exchange of trust and love of learning and instruction between teacher and disciple."--Jacket
16 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in English and held by 743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When we talk about education today, we tend to avoid the rhetoric of "mastery," with its erotic and inegalitarian overtones. But the charged personal encounter between master and disciple is precisely what interests George Steiner in this book, a sustained reflection on the infinitely complex and subtle interplay of power, trust, and passions in the most profound sorts of pedagogy. Based on Steiner's Norton Lectures on the art and lore of teaching, Lessons of the Masters evokes a host of exemplary figures, including Socrates and Plato, Jesus and his disciples, Virgil and Dante, Heloise and Abelard, Tycho Brahe and Johann Kepler, the Baal Shem Tov, Confucian and Buddhist sages, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, Nadia Boulanger, and Knute Rockne." "Pivotal in the unfolding of Western culture are Socrates and Jesus, charismatic masters who left no written teachings, founded no schools. In the efforts of their disciples, in the passion narratives inspired by their deaths, Steiner sees the beginnings of the inward vocabulary, the encoded recognitions of much of our moral, philosophical, and theological idiom. He goes on to consider a diverse array of traditions and disciplines, recurring throughout to three underlying themes: the master's power to exploit his student's dependence and vulnerability; the complementary threat of subversion and betrayal of the mentor by his pupil; and the reciprocal exchange of trust and love of learning and instruction between teacher and disciple."--Jacket
The trial by
Franz Kafka(
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13 editions published between 1992 and 2020 in English and held by 569 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Joseph K. is suddenly arrested and must spend the rest of his life fighting a charge against him about which he can get no information
13 editions published between 1992 and 2020 in English and held by 569 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Joseph K. is suddenly arrested and must spend the rest of his life fighting a charge against him about which he can get no information
George Steiner : a reader by
George Steiner(
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17 editions published between 1984 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1984 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 519 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anno Domini : three stories by
George Steiner(
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12 editions published between 1964 and 1986 in 3 languages and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stories which center around the theme of what happens to human beings after a war
12 editions published between 1964 and 1986 in 3 languages and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stories which center around the theme of what happens to human beings after a war
Language and silence: essays 1958-1966 by
George Steiner(
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63 editions published between 1958 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Humane literacy -- Language out of Darkness -- Classics -- Masters -- Fiction and the present -- Marxism and literature
63 editions published between 1958 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Humane literacy -- Language out of Darkness -- Classics -- Masters -- Fiction and the present -- Marxism and literature
Proofs and three parables by
George Steiner(
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22 editions published between 1992 and 2001 in 5 languages and held by 428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Politiek-filosofische novelle over de val van het communisme, gevolgd door drie 'gelijkenissen'
22 editions published between 1992 and 2001 in 5 languages and held by 428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Politiek-filosofische novelle over de val van het communisme, gevolgd door drie 'gelijkenissen'
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Amazon River Region Anthropology Antigone--(Mythological character) Antigone (Sophocles) Arts--Philosophy Austrian fiction Authors, English Beginning Books and reading Civilization, Modern College teaching--Philosophy Creation Creative ability Criminal justice, Administration of--Moral and ethical aspects Discourse analysis Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Epic literature Epic poetry, Greek France German fiction Germany Great Britain Guilt Heidegger, Martin, Hitler, Adolf, Homer Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Israel Language and languages Language and languages--Philosophy Linguistics in literature Literature Literature, Modern Literature--Philosophy Nazis Philologists Philology, Modern Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc Prozess (Kafka, Franz) Psycholinguistics Psychological fiction Sophocles Steiner, George, Teacher-student relationships Tolstoy, Leo,--graf, Totalitarianism Tragedy Translating and interpreting Trials War crime trials
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George Steiner, 1929-2020.
George Steiner Ameerika Ühendriikide kirjanik
George Steiner American writer
George Steiner americký literární kritik, esejista, beletrista, překladatel a filozof
George Steiner amerikansk författare
George Steiner critique littéraire, linguiste, écrivain et philosophe anglo-franco-américain
George Steiner escriptor, crític i teòric de la literatura i la cultura
George Steiner escritor estadounidense
George Steiner escritor estadounidense (1929-2020)
George Steiner Frans filosoof
George Steiner Penulis, kritikus sastra dan filsuf Amerika Serikat
George Steiner scriitor american
George Steiner scrittore e saggista francese
George Steiner shkrimtar amerikan
George Steiner US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Literaturwissenschaftler und Kulturkritiker österreichisch-französischer
Herkunft
George Steiner usona verkisto
George Steiner yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija
Georgius Steiner
Shṭaiyner, Gʹurgʹ 1929-2020
Stajner, Džordž 1929-2020
Steiner Francis George
Steiner, Francis George 1929-
Steiner, Francis George 1929-2020
Steiner G.
Steiner, G. 1929-
Steiner, G. 1929-2020
Steiner, G. (George), 1929-
Steiner, G. (George) 1929-2020
Steiner, Georg
Steiner, George
Steiner, George, 1929-
Steiner, Georges.
Steiner, Georges 1929-
Steiner Georges 1929-2020
Steiner, Jorge 1929-
Steiner, Jorge, 1929-2020
Stejner, Džordž
Джордж Стайнер
Джордж Стайнър американски литературен критик и писател
Джордж Стейнер
Джордж Стейнер американський письменник
Стайнер, Джордж
Стайнер, Джордж, 1929-2020.
Џорџ Штајнер амерички књижевни критичар, есејиста, филозоф, романописац и педагог
ג'ורג' סטיינר סופר אמריקאי
סטיינר, ג'ורג'
סטינר, ג'ורג'
שטיינער, ג'ורג' 1929-
שטיינר, ג'ורג 1929-
שטיינר, ג'ורג 1929-2020
שטינר, ג'ורג' 1929-
שטינר, ג'ורג', 1929-2020
جورج استاینر
جورج ستاينر كاتب ومفكر وناقد أدبي أمريكي
جورج ستاینر
جورج ستينر، 1929-
ستاينر، جورج، 1929-
ستينر، جورج، 1929-
스타이너, 조지 1929-2020
스테이너, 조지 1929-2020
스테이너, 프란시스 조지 1929-2020
스테이너, 프랜시스 조지 1929-2020
ジョージ・スタイナー
スタイナー, G.
スタイナー, ジョージ
喬治·史坦納
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