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Why were books considered valuable in the Middle Ages? This study focuses on medieval testaments and donation records from England before 1450 to investigate this question. The primary sources and datable records from before and after the Norman Conquest show that...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-10
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This book explores the phenomenon of the story paper, the meanings and values children took from their reading, and the responses of adults to their reading choices. It argues for the revaluing of the story paper in the inter-war years, giving the genre a pivotal role...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-02-09
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The changes wrought by industrialization in the nineteenth century were heralded by many as the inevitable march of progress. Yet a fair share of critics opposed the encroachment of modernity into everyday life. Wedding Walter Benjamin's critique of urban modernity with...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-02-07
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Now available in a single volume paperback, this advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, and genre of the novel, in over 140 articles of 500-7,000 words. Entries explore the history and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-02-06
Collection :
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature
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In Band 35 (2013) der Simpliciana werden sechzehn Vorträge veröffentlicht, die während einer Tagung mit dem Rahmenthema «Der Teutsche Michel. Kulturpatriotismus und Sprachverhalten im Werk Grimmelshausens und in der oberrheinischen Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit» Mitte...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-05
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Guided by the historical semantics developed in Raymond Williams' pioneering study of cultural vocabulary, Modernism: Keywords presents a series of short entries on words used with frequency and urgency in “written modernism,” tracking cultural and literary debates and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-02-05
Collection :
Keywords in Literature and Culture (KILC).
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Federalism is spreading around the world as a system of government, yet its origins as a political theory remain obscure. Modern federalism was first developed at the end of the eighteenth century. While Kant identified in federalism the value aspect of universal peace,...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2014-02-05
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«Inklings» nannte sich eine Gruppe von Schriftstellern und Geisteswissenschaftlern in Oxford, deren bekannteste Mitglieder J.R.R. Tolkien und C.S. Lewis waren. Die Inklings-Gesellschaft e.V. widmet sich seit 1983 dem Studium und der Verbreitung der Werke dieser und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-05
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Secondo la maggior parte dei critici, la fortuna di Manzoni in Gran Bretagna e negli Stati Uniti è stata molto limitata. Ma questo volume, che tratta della ricezione manzoniana nei paesi anglosassoni nell’Ottocento, cerca di ridimensionare l’interpretazione tradizionale...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-05
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This book analyzes Siri Hustvedt’s three novels The Blindfold, What I Loved and The Sorrows of an American with a focus on visual art. Siri Hustvedt is one of the most popular American writers today and her work is predominantly concerned with art historical and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-05
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Der vorliegende Band erkundet die deutsche Dante-Rezeption in der Literatur und den Künsten im 20. Jahrhundert. Er dokumentiert anhand von verschiedenartigen Beispielen die Vielfalt der von der Divina Commedia ausgehenden künstlerischen Anregungen in Moderne und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-04
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This companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary. Offers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis Brings together the most up-to-date international...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-01-31
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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Shakespeare's Nature offers the first sustained account of the impact of the language and practice of husbandry onShakespeare's work. It shows how the early modern discourse of cultivation changes attitude to the natural world, and traces the interrelationships between...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-30
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This volume contains selected papers from the XV International Graduate Conference, highlighting the latest scholarship from a new generation of Late Antique and Byzantine scholars from around the world. The theme of the conference explored the interaction between power...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-30
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Am 4. Oktober 1914 wurde der von 93 führenden Repräsentanten der deutschen Kunst und Wissenschaft unterzeichnete Aufruf «An die Kulturwelt!» veröffentlicht. Er ist sogleich ein Schlüsseldokument geworden, das bis heute jede Untersuchung des «Kriegs der Geister» im...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-30
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Sir Thomas Elyot's Latin-English dictionary, published in 1538, became the leading work of its kind in England. Gabriele Stein describes this pioneering work, exploring its inner structure and workings, its impact on contemporary scholarship, and its later influence.
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Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-01-30
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Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-29
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Neo-Victorian writers invoke conflicting viewpoints in diaries, letters, etc. to creatively retrace the past in fragmentary and contradictory ways. This book explores the complex desires involved in epistolary discoveries of 'hidden' Victorians, offering new insight...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-24
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This book provides a lively introduction to the work of Roland Barthes, one of the twentieth century's most important literary and cultural theorists. The book covers all aspects of Barthes's writings including his work on literary theory, mass communications, the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-23
Collection :
Key Contemporary Thinkers
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This companion offers a wide-ranging introduction to the rapidly expanding field of translation studies, bringing together some of the best recent scholarship to present its most important current themes Features new work from well-known scholars Includes a broad range...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-01-22
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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