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The postbellum period saw many privileged Americans pursuing a civilized ideal premised on insulation from pain. Medico-scientific advances in anesthetics and analgesics and emergent religious sects like Christian Science made pain avoidance seem newly possible.The...
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OUP Oxford
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2021-11-04
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Irish American Fiction from World War II to JFK addresses the concerns ofIrish America in the post-war era by studying its fiction and the authors who brought the communities of their youth to life on the page. With few exceptions, the novels studied here are...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2021-11-02
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500 Artikel von „Abend“ bis „Zypresse“: Dieses Lexikon versammelt die wichtigsten Symbole der abendländischen Literatur und zeichnet ihre Geschichte an exemplarischen Belegstellen nach. Zahlen, Farben, Pflanzen, Tiere, Orte, Räume, Dinge, Tages- und...
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J.B. Metzler
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2021-11-02
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The Invention of China in Early Modern England describes how several different English communities became aware of China. It begins by describing how early modern intellectuals used the utopian ideal of China to license all kinds of progressive innovation before...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2021-11-01
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This book presents Yi Hwang (1501–1570)—better known by his pen name, Toegye—Korea’s most eminent Confucian philosopher. It is a pioneering study of Toegye’s moral and religious thought that discusses his holistic ideas and experiences as a scholar,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2021-10-31
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This book explores how the anarchist fiction of Joseph Conrad can help us understand terrorism today. Conrad undermines the popular view that terrorists are fanatics. He portrays anarchists and police as counterparts driven by the human desires for autonomy and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2021-10-30
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In diesem Arbeitsbuch werden die Wege der 1959 in Westfalen geborenen und heute v.a. in Berlin lebenden Judith Kuckart zurückverfolgt – und zwar in den Gattungen Prosa, Theater, Hör-Feature und Film sowie im Bereich Tanz:In all diesen Gattungen hat die Künstlerin seit...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2021-10-29
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Convention and Contravention in Ben Jonson’s Three Comedies: Volpone, TheAlchemist, Bartholomew Fair is a book about Jonson’s convention of comedy thatis a disguise for the realities of life. The book aims to show the importance of thetruths that are generally away from...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2021-10-29
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This book mainly addresses the position, function, influence, and values of folk oral literature in the history of Chinese literature. Divided into 14 chapters, it systematically covers central aspects of folklore literature such as ballads, folk songs, Bianwen, Zajuci,...
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Springer
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2021-10-28
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James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template for the Coming of Age novel, while his collection of short stories, Dubliners, is of perennial interest. His great modern epic, Ulysses,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-10-28
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James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template for the Coming of Age novel, while his collection of short stories, Dubliners, is of perennial interest. His great modern epic, Ulysses,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-10-28
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'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've ever read. Perfectly curated and filled with brilliant literature'Nikesh Shukla'The ultimate introduction to post-colonial literature for those who want to understand the classics and the pioneers in this...
Editeur :
Greenfinch
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2021-10-28
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This volume gathers a superbcollection of articles on current research topicsfocused on the Catalan language andculture of the Catalan-speaking lands. The twenty contributions offer an overview of the current state of Catalan Studies and deal with medieval, early modern...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-10-28
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Does literature merely represent cognitive processes, or can it enhance, parallel, or reassess the scientific study of the mind? Beckett and the Cognitive Method argues that Samuel Beckett's narrative work, rather than just expressing or rendering mental states,...
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Oxford University Press
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2021-10-26
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This book outlines the evolution of our political nature over two million years and explores many of the rituals, plays, films, and other performances that gave voice and legitimacy to various political regimes in our species’ history. Our genetic and cultural evolution...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-10-25
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Der Mythos von Orpheus und Eurydike ist allgegenwärtig. Die vorliegende Publikation verfolgt seine Spuren in der Gegenwart. In Texten und Medien aller Arten treten der mythische Sänger und seine todgeweihte Frau auf. Stets aufs Neue stellen diese Werke die Frage nach...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2021-10-25
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Pop music is a deeply transmedial art form, a hybrid of images, attitudes, performances and texts. This bilingual volume examines the diverse transmedial processes in which German-language pop music and other forms of art enrich each other. It aims to make an important...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
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2021-10-25
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Der Sammelband versammelt Beiträge zum Thema Provinz in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur seit der Jahrtausendwende. Die Autoren analysieren die Gestaltungsweise von nationalen und globalen Phänomenen in Regional-, Dorf- und Provinzromanen. Die Provinz und das...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2021-10-25
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Das „Genie“ als etwas Gebärendes, Lebens-Verantwortendes – und damit Mütterliches? Auf dieser Grundlage wirft die Studie einen neuen Blick auf die Geniefigur in der deutschsprachigen Literatur von 1750-1950. Den Ausgangspunkt bildet eine Überlegung von Julia Kristeva,...
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J.B. Metzler
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2021-10-25
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This study of the literary relationship between Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis during the years 1936-1945 focuses on the theme of 'co-inherence' at the centre of their friendship. The idea of 'co-inherence' has long been recognized as an important contribution of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-10-21
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