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Imperfection and Defeat
Literature is defined in a challenging way as the "science" of imperfection and defeat, or else as a type of discourse that deals with defeat, loss, uncertainty in social life, by contrast with virtually all disciplines (hard sciences or social sciences) that affirm certainties and wish to convince us of truths. If in real history most constructive attempts end up in failure, it follows that we ought to have also a field of research that examines this diversity of failures and disappointments, as well as the alternative options to historical evolution and progress. Thus literature serves an indispensable role: that of gleaning the abundance of past existence, the gratuitous and the rejected being placed here on an equal level with the useful and the successful.This provocative and unusual approach is illustrated in chapters that deal with the dialectics between literary writing and such fields as historical writing, or religious discourses, and is also illustrated by the socio-historical development of East-Central Europe.
Katerina's Windows
"Examines 58 letters written by Katerina Lemmel, a wealthy Nuremberg widow, who in 1516 entered the abbey of Maria Mai in south Germany, and rebuilt the monastery using her own resources and the donations she solicited from relatives"--Provided by publisher.
National Poets, Cultural Saints: Canonization and Commemorative Cults of Writers in Europe
In National Poets, Cultural Saints Marijan Dović and Jón Karl Helgason explore the ways in which certain artists, writers, and poets in Europe have become major figures of cultural memory, emulating the symbolic role formerly played by state rulers and religious saints. The authors develop the concept of cultural sainthood in the context of nationalism as a form of invisible religion, identify major shifts in canonization practices from antiquity to the nationally-motivated commemoration of the nineteenth century, and explore the afterlives of two national poets, Slovenia's France Prešeren and Iceland's Jónas Hallgrímsson. The book presents a useful analytical model of canonization for further studies on cultural sainthood and opens up fruitful perspectives for the understanding of national movements.
A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages
What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages? How did people become disabled? Did welfare support exist? This book discusses social and cultural factors affecting the lives of medieval crippled, deaf, mute and blind people, those nowadays collectively called "disabled." Although the word did not exist then, many of the experiences disabled people might have today can already be traced back to medieval social institutions and cultural attitudes. This volume informs our knowledge of the topic by investigating the impact medieval laws had on the social position of disabled people, and conversely, how people might become disabled through judicial actions; ideas of work and how work could both cause disability through industrial accidents but also provide continued ability to earn a living through occupational support networks; the disabling effects of old age and associated physical deteriorations; and the changing nature of attitudes towards welfare provision for the disabled and the ambivalent role of medieval institutions and charity in the support and care of disabled people.
Brill's New Pauly
Brill's New Pauly, Classical Tradition consists of five volumes (Classical Tradition, I-V) uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship.
Gewalt, Bedrohung, Krieg
English summary: Georg Friedrich Handels Judas Maccabaeus is one of the most significant English oratorios of the 18th century. Taking up a topos used in England since the 16th century identifying the British with the biblical people of Israel, Handel composed a number of biblical oratorios reflecting the political situation at the time. Through its association with the Duke of Cumberland, the Jacobite Rising or the struggle for cultural identity, Judas Maccabaeus is charged with political significance and thus a perfect example of the entanglements between religion and politics as depicted in oratorios. The authors examine the work from the perspective of their respective disciplines (music...
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Magazin Buchkultur 210
In »Lichtspiel« verhandelt Daniel Kehlmann auf überzeugende Weise nicht nur grundsätzliche Fragen zur Rolle von Kunst in totalitären Systemen; Navid Kermani begibt sich in »Das Alphabet bis S« ohne Scheu auf die zutiefst menschliche Ebene einer trauernden Frau; und Adéle Rosenfeld debütiert in »Quallen haben keine Ohren« mit seltener Sprachschönheit aus der Stille, die manchmal beredter ist als ihr Gegenteil. Dazu: Wo beginnt der Schambereich und wo endet er? Wir präsentieren fünf Neuerscheinungen, die uns unsere Scham vor Augen führen – ob wir nun erröten oder auch nicht. Im Themenspezial »Wie viel dürfen wir hoffen?« denken wir auf sechs Seiten über die Zukunft nach: ...
