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Inventing the German Nation in Travel Literature, 1738-1839
"Far into the nineteenth century, Germany was not yet a nation-state but a conglomeration of principalities. The causes and consequences of its "belatedness" compared to other European countries such as England and France have been much debated. The present book breaks new ground by identifying travel literature as an important factor in the forging of a distinct and cohesive German identity well before political unification in 1871. First, foreign travelers' accounts (travelogues, guidebooks) referred to and treated "Germany" as a distinct place, even though it was still politically divided, thus enabling German readers to imagine their fragmented nation as a conceptual whole. Second, Germa...
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Thibaut - Zycha
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The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology
Once considered the largest and most extensive source of biographies in the English language, The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology contains information on nearly every historical figure, notable name, and important subject of mythology from throughout the world prior to the 20th century. Spanning all fields of human effort-from literature and the arts to philosophy and science-and touching on topics from multiple areas of mythological study, including Norse, Greek, and Roman, this extraordinary reference guide continues to be one of the most thorough and accurate collections of biographical data ever created. Combining mythological and biographical entries into a single, compr...
Self-quotation in Schubert
Examines the history of musical self-quotation, and reveals and explores a previously unidentified case of Schubert quoting one of his own songs in a major instrumental work.
