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Here We Go Round Slovenia – A Journey of Song takes the reader on a trip around Slovenia, presenting some of this beautiful subalpine country’s cultural and folk heritage. The eighteen songs arranged by Blaž Pucihar, a prominent Slovene composer and pianist, embody the language and stories of the people as they used to be sung. Not only do they talk of how the people once lived, but also provide a wonderful feel of the geography of the land with his carefully selected vocal and instrumental ensemble for each composition. The illustrations by Damijan Stepančič further add to the special feel through which the reader can get a sense of Slovenia and its people. An introduction to each so...
Skupina raziskovalcev z ZRC SAZU in ljubljanske Filozofske fakultete pod vodstvom Marka Juvana v knjigi razvija novo disciplino, ki se oblikuje na presečišču med analizo literarnega sistema in geografijo, opira pa se na geografske informacijske sisteme. Na literarnogeografskem pristopu, predstavljenem v uvodnih poglavjih, temeljijo študije, tematski zemljevidi in grafi, ki skušajo razložiti, kako se je prek interakcije med geografskimi dejavniki in književnimi praksami v slovenščini od 1780 do 1940 materialno-ideološko oblikoval »narodni prostor« Slovencev. Argumentacija temelji na prostorsko-statističnih analizah množice podatkov o biografijah literarnih akterjev, razvoju tiska, založništva, literarnih društev in gledališč, o krajih, predstavljenih v zgodovinskih romanih, in konstelaciji spominskih objektov in poimenovanj, posvečenih slovenskim književnikom. Sistemska obravnava je dopolnjena z razpravami o predstavljenih in življenjskih prostorih izbranih književnikov od 17. do 21. stoletja.
This book is the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Slovenia in English. Only very few countries, even considerably larger ones, can boast the landscape diversity found in Slovenia since the Alps, the Pannonian Basin, the Dinaric Alps, and the Mediterranean meet and interweave in this small corner of Central Europe, as do Germanic, Hungarian, Slavic, and Romance cultural influences. The book provides a systematical overview of physical and human geographical elements of Slovenia from landforms to cultural characteristics. Special attention is given to landscape diversity, to the presentation of Slovene landscape types and regions, to some particularities and interesting facts of Slovenia, and to the position of Slovenia in the World. The book also illustrates some other important geographical phenomena, processes and interactions between nature and society in nowadays Slovenia. This volume appeals to researchers as well as students in the field of regional geography. It can also serve as a source for complete background information as well as a field guide for Slovenia.