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Attention and Distraction in Modern German Literature, Thought, and Culture
This wide-ranging interdisciplinary study traces the intertwined histories of attention and distraction from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Sadness and Melancholy in German-language Literature and Culture
Focusing on "Sadness and Melancholy in German-language Literature and Culture," volume 6 investigates the often subversive function and meaning of sadness and melancholy in German-language literature and culture from the seventeenth century to the present where, arguably, it has fallen from the heights of melancholy genius and artistic creativity of earlier epochs to become the embarrassing other of a Western civilization that prizes happiness as the mark of successful modern living. Interrogating the distinction between sadness as an anthropological constant and melancholy as a shifting cultural discourse, the contributions explore how different authors use established literary and cultural topoi from melancholy discourses to comment on topics as diverse as war, religion, gender inequality, and modernity. As well as essays on canonical figures including Goethe and Thomas Mann, the volume features studies of sadness in lesser-known writers such as Betty Paoli and Julia Schoch. -- From publisher's website.
Nach der Postmoderne? Authentizitätskonzepte, Realitätshunger und neuer Dokumentarismus in der deutschsprachigen Literatur der Gegenwart
Have you ever wondered what comes after postmodern irony? “Nach der Postmoderne? Authentizitätskonzepte, Realitätshunger und neuer Dokumentarismus in der deutschsprachigen Literatur der Gegenwart” takes you on a journey through today's German literature, where authenticity and a renewed desire for reality take center stage. This collection addresses pressing questions: Can literature still offer genuine insights in an era of fake news and digital manipulation? How do new documentary approaches in novels and storytelling reframe our understanding of truth and fiction? And what does the contemporary fascination with authenticity reveal about today's cultural climate? Featuring compelling...
Authors and the World
Authors and the World traces how four core 'modes of authorship' have developed and inflect one another in modern Germany through a series of twenty different case studies, including the work of Thomas Mann, Günter Grass, Anna Seghers, Walter Höllerer, Felicitas Hoppe and Katja Petrowskaja, and original interview material with contemporary writers Ulrike Draesner, Olga Martynova and Ulrike Almut Sandig. 'Modes of authorship' are attitudes taken towards being an author that can be seen both in what an individual author does and in how a particular literary tradition or trend is perceived and mediated by others both within and beyond Pierre Bourdieu's literary field. Consequently, they delib...
News on the Rialto
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The Tombs of the Doges of Venice
The splendor of the tombs of the doges has always amazed visitors of Venice. Already in 1484, the German pilgrim Felix Faber noted: "Never have I seen more costly and extravagant tombs. Even the graves of the popes in Rome cannot compare with these." Indeed, designed by the greatest artists of the Serenissima, these often gigantic monuments belong to the most impressive and beautiful in the entire history of art. This is all the more surprising as the Venetian Republic was opposed to the cult of personality and the doge officially was only the primus inter pares, deprived of many privileges usually reserved for leaders of State. The tombs pursued multiple purposes, however. They not only com...
Yearbook
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Office Buildings
With some 70 international examples the authors and editors show how the new issues facing architects can be resolved. Thematic contributions by experts in various disciplines discuss topics such as models of work organisation, façade technology, climatic regulation, lighting etc. This volume is a crucial standard work in the design of offices.
