Conflicting Visions of Reform
Conflicting Visions of Reform

Author: Miriam Usher Chrisman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780391039445

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Cultural and textual analysis of 300 German propaganda pamphlets reveals lay people responding to the Protestant Reformation. They urge changes based on the perceptions and aspirations of their social class, supporting their proposals by personal interpretations of the Bible.

Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature
Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature

Author: Heiko Wiggers

Publisher: Vernon Press

Published: 2024-07-02

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13:

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'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' offers new, compelling, and thought-provoking contributions to the field of Germanic Linguistics. Nine authors from three different continents (North America, Europe, and South America) present in this edited volume their latest research on such diverse topics as Old High German, Old Saxon and Early New High German poetry, Yiddish, German Heritage speakers in the U.S., Germanic language periodization, paleography, and gender issues in Modern Standard German. 'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' strives to rekindle dialogue and discourse about topics in Germanic Linguistics while at the same time providing innovative and interesting talking points to the discipline in an international, trans-Atlantic framework. The articles featured in this volume will appeal to students and instructors of Germanic Linguistics alike as well as to anyone interested in this subject.