Literary Cosmopolitanism in the English Fin de Siècle
Literary Cosmopolitanism in the English Fin de Siècle

Author: Stefano Evangelista

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0198864248

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The fin de siècle witnessed an extensive and heated debate about cosmopolitanism, which transformed readers' attitudes towards national identity, foreign literatures, translation, and the idea of world literature. Focussing on literature written in English, Literary Cosmopolitanism in the English Fin de Siècle offers a critical examination of cosmopolitanism as a distinctive feature of the literary modernity of this important period of transition. No longer conceived purely as an abstract philosophical ideal, cosmopolitanism--or world citizenship--informed the actual, living practices of authors and readers who sought new ways of relating local and global identities in an increasingly interconnected world. The book presents literary cosmopolitanism as a field of debate and controversy. While some writers and readers embraced the creative, imaginative, emotional, and political potentials of world citizenship, hostile critics denounced it as a politically and morally suspect ideal, and stressed instead the responsibilities of literature towards the nation. In this age of empire and rising nationalism, world citizenship came to enshrine a paradox: it simultaneously connoted positions of privilege and marginality, connectivity and non-belonging. Chapters on Oscar Wilde, Lafcadio Hearn, George Egerton, the periodical press, and artificial languages bring to light the variety of literary responses to the idea of world citizenship that proliferated at the turn of the twentieth century. The book interrogates cosmopolitanism as a liberal ideology that celebrates human diversity and as a social identity linked to worldliness; it investigates its effect on gender, ethics, and the emotions. It presents the literature of the fin de siècle as a dynamic space of exchange and mediation, and argues that our own approach to literary studies should become less national in focus.

Esperanto (the Universal Language)
Esperanto (the Universal Language)

Author: John Charles O'connor

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-10

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781333904241

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Excerpt from Esperanto (the Universal Language): He Student's Complete Text Book, Containing Full Grammar, Exercises, Conversations, Commercial Letters, and Two Vocabularies Critically the question brought before him. I need not here point out the considerable impor tance to humanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism
Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism

Author: James McElvenny

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1474425046

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This book explores the influential currents in the philosophy of language and linguistics of the first half of the twentieth century, from the perspective of the English scholar C. K. Ogden (1889 - 1957). It reveals links between early analytic philosophy, semiotics and linguistics in a crucial period of their respective histories.

Esperanto (the Universal Language)
Esperanto (the Universal Language)

Author: John Charles O'Connor

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-15

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781528234016

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The Universal Book for the Universal Language. As one of the only works personally supervised by Dr L. L. Zamenhof, this book is crucial to understanding not only the mechanisms of Esperanto as a language but also the spirit of its mission. Esperanto was founded with the aim of fostering world peace and bringing individuals from different societies together. Zamenhof and O'Connor hoped for a more communicative and co-operative future for humankind and sought to bring it about via this language. In this book you will see a fascinating regular structure to the language and a generous range of inspirations taken from European languages. Learning a language is always a beautiful and challenging experience and this book has everything you will need to get underway on that journey with vocabulary lists, exercises, comprehension passages and even a guide to idiom in Esperanto. Unlike other language learning tools, this book has the advantage that the original peaceful meaning of the language shows through in the pages. This book is representative of a moment which inspired people across the world to begin reaching out to each other, breaking down cultural barriers and creating a multinational community of learners. What's more, it will enable you to be in that moment with J. C. O'Connor and L. L. Zamenhof and feel the infectious enthusiasm for language and optimism for our global society. Contained in these pages is the capacity to not only tell between 'Kio' and 'Kiu' but also to know why, an opportunity no other language can match. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.