René Schickele and Alsace
René Schickele and Alsace

Author: Áine McGillicuddy

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9783039113934

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Born into a German-French bilingual environment, the once renowned German-language author Ren Schickele (1883-1940) grew up in the Alsace region - today located in eastern France - during its annexation to the German Empire when links to French culture were frowned upon. In the aftermath of the First World War the situation was reversed when Alsace was reclaimed by the French Republic. In both these phases of its troubled history, Schickele insisted on the importance of Alsace's right to retain its double cultural heritage between the borders of its powerful rival neighbours and on its potential, as mediator between France and Germany, to promote peace in Europe. These issues are addressed in a critical discussion of a range of Schickele's works. His controversial wartime drama Hans im Schnakenloch affords a wry but penetrating insight into issues of identity in Alsace under German rule up to the war, while his socio-political essays and a novel trilogy, Das Erbe am Rhein, were written against the backdrop of the malaise alsacien and life under French rule. The historical background to the work is examined in detail as it is intimately bound up with the issues of cultural identity that Schickele explores in his writings.

Literary Theory and Criticism Festschrift Presented to René Wellek in Honor of His Eightieth Birthday: Theory
Literary Theory and Criticism Festschrift Presented to René Wellek in Honor of His Eightieth Birthday: Theory

Author: René Wellek

Publisher: Bern ; New York : P. Lang

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13:

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The first edition, highly thought of, was out of print a few months after its release. The second edition, with improved binding, is on offer at the same price as the first. Rene Wellek, Emeritus Professor of Yale University, recipient of numerous honorary doctorates (Oxford, Harvard, Rome, Columbus and Munich) is one of the most eminent scholars of our time, regarded by many as the greatest living expert on literary theory and criticism, as well as a most generous teacher. His book, Theory of Litera- ture, written in collaboration with Austin Warren, has been trans- lated into twenty-two languages. His innumerable publications culminate in the standart work History of Modern Literary Criticism, of which the first four volumes have already appeared. 77 well known international scholars, in fact his friends, colleagues and former students have contributed the articles to this Festschrift."

Action Art
Action Art

Author: John Gray

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1993-05-30

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0313387575

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This comprehensive international bibliography is the first to attempt documentation of this diverse field, covering the history of Artist's Performance. It focuses on its early twentieth-century antecedents in such movements as Futurism, Dada, Russian Constructivism, and the Bauhaus as well as its peak period in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s with such developments as Gutai, Fluxus, Viennese Actionism, Situationism, and Guerrilla Art Action. Major emphasis is also given to sources on 115 individual performance artists and groups. More than 3700 entries document print and media materials dating from 1914 to 1992. Organized for maximum accessibility, the sources are also extensively cross-referenced and are indexed by artist, subject, title, and author. Three appendices identify reference works, libraries, and archives, and addenda material not found in the book text, and two others list artists by country and by group or collective.

The Transnational Vol. 5
The Transnational Vol. 5

Author: René Kanzler

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 3746081076

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The Transnational ist ein bilinguales Literaturmagazin (Englisch-Deutsch), welches Essays, Kurzgeschichten, Dramen, Lyrik und Experimentelles sammelt. Alle Texte beschäftigen sich mit politischen, sozialen und philosophischen Themen. An The Transnational beteiligen sich Autorinnen und Autoren aus der ganzen Welt. Als besondere Autoren begrüßen wir in Ausgabe 5 den Mathematiker und Kosmologen Josef M. Gaßner und die Hamburger Band HGich.T.

Ancilla Calliopeae
Ancilla Calliopeae

Author: Ludwig Braun

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-10-01

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13: 9047422481

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This book presents for the first time a panorama of about 85 neo-latin epics composed in France during the 16th and 17th centuries; the collection includes historical, biblical and hagiographic poems, ranging from a few hundred to thirty thousand hexameters. A full account is given of the contents and composition of every poem, the historical, biblical and hagiographic background is explored, and the poets' debt to classical poetry is analyzed with as a clear result the growing influence of Vergil and, during the 17th century, of Tasso as well. The repertorium is intended as a sort of guide, which provides the reader interested in Neo-Latin, Classics or the literary history of France conveniently with well-founded information on this literary genre.

RENE GENAU
RENE GENAU

Author: Ed Genau

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781498483407

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The purpose of this book is to share how the grace of God was so beautifully displayed in the life of my wife Rene and how it was able to allow her to live joyously and victoriously though the trial of ovarian cancer. It is my hope and prayer that this book will be a tremendous source of blessing and encouragement to all who read it as they see the beauty of God's grace.