Aperçus: Histories Texts Cultures – serie
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27 produkter
Masculinity, Senses, Spirit
E-bok, 2011
785 kr
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Masculinity, Senses, Spirit brings together current work by leading scholars in the fields of gender studies, religion, history, and cultural studies to examine the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the realms of the spirit and the senses in the Atlantic world from the …
Freedom of Speech
The History of an Idea
Inbunden, 2011
1394 kr
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The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain aswell as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radicaleighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by eminent …
Freedom of Speech
The History of an Idea
E-bok, 2011
803 kr
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The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain as well as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radical eighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by …
Scotland as Science Fiction
Inbunden, 2011
1396 kr
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Out of the mainstream but ahead of the tide, that is Scottish Science Fiction. Science Fiction emphasizes “progress” through technology, advanced mental states, or future times. How does Scotland, often considered a land of the past, lead in Science Fiction? “Left behind” by international politics, …
Scotland as Science Fiction
E-bok, 2011
877 kr
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Out of the mainstream but ahead of the tide, that is Scottish Science Fiction. Science Fiction emphasizes “progress” through technology, advanced mental states, or future times. How does Scotland, often considered a land of the past, lead in Science Fiction? “Left behind” by international politics, …
Masculinity, Senses, Spirit
Häftad, 2011
738 kr
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Masculinity, Senses, Spirit brings together current work by leading scholars in the fields of gender studies, religion, history, and cultural studies to examine the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the realms of the spirit and the senses in the Atlantic world from the …
Freedom of Speech
The History of an Idea
Häftad, 2011
738 kr
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The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain aswell as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radicaleighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by eminent …
Scotland as Science Fiction
Häftad, 2011
823 kr
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Out of the mainstream but ahead of the tide, that is Scottish Science Fiction. Science Fiction emphasizes “progress” through technology, advanced mental states, or future times. How does Scotland, often considered a land of the past, lead in Science Fiction? “Left behind” by international politics, …
Encountering China
Early Modern European Responses
Inbunden, 2012
1321 kr
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Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attempted primarily to build bridges, to explore similarities, and to emulate the Chinese, though they were also critical of some local …
Encountering China
Early Modern European Responses
E-bok, 2012
803 kr
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Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attempted primarily to build bridges, to explore similarities, and to emulate the Chinese, though they were also critical of some local …
Encountering China
Early Modern European Responses
Häftad, 2012
738 kr
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Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attempted primarily to build bridges, to explore similarities, and to emulate the Chinese, though they were also critical of some local …
Storytelling in Science and Literature
Inbunden, 2014
1396 kr
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This gathering of eminent thinkers from the sciences and the humanities engages a common theme: In what ways does language—and storytelling in particular—deal with ethics in science, in literature, and in other art forms? Evelyn Fox Keller, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Mieke Bal, and Roald Hoffmann explore …
Storytelling in Science and Literature
E-bok, 2014
877 kr
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This gathering of eminent thinkers from the sciences and the humanities engages a common theme: In what ways does language—and storytelling in particular—deal with ethics in science, in literature, and in other art forms? Evelyn Fox Keller, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Mieke Bal, and Roald Hoffmann explore …
Storytelling in Science and Literature
Häftad, 2014
823 kr
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This gathering of eminent thinkers from the sciences and the humanities engages a common theme: In what ways does language—and storytelling in particular—deal with ethics in science, in literature, and in other art forms? Evelyn Fox Keller, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Mieke Bal, and Roald Hoffmann explore …
Sade's Sensibilities
Av Kate Parker, Norbert Sclippa
Inbunden, 2014
1396 kr
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Sade’s Sensibilities tells a new story of one of the most enduring and controversial figures in European literature. Blending ideas about subjectivity, identity and natural philosophy with politics and pornography, D.A.F. de Sade has fascinated writers and readers for two hundred years, and his …
Sade's Sensibilities
Av Kate Parker, Norbert Sclippa
E-bok, 2014
877 kr
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Sade’s Sensibilities tells a new story of one of the most enduring and controversial figures in European literature. Blending ideas about subjectivity, identity and natural philosophy with politics and pornography, D.A.F. de Sade has fascinated writers and readers for two hundred years, and his …
Sade's Sensibilities
Av Kate Parker, Norbert Sclippa
Häftad, 2014
823 kr
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Sade’s Sensibilities tells a new story of one of the most enduring and controversial figures in European literature. Blending ideas about subjectivity, identity and natural philosophy with politics and pornography, D.A.F. de Sade has fascinated writers and readers for two hundred years, and his …
Impassioned Jurisprudence
Law, Literature, and Emotion, 1760–1848
E-bok, 2015
877 kr
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In this volume of essays, scholars of the interdisciplinary field of law and literature write about the role of emotion in English law and legal theory in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The law’s claims to reason provided a growing citizenry that was beginning to establish its …
Impassioned Jurisprudence
Law, Literature, and Emotion, 1760–1848
Häftad, 2015
823 kr
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In this volume of essays, scholars of the interdisciplinary field of law and literature write about the role of emotion in English law and legal theory in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The law’s claims to reason provided a growing citizenry that was beginning to establish its …
Scotland and the First World War
Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Bannockburn
Av Gill Plain
Inbunden, 2016
1248 kr
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What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the …
Scotland and the First World War
Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Bannockburn
Av Gill Plain
E-bok, 2016
753 kr
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What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the …
Scotland and the First World War
Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Bannockburn
Av Gill Plain
Häftad, 2016
621 kr
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What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the …
Alexander Wilson
Enlightened Naturalist
E-bok, 2016
643 kr
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When talking about the Enlightenment, ornithology is seldom the first topic of conversation. Still, Enlightenment and ornithology converge in one important respect, that of abundance. In our time, new-wave ornithologists have renewed their faith in eighteenth-century expectations for the discovery …
Oriental Networks
Culture, Commerce, and Communication in the Long Eighteenth Century
Av Bärbel Czennia, Greg Clingham
Häftad, 2020
543 kr
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Oriental Networks explores forms of interconnectedness between Western and Eastern hemispheres during the long eighteenth century, a period of improving transportation technology, expansion of intercultural contacts, and the emergence of a global economy. In eight case studies and a substantial …
Oriental Networks
Culture, Commerce, and Communication in the Long Eighteenth Century
Av Bärbel Czennia, Greg Clingham
Inbunden, 2020
1804 kr
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Oriental Networks explores forms of interconnectedness between Western and Eastern hemispheres during the long eighteenth century, a period of improving transportation technology, expansion of intercultural contacts, and the emergence of a global economy. In eight case studies and a substantial …
British Literature and Technology, 1600-1830
Av Kristin M. Girten, Aaron R. Hanlon
Häftad, 2023
493 kr
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Enlightenment-era writers had not yet come to take technology for granted, but nonetheless were-as we are today-both attracted to and repelled by its potential. This volume registers the deep history of such ambivalence, examining technology’s influence on Enlightenment British literature, as well …
British Literature and Technology, 1600-1830
Av Kristin M. Girten, Aaron R. Hanlon
Inbunden, 2023
2014 kr
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Enlightenment-era writers had not yet come to take technology for granted, but nonetheless were-as we are today-both attracted to and repelled by its potential. This volume registers the deep history of such ambivalence, examining technology’s influence on Enlightenment British literature, as well …
