peter lang aug 2022 (149 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -«Rethinking Black German Studies certainly pushes the envelope in Afro-German Studies. Its contributors travel the paths less traveled in the vast field of Afro-European studies, thus boldly enriching it by presenting salient, new, provocative, and topical material.»(Marilyn Sephocle (Monatshefte 113.1, Spring 2021)Black German Studies is an interdisciplinary field that has experienced significant growth over the past three decades, integrating subjects such as gender studies, diaspora studies, history, and media and performance studies. The field¿s contextual roots as well as historical backdrop, nevertheless, span centuries. This volume assesses where the field is now by exploring the nuances of how the past ¿ colonial, Weimar, National Socialist, post- 1945, and post-Wende ¿ informs the present and future of Black German Studies; how present generations of Black Germans look to those of the past for direction and empowerment; how discourses shift due to the diversification of power structures and the questioning of identity-based categories; and how Black Germans affirm their agency and cultural identity through cultural productions that engender both counter-discourses and counter-narratives.Examining Black German Studies as a critical, hermeneutic field of inquiry, the contributions are organized around three thematically conceptualized sections: German and Austrian literature and history; pedagogy and theory; and art and performance. Presenting critical works in the fields of performance studies, communication and rhetoric, and musicology, the volume complicates traditional historical narratives, interrogates interdisciplinary methods, and introduces theoretical approaches that help to advance the field.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 342 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book discusses the complex and issues of the implementation of the EU¿s grandstrategies. The European Union implementation deficit has become proverbial failure.While the impact of Europe 2020 has yet to be researched in greater detail, existingwork reveals substantial differences in implementation among the Member Statesespecially along the divisions between North and West on one hand and East andSouth on the other. Using the Cultural Political Economy as the theoretical backgroundthe central focus of our interest is the study of possibilities and limitationsof strategic steering of the economic development in the context of a comprehensivesocietal development, such as the Europe 2020 intention of achieving ¿smart, inclusiveand sustainable growth¿. 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Living at the intersection of multiple identities in the United States can be dangerous. This is especially true for Native women who live on the more than 56 million acres that comprise Americäs Indian Country ¿ the legal term for American Indian reservations and other land held in trust for Native people.Today, due to a complicated system of criminal jurisdiction, non-Native Americans can commit crimes against American Indians in much of Indian Country with virtual impunity. This has created what some call a modern day «hunting ground» in which Native women are specifically targeted by non-Native men for sexual violence.In this urgent and timely book, author Amy L. Casselman exposes the shameful truth of how the American government has systematically divested Native nations of the basic right to protect the people in their own communities. A problem over 200 years in the making, Casselman highlights race and gender in federal law to challenge the argument that violence against Native women in Indian country is simply collateral damage from a complex but necessary legal structure. Instead, she demonstrates that what¿s happening in Indian country is part of a violent colonial legacy ¿ one that has always relied on legal and sexual violence to disempower Native communities as a whole.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -One might be forgiven for thinking that the founding of The European Union is not exactly the stu that myths are made of Not at all, for here it comes ¿ though it is not a myth, but a real story that only sounds like a myth: The 9th of May 1950 was the day when the destiny of European integration (began to take) took shape, with the declaration by the French foreign Minister Robert Schuman, aiming at the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community. One can retrace the events of these historical moments day by day, sometimes hour by hour, the main actors emerging with highly animated proles, the tension mounting to thrilling heights ¿ but nally the solution is found! And this solution is, as much as it seems pragmatic, nothing less than revolutionary: It is ¿ to use the words of the French foreign minister himself! ¿ the rst ¿breach into national sovereignty¿. The political system of the EU can be traced directly back to this initial moment. Once the story of the 9th of May 1950 is told, one can contemplate it from dierent angles and learn a lot: What about the relationship between the external pressure of the Allies on France, in order to prepare for a common defense line of the Western bloc ¿ and the intra-European, Franco-German desire to overcome their old conicts and reach a fair tradeo of interests What about the relationship between economics and politics ¿ was and is European integration mainly an economic project or does it ultimately aim at a political union And maybe the most dicult question: Would others have taken dierent decisions from those of Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman and Konrad Adenauer Could they have And if it was their own free will to decide as they did, what led them to do so This book tells the story of the 9th of May, and the days leading up to it ¿ and reects on the signicance of this historical moment, our ¿Europe Day¿.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 158 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Tact and the Pedagogical Relation focuses on two topics of increasing interest both in teacher education and research. It shows how questions of sensitive and attuned action as well as educators¿ relations with children and the young are special¿uniquely different from other relations and attunements. This collection introduces readers to both classical and contemporary texts, offering many of these in translation for the first time. These illuminate the struggles and rewards of teaching, showing teaching to be an art, simultaneously a personal and professional calling.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The New Left was a broad, heterogeneous, transnational, anti-systemic movement of movements which pursued the radical transformation of power structures during the 1960s and the early 1970s. Its activists opposed all forms of oppression ¿ class, racial, gender and so forth ¿ and strove for the redistribution of power on a global scale. Their ideas fuelled the intense cycles of protest of the period and allowed for symbolically connecting movements all over the world.This book reconstructs the dissemination of the characteristic ideas and traits of the New Left by analysing its most prominent magazines and journals. Through the analysis of US, European and Latin American publications, it reveals how the ideological framework of the New Left was conceived and disseminated by a series of critical communities of activists and intellectuals who communicated and debated across borders. The result of the joint efforts of a group of eminent specialists and young scholars from seven different countries, this pioneering work contributes valuable empirical evidence to the study of the processes of intellectual change occurring throughout the twentieth century.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 532 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In Star Trek and Star Wars: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment, George A. Gonzalez shows that these two behemoths of popular culture put the Enlightenment and anti-Enlightenment before the viewing public. Star Trek is arguably the popular culture vehicle most reflective of the Enlightenment: a belief in political and social progress, leading to a society that is modern, classless, and totally free of gender and ethnic biases. The Star Wars franchise, meanwhile, is seemingly the artistic embodiment of the anti-Enlightenment: societal progress (to the extent that it occurs) is solely a function of technology and not a perfecting of justice and fairness. Gonzalez shows that this reflects the pessimism and demoralization underlying the Trump phenomenon and the rise of anti-democratic, virulent nationalism.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 132 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The focus of this tri-authored scholarly work is on marketing communication and consumer behaviour of the selected generations X, Y, and Z in terms of the size of purchases and the types of retail outlets they use. The main part of the book deals with theoretical aspects of retail business and with marketing communication and consumer behaviour of specific generations in the retail sector. The main outcome lies in identifying the optimal location of retail units in combination with customer service to be provided to selected generations and the market potential of the buying gradient in terms of competitors¿ impacts. The book also focuses on applying the results of the analyses whilst outlining the potential of the prediction models of generational tendencies towards the realisation of purchases in relation to marketing communication of the retail sector and its subsequent stimulation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 208 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Il secolo scorso vede l¿inequivocabile sopravvivenza del fantastico come genere letterario, la cui continuità con i grandi modelli ottocenteschi va ricercata nel suo dare rappresentazione allo scarto prodotto dall¿improvviso collidere di dimensioni narrative inconciliabili, dal sovversivo prorompere di particelle di significato in piani di realtà che non possono in alcun modo contemplarle. Una vera e propria invasione, concetto che permette di considerare, come espressioni di un unico dominio, tanto la lunga processione di mostri e apparizioni spettrali messa in scena dalla tradizione ottocentesca, quanto le meno esibite manifestazioni dell¿irrazionale proposte dal fronte più avanzato del genere, restituendo il fenomeno alla sua dimensione di articolato sistema letterario transnazionale. 308 pp. Italienisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book describes the main characteristics that define the emotion of fear, its dimensions, functions, types, and social and individual meanings. It also shows that fear represents a desire to eliminate the Other and that horror films have their origin precisely in crisis and fear, which gives it a fundamentally xenophobic nature. This is demonstrated in the book through the analysis of the four most important versions of the King Kong myth: 1933, 1976, 2005 and 2017. These versions are the result of the fear of the Other that was generated by particular crises in US society: the stock market crash of 1929, the 1970s energy crisis, 9/11 and the military intervention in Iraq in 2003 and its consequences. These conflicts also led to psychological and sociological effects that created a desire for escape that King Kong's films manifest. 212 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die fachliche und kulturelle Vielfalt der Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit und der Sozialpädagogik in Polen, Rumänien und Deutschland wird in diesem Tagungsband deutlich. Grundlagenthemen der Sozialen Arbeit, spezifische Ausbildungsaspekte, Aufsätze zum Themenfeld Gesundheit und Aufsätze zu spezifischen Praxisansätzen in der Sozialen Arbeit sind in diesem Band enthalten. 300 pp. Englisch, Deutsch, Romani.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The study offers new readings of early works, both novels and short stories, of Samuel Beckett in the context of Beckett¿s signature. The author analyses the given signature through such terms as language, the neutrum and memory, simultaneously incorporating the mentioned terms in the context of Beckett¿s early prose. The first part of the book is theoretical and concentrates on coining the term signature through different philosophical viewpoints (e.g., Lotman, Blanchot, Bergson), whereas the second part analyses Beckett¿s early works in the context of the signature (e.g., Proust, More Pricks Than Kicks, Murphy). The book also analyses a posthumously-published short story Echös Bones that opens new interpretation paths for twenty-first century Beckettologists. 202 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This first volume of ¿Social and Economic Studies within the Framework of Emerging Global Developments¿ includes empirical and theoretical original chapters written by researchers from different countries and universities. The target audience of this book is researchers, students and academics interested in social and economic studies. 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -L¿objectif de cet ouvrage est de soumettre à l¿examen les modèles théoriques de la linguistique. Il s¿intéresse à la modélisation dans ses divers états, qüil s¿agisse d¿une théorisation implicite non mise en question ou d¿une théorisation en construction ¿cette dernière pouvant prendre la forme d¿une activité épilinguistique ou d¿une pensée métalinguistique élaborée et explicite qui se confronte à des faits de langue¿ ou encore de cadres théoriques soumis à la discussion et à la comparaison. Les analyses abordent différents domaines de la linguistique, à savoir la phonologie, la syntaxe et la sémantique.The purpose of this book is to examine and assess the theoretical models used in linguistics. It deals with the construction of theoretical models, with the questions of implicit and unchallenged theorization, theorization ¿in the making¿ ¿either in the form of epilinguistic activity or as explicit elaborated metalinguistic thought trying to cope with actual linguistic facts¿ or the discussion and comparison of theoretical frameworks. The analyses address various fields of linguistics, namely phonology, syntax and semantics.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 334 pp. Englisch, Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Project Management Planning explores the science and art of handling planned responsibility and unexpected conditions. The processes of planning contents (initiating, planning, executing, controlling, closing) and the attributes of planning contents (scope, time, resources, cost, quality, risk, benefit, others) are generally common. For that reason, comprehensive project management planning applies across all types of projects and all kinds of planning situations, including, for example, the Agile sequence of shortterm investments or in Critical Chain Buffer management.Evidence shows two massive gaps in project management planning across the field, which this book hopes to address. The first gap is between current project management planning and its potential as a practical discipline. The second gap is between project management system knowledge and its potential as an applied research discipline. This book first explains how a project management plan develops from project management contents, before using the same tools to explain how project management system logic develops from project management system contents. Finally, it shows how project management system contents and its logic improve project management contents.By understanding how a project management plan develops into a project management systems logic, we can implement strong plans across programs, businesses and corporations, organizations, and any entity for which managing plans is an integral part.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 376 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Kein Zwang bitte! Das zentrale Ergebnis der qualitativen Magdeburger Untersuchung zum Wirtschafts- und Demokratie- und Staatsverständnis von Umweltengagierten verblüfft, werden die Durchsetzungsmöglichkeiten nachhaltiger Politikziele doch aktuell intensiv diskutiert. Die vorliegende komparativ-analytische und methodenkritische Interviewstudie ergänzt die Erkenntnisse vorhandener Studien über Engagementpotenziale für den Umweltschutz und umweltpolitische Einstellungen um vielfältige Details zu den Einstellungen von Umweltengagierten zu Umweltcourage und Umweltpolitik.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 154 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -En este volumen se intenta conocer, desde las distintas perspectivas de una serie de viajeros que visitan Extremadura a lo largo del siglo XX, la imagen que proyecta esta tierra en los países de lengua alemana. Además de las inevitables referencias a toda una gama de aspectos culturales, esta publicación contiene interesantes testimonios de naturaleza histórica sobre los lugares más emblemáticos de la geografía extremeña, entre los que destaca el Monasterio de Yuste por el interés que suscitó este lugar como último retiro de Carlos V. 92 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. Escalating climate disasters like storms, floods, and dry spells lead to disruptions, social conflicts, and unrest. This book elucidates the reality of climate adaptation related challenges and needs in vulnerable territories. It considers cities, land use, anticipatory governance, and the role of civil society, as well as early warning systems and nature-based solutions. The research also highlights major obstacles such as funding, knowledge gaps, trade-offs, social justice, and multi-stakeholder cooperation. The book is unique in that it unites a variety of perspectives and examples from different regions to develop a thorough and nuanced perspective on potential climate change solutions and the barriers to behavioral change at all levels of climate-related decision making.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 368 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book explores the potential of learning outside the traditional classroom when students gain real-world experiences in a variety of contexts and public spaces such as built, natural and virtual landscapes, museums, heritage sites, science centres and community venues. The authors of the book promote and put the flexible and ¿plastic¿ concept of a place of learning into action by including physical geographical location, digital, virtual and textual spaces into the analysis. The book illuminates the importance of innovative educational strategies in connecting formal, non-formal and informal education ¿ experiential learning in museums, heritage places and communities, inquiry-based pedagogy, digital storytelling, environmental online games, narrative geographies, and the use of geospatial technologies. 288 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -¿Inklings' nannte sich eine Gruppe von Schriftstellern und Geisteswissenschaftlern in Oxford, deren bekannteste Mitglieder J.R.R. Tolkien und C.S. Lewis waren. Die Inklings-Gesellschaft e.V. widmet sich seit 1983 dem Studium und der Verbreitung der Werke dieser und ihnen nahestehender Autoren sowie der Analyse des Phantastischen in Literatur, Film und Kunst allgemein. Ihre Jahrestagungen werden in Jahrbüchern dokumentiert. Dieser Band enthält drei Vorträge, drei Varia-Aufsätze sowie 4 Rezensionen. 'Inklings' was the name of a group of Oxford scholars and writers; its best-known members were J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. The German Inklings-Gesellschaft, founded in 1983, is dedicated to the discussion and dissemination of the works of these authors and of writers commonly associated with them and to the study of the fantastic in literature, film and the arts in general. The proceedings of the annual Inklings conferences are published in yearbooks. This volume contains three papers, three varia-contributions and four book reviews. 156 pp. Englisch, Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book initiates a thorough analysis of baptism in the theology of Karl Barth, particularly how he initially stated his understanding and later modified. His theological context and methodology are analysed from its biblical roots to its relevancy for the key question of the New Testament teaching of Christian baptism and its relevancy for current ecumenical discussion, especially as it is evolved in the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -«Michelle Leese's book is a must-read for those interested in the German impersonal passive. Based on an experimental study of almost 400 zero-argument passives she convincingly shows that this allegedly 'exceptional' passive is the very core from which all werden-passives in their meaning as 'event-focused action' are derived.»(Petra M. Vogel, Professor of German Linguistics, University of Siegen, Germany)«This book presents a vast amount of original data to confront a glaring weakness of the aspect analysis of the German passive: if the actional passive is telic, why is the impersonal passive of the type Es wurde getanzt atelic The answer given is a revelation delightful in its simplicity.»(Dr Christopher Beedham, Honorary Lecturer, Department of German, University of St Andrews, Scotland)Actional passives are conventionally considered to be the result of a voice analysis conversion process. They are said to derive from semantically identical underlying actives, even though most passives do not contain the agent ¿ the entity carrying out the action ¿ that would be crucial to such a conversion. Beedham¿s aspect analysis offered an alternative perspective which discarded any notion of a mandatory connection to the active, and instead proposed that passive formation requires only a lexically telic verb, compositional telicity and a patient (affected entity) subject.This book challenges both these analyses via an empirical investigation into the somewhat neglected impersonal passive in German of the type Es wurde getanzt, which, as a zero-argument, atelic construction, exists as an exception to both the voice and aspect analysis rules. Using the theoretical framework of Saussurean structuralism and Beedham¿s «method of exceptions and their correlations», this book presents a new, «event-focused» analysis of both this impersonal passive and the German actional passive in general; plus, it proposes that since Es wurde getanzt, as the barest form of passive and the closest realisation of the werden + ge-V-t core of all passives, is atelic, this werden-passive core too is atelic.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 324 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -«Murderous Mothers is both an homage to and a critical reflection on the multiple Medea figures that populate late twentieth-century German literature. Claire Scott artfully demonstrates how feminist politics and women¿s issues ¿ from abstract questions about the power of women¿s bodies and voices, to concrete matters like abortion and sexual violence ¿ speak through this ancient myth, transforming it into something vital and urgent. Scott¿s own voice is crystal clear throughout, which allows the layers of productive critique to shine through. With its sophisticated literary analyses, its deep engagement with feminist and postcolonial theory, and its lucid and accessible style, Murderous Mothers will interest and provoke a range of readers and critics.» (Kata Gellen, Duke University)¿«Murderous Mothers explores the ambiguities of literary Medea adaptations in beautifully written, engaging prose. For anyone interested in the aesthetics and politics of contemporary literature, this book offers brilliant examples of how literary adaptations of classical myths can contribute to contemporary political discourses on motherhood, reproductive rights, gender, and rage.» (Maria Stehle, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)¿This book explores German-language Medea adaptations from the late twentieth century and their relationship to feminist theory and politics. Close readings of novels and plays by Ursula Haas, Christa Wolf, Dagmar Nick, Dea Loher, and Elfriede Jelinek reveal the promise and the pitfalls of using gendered depictions of violence to process inequity and oppression. The figure of Medea has been called many things: a witch, a barbarian, a monster, a goddess, a feminist heroine, a healer, and, finally, a murderous mother. This book considers Medea in all her complexity, thereby reframing our understanding of identity as it relates to feminism and to mythological storytelling.This book project was the Joint Winner of the 2020 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition for German Studies in America.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 230 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Multimodality is the notion which stands behind the most fertile investigations in communication and language studies nowadays. Multimodal depiction of the surrounding world helps the child to better conceptualise, objectify, and reify abstract notions. Even before children learn to talk, they activate their soft skills, the so-called life/human competences or social skills, and they employ multimodal communication pertaining to gestures and sounds in order to interact. Therefore, when knowledge of the brain and body intertwines with social and emotional intelligence, it fosters human dialogue and it enhances our communication. Offering great insight into the evolution of theoretical and analytical approaches to multimodal meaning construction and soft skills development, this volume is an indispensable resource for (under)graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, semiotics, media and communication studies, ELT Methodology, and psychology. 324 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -What form did the portrayal of business owners, entrepreneurs, peasants, craftspeople and similar ¿protagonists of production¿ take before it became the subject of negative assessments in the epoch of industrialization Focusing on the European Enlightenment movement with a special emphasis on Spain, this volume sheds light on how both male and female ¿gures working in production are represented by novels, plays, economic tracts and in the press. Literary scholars, historians, and economists analyse how those portrayals are related to the history of economic thought, 18th-century economic discourse, and enlightened Political Economy. With an epilogue by Deirdre McCloskey. 372 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Este libro ofrece una serie de actividades para el aula y estudios relacionados con laeducación artística. El desarrollo vocal, el canto, el movimiento y la danza, la músicay la segunda lengua, los proyectos artísticos, entre otros, son explorados en diferentesentornos desde la primera infancia hasta los contextos de educación superior. Estelibro está organizado en cuatro secciones principales más un capítulo final sobre lasperspectivas de futuro: artes e infancia; música en educación primaria y secundaria;artes, valores y educación, y artes y tecnología.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 186 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book presents the first large-scale investigation of the structure and functions of linguistic impoliteness and impoliteness metalanguage in contemporary British children¿s fiction. The study ties together findings from pragmatics, language acquisition research, literary studies, and translation studies with novel data-driven insights. The study shows that children¿s fiction prefers direct, unmitigated impoliteness tokens to highlight key aspects of plot and characterisation. Impoliteness metalanguage is used to clarify impoliteness events to the child. The study provides a framework for the investigation of impoliteness in translation, which gives evidence of pragmatic differences, as well as differing views of children¿s cognitive abilities in two linguacultures. 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the XIIth international Milton Symposium hosted by the University of Strasbourg, 17-21 June 2019. Strasbourg is home to Martin Bucer, the Protestant reformer from whom Milton drew support for his theory of divorce, and to Gustave Doré, the famous French illustrator of Paradise Lost. The 26 essays gathered in the present volume are by international scholars, including ones from countries outside the Anglosphere, young or experienced.Opening with a tribute to all Milton symposia organized since 1981, the book falls into eight parts, covering all aspects of Milton studies. 'Milton and Materiality' starts with an essay by James G. Turner on personal bodily reference in Milton. In 'Milton¿s Style and Language', the polemicist¿s use of satire is scrutinized and his relation to enthusiasm is examined, while a new light is shed on his sonnets. In 'Milton¿s Prose', in a rare essay on Observations upon the Articles of Peace (1649), David H. Sacks compares Milton¿s view of Ireland with what he thought of Russia, delving into the notions of 'civilization' and 'tyranny'. Then the reader will find six essays on Paradise Lost, including one by Hiroko Sano, followed by three essays on his minor poems by promising scholars. The debate on the authorship of De Doctrina Christiana is reopened, with many stylometric tables and charts. A new track leads us to Silesia.In 'Reception Studies', two Brazilian contributors study Milton through the lens of French philosophers, and the next essay by Christophe Tournu focuses on the first French verse translation of Paradise Lost. The concluding part, 'Milton and his Audience', considers Milton¿s relationship to his readers, music in Haydn¿s Creation, while Beverley Sherry analyses portraits of Milton and his works in stained glass.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 548 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Este libro interpreta aspectos de la literatura afroecuatoriana en el context de Esmeraldas, la provincial donde vive la mayoría de la población. Mi propósito es analizar desde una perspectiva post-colonial, el impacto duradero de la esclavitud, el racismo y la discriminación sobre la población negra desde las perspectivas de sus escritores. Subsecuentemente, exploro cómo recursos temáticos y retóricos -imágenes, símbolos, metáforas, etc., combinan para crear discursos literarios sobresalientes que afirman valores y contribuciones negros al resistir la posibilidad de pasar por la historia sin dejar una huella. Es un libro original en el cual tendrán interés especialistas, estudiantes, bibliotecarios y la comunidad diaspórica.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 164 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the life and ministry of healthcare chaplaincy within the Irish context. At the heart of the text is the «person» of the chaplain ¿ it is their narrative that remains front and centre here at all times. This in turn, provides us with a unique opportunity to explore key questions around their call to ministry, their understanding of chaplaincy as well as how they posit their faith within such a context (if at all). It also leads us as readers into a conversation with them around how the chaplains try to make sense of human suffering, how they can face into the reality of the human condition each and every day and how they manage to help others to face into, hold and make sense of their own pain, suffering and loss. Here we also converse in a meaningful way with the theological tradition around suffering in order to see what it has to offer the pastoral practitioners dealing at the coal face as well the cultural context within which ministry unfolds. This book is raw, real and cutting edge with much to ponder on for those with more than a passing interest in chaplaincy, suffering or human narrative.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 302 pp. Englisch.