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Life Without End: A Thought Experiment in Literature from Swift to Houellebecq
ISBN: 9781571139740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The idea of earthly immortality has a tradition in literature dating to the Gilgamesh epic. But what would it mean to attain such immortality? Answers are suggested in novels and plays that explore the theme using varieties of Borges's "rational imagination," often in connection with projections of biology or cybernetics. In this groundbreaking study, Karl S. Guthke examines key works in this vein, throwing into relief fascinating instances of human self-awareness across the last 300 years. Authors discussed in detail include J. M. Barrie, Calvino, Shaw, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Swift, Aldous...
The idea of earthly immortality has a tradition in literature dating to the Gilgamesh epic. But what would it mean to attain such immortality? Answers...
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413,76 |
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Das Deutsche B?rgerliche Trauerspiel
ISBN: 9783476121165 / Niemiecki Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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263,32 |
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Last Words: Variations on a Theme in Cultural History
ISBN: 9780691628554 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Whether Goethe actually cried "More light " on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. The exit lines of both famous and ordinary people embody for us a sense of drama and truthfulness and... Whether Goethe actually cried "More light " on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower cu... |
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462,44 |
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
ISBN: 9783476100658 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 1973 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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112,84 |
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Last Words: Variations on a Theme in Cultural History
ISBN: 9780691628158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Whether Goethe actually cried "More light " on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. The exit lines of both famous and ordinary people embody for us a sense of drama and truthfulness and... Whether Goethe actually cried "More light " on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower cu... |
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204,45 |
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Das Deutsche Bürgerliche Trauerspiel
ISBN: 9783476131164 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 1980 / 121 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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263,32 |
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Exploring the Interior: Essays on Literary and Cultural History
ISBN: 9781783743940 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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204,13 |
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Das Deutsche Bürgerliche Trauerspiel
ISBN: 9783476161161 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2006 / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Standardstoff an Schule und Hochschule. 'Emilia Galotti', 'Kabale und Liebe' und 'Maria Magdalena' gelten als Paradebeispiele fur das burgerliche Trauerspiel. Was zeichnet die zentrale literarische Gattung des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus? Die 6. Auflage liefert einen aktualisierten Uberblick.
Standardstoff an Schule und Hochschule. 'Emilia Galotti', 'Kabale und Liebe' und 'Maria Magdalena' gelten als Paradebeispiele fur das burgerliche Trau...
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75,20 |
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Exploring the Interior: Essays on Literary and Cultural History
ISBN: 9781783743933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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131,75 |
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The Gender of Death: A Cultural History in Art and Literature
ISBN: 9780521644600 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this illustrated historical survey of the image of death in art and literature Karl S. Guthke assesses the significance of the various personifications of death in different ages and cultures, as male or female, enemy or lover, friend or avenger, angel or devil. Guthke shows that such images are reflections of the life and cultures that produced them, and through them he offers astonishing new insights into the nature and perception of the Western self in its cultural, intellectual, and literary context.
In this illustrated historical survey of the image of death in art and literature Karl S. Guthke assesses the significance of the various personificat...
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195,37 |
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Epitaph Culture in the West Variations on a Theme in Cultural History
ISBN: 9780773408470 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies," humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and intellectual history...
This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major ...
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404,18 |
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
ISBN: 9783476990846 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 1967 / 83 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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112,84 |
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Der Stand Der Lessing-Forschung: Ein Bericht ?ber Die Literatur Von 1932-1962
ISBN: 9783476988126 / Niemiecki Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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413,81 |
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Literaturkritik
ISBN: 9783484101203 / Angielski / Twarda / 1970 / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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467,22 |
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