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Spitzer discusses the method he evolved for bringing together the two disciplines, linguistics and literary history, and examines the work of Cervantes, Racine, Diderot, and Claudel in the light of this theory.

Originally published in 1967.

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The late Leo Spitzer enjoyed a reputation as one of the twentieth century's outstanding philologists and linguists. His writings in the field of the romance languages and of comparative philology have been always stimulating, often controversial. This collection presents his essays in English and American literature which appeared in various journals and other publications during his lifetime. They range from an explication de texte of three great Middle English poems, through close scrutiny of writings of Donne, Milton, Keats, to a consideration of Edgar Allan Poe and Whitman, and,...

Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Optimierungszwang, Perfektionismus und Exzellenzstreben uns antreiben und belasten konnen - und es bietet ein Selbsthilfeprogramm, um einen belastenden Perfektionismus zu verandern, sowie Gegenbilder, wie wir uns aus der Leistungsfalle befreien konnen.

Die Gesellschaft feiert Perfektionismus und Selbstoptimierung. Die Kehrseite: Die Reihe der psychischen Probleme, mit denen Perfektionismus in Zusammenhang gebracht wird, verlangert sich immer mehr: Erschopfung und Aufschiebeverhalten, heftige Schamgefuhle und Stress, Depression, Ess- und Zwangsstorung oder...

Since the early twentieth century, scientific materialism has so undermined our belief in the human capacity for transcendence that many people find it difficult to believe in God and the human soul. The materialist perspective has not only cast its spell on the natural sciences, psychology, philosophy, and literature, it has also enthralled popular culture, which offers very little to encourage the "soul's upward yearning."

There are many signs of the widespread loss of confidence in our ability to soar upward, and these have been noted by thinkers as diverse as Carl Jung...