Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (American Studies), course: Edgar Allan Poe, 21 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: "The Masque of the Red Death" first appeared in May 1842 in Graham's Magazine. It is generally grouped together with three other of Poe's stories, namely "King Pest," which first appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger in September 1835, "The Cask of Amontillado," published in Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book 33 in 1846, and "Hop-Frog,"...

Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7 (A-), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Institute for American Studies), course: Native American Indian Stimulations and Philosophies, 32 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When Europeans first set foot on the new continent they discovered that it had al-ready been settled. At some point ethnographers became interested in those aborigi-nal cultures. They intended to "cultivate" the "savages." During those times hardly anyone was interested, let...

Examination Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), 41 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: EXPOSE "It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be." (http: //www.memorablequotations.com) This quotation by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov deals with two...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kultur, Technik und Volker, Note: 2,0, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (Institut fur Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Globalisierung, 28 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, die historischen Wurzeln der Bewegung "Amerikanisierung" zu ergrunden, ihre Erscheinungsformen zu beschreiben und einer Antwort auf die Frage naher zu kommen, weshalb gerade die amerikanische Kultur (oder das was man fur amerikanische Kultur halt) zu einem derartigen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Region: USA, Note: 1,3, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (Institut fur Politische Wissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Amerikanische Verschworungstheorien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "Kennedy Slain by CIA, Mafia, Castro, LBJ, Teamsters, Freemasons: President Shot 129 Times from 43 Different Angles" (Knight: 91) titelte die amerikanische Satirezeitung "The Onion" vor einigen Jahren. Diese Schlagzeile illustriert eindrucksvoll die Tatsache, dass die Ermordung Kennedys wahrscheinlich das mit Abstand am...