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Ce quatrieme tome de la Correspondance generale de Benjamin Constant, qui presente le texte annotee de 368 lettres ecrites entre janvier 1800 et decembre 1802, constitue un important document pour les historiens du debut du dix-neuvieme siecle en France. Ce volume couvre les deux premieres annees du Consulat, epoque ou Constant, en tant que membre du Tribunat, acquit une reputation de brillant orateur et de critique severe du gouvernement de Bonaparte. Les opinions liberales de Constant, ainsi que ses rapports avec Germaine de Stael, le font exclure du Tribunat en janvier 1802; cependant,...

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803) is one of the most important figures in the history of German literature. He is seen as paving the way for the age of sentimentalism, Sturm und Drang, and the literature of experience. Klopstock was an ingenious linguistic innovator, and he established a body of work of lasting significance with his epic "The Messiah," and with his odes, dramas and poetic writings. With his wide network of connections with Enlightenment poets and thinkers, he was a focus of the intellectual world of his age.

The Hamburg Klopstock Edition is the first complete...

Der Begriff "Literatur" istseit jeherunbestimmt und definitionsresistent, zugleich aber als disziplinare Begrenzung gerade in Zeiten der Uberschreitung uberkommener Fachgrenzen unverzichtbar. Der Band diskutiert Moglichkeiten, den Begriff so zu bestimmen, dass er zur Heuristik in unterschiedlichen historischen und kulturellen Milieus fruchtbar verwendet werden kann. Zugleich wird ausgehend von Phanomenen wie Fiktionalitat und Literarizitat nach gemeinsamen Merkmalen von Literatur gesucht. Behandelt werden folgende Themen: 1. Aspekte des Prototyps 'Literatur', 2. Fiktionalitat, 3....

Mit dem Namen des Autors verbinden wir bestimmte Vorstellungen von Originalitat, rechtlicher Codifizierung und ein historisches Wissen uber Zeitgenossenschaft, Werkzugehorigkeit, Intertextualitat oder mogliche Adressierungen. Diese Voraussetzungen unserer Lekture verandern sich oder entfallen, wenn wir den Namen des Autors nicht kennen. Wahrend man Anonymitat bislang nur als revisionsbedurftigen Mangel der Uberlieferungsgeschichte behandelt oder als autorschaftskritisches Schlagwort rhetorisch pauschalisiert hat, geht es dem vorliegenden Band darum, Anonymitat als historisch konkrete...

Oft ist vom 'Artusmythos' die Rede, wobei 'Mythos' alltagssprachlich letztlich alles Altertumliche, Bedeutungs- oder Geheimnisvolle bezeichnen kann. Dem steht eine aktuelle geisteswissenschaftliche Diskussion uber den Begriff des 'Mythos' gegenuber. Die Germanistik ubernimmt hierbei meist eine Vorreiterrolle. Der vorliegende Band offnet die Diskussion programmatisch fur den interdisziplinaren Dialog mit den anderen Philologien. Fokussiert auf das Feld der Artusliteratur, fragt der Band danach, welches Verstandnis von 'Mythos' welchen Phanomenen im arthurischen Roman angemessen ist....

Fur die "Argonautika des Orpheus" besteht seit der Renaissance ein kontinuierliches Interesse, das sich in zahlreichen Editionen und Ubersetzungen manifestiert. Im 19. und 20. Jh. dominieren dagegen negative Urteile uber dieses eigenwillige spatantike Kurzepos. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird dieses einer umfassenden Neubetrachtung unterzogen. Zutage tritt ein Werk, das in seiner dichterischen Gestalt wesentlich komplexer gestaltet ist als bislang vermutet. Es wird deutlich, wie die Figur des Orpheus in der Spatantike literarisch so verarbeitet werden konnte, dass sich dem Rezipienten...

Francis Cairns has made well-known contributions to the study of Roman Epic and Elegy. Papers on Catullus and Horace assembles his substantial body of work on Roman Lyric -about 30papers published between 1969 and 2010 in many European and American periodicals, themed volumes and Festschriften, along with somenew papers.

Many aspects of the lyric poetry of Catullus and Horace are treated in this collection. Particular emphasis is given to the political and religious interests of both poets, to their interactions with their contemporaries, to the ‛learning' which informs their...

After 1933, New York City gave shelter to many leading German and German-Jewish intellectuals. This compendium, adopting the title of a volume published by Klaus and Erika Mann in 1939, explores the impact the US, and NYC in particular, had on these authors as well as the influence they in turn exerted on US intellectual life. Moreover, it addresses the transformations that took place in the exiled intellectuals thinking when it was translated intoEnglish and addressed to an American audience. Among the individuals presented in this volume, are such prominent names as T.W. Adorno, H....

Roman Jakobson's writings range over the entire field of general linguistics, as well as embracing Slavic linguistics and literature theory.

Jakobson has had a tremenduous influence on the development of linguistic theory. He was a founder of and prime mover in the Prague Linguistic Circle. On the basis of the new structuralist concepts, he set forth bold theories of general linguistics and illustrated them with brilliant demonstrations based on Slavic and other languages. Taking a leading role in the elucidation of the structural linguistic field of phonology, Jakobson used these...

This authoritative landmark text examines the highly topical and important issue of ICT in literacy learning. Its distinctive focus on providing a systematic review of research in the field gives the reader an essential, comprehensive overview.

As governments worldwide continue to invest heavily in ICT provisions in educational institutions, this book addresses the need to gather and synthesise evidence about the impact of ICT on literacy learning.

An expert team of writers draw upon two recent reports by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, which...

This unique book provides a lively introduction to the theory and research surrounding the adult learning of English for Speakers of Other Languages. Offering a digest and discussion of current debates, the book examines a wide geographical and social spread of issues, such as:

* how to understand the universal characteristics of learning an additional language
* what makes a 'good' language learner
* multilingualism and assumptions about monolingualism
* learning the written language
* the effect of recent Government immigration policy on language learning...

"It has made me more aware of the difficulties faced by ESL students on a daily basis across the curriculum." Year 4 teacher, Lynne Cadenhead, Aberdeen

"Lots of ideas that should be encompassed in the whole school plan." Key Stage One Coordinator, Susan Hills, who has taught in Durham, Norfolk and North East Lincolnshire in both Independent & State schools

"It helped me to bridge the gap between two cultures." Teacher, British International School, Beijing, China

There are increasing numbers of children with little or no English entering...