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A people passing rude: British responses to Russian culture
Described by the sixteenth-century English poet George Turbervile as "a people passing rude, to vices vile inclin’d", the Russians waited some three centuries before their subsequent cultural achievements—in music, art and particularly literature—achieved widespread recognition in Britain. The essays in this stimulating collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia’s influence…
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- 9781909254121
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- xvi, 331 p.: illustrations
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- 947.084 CRO a
Imperial genus : the formation and limits of the human in modern Korea and Japan
"Imperial Genus begins with the turn to world culture and ideas of the generally human in Japan’s cultural policy in Korea in 1919. How were concepts of the human’s genus‑being operative in the discourses of the Japanese empire? How did they inform the imagination and representation of modernity in colonial Korea? Travis Workman delves into these questions through texts in philosophy, lit…
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- 9780520964198
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- vii, 307 p. : ill,
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- 951.903 WOR i
From Goethe to Gundolf: essays on German literature and culture
From Goethe to Gundolf: Essays on German Literature and Culture is a collection of Roger Paulin’s groundbreaking essays, spanning the last forty years. The work represents his major research interests of Romanticism and the reception of Shakespeare in Germany, but also explores a broader range of themes, from poetry and the public memorialization of poets to fairy stories - all meticulously r…
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- 9781800642140
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- 420 p.: colour, illustrations
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- 830.9 PAU f
Lifestyle in Siberia and the Russian North
This book draws on a wide range of theoretical perspectives – from Chaney and Bourdieu to Berger, Sontag and Bakhtin – and from ideas about nostalgia to theories of consumption, nation, and ethnicity. The ethnographic detail in each chapter is impressive, and in my view is the real core of the book. It is a resource which will be widely used by Russian, Soviet and postsocialist specialists,…
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- 9781783747191
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- xv, 465 p. : ill
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- 306.0957 HAB l
The end of the world : apocalypse and its aftermath in Western culture
This book is a tour de force, full of wonderful insights [...] Professor Lisboa is equally at ease when discussing a film like King Kong as when considering a fine point by Derrida, a dramatic passage from Beckett or a picture by Hieronymus Bosch. This is a timely book for the uncertain times in which we live. Its scholarly credentials are unquestionable, its erudition impressive, its analysis …
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- 9781906924522
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- xv, 194 p. : ill.
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- 809.93382 LIS t
Technology, media literacy, and the human subject: a posthuman approach
What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected netwo…
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- 9781800641846
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- x, 247p. : ill.
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- 302.23 LEW t
The theatre of Shelley
This is the first full-length study of Shelley’s plays in performance. It offers a rich, meticulously researched history of Shelley’s role as a playwright and dramatist and a reassessment of his "closet dramas" as performable pieces of theatre. With chapters on each of Shelley’s dramatic works, the book provides a thorough discussion of the poet’s stagecraft, and analyses performanc…
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- 9781906924324
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- xiv, 289 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 822.709 MUL t
Majalah Literasi Indonesia : Januari 2022
Diterbitkan berkala dan didistribusikan secara gratis oleh Media Guru Indonesia. Bacaan wajib penggiat literasi untuk memajukan gerakan menulis dan membaca di Indonesia.
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- 26565269
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- 304p.
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- 371.3
Majalah Literasi Indonesia : Juni 2021
Diterbitkan berkala dan didistribusikan secara gratis oleh Media Guru Indonesia. Bacaan wajib penggiat literasi untuk memajukan gerakan menulis dan membaca di Indonesia.
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- 26565269
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- 318p.
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- 371.3 MAJ m
Majalah Literasi Indonesia : September 2021
Diterbitkan berkala dan didistribusikan secara gratis oleh Media Guru Indonesia. Bacaan wajib penggiat literasi untuk memajukan gerakan menulis dan membaca di Indonesia.
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- 26565269
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- 308p.
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- 371.3 MAJ m
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