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Author : Anna Makolkin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110887584

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Author : Marijan Dović
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 17,74 MB
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004335404

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In National Poets, Cultural Saints Marijan Dović and Jón Karl Helgason explore the ways in which certain artists, writers, and poets in Europe have become major figures of cultural memory, emulating the symbolic role formerly played by state rulers and religious saints. The authors develop the concept of cultural sainthood in the context of nationalism as a form of invisible religion, identify major shifts in canonization practices from antiquity to the nationally-motivated commemoration of the nineteenth century, and explore the afterlives of two national poets, Slovenia's France Prešeren and Iceland's Jónas Hallgrímsson. The book presents a useful analytical model of canonization for further studies on cultural sainthood and opens up fruitful perspectives for the understanding of national movements.

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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 32,95 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 900439513X

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In Great Immortality, twenty scholars from considerably different cultural backgrounds explore the ways in which certain poets, writers, and artists in Europe have become major figures of cultural memory.

Author : Eric Csapo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444318043

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Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors andtheir popular reception from the origins of theater in ClassicalGreece to the Roman Empire Presents a highly original viewpoint into several new andcontested fields of study Offers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spreadof theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion oftheater upon actors and dramatic literature Addresses a study of the privatization of theater and revealshow it was driven by political interests Challenges preconceived notions about theater history

Author : Russell Chun
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0133927105

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Adobe Flash Professional CC Classroom in a Book contains 10 lessons that cover the basics, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.

Author : Randy Duncan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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This book explores how the heroes and villains of popular comic books—and the creators of these icons of our culture—reflect the American experience out of which they sprang, and how they have achieved relevance by adapting to, and perhaps influencing, the evolving American character. Multiple generations have thrilled to the exploits of the heroes and villains of American comic books. These imaginary characters permeate our culture—even Americans who have never read a comic book grasp what the most well-known examples represent. But these comic book characters, and their creators, do more than simply thrill: they make us consider who we are and who we aspire to be. Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman contains 100 entries that provide historical background, explore the impact of the comic-book character on American culture, and summarize what is iconic about the subject of the entry. Each entry also lists essential works, suggests further readings, and contains at least one sidebar that provides entertaining and often quirky insight not covered in the main entry. This two-volume work examines fascinating subjects, such as how the superhero concept embodied the essence of American culture in the 1930s; and the ways in which comic book icons have evolved to reflect changing circumstances, values, and attitudes regarding cultural diversity. The book's coverage extends beyond just characters, as it also includes entries devoted to creators, publishers, titles, and even comic book related phenomena that have had enduring significance.

Author : Alan Davies
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845192730

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This book examines the nexus between religion and politics, considered in one of its most controversial aspects. The starting point is the 2001 attack on the United States, which a Canadian commentator ingeniously described as the 'passion of America'. This designation suggested an interesting inquiry into other so-called national passions: the notion of the Christ-nation crucified by evil powers because of its higher virtue. This motif is explored by analysing five modern nationalisms that have employed Christian symbolism in this manner: Poland, France, Germany, Ireland and Palestine. The author investigates the way in which fundamental Christian concepts are distorted and corrupted in the process, and points to the inherent dangers of this form of political self-glorification. Poets, philosophers, novelists and preachers have all played a major part in promoting the idea of the Christ-nation at certain times, mostly in the nineteenth century but also today. Famous examples are Adam Mickiewicz in Poland, Victor Hugo in France, the patriotic Lutherans during the First World War in Germany, Patrick Pearse in Ireland and certain Palestinian nationalist poets today. The clash of cultures, religions, nationalism and civilisations in the world today is ever more strident. The passion narratives of the five nations are interwoven with historical circumstance in order to cast light on the endurance and power of the narratives, to arrive at a final critique and 'tract for the times'.

Author : Alexander Nemerov
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2005-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0520241002

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Author : Elspeth Cameron
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 25,17 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802072153

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This book elucidates the lives and achievements of several Canadian women from different walks of life.