Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) war Lehrerin, bevor sie sich der Literatur widmete, und wurde Gutsbesitzerin, sobald sie von ihren Romanen leben konnte. Spätestens seit 'Nils Holgerssons wunderbarer Reise durch Schweden' steht der Name Lagerlöf für phantasievolle, heimatverbundene Märchen. Doch die weltberühmte Nobelpreisträgerin thematisierte in ihren Büchern durchaus die gesellschaftliche Rolle der Frau, Grundlagen des Sozialstaats oder die Technisierung der Landwirtschaft und engagierte sich als politische Rednerin. Thomas Steinfeld konturiert das Leben dieser für ihre Zeit erstaunlich selbstständigen Frau und erschließt ein Werk, in dem Naturliebe und Modernität auf unnachahmliche Weise verflochten sind.
Thomas Steinfeld; Peter Luthersson; Theodore Dalrymple; Axel Odelberg; Karin Stensdotter; Roger Kimball; Johan Lundberg; Roger Scruton; James Macmillan; Camilla Lundberg; Pär Sandin; Gunnar Larsson; Hans Henrik Brummer; Therese Bohman; Henry Larsson; Ann-Sofi Ljung-Svensson; Martin Lagerholm; David Andersson; Einar Askestad; Rob Riemen; John Armstrong; Per Bauhn; Torbjörn Elensky; Alain de Botton; Peter Elmlund; Lars Anders Johansson; David Mason; Anna Brodow Inzaina; Christopher Rådlund; Denis Dutton; Brian Boyd; Marcus Nordlund
Under omprövning rymmer ett stort antal bidrag som förenas av att de utifrån ett kritiskt perspektiv diskuterar vår tids mest karakteristiska estetiska hållningar och konstnärliga tendenser. Antologin försöker se framåt, förbi de modernistiska och postmodernistiska strategier som kännetecknat 1900-talets utveckling inom konstarter som litteratur, musik, bildkonst och arkitektur. Detta innebär också en omvärdering av kulturhistorien, där en rad förbisedda författarskap och konstnärskap lyfts fram. Och där kulturhistorien utvärderas med avseende på vad som kan te sig fruktbart och ofruktbart för framtiden.
Den första delen av Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust utkom 1808 och den andra 1832. Verket är ett av världslitteraturens största, och Fausts vilja att nå kunskap även om det innebär att han måste ingå en djävulspakt är gränslös och har blivit synonym med människans kunskapshybris. Mestiofeles blir efter pakten Fausts tjänare och följeslagare, och har äger både charm som humor. Det drygt tolvtusen rader långa dramat är inte bara berättelsen om Faust och hans kärlek till Margarete, det leker även med en rad genrer och litterära uttryck. Här presenteras Britt G. Hallqvists klassiska översättning i nyutgåva. Den har anpassats efter senare kritiska utgåvor av Faust. Ett omfattande förord av Thomas Steinfeld och ett efterord av Anne Pollok har inkluderats. Därtill har kommentarerna utökats och reviderats. En översättning av Goethes text om Aristoteles Poetik och en kommentar till denna av Håkan Trygger ingår likaså. Detta är den hittills mest ambitiösa och omfattande utgåvan av Faust på svenska.
Här presenteras Britt G. Hallqvists klassiska översättning i nyutgåva. Den har anpassats efter senare kritiska utgåvor av Faust. Ett omfattande förord av Thomas Steinfeld och ett efterord av Anne Pollok har inkluderats. Därtill har kommentarerna utökats och reviderats. En översättning av Goethes text om Aristoteles Poetik och en kommentar till denna av Håkan Trygger ingår likaså. Detta är den hittills mest ambitiösa och omfattande utgåvan av Faust på svenska. Den första delen av Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust utkom 1808 och den andra 1832. Verket är ett av världslitteraturens största, och Fausts vilja att nå kunskap – även om det innebär att han måste ingå en djävulspakt – är gränslös och har blivit synonym med människans kunskapshybris. Mefistofeles blir efter pakten Fausts tjänare och följeslagare, och äger både charm och humor. Det drygt tolvtusen rader långa dramat är inte bara berättelsen om Faust och hans kärlek till Margarete, det leker även med en rad genrer och litterära uttryck.
Als die Kinder die Steine verr cken, ahnen sie nicht die Konsequenzen. Unwissentlich haben sie die geheimnisvolle Kraft des Steinfelds erweckt. Karlheinz f rchtet sich, denselben Fehler zu begehen wie damals. Als Onulf der Hohepriester das kleine Dorf Argenau um Fingersbreite vor einer Katastrophe bewahrte. Linien brechen auf, Zeiten verschwimmen. Erinnert er sich rechtzeitig, wie sie einst den D mon bezwungen?IM INNEREN KREISErneutes FLACKERN, dieses Mal so durchdringend, dass es die d nne Haut der Realit t nicht nur abl ste, sondern in Fetzen riss. Rainer schrie, als er zum ersten Mal Onulfs Stimme h rte. Und das schlimmste war, dass sie in ihrer F rbung und Lautst rke Karlheinz so hnlich war. Warum auch nicht? In diesem Moment h tte man beide austauschen k nnen, so dicht waren die sublimen Unterschiede unter die Erde gerutscht. Die Bahnhofskneipe war verschwunden. In einer langen Reihe roher Fichtendielen standen metallene Becher, angelaufen vom Dunst der Tavernen. Unter ihnen ein Boden aus gestampfter Erde, gut ge lt. Wenn Rainer den Kopf schr g hielt, konnte er die Luft wabern sehen. Den Fliesenboden. Den Stammtischaschenbecher. Die auf den Kopf gestellte Flasche Asbach, in ihrem Spender. Onulf hatte es auf einen Showdown angelegt, wie Karlheinz ihn vielleicht aus den Westernfilmen kannte, die Sonntagmorgen immer im Fernsehen liefen. Lieh seinen fr heren ich seine Erfahrungen, sein Wissen. Ihre beiden K rper verschmolzen an der Stelle, wo es ihre Seele bereits war. Rugan stand so sicher auf den Beinen, wie Rafael es nie vermocht h tte."Wie hast du mich genannt?""Bei dem Namen, den dein Vater dir gegeben hat. Und nun verschwende nicht unsere Zeit Wenn ich die Zeichen gesehen habe, dann auch du. Oder z hlst du dich neuerdings den Blinden zu?"Flackern, und die Welt kam mit einem atemberaubenden Fl gelschlag wieder zur ck.Rafael musterte ihn sehr, sehr lange."Ihr steckt tiefer in der Schei e, als ihr ahnt.""Dann hast du die Lichter am Himmel gesehen?""Bei meiner Seel, das habe ich. Verzeih mir, wenn ich dich in der H lle des Kindes gesehen habe.""Dieses eine Mal sei es dir gew hrt. Doch vergiss niemals, wer du einmal warst. Ein Priester des Steinkreises. Du tr gst nicht weniger Verantwortung als ich.""Ich versuche dir zu dienen, so gut ich kann."Rainer, der mit offenem Mund dastand, erkannte seinen Freund nicht wieder. Wenn je ein Zweifel bestanden hatte, war dieser ausger umt. Karlheinz konnte all dies weder ertr umen noch wissen."Dann verrate mir, wie wir damals den Kreis geschlossen haben."
This beautifully illustrated biography of S. Seymour Thomas is the compelling tale of a young boy from Texas who grew up to achieve artistic fame in Europe. A leading international artist in his day who studied at the Art Students League in New York and at the Academie Julian in Paris, Thomas is little known today. This new book by eminent art historian Cecilia Steinfeldt serves both as a tribute to a man of substantial artistic accomplishments and as an effort to revive interest in his distinguished career. Born in San Augustine, Texas, in 1868, Thomas moved with his family to Dallas a few years later. He was first recognized as an artist at the age of eight, when he won a certificate from the North Texas Fair Association for a pencil drawing of hunting dogs. At age twelve he illustrated a book about outlaw Sam Bass. As a teenager, after the family moved to San Antonio, Seymour began painting with oils and studied under Theodore Gentilz. It was during this time that Seymour painted his famous view of the San Jose Mission, featured on the book's cover. In Paris, Thomas won several medals at salons and met fellow American art student Helen Haskell, who became his wife. Once he had established his reputation as an artist, he turned most of his efforts toward portraiture, producing likenesses that combined a meticulous attention to detail with an effort to bring out each sitter's personality. This book, published by the Texas State Historical Association for the Witte Museum, is a fitting tribute to Seymour Thomas's life and work. Rich in details from family letters and diaries and illustrated with color reproductions of Thomas's paintings, as well as with family photos and examples from his sketchbooks, the book is a significant addition to our knowledge of Texas art and artists.
Convergence offers the reader an insightful guide to the digital transformation of the communication landscape. Elegantly written, the text clearly articulates how the telecommunications landscape has undergone a metamorphosis in the age of digital technology. Broadband communications, compression, and network integration are key concepts in this groundbreaking book. Students, scholars, communication professionals, and policymakers will find this book an invaluable resource for understanding the nature and consequences of the new information infrastructure. --John V. Pavlik, Director, School of Communication, San Diego State University Convergence is the central symbol of communication for the future--where broadcasting, cable, and telecommunications services band together to form the new media world of the future. Convergence: Integrating Media, Information & Communication is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of the conditions that have led to the convergence of the media and communication industries. The authors explore the remaining obstacles to convergence and the consequences of convergence for society, the individual, and businesses involved. This timely volume examines the impact of convergence on interactive information and entertainment services and their management and marketing, economic and public policy concerns, and the effects of multinational development and hackers--linking them to the changes we experience in our culture and daily existence. Convergence: Integrating Media, Information & Communication is a multifaceted analysis that will be of great interest to those interested in future media developments and their impact. This informative book can be used as a primary text in courses in communication technology, mass communication, telecommunication, organizational communication, and international communication.
On May 21, 2010, Daniel J. Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt posted the following provocative questions online:“Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society?”As recently as the mid-2000s, questions like these would have been unthinkable. But today serious scholars are asking whether the institutions of the academy as they have existed for decades, even centuries, aren’t becoming obsolete. Every aspect of scholarly infrastructure is being questioned, and even more importantly, being hacked. Sympathetic scholars of traditionally disparate disciplines are canceling their association memberships and building their own networks on Facebook and Twitter. Journals are being compiled automatically from self-published blog posts. Newly minted PhDs are forgoing the tenure track for alternative academic careers that blur the lines between research, teaching, and service. Graduate students are looking beyond the categories of the traditional CV and building expansive professional identities and popular followings through social media. Educational technologists are “punking” established technology vendors by rolling out their own open source infrastructure. Here, in Hacking the Academy, Daniel J. Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt have gathered a sampling of the answers to their initial questions from scores of engaged academics who care deeply about higher education. These are the responses from a wide array of scholars, presenting their thoughts and approaches with a vibrant intensity, as they explore and contribute to ongoing efforts to rebuild scholarly infrastructure for a new millennium.
This textbook helps undergraduate students of language and linguistics taking their first steps in one of the core areas of grammar, introducing them to the basic ideas, insights, and techniques of contemporary semantic theory. Requiring no special background knowledge, the book starts with everyday observations about word meaning and use and then hightlights the role of structure in the analysis of the meanings of phrases and clauses, zooming in on the fascinating and vexing question of how speakers manage to meaningfully communicate with sentences and texts they have never come across before. At the same time, the reader becomes acquainted with the modern, functionalist characterization of linguistic meaning in terms of reference (extension) and information (intension), and learns to apply technical tools from formal logic to analyzing the meaning of complex linguistic expressions as being composed by the meanings of their parts. Each of the nine main chapters contains a variety of exercises for self-study and classroom use, with model solutions in the appendix. Extensive English examples provide ample illustration.
College rule (also known as medium ruled paper) is the most common lined paper in use in the United States. It is generally used in middle school through to college and is also popular with adults. This is a good choice for teen or adult notebooks and composition books (known as exercise books outside the US).
Many scholars believe that the Gospel of Thomas, the famous collection of Jesus' sayings found in Nag Hammadi in 1945, makes all the difference for our understanding of the origins of Christianity. The gospel has been studied closely for the new light it throws on pre-canonical traditions and for the different world of wisdom it seems to represent. Without denying the value of such approaches, the present book takes a different approach. It does not look backward to the earlier sources of the gospel nor to the historical Jesus, but seeks to locate Thomas on the map of early Christian literature and history by comparing the gospel to other related writings and traditions. These include the writings ascribed to the mysterious apostle, Judas Thomas, other documents from Nag Hammadi, Paul and Stoic teachers, and the Gospel of Matthew. No single interpretative key for the understanding of the gospel is proposed. Rather, the book opens up several new readings and historical explanations which can usefully be explored. Uro also argues that the conventional methods scholars have been using in their studies are in need of rethinking and refinement. Among many conclusions is the author's belief that Thomas is an early second-century work written by people who, like many other first- and second-century Christians, understood Jesus' message in terms of the Hellenistic belief in the divine origin of the self.
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