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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557823003321

Titolo

Knowledge for a Sustainable World : a southern African-Nordic contribution / / edited by Tor Halvorsen, Hilde Ibsen, Vyvienne R. P. M'kumbuzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

South Africa : , : African Minds, , 2015

ISBN

1-928331-06-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

338.96807

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Education, Higher - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The search for answers to the issue of global sustainability has become increasingly urgent. In the context of higher education, many universities and academics are seeking new insights that can shift our dependence on ways of living that rely on the exploitation of so many and the degradation of so much of our planet. This is the vision that drives SANORD and many of the researchers and institutions within its network. Although much of the research is on a relatively small scale, the vision is steadily gaining momentum, forging dynamic collaborations and pathways to new knowledge. The contributors to this book cover a variety of subject areas and offer fresh insights about chronically under-researched parts of the world. Others document and critically reflect on innovative approaches to cross-continental teaching and research collaborations. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in the transformation of higher education or the practicalities of cross-continental and cross-disciplinary academic collaboration. The Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD) is a network of higher education institutions from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Universities in the southern African and Nordic regions that are not yet members are encouraged to join.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823668303321

Autore

Knapp Éva

Titolo

Emblematics in Hungary : a study of the history of symbolic representation in Renaissance and Baroque literature / / Éva Knapp, Gábor Tüskés ; translated by András Török ; chapters III and V were translated by Zsuzsa Boronkay ; revised by Nigel Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tübingen : , : Niemeyer, , 2003

ISBN

3-11-095082-0

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

Frühe Neuzeit : Studien und Dokumente zur deutschen Literatur und Kultur im europäischen Kontext, , 0934-5531 ; ; Band 86

Classificazione

EK 2510

Altri autori (Persone)

TüskésGábor

TörökAndrás

BoronkayZsuzsa

GriffinNigel

Disciplina

894/.51109001

Soggetti

Hungarian literature - 16th century - History and criticism

Hungarian literature - 17th century - History and criticism

European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism

Baroque literature - History and criticism

Emblems in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-314) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- I Background, definitions, and objectives -- II Emblematics in Hungarian literary theory -- III Routes of transmission: Jesuit education and emblematics -- IV The typology of emblem books and emblematic prints -- V The English reception of a late humanist emblem book by a Hungarian author: Zsámboky (Sambucus) and Whitney -- VI Mannerist emblematic poetry? The layers of literary tradition in János Rimay's poem Fortuna/Occasio -- VII Emblematic modes of expression in the school drama -- VIII The emblematic mode and the sermon -- IX Religious prose: Emblematic biographies of Jesuit saints -- X Literary emblematics and the fine arts: Rhetorical conception and iconographie programme of the fresco cycle on the Grand Staircase of the Jesuit College at Győr -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- List of emblem books and emblematic prints with



Hungarian connections -- Tables -- List of figures -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The main aim of the work is to present emblematics in Hungary in its European context, and to show the reciprocal influence between that phenomenon and mainstream literature. The description of the theoretical and historical development in Hungary is supplemented by a series of case studies examining the effect of emblematics upon various literary genres. The final chapter analyzes the link between literary emblematics and the visual arts by looking at a specific example. As in most European countries, emblematics in Hungary is part of a complex labyrinth of literary modes of thought and expression. A relative poverty of theoretical writing went hand in hand with a considerable range of emblematic practice. The emblem proved to be a transitional form between the period when signs and motifs were regarded as having specific and fixed meanings and the modern period when we have developed a different and shifting concept of language and meaning. At the same time as emblems began to penetrate the more popular levels of national culture and literature, they also became more specialized. Hungarian emblematics used, for the most part, existing pictorial and textual combinations of pictures and texts. They employed the emblem notably in genres and texts of the genus demonstrativum, which referred to matters which were topical at the time.