"Invisible Cities" and the Urban Imagination / / edited by Benjamin Linder |
Autore | Linder Benjamin |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
354.81150006
853.914 |
Collana | Literary Urban Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern - 20th century
Literature, Modern - 21st century European literature Comparative literature Space Culture Cities and towns - History Contemporary Literature European Literature Comparative Literature Space and Place in Culture Urban History |
ISBN |
9783031130489 (electronic book)
9783031130472 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Invisible Cities and the Urban Imagination -- Part I Cities & Theory -- 2. Invisible Cities: Learning to Recognize Urban Society -- 3. How to Map the Invisible -- 4. Invisible Cities and the Work of Storying the Future -- 5. Paris, Latour, and Calvino -- 6. Queer Cities, Bodies & Desire: Reading Nicole Brossard alongside Italo Calvino -- 7. On the Epistemic Ruins of Existence -- Part II Cities & Cities -- 8. “The Void not Filled with Words": The Role of Venice in Invisible Cities -- 9. A Tale of Two Ethnographers: Urban Anthropologists Read Invisible Cities -- 10. Fifty Years of Soul City: Lessons of a Black Utopia -- 11. Tirana Visible and Invisible -- 12. The Lost City: The Pathos of Arab Jerusalem -- 13. “Submerging the City in Its Own Past”: Tracing Glasgow’s Architectures of Inhabitation -- 14. Poetics of the Invisible, Poetics of Rubble -- 15. Encountering Urban Mutualities and Indeterminacy with a Dar es Salaam Taxi Driver -- 16. Reconstructing Memory and Desire in Bhaktapur, Nepal -- 17. The Weight of the City: The Burden and Opportunities of Urban Villages -- 18. Don’t Nuisance the Relented City: Community Barriers and Urban “Keepers” in the Haedo, Buenos Aires -- Part III Cities & Practice -- 19. The Architect and Invisible Cities -- 20. Visible Cities: Calvino in Performance -- 21. The Pedagogy of Storytelling in Invisible Cities -- 22. Invisible Smart Cities -- 23. Peripheral Visions of Empire: Zagreb, Belgrade, Sarajevo (Homage to Calvino) -- 24. Imagining São Paulo with Invisible Cities -- 25. Desires and Fears in the Invisible Eternal City -- 26. Nyctopolis, the City of Darkness -- 27. Epilogue: A Comparative Palimpsest of Urban Plenitude and Difference. |
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'Brave New World': Contexts and Legacies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jonathan Greenberg, Nathan Waddell |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 254 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 809.04 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern—20th century
Comparative literature Literature, Modern—21st century Twentieth-Century Literature Comparative Literature Contemporary Literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
ISBN | 1-137-44541-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. Brave New World as a Modern Utopia -- 2. Signs of the T -- 3. ‘That Learning Were Such a Filthy Thing' -- 4. The Pleasures of Dystopia -- 5. Huxley and Reproduction -- 6. What Huxley Got Wrong -- 7. Brave New World and Vanity Fair; Carey Snyder -- 8. The Brave New World of Mothering -- 9. Ethics in the Late Anthropocene -- 10. ‘My Hypothetical Islanders’ -- 11. ‘Words Without Reason’. |
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9/11 in European Literature : Negotiating Identities Against the Attacks and What Followed / / edited by Svenja Frank |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 386 p. 5 illus.) |
Disciplina | 809.4 |
Soggetto topico |
European literature
Literature, Modern - 20th century Literature, Modern - 21st century Comparative literature European Literature Contemporary Literature Twentieth-Century Literature Comparative Literature |
ISBN | 3-319-64209-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 9/11 in European Literature. Negotiating Identities Against the Attacks and What Followed -- 9/11: The Interpretation of Disaster as Disaster of Interpretation – an American Catastrophe Reflected in American and European Discourses -- The Wind of the Hudson: Gerhard Richter’s September (2005) and the European Perception of Catastrophe -- Burning from the inside out’: Let the Great World Spin (2009) -- Seeing is Disbelieving: The Contested Visibility of 9/11 in France -- Cultural and Historical Memory in English and German Discursive Responses to 9/11 -- The Post-9/11 World in Three Polish Responses: Zagajewski, Skolimowski, Tochman -- The Islamic World as Other in Oriana Fallaci’s ‘Trilogy’ -- National Identity and Literary Culture after 9/11:Pro- and Anti-Americanism in Frédéric Beigbeder’s Windows on the World(2003) and Thomas Hettche’s Woraus wir gemacht sind (2006) -- The Mimicry of Dialogue: Thomas Lehr’s September. Fata Morgana (2010) -- Europe and Its Discontents: Intra-European Violence in Dutch Literature after 9/11 -- Tourist/Terrorist. Narrating Uncertainty in Early European Literature on Guantánamo -- Appendix. |
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The Aesthetics of Clarity and Confusion : Literature and Engagement since Nietzsche and the Naturalists / / by Geoffrey A. Baker |
Autore | Baker Geoffrey A |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 279 p.) |
Disciplina | 809 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature |
Soggetto topico |
Comparative literature
Literature - Philosophy European literature Comparative Literature Literary Theory European Literature |
ISBN | 3-319-42171-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Literary Activism, Clarity and Confusion -- Chapter 1: “For Love of Clarity”: Émile Zola, Practice, and the Political Potential of Realistic Literature -- Chapter 2: Grounds for Confusion: Nietzsche, Theory, and the Political Potential of Anti-Realism -- Chapter 3: Between Theory and Practice: Matthew Arnold, Thomas Mann, Julien Benda, and the Purpose of the Intellectual -- Chapter 4: “Different Kinds of Clarity”: Science, Sense, and Utilitarian Realism in Bertolt Brecht -- Chapter 5: Pressing Engagement: Jean-Paul Sartre and the Aesthetic Problem of the Political -- Chapter 6: An Other Engagement: Simone de Beauvoir and the Ethical Problem of the Political -- Conclusion: Contemporary Engagements with Clarity and Confusion -- Works Cited. |
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Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy : Dreams We Learn / / by Duncan A. Lucas |
Autore | Lucas Duncan A |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.2512 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism |
Soggetto topico |
Literature - Philosophy
Comparative literature Literary Theory Comparative Literature |
ISBN | 3-319-94863-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I Theory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tomkins and Literature: A Hermeneutical Model -- 3. Tragedy and the Trope of Disgust -- Part II Application -- 4. Case Study One: Sophocles’ Oedipus -- 5. Case Study Two: Shakespeare’s Hamlet -- 6. Case Study Three: Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesmen -- 7. Conclusions: Dreams We Learn. |
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The Affirmations of Reason : On Karl Barth’s Speculative Theology / / by Sigurd Baark |
Autore | Baark Sigurd |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 291 p.) |
Disciplina | 230 |
Soggetto topico |
Theology
Religion—Philosophy Comparative literature Christian Theology Philosophy of Religion Comparative Literature |
ISBN | 3-319-70793-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Speculative Aspect -- Chapter 3: Kant’s Critical Philosophy -- Chapter 4: Fichte and Hegel on Knowledge and Self-consciousness -- Chapter 5: The Early Dialectical Theology of Barth and Thurneysen -- Chapter 6: The Form of Barth’s Speculative Theology -- Chapter 7: Barth’s Speculative Theology and the Kirchliche Dogmatik -- Chapter 8: Conclusion. |
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The Afterlife of Texts in Translation : Understanding the Messianic in Literature / / by Edmund Chapman |
Autore | Chapman Edmund |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 pages) |
Disciplina |
418.02
418.0401 |
Soggetto topico |
Literature—Translations
Comparative literature Literature Postmodernism Motion pictures Translation and interpretation Translation Studies Comparative Literature Postcolonial/World Literature Postmodern Philosophy Adaptation Studies Translation |
ISBN | 3-030-32452-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Afterlife -- Chapter Three: The Overtext -- Chapter Four: Language, Judgment, Colonialism -- Chapter Five: The Messianic -- Chapter Six: Pierre Menard, Messianic Translator -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion: Overliving and the Encounter with the Other. |
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Agatha Christie on Screen / / by Mark Aldridge |
Autore | Aldridge Mark |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 363 p.) |
Disciplina | 809.04 |
Collana | Crime Files |
Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern—20th century
Fiction Technology in literature Comparative literature Motion pictures—History Twentieth-Century Literature Literature and Technology/Media Comparative Literature Film History |
ISBN | 1-137-37292-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- PART I. Destination Unknown -- Chapter 1. The Silent Adventures -- Chapter 2. Poirot Comes to the Silver Screen -- PART II. Appointment with Death -- Chapter 3. The Early Television Adaptations -- Chapter 4. New Prospects and Problems in Television -- PART III. Wasps’ Nest -- Chapter 5. Christie Films Make an Impact -- Chapter 6. Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple -- PART IV. Evil Under the Sun -- Chapter 7. A New Era for Agatha Christie Films -- Chapter 8. Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot -- PART V. Partners in Crime -- Chapter 9. Christie Comes Back to Television -- Chapter 10. New Approaches -- PART VI. In a Glass Darkly -- Chapter 11. Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple -- Chapter 12. Agatha Christie’s Poirot -- PART VII. Hidden Horizon -- Chapter 13. European Adaptations -- Chapter 14. Adaptations in the Rest of the World -- PART VIII. While the Light Lasts -- Chapter 15. Christie with a Twist -- Chapter 16. Looking to the Future. . |
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Amputation in Literature and Film : Artificial Limbs, Prosthetic Relations, and the Semiotics of "Loss" / / edited by Erik Grayson, Maren Scheurer |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.933561 |
Collana | Literary Disability Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Comparative literature
Fiction Medicine and the humanities Motion pictures Medicine - Philosophy Comparative Literature Fiction Literature Medical Humanities Global Film and TV Philosophy of Medicine |
ISBN | 3-030-74377-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Amputation and the Semiotics of “Loss” -- Part I: The Politics of Amputation -- 2. “Lame Doings.” Amputation, Impotence, and Community in The Shoemaker’s Holiday and A Larum for London -- 3. Complicating the Semiotics of Loss. Gender, Power and Amputation Narratives -- 4. Stalin’s Samovars: Disabled Veterans in (Post-)Soviet Literature -- Part II. Amputations’s Intersections -- 5. “She Had Wept So Long and So Much on the Stumps”: Amputation and Embodiment in “The Girl Without Hands” -- 6. Defective Femininity and (Sur)Realist Empowerment: Benito Pérez Galdós’s and Luis Buñuel’s Tristana -- 7. “Even at This Late Juncture”: Amputation, Old Age, and Paul Rayment’s Prosthetic Family in J.M. Coetzee’s Slow Man -- Part III: Grief and Prosthetic Relations -- 8. The Penalty in Novel and Film: Grieving with the Vengeful Amputee -- 9. “The Blunt Remnant of Something Whole”: Living Stumps and Prosthetic Relations in Thomas Bernhard’s Die Billigesser and Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America -- 10. “But the Damage … Lasted”: Phantom Pain and Mourning in Moritz’s Anton Reiser -- Part IV: Philosophy, Language, Disability -- 11. Zhuangzi, Amputees, and Virtue (de) -- 12. Speech—Amputation—Writing: Philomela’s Notalogy -- 13. (In)complete Amputation: Body Integrity Identity Disorder and Maurice Blanchot. |
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Animal Languages in the Middle Ages : Representations of Interspecies Communication / / edited by Alison Langdon |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 590 |
Collana | The New Middle Ages |
Soggetto topico |
Literature, Medieval
Comparative literature Europe - History - 476-1492 Medieval Literature Comparative Literature History of Medieval Europe |
ISBN | 3-319-71897-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- Part I Communicating Through Animals -- 2 Becoming-Birds: The Destabilizing Use of Gendered Animal Imagery in Ancrene Wisse -- 3 As faucon comen out of muwe”: Female Agency and the Language of Falconry -- 4 Saints and Holy Beasts: Pious Animals in Early-Medieval Insular Saints’ Vitae -- 5 The Speech of Strangers: The Tale of the Andalusi Phoenix -- Part II Recovering Animal Languages -- 6 Bark Like a Man: Performance, Identity, and Boundary in Old English Animal Voice Catalogues -- 7 In Briddes Wise: Chaucer’s Avian Poetics -- 8 Understanding Hawk-Latin: Animal Language and Universal Rhetoric -- 9 "Dites le mei, si ferez bien": Fallen Language and Animal Communication in Marie de France's Bisclavret -- Part III Embodied Language and Interspecies Dependence -- 10 On Equine Language: Jordanus Rufus and Thirteenth-Century Communicative Horsemanship -- 11 No Hoof, No Horse: Hoof Care, Veterinary Medicine and Cross-Species Communication in Late Medieval England -- 12 Medieval Dog Whisperers: The Poetics of Rehabilitation -- 13 Embodied Emotion as Animal Language in Le Chevalier au Lion. |
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