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A collection of seven chapters on Lorenzo Da Ponte's Memorie and his librettos L'arbore di Diana (for Vicente Mart?n y Soler) and Don Giovanni (for Mozart), the texts are studied as radical works of...

This book focuses on Dorothy Thompson's opposition to Hitler and totalitarianism. It relates her prolific engagement on behalf of refugees, persecuted Jews, and exiled writers to friendships and...

Das Jahrbuch behandelt Fragen nach der Bedeutung des Sozialismus im Leben und Schaffen F. M. Dostojewskijs und nach der Stellung diverser linker Politiker und Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts zu diesem...

Der Band pr?sentiert verschiedene Aspekte der Rezeption der Werke F.M. Dostojewskijs im deutschen Sprachraum wie ?bersetzungsfragen, musikgeschichtliche Einfl?sse und Widerhall in der...

This book attempts an innovative exploration of the connection between humour and scepticism in the English literary canon. Defining humour as a capability, or better put, as a dunamis, it looks into...

El volumen analitza les tem?tiques abordades per les dramaturgues catalanes actuals (Aymar, Ced?, Cunill?, de Cos, Pardo, Sarrias, ...). N'ofereix un estat de la q?esti? a trav?s d'una aproximaci?...

In der katholischen Kirche sind der Dritte Weg und der Kirchliche Arbeitsgerichtshof untrennbar verbunden. Es gibt ein kircheneigenes kollektives Arbeitsrecht mit der Dienstgemeinschaft als Grundlage...

This book is concerned with conceptions of rebirth among the Druze in the Middle East. Based on ethnographic field research and interviews with interlocutors, the book explores constructions of...

Cette ?tude porte sur August Hau leiter, ?lu porte-parole des Gr?nen en mars 1980, mais dont le parcours est aujourd'hui largement oubli?. Sa biographie politique retrace les reconfigurations...

In der Traumliteratur wird das weibliche Geschlecht (der dunkle Kontinent) stets als begehrtes Objekt m?nnlicher (Wunsch)Tr?ume und Phantasmen imaginiert (?criture onirique, ?criture automatique)...

Edward Riou was a sea officer in the British Royal Navy who served with James Cook, saved HMS Guardian and was killed in the Battle of Copenhagen while under the command of Lord Nelson. This...

This book dynamically examines economic issues such as exchange rate fluctuations, international trade, stock exchange market-interbank relationship, monetary and fiscal policies, economic growth,...

This book assesses the conceptualisation of international mission in the Methodist Church Ghana. While using multiple models interpreting Ghanaian international mission, this book also proposes...

This book focus on tourism and hotel management terminology, is expected to be a source book for the theoretical and practical scientific studies in the fields with which tourism is in close...

The book offers a comprehensive model of religious culture of peasants of the Lesser Poland in the early modern times. Its principal research topic is the influence of religion on the life and...

Cemeteries in East Central Europe; Ethnic, Linguistic, and Narrative Aspects of Sepulchral Culture and the Commemoration of the Dead in Borderlands; Bleiburska Tragedija; Hluč?n Region; Medzev;...

This is an edited collection of essays that focuses on exchanging literary and cultural perspectives between humanities traditions in East and West. The book explores ways in which academic fields...

The Book presents a study of lexical and phonological features of the language of emotions in Igala, one of Nigeria's over 500 languages. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) framework is used for...

Echoes of English, also known as Anglicisms, are now heard all over the world. They encompass a wide range of linguistic phenomena, all of which are discussed in this book. Against a backdrop of...

The book traces the reverberations of Ronald Reagan's ideology in selected Hollywood blockbuster movies. The analysis includes filmic content as well as production and distribution. It is concluded...

The book explores the key concerns in the United States of America, as well as around the world today, related to the significance of ecology, eco-consciousness and climate change. The chapters by...

This book shows the economic populism in British and American political discourse providing a current insight into the way Boris Johnson and Donald Trump communicate with the general public by...

It is argued that a critical approach to health studies with an eye of social sciences, particularly benefited from the fields of economics, law, and politics, contributes to the literature on health...

The volume contributes to the food-energy-water nexus by developing modeling frameworks for ex-ante policy simulation. The frameworks are used to analyze four policies - biofuels production,...

This study proposes an eco-political reading of James Joyce's Ulysses by looking into four aspects of the environment that Joyce deals with in his modernist classic. By looking respectively into...

Este libro ofrece una serie de actividades para el aula y estudios relacionados con la educaci?n art?stica. Este libro est? organizado en cuatro secciones principales m?s un cap?tulo final sobre las...

La literatura forma parte desde hace siglos de la educaci?n escolar y, pese a los r?pidos cambios a los que asistimos en las sociedades actuales, se sigue ense?ando en gran medida de la misma forma...

The Polish Doctor and Pedagogue Janusz Korczak was familiar with the biblical tradition, as is the author. The biblical understanding of life as an enjoyable gift influences Korczak's living with...

It compiles a series of theoretical and empirical studies on the main issues in educational research. Specifically, it addresses topics of particular interest for teacher training and educational...

This book presents empirical comparative research findings regarding the educational effect on political and social tolerance across 24 and 33 countries at two time points. It argues there are...