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May 2007Frankreich
Land der Erinnerung
by Henry Miller, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Heidi Zerning
»Ich hatte kein Geld, keine Rücklagen, keine Hoffnungen. Ich war der glücklichste Mensch der Welt.« So schreibt Henry Miller über seine Zeit im Frankreich der dreißiger Jahre. Sein Rückblick ist ein leidenschaftliches Liebesbekenntnis zu Frankreich, besonders zu Paris, wo er mit Künstlern und Lebenskünstlern ein abenteuerliches Bohemeleben führte. »Wir halten an unseren Erinnerungen fest, um eine Identität zu bewahren, die ohnehin nie verloren gehen kann«, so beginnt Millers Erinnerungsbuch, während er sich über einen Metro-Plan beugt und sehnsüchtig die Viertel und Straßen heraufbeschwört, ihren Klang, ihre Gerüche, ihren Zauber. Gegen den »american way of life« preist Henry Miller mit kraftvoller Sprache Frankreich, seine Landschaften, Menschen und die Kunst, die alle Lebensbereiche durchdringt »von der Kirche bis zur Küche«. Henry Millers Erinnerungsbuch ist eine zärtliche Liebeserklärung an das alte Europa.
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September 1999Welt im Fluss
Fallstudien zum Modell der Homöostase
by Herausgegeben von Martin, Jörg; Herausgegeben von Hardy, Jörg; Herausgegeben von Cartier, Stephan
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March 2018Goethe und Sylvie
Briefe und Gedichte
by Paul Raabe
Ab 1776 war Goethe häufig zu Gast bei August Friedrich Carl von Ziegesar, Minister in Gothaischen Diensten und Berater von Herzog Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar. 1802 lernt er in Jena auch dessen jüngste Tochter Sylvie (1785 – 1855) kennen. In der Folge tauschen die beiden Briefe aus, Goethe wird später Pate ihres ersten Kindes. Die Ottilie aus seinem Roman Die Wahlverwandtschaften soll Sylvie nachgebildet sein. »Deutschlands bekanntester Bibliothekar«, Paul Raabe, hat alle Dokumente dieser wenig bekannten Freundschaft gesammelt und mit einem Essay versehen. Die Texte, erstmals 1961 erschienen, macht die Insel-Bücherei nun endlich wieder zugänglich.
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November 2021Winterschlaf
Vom Überwintern der Tiere | Mit praktischen Tipps, wie man Igel & Co. durch die kalte Jahreszeit helfen kann | Ab 5 Jahre
by Alex Morss, Sean Taylor, Cinyee Chiu, Martina Tichy
In den Ferien bei Oma Sylvie gibt es so viel zu entdecken: Auf der Frühlingswiese huschen Haselmäuse vorbei, summen Insekten und in der Dämmerung beeindruckt die Fledermaus mit ihren Flugkünsten. Doch ein paar Monate später sieht die Wiese ganz verändert aus. Alles liegt unter einer dichten Schneeschicht und von den vielen Tieren ist nichts mehr zu sehen. Wohin sind sie verschwunden? Oma Sylvie weiß, wo die Tiere sich versteckt haben. Im Boden eingegraben oder warm eingekuschelt in kleinen Höhlen warten sie auf die ersten Sonnenstrahlen. Sie alle schlummern friedlich, bis die Frühlingswärme sie weckt. Eine wunderbar warmherzige Geschichte über die verborgenen Zauber der Natur und gleichzeitig ein spannendes Sachbuch über die vielfältigen Techniken, die Tiere entwickelt haben, um den Winter sicher zu überstehen. Empfohlen ab 5 Jahren
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2018David and Bathsheba
By George Peele
by Mathew R. Martin, David Bevington
David and Bathsheba presents a modernised edition of George Peele's explosive biblical drama about the tangled lives, deadly liaisons, and twisted histories of Ancient Israel's royal family. Martin's critical edition is the first modern single-volume edition of the play since 1912 and opens up this unduly neglected gem of English Renaissance drama to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the play's treatment of its biblical and poetic sources, its engagement with Elizabethan politics, and its forceful representations of religious fanaticism, genocide, and sexual violence. Its commentary notes clarify the text's meaning and staging, guide the reader through the play's dramatisation of the turbulent Davidic period of Ancient Israel's history, and place the play in its broader cultural and artistic milieu. Martin's edition aims to encourage new contemporary critical study of Peele's powerful and disturbing drama.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2022Psychoanalysis and the family in twentieth-century France
Françoise Dolto and her legacy
by Richard Bates, David Hopkin, Maire Cross, Jennifer Sessions
In the last quarter of the twentieth century, if French people had a parenting problem or dilemma there was one person they consulted above all: Françoise Dolto (1908-88). But who was Dolto? How did she achieve a position of such influence? What ideas did she communicate to the French public? This book connects the story of Dolto's rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of psychoanalysis in postwar France and the long-running debate over the family and the proper role of women in society. It shows that Dolto's continued reputation in France as a liberal and enlightened educational thinker is at best only partially deserved and that conservative and anti-feminist ideas often underpinned her prominent public interventions. While Dolto retains the status of a national treasure, her career has had far-reaching and sometimes harmful repercussions for French society, particularly in the treatment of autism.
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December 2008Sylvie und die verlorenen Stimmen
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by Binding, Tim / Übersetzt von Moosmüller, Birgit
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2023
Made in France
Societal structures and political work
by Andy Smith
How has French society been made, by whom and why? And how in turn has it influenced the French? This book sets out the institutionalized rules and norms that continue to structure France, together with the 'political work' that has recently changed or reproduced these power relations. Exploring a range of age groups and types of social activity, including work, business, entertainment, political mobilizations and retirement, Made in France examines where significant change has occurred over the last four decades. Smith argues that while transformation has occurred in France's financial and education sectors, only relatively marginal shifts have occurred elsewhere in French society. To explain this pattern of continuity and isolated change, the book strongly nuances claims that neo-liberalism, globalization or a rise in populism have been its causes. References to these trends have impacted upon French politics to varying extents, Smith argues; however, France continues to be dominated by issues which are specific to the country and linked to its deep societal structures and history. Smith provides a comprehensive account of French society and politics and in doing so proposes an insightful analytical framework applicable to the comparative analysis of other nations.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2024
David, Donne and Thirsty Deer
Selected Essays of Anne Lake Prescott
by Anne Lake Prescott, Roger Kuin, William A. Oram
For nearly half a century Anne Lake Prescott has been a force and an inspiration in Renaissance studies. A force, because of her unique blend of learning and wit and an inspiration through her tireless encouragement of younger scholars and students. Her passion has always been the invisible bridge across the Channel: the complex of relations, literary and political, between Britain and France. The essays in this long-awaited collection range from Edmund Spenser to John Donne, from Clément Marot to Pierre de Ronsard. Prescott has a particular fondness for King David, who appears several times; and the reader will encounter chessmen, bishops, male lesbian voices and Roman whores. Always Prescott's immense erudition is accompanied by a sly and gentle wit that invites readers to share her amusement. Reading her is a joyful education.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2022David and Bathsheba
George Peele
by Mathew R. Martin
David and Bathsheba presents a modernised edition of George Peele's explosive biblical drama about the tangled lives, deadly liaisons, and twisted histories of Ancient Israel's royal family. Martin's critical edition is the first modern single-volume edition of the play since 1912 and opens up this unduly neglected gem of English Renaissance drama to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the play's treatment of its biblical and poetic sources, its engagement with Elizabethan politics, and its forceful representations of religious fanaticism, genocide, and sexual violence. Its commentary notes clarify the text's meaning and staging, guide the reader through the play's dramatisation of the turbulent Davidic period of Ancient Israel's history, and place the play in its broader cultural and artistic milieu. Martin's edition aims to encourage new contemporary critical study of Peele's powerful and disturbing drama.
