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View Rights PortalSmart English Company Limited is committed to developing a line of fun and educational products, which currently includes Inspirational English and Robin Education, to help young learners acquire the four skills in the English language. With 'Baby Animals', 'Dinosaurs in my Garden', and 'Mirabelle and Milo', Robin Education aims to develop young learners’ ability to use authentic English language in line with the Cambridge English Qualifications syllabus, as they explore the fascinating stories in each series.
View Rights PortalThis study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (Exodus, Andreas, Judith) and Beowulf in order to uncover the poetics of spolia, an imaginative use of recycled fictional artefacts to create sites of metatextual reflection. Old English poetry famously lacks an explicit ars poetica. This book argues that attention to particularly charged moments within texts - especially those concerned with translation, transformation and the layering of various pasts - yields a previously unrecognised means for theorising Anglo-Saxon poetic creativity. Borrowed objects and the art of poetry works at the intersections of materiality and poetics, balancing insights from thing theory and related approaches with close readings of passages from Old English texts.
Voller Optimismus und der Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben kehrt der Jamaikaner Gilbert 1948 nach London zurück, in die Stadt, in der er als Kriegsheld galt. Doch ohne die blaue Uniform der Royal Air Force ist er dort als Farbiger ein Mensch zweiter Klasse ist. Unterschlupf findet er im tristen Earls Court bei Queenie, einer ebenso herzlichen wie attraktiven Weißen, die Zimmer an Emigranten vermietet - sehr zum Ärger der Nachbarn. Aber Gilbert hat noch ein anderes Problem: seine Frau Hortense ist voller hochfliegender Träume und mit einem Koffer eleganter Kleider nach England gereist und steht jetzt vor seiner Tür - fassungslos über die Schäbigkeit des Zimmers, voller Verachtung für ihren Mann und wild entschlossen, zu zeigen, was für eine hervorragende Lehrerin sie ist... Ein melancholischer Roman voller Momente von Glück, Komik und Zorn. Andrea Levy erzählt authentisch und facettenreich die Geschichte zweier Paare, für die England ein gemeinsames Schicksal bereithält: normale Leute zu sein in einer außergewöhnlichen Zeit.
Keine Normalisierung der Vergangenheit. (Rede). Über den doppelten Boden des demokratischen Rechtsstaates. (Rede). Heinrich Heine und die Rolle des Intellektuellen in Deutschland. Kritische Theorie und Frankfurter Universität. (Interview). Über Moral, Recht, zivilen Ungehorsam und Moderne. (Interview). Die Idee der Universität - Lernprozesse. Die Schrecken der Autonomie. Carl Schmitt auf englisch. Eine Art Schadensabwicklung. Apologetische Tendenzen - Vom öffentlichen Gebrauch der Historie - Nachspiel. Geschichtsbewußtsein und posttraditionale Identität. Die Westorientierung der Bundesrepublik.
A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this book is one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. Written by the famous nonobjective painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), it explains Kandinsky's own theory of painting and crystallizes the ideas that were influencing many other modern artists of the period. Along with his own groundbreaking paintings, this book had a tremendous impact on the development of modern art. Kandinsky's ideas are presented in two parts. The first part, called "About General Aesthetic," issues a call for a spiritual revolution in painting that will let artists express their own inner lives in abstract, non-material terms. Just as musicians do not depend upon the material world for their music, so artists should not have to depend upon the material world for their art. In the second part, "About Painting," Kandinsky discusses the psychology of colors, the language of form and color, and the responsibilities of the artist. An Introduction by the translator, Michael T. H. Sadler, offers additional explanation of Kandinsky's art and theories, while a new Preface by Richard Stratton discusses Kandinsky's career as a whole and the impact of the book. Making the book even more valuable are nine woodcuts by Kandinsky himself that appear at the chapter headings. This English translation of Über das Geistige in der Kunst was a significant contribution to the understanding of nonobjectivism in art. It continues to be a stimulating and necessary reading experience for every artist, art student, and art patron concerned with the direction of 20th-century painting.
Südafrika – Land am Kap der Guten Hoffnung, Regenbogennation, Gastgeber der Fußballweltmeisterschaft 2010. Dieser Reisebegleiter führt nicht nur in Südafrikas schönste Naturparks, sondern nimmt zwischen Johannesburg und Kapstadt, zwischen der Gartenroute und den Weiten des Nordens die Fährten bekannter Literaten und ihrer Werke auf, angeführt von den Nobelpreisträgern Nadine Gordimer und J. M. Coetzee. Für das Spannungsfeld zwischen Geschichte und Gegenwart stehen Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu und jüngere südafrikanische Stimmen wie Gcina Mhlophe. Wir folgen Cees Nooteboom, dem "Walrufer" von Zakes Mda und den Lebensstationen des Mahatma Gandhi. Ein Serviceteil mit den wichtigsten Adressen rundet diesen Band ab.
Empirical art: Filmmaking for fieldwork in practice is an insightful exploration of what the craft of filmmaking brings to social science research. Providing creative avenues on how to narrate encounters, relationships, and experiences during fieldwork, this comprehensive volume offers a rich tapestry of theoretical explorations and explorative methodologies. Skilfully connecting the worlds of ethnography, art and cinema, the contributors in this book act as a compass for filmmakers and researchers venturing to use a camera and microphone to relate and narrate their research collaborations and fieldsites. Drawing from the authors' extensive experience in disciplines like social anthropology, environmental humanities, and political science, "Empirical Art" breaks down the intricate process of crafting ethnographic films that departs from the researcher's subjectivity. Covering aspects of filmmaking from conceptualisation to production and distribution, readers are equipped with a treasure trove of collaborative techniques, innovative approaches, and ethical considerations necessary to generate and examine storytelling practices in contemporary fields of study. The authors discuss the significance of the multiple roles that technologies of filmmaking play in reflecting on cultural practices, social dynamics, and (beyond) human storytelling and their transformative potentials. Whether a seasoned filmmaker, an aspiring ethnographer, or an academic seeking new dimensions for their research, Empirical Art serves as a guide to integrating visual storytelling, cinema craft and empirical research.
Art and Citizenship in Conflict examines the work of women war artists in order to highlight the complexity of citizenship and gender in Britain during the Second World War. Evelyn Dunbar, Mary Kessell, Ethel Gabain, Stella Schmolle, and Laura Knight, among others, were commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC) to document the millions of women who took up sometimes unconventional roles-in agriculture, the auxiliary services, and manufacturing, among others-to support the British war effort. Indeed, their prints, drawings, and paintings were part of a broader scheme to uphold morale and promote much-needed citizen involvement on the home front. While there is growing interest, the importance of their remit in the history of the Second World War and the quality of their artistry have nonetheless not yet secured them a significant place in scholarship. Art and Citizenship in Conflict seeks to amend this gap while also broadening approaches to the study of war itself.