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  1. Wag the Dog : A Study on Film and Reality in the Digital Age
    Autor*in: Thanouli, Eleftheria
    Erschienen: 20130801
    Verlag:  Bloomsbury Academic

    Wag the Dog became a media event and a cultural icon because it inadvertently short-circuited the distance that is  supposed to separate reality and fiction. The examination of the historical and social context in which it was  produced, exhibited... mehr

     

    Wag the Dog became a media event and a cultural icon because it inadvertently short-circuited the distance that is  supposed to separate reality and fiction. The examination of the historical and social context in which it was  produced, exhibited and received worldwide enables the author to illuminate a series of changes in the way a fiction film reflects and  interacts with reality, urging us to reconsider some of our central and  long-standing concepts or even paradigms in film theory. Eleftheria  Thanouli provides new insights into a series of issues from both  classical and contemporary film theory, such as the conceptual and  ontological stakes in the use of digital technology, the impact of mass  media on public memory and the political role of cinema in a globalized  and conglomerated world.

     
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    ISBN: 9781501307270; 9781441198716; 9781441122810
    Schlagworte: Film theory & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: Media & Communications; Media & Communications; Brean; Cinema of the United States; Diegesis; Nonfiction; Wag the Dog
  2. Postirony
    the nonfictional literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
    Autor*in: Hoffmann, Lukas
    Erschienen: [2016]; © 2016
    Verlag:  transcript, Bielefeld

    What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic,... mehr

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    What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form of sincerity

     
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    Quelle: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783839436615
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    RVK Klassifikation: HU 9088
    Schriftenreihe: Lettre
    Schlagworte: American Studies; British Studies; Cultural Studies; Culture; Dave Eggers; David Foster Wallace; General Literature Studies; Irony; Literary Studies; Nonfiction; Postirony; Postmodernism; Sincerity; U.S.A.; Nichtfiktionale Prosa; Ehrlichkeit <Motiv>
    Weitere Schlagworte: Wallace, David Foster (1962-2008); Eggers, Dave (1970-)
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (210 Seiten)
  3. Personal Effects
    Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo
    Beteiligt: Caronia, Nancy (Hrsg.); Giunta, Edvige (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: [2014]; © 2014
    Verlag:  Fordham University Press, New York, NY

    Celebrating one of the most important Italian American female authors of our time, Personal Effects offers a lucid view of Louise DeSalvo as a writer who has produced a vast and provocative body of memoir writing, a scholar who has enriched our... mehr

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    Celebrating one of the most important Italian American female authors of our time, Personal Effects offers a lucid view of Louise DeSalvo as a writer who has produced a vast and provocative body of memoir writing, a scholar who has enriched our understanding of Virginia Woolf, and a teacher who has transformed countless lives. More than an anthology, Personal Effects represents an author case study and an example for modern Italian American interdisciplinary scholarship.Personal Effects examines DeSalvo’s memoirs as works that push the boundaries of the most controversial genre of the past few decades. In these works, the author fearlessly explores issues such as immigration, domesticity, war, adultery, illness, mental health, sexuality, the environment, and trauma through the lens of gender, ethnic, and working-class identity. Alongside her groundbreaking scholarship, DeSalvo’s memoirs attest to the power and influence of this feminist Italian American writer

     
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    Beteiligt: Caronia, Nancy (Hrsg.); Giunta, Edvige (Hrsg.)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780823262298
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    Schriftenreihe: Critical Studies in Italian America
    Schlagworte: American literature; Ethnicity; Italian American; Memoir; Nonfiction; Vertigo; Virginia Woolf; creative writing; creativity; feminist; food; teaching; women writers; working class; LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
    Umfang: 1 online resource (288 pages)
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    Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
  4. Jane Austen's transatlantic sister
    the life and letters of Fanny Palmer Austen
    Autor*in: Kindred, Sheila Johnson; Austen, Fanny
    Erschienen: [2017]; © 2017
    Verlag:  McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal

    "In 1807, genteel, Bermuda-born Fanny Palmer (1789-1814) married Jane Austen's youngest brother, Captain Charles Austen, and was thrust into a demanding life within the world of the British navy. Experiencing adventure and adversity in wartime... mehr

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    "In 1807, genteel, Bermuda-born Fanny Palmer (1789-1814) married Jane Austen's youngest brother, Captain Charles Austen, and was thrust into a demanding life within the world of the British navy. Experiencing adventure and adversity in wartime conditions both at sea and onshore, the spirited and resilient Fanny travelled between Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and England. After crossing the Atlantic in 1811, she ingeniously made a home for Charles and their daughters aboard a working naval vessel, and developed a supportive friendship with his sister, Jane. In Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister, Fanny's articulate and informative letters - transcribed in full for the first time and situated in their meticulously researched historical context - disclose her quest for personal identity and autonomy, her maturation as a wife and mother, and the domestic, cultural, and social milieu she inhabited. Sheila Johnson Kindred also investigates how Fanny was a source of naval knowledge for Jane, and how far she was an inspiration for Austen's literary invention, especially for the female naval characters in Persuasion. Although she died young, Fanny's story is a compelling record of female naval life that contributes significantly to our limited knowledge of women's roles in the Napoleonic Wars. Enhanced by rarely seen illustrations, Fanny's life story is a rich new source for Jane Austen scholars and fans of her fiction, as well as for those interested in biography, women's letters, and history of the family."--

     
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    ISBN: 9780773551312; 077355131X
    Weitere Identifier:
    9780773551312
    RVK Klassifikation: HL 1685
    Schlagworte: Officers' spouses; Officers' spouses; Officers' spouses; Officers' spouses; Officers' spouses; Officers' spouses; Officers' spouses; Austen, Charles; Austen, Fanny; Austen, Jane; Great Britain; Nonfiction
    Weitere Schlagworte: Austen, Fanny 1790-1814; Austen, Fanny 1790-1814; Austen, Jane 1775-1817; Austen, Charles; Austen, Fanny (1790-1814); Austen, Fanny (1790-1814); Austen, Charles; Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
    Umfang: xix, 291 Seiten, [16] ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln, Illustrationen
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 269-279. - Index
  5. Pre-Raphaelite girl gang
    fifty makers, shakers and heartbreakers from the Victorian era
    Autor*in: Walker, Kirsty Stonell
    Erschienen: 2018
    Verlag:  Unicorn, London

    Julia Mageret Cameron -- Mary Hodgkinson -- Euphemia Gray -- Elizabeth Siddal -- Emma Madox Brown -- Anna Blunden -- Rosa Brett -- Christina Rossetti -- Ruth Herbert -- Joanna Boyce -- Emma Watkins -- Fanny & Edith Holman Hunt -- Aglaia Ionides --... mehr

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    Julia Mageret Cameron -- Mary Hodgkinson -- Euphemia Gray -- Elizabeth Siddal -- Emma Madox Brown -- Anna Blunden -- Rosa Brett -- Christina Rossetti -- Ruth Herbert -- Joanna Boyce -- Emma Watkins -- Fanny & Edith Holman Hunt -- Aglaia Ionides -- Annie Miller -- Fanny Cornforth -- Fanny Eaton -- Jane Morris -- Kate Perugini -- Georgiana Burne-Jones -- Maria Zambaco -- Emma Sandys -- Louise Jopling -- Lucy Madox Brown -- Sophia Gray -- Mary Spartali Stillman -- Anna Lea Merritt -- Ellen Smith -- Annie Louisa Swynnerton -- Mary Emma Jones -- Julia Prinsep Jackson -- Alex Wilding -- Ellen Terry -- Mary Hillier -- Mary Ryan -- Keytumas 'Keomi' Gray -- Mary Seton Watts -- Alice Liddell -- Lillie Langtry -- May Prinsep -- Rosa Corder -- Evelyn De Morgan -- Kate Bunce -- Violet Manners -- Dorothy Dene -- May Morris -- Margaret Burne-Jones -- Harriet Selina Pettigrew -- Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale -- May Louise Greville Cooksey -- Noel Laura Nisbet "Tapping into the Rebel Girl and Bad Girl publishing trend, this is the first book to cover the female role within art. A fabulous introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, through the muses and artists that helped shape the era. Kirsty Stonell Walker has a large following for her blog, The Kissed Mouth (20,000 people) - with readers in the UK and the US. Major exhibitions of Pre-Raphaelite Art are set to take place in Autumn 2018: Burne-Jones at Tate Britain and Christina Rossetti at the Watts Gallery, Compton. Published to coincide with World Pre-Raphaelite Day on 16th September 2018"--Provided by publisher

     
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    Beteiligt: Nebechi, Kingsley (IllustratorIn)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
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    ISBN: 9781911604631; 1911604635
    Schlagworte: Pre-Raphaelites; Pre-Raphaelitism; Women in art; Pre-Raphaelites; Pre-Raphaelitism; Women in art; Biographies; Nonfiction
    Umfang: 255 Seiten, Illustrationen, 21 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251)
  6. The edges of the earth in ancient thought
    geography, exploration, and fiction
    Autor*in: Romm, James S.
    Erschienen: ©1992
    Verlag:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J

    Introduction: Geography as a Literary Tradition --The Boundaries of Earth --Boundaries and the Boundless --Ocean and Cosmic Disorder --Roads around the World --Herodotus and the Changing World Picture --Aristotle and After --Ethiopian and Hyperborean... mehr

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    Introduction: Geography as a Literary Tradition --The Boundaries of Earth --Boundaries and the Boundless --Ocean and Cosmic Disorder --Roads around the World --Herodotus and the Changing World Picture --Aristotle and After --Ethiopian and Hyperborean --The Blameless Ethiopians --The Fortunate Hyperboreans --Arimaspians and Scythians --The Kunokephaloi --Wonders of the East --Before Alexander --Marvel-Collectors and Critics --The Late Romance Tradition --Ultima Thule and Beyond --Antipodal Ambitions --The North Sea Coast --The Headwaters of the Nile --The Atlantic Horizon --Geography and Fiction --Ocean and Poetry --The Voyage of Odysseus --Pytheas, Euhemerus, and Others --The Fictions of Exploration --Epilogue: After Columbus. The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre

     
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  7. Rage becomes her
    the power of women's anger
    Autor*in: Chemaly, Soraya
    Erschienen: May 2019; © 2018
    Verlag:  Atria Paperback, New York

    A new, conversation-shifting book that encourages women to own their anger and use it as a tool for positive change, written by one of today's most influential feminist thinkers mehr

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    A new, conversation-shifting book that encourages women to own their anger and use it as a tool for positive change, written by one of today's most influential feminist thinkers

     
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    ISBN: 9781501189562; 9781501189555
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    9781501189562
    RVK Klassifikation: MS 3200 ; EC 1874
    Auflage/Ausgabe: First Atria Paperback edition
    Schlagworte: Women; Anger; Women; Anger; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Women; Nonfiction
    Umfang: xxiii, 392 Seiten
  8. Jane and Dorothy
    a true tale of sense and sensibility : the lives of Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth
    Autor*in: Dean, Anna
    Erschienen: April 2018
    Verlag:  Pegasus Books, New York

    Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth were born just four years apart, in the 1770s, in a world torn between heady revolutionary ideas and fierce conservatism, and both were influenced by the Romantic ideals of Dorothy's brother, William Wordsworth, and... mehr

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    Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth were born just four years apart, in the 1770s, in a world torn between heady revolutionary ideas and fierce conservatism, and both were influenced by the Romantic ideals of Dorothy's brother, William Wordsworth, and his friends. This book compares their upbringing and education, home lives and loves and, above all, their emotional and creative worlds. Original insights include a new discovery of serious depression suffered by Dorothy Wordsworth, a new and crucial discovery about Dorothy and William's relationship, and a critical look at the myths surrounding the man who stole Jane's heart

     
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    ISBN: 9781681776781; 1681776782
    Auflage/Ausgabe: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition
    Schlagworte: Authors, English; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Women authors, English; Austen, Jane; Wordsworth, Dorothy; Biographies; Nonfiction
    Umfang: xviii, 380 Seiten, 24 cm
  9. Pre-Raphaelite girl gang
    fifty makers, shakers and heartbreakers from the Victorian era
    Autor*in: Walker, Kirsty Stonell
    Erschienen: 2018
    Verlag:  Unicorn, London

    Julia Mageret Cameron -- Mary Hodgkinson -- Euphemia Gray -- Elizabeth Siddal -- Emma Madox Brown -- Anna Blunden -- Rosa Brett -- Christina Rossetti -- Ruth Herbert -- Joanna Boyce -- Emma Watkins -- Fanny & Edith Holman Hunt -- Aglaia Ionides --... mehr

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    Julia Mageret Cameron -- Mary Hodgkinson -- Euphemia Gray -- Elizabeth Siddal -- Emma Madox Brown -- Anna Blunden -- Rosa Brett -- Christina Rossetti -- Ruth Herbert -- Joanna Boyce -- Emma Watkins -- Fanny & Edith Holman Hunt -- Aglaia Ionides -- Annie Miller -- Fanny Cornforth -- Fanny Eaton -- Jane Morris -- Kate Perugini -- Georgiana Burne-Jones -- Maria Zambaco -- Emma Sandys -- Louise Jopling -- Lucy Madox Brown -- Sophia Gray -- Mary Spartali Stillman -- Anna Lea Merritt -- Ellen Smith -- Annie Louisa Swynnerton -- Mary Emma Jones -- Julia Prinsep Jackson -- Alex Wilding -- Ellen Terry -- Mary Hillier -- Mary Ryan -- Keytumas 'Keomi' Gray -- Mary Seton Watts -- Alice Liddell -- Lillie Langtry -- May Prinsep -- Rosa Corder -- Evelyn De Morgan -- Kate Bunce -- Violet Manners -- Dorothy Dene -- May Morris -- Margaret Burne-Jones -- Harriet Selina Pettigrew -- Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale -- May Louise Greville Cooksey -- Noel Laura Nisbet "Tapping into the Rebel Girl and Bad Girl publishing trend, this is the first book to cover the female role within art. A fabulous introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, through the muses and artists that helped shape the era. Kirsty Stonell Walker has a large following for her blog, The Kissed Mouth (20,000 people) - with readers in the UK and the US. Major exhibitions of Pre-Raphaelite Art are set to take place in Autumn 2018: Burne-Jones at Tate Britain and Christina Rossetti at the Watts Gallery, Compton. Published to coincide with World Pre-Raphaelite Day on 16th September 2018"--Provided by publisher

     
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781911604631; 1911604635
    Schlagworte: Pre-Raphaelites; Pre-Raphaelitism; Women in art; Pre-Raphaelites; Pre-Raphaelitism; Women in art; Biographies; Nonfiction
    Umfang: 255 Seiten, Illustrationen, 21 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251)
  10. A sourcebook of American literary journalism
    representative writers in an emerging genre
    Beteiligt: Connery, Thomas Bernard (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: 1992
    Verlag:  Greenwood Press, New York [u.a.]

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    ISBN: 0313265941
    RVK Klassifikation: HU 1850
    Auflage/Ausgabe: 1. publ.
    Schlagworte: USA; Literatur; Journalismus; Geschichte 1869-1990; ; USA; Reportageliteratur; Geschichte 1900-1990;
    Weitere Schlagworte: Array; Array; Array; Array
    Umfang: XV, 408 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [387] - 391) and index
  11. Bootstrapped
    liberating ourselves from the American Dream
    Autor*in: Quart, Alissa
    Erschienen: [2023]
    Verlag:  Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY

    Examines the American obsession with self-reliance and how it has led to inequality, self-blame, and shifted the responsibility for survival onto the backs of ordinary people "The promise that you can "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is central... mehr

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    Examines the American obsession with self-reliance and how it has led to inequality, self-blame, and shifted the responsibility for survival onto the backs of ordinary people "The promise that you can "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is central to the story of the American Dream. It's the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However time and again we have seen how this foundational myth, with its emphasis on individual determination, brittle self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment, does not help us. Instead, as income inequality rises around us, we are left with shame and self-blame for our condition. Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart argues that at the heart of our suffering is a do-it-yourself ethos, the misplaced belief in our own independence and the conviction that we must rely on ourselves alone. Looking at a range of delusions and half solutions--from "grit" to the false Horatio Alger story to the rise of GoFundMe--Quart reveals how we have been steered away from robust social programs that would address the root causes of our problems. Meanwhile, the responsibility for survival has been shifted onto the backs of ordinary people, burdening generations with debt instead of providing the social safety net we so desperately need"--Dust jacket flap

     
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    ISBN: 9780063028005; 006302800X
    Auflage/Ausgabe: First edition
    Schlagworte: Social mobility; Social mobility; Social classes; Social classes; American Dream; Self-reliance; Equality; National characteristics, American; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity; American Dream; Equality; Self-reliance; Social classes; Social classes - United States; Equality - United States; Nonfiction
    Umfang: xii, 276 pages, 24 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index

    Preface: Forget self-reliance -- Part I: Creators of the American Dream. The backstory ; Where's Walden? ; Little house of propaganda ; The Horatio Alger lie -- Part II: Brokers of the American Dream. Rich fictions ; The self-made voter ; Zen incorporated -- Part III: Burdens of the American Dream. Go fund yourself ; Mothers' revolution ; The con of the side hustle -- Part IV: Toward a new American Dream. Class traitors ; The feeling is mutual aid ; Boss workers ; Inequality therapy ; Volunteering ourselves ; Unmaking the self-made myth -- Epilogue: My independence day.
  12. Personal Effects
    Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo
    Beteiligt: Caronia, Nancy (Hrsg.); Giunta, Edvige (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: [2014]; © 2014
    Verlag:  Fordham University Press, New York, NY

    Celebrating one of the most important Italian American female authors of our time, Personal Effects offers a lucid view of Louise DeSalvo as a writer who has produced a vast and provocative body of memoir writing, a scholar who has enriched our... mehr

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    Celebrating one of the most important Italian American female authors of our time, Personal Effects offers a lucid view of Louise DeSalvo as a writer who has produced a vast and provocative body of memoir writing, a scholar who has enriched our understanding of Virginia Woolf, and a teacher who has transformed countless lives. More than an anthology, Personal Effects represents an author case study and an example for modern Italian American interdisciplinary scholarship.Personal Effects examines DeSalvo’s memoirs as works that push the boundaries of the most controversial genre of the past few decades. In these works, the author fearlessly explores issues such as immigration, domesticity, war, adultery, illness, mental health, sexuality, the environment, and trauma through the lens of gender, ethnic, and working-class identity. Alongside her groundbreaking scholarship, DeSalvo’s memoirs attest to the power and influence of this feminist Italian American writer

     
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    ISBN: 9780823262298
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    Schriftenreihe: Critical Studies in Italian America
    Schlagworte: American literature; Ethnicity; Italian American; Memoir; Nonfiction; Vertigo; Virginia Woolf; creative writing; creativity; feminist; food; teaching; women writers; working class; LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
    Umfang: 1 online resource (288 pages)
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  13. Postirony
    the nonfictional literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
    Autor*in: Hoffmann, Lukas
    Erschienen: 2016
    Verlag:  transcript, Bielefeld

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    RVK Klassifikation: HU 9088
    DDC Klassifikation: Englisch, Altenglisch (420)
    Schriftenreihe: Lettre
    Schlagworte: Ehrlichkeit <Motiv>; Nichtfiktionale Prosa
    Weitere Schlagworte: Wallace, David Foster (1962-2008); Eggers, Dave (1970-); American Studies; British Studies; Cultural Studies; Culture; Dave Eggers; David Foster Wallace; General Literature Studies; Irony; Literary Studies; Nonfiction; Postirony; Postmodernism; Sincerity; U.S.A.
    Umfang: 209 Seiten, 22.5 cm x 14.8 cm, 333 g
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    Dissertation, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 2014
  14. Postirony
    the nonfictional literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
    Autor*in: Hoffmann, Lukas
    Erschienen: [2016]; © 2016
    Verlag:  transcript, Bielefeld

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    What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form of sincerity

     
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    RVK Klassifikation: HU 9088
    Schriftenreihe: Lettre
    Schlagworte: American Studies; British Studies; Cultural Studies; Culture; Dave Eggers; David Foster Wallace; General Literature Studies; Irony; Literary Studies; Nonfiction; Postirony; Postmodernism; Sincerity; U.S.A.; Nichtfiktionale Prosa; Ehrlichkeit <Motiv>
    Weitere Schlagworte: Eggers, Dave (1970-); Wallace, David Foster (1962-2008)
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (210 Seiten)
  15. Knowledge games
    how playing games can solve problems, create insight, and make change
    Autor*in: Schrier, Karen
    Erschienen: [2016]
    Verlag:  Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

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    ISBN: 9781421419213; 1421419211
    RVK Klassifikation: AP 15963 ; ST 324
    Schriftenreihe: Tech.edu
    Schlagworte: GAMES / Reference; GAMES / Travel Games; Educational games; Games / Psychological aspects; Games / Social aspects; Computer Technology; Education; Technology; Nonfiction; Erziehung; Gesellschaft; Psychologie; Array; Lernspiel; E-Learning; Computerspiel
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    Imagine if new knowledge and insights came not just from research centers, think tanks, and universities but also from games, of all things. Video games have been viewed as causing social problems, but what if they actually helped solve them? This question drives Karen Schrier's Knowledge Games , which seeks to uncover the potentials and pitfalls of using games to make discoveries, solve real-world problems, and better understand our world. For example, so-called knowledge games?such as Foldit , a protein folding puzzle game, SchoolLife , which crowdsources bullying interventions, and Reverse the Odds , in which mobile game players analyze breast cancer data?are already being used by researchers to gain scientific, psychological, and humanistic insights. Schrier argues that knowledge games are potentially powerful because of their ability to motivate a crowd of problem solvers within a dynamic system while also tapping into the innovative data processing and computational abilities of games. In the near future, Schrier asserts, knowledge games may be created to understand and predict voting behavior, climate concerns, historical perspectives, online harassment, susceptibility to depression, or optimal advertising strategies, among other things. In addition to investigating the intersection of games, problem solving, and crowdsourcing, Schrier examines what happens when knowledge emerges from games and game players rather than scientists, professionals, and researchers. This accessible book also critiques the limits and implications of games and considers how they may redefine what it means to produce knowledge, to play, to educate, and to be a citizen
  16. NEUROAESTHETICS.
    Erschienen: 2016
    Verlag:  ROUTLEDGE, [Place of publication not identified]

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    Schlagworte: Ästhetik
    Weitere Schlagworte: Books / Reviews and reviewing; Nonfiction; Aesthetics; Skov, Martin; Vartanian, Oshin
  17. Postirony
    The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
    Autor*in: Hoffmann, Lukas
    Erschienen: 2016
    Verlag:  transcript Verlag

    What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic,... mehr

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    What is 'postirony'? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism's ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form of sincerity

     
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  18. Sagmeister & Walsh - beauty
    Beteiligt: Sagmeister, Stefan (Hrsg.); Walsh, Jessica (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: 2018
    Verlag:  Phaidon Press Limited, London ; Phaidon Press Inc., New York, New York

    In this highly visual book, world-renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh set out on a mission: to find out what beauty is and the many ways that it impacts our lives. They turn to philosophy, history, and science to understand why we... mehr

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    In this highly visual book, world-renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh set out on a mission: to find out what beauty is and the many ways that it impacts our lives. They turn to philosophy, history, and science to understand why we are drawn to beauty and how it influences the way we feel and behave. Determined to translate their findings into action, Sagmeister & Walsh show us how beauty can improve the world. Exhibition: MAK, Vienna, Austria (24.10.2018-31.03.2019)

     
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    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    ISBN: 0714877271; 9780714877273
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    Schlagworte: Ästhetik; Schönheit; Funktionalismus; Funktionalität
    Weitere Schlagworte: Sagmeister & Walsh; Designers / New York (State) / New York; Design; Graphic arts; Commercial art; Aesthetics; Designers; Commercial art; Aesthetics; Design; Graphic arts; New York (State) / New York; Nonfiction
    Umfang: 278 pages, 24 cm
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    Introduction to beauty: A quick word on what inspired us to write this book and why we feel it is worthwhile for you to read it -- What is beauty?: We offer a detailed exposé on how beauty has been defined over time by a variety of smart people -- A short history of beauty: We show that the concept pf beauty played a significant role in history even before humans were technically considered human -- Experiencing beauty: We investigate how we experience beauty in a range of forms--from art to architecture, fashion to food packaging design -- The eye of the beholder: We set out to prove that there is a significant consensus when it comes to what we all find beautiful -- Transformational beauty: Beauty not only changes how we feel but also significantly affects how we behave. It transforms us -- The beauty archive: We present examples of what we consider the most beautiful works of art, architecture, and design -- The beauty project: We outline strategies for further action
  19. Alienated America
    why some places thrive while others collapse
    Autor*in: Carney, Timothy P.
    Erschienen: [2019]
    Verlag:  Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY

    Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American... mehr

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    Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics as the left claims, but the collapse of the institutions that made us successful, including marriage, church, and civic life. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump proclaimed, "the American dream is dead," and this message resonated across the country. Why do so many people believe that the American dream is no longer within reach? Growing inequality, stubborn pockets of immobility, rising rates of deadly addiction, the increasing and troubling fact that where you start determines where you end up, heightening political strife--these are the disturbing realities threatening ordinary American lives today. The standard accounts pointed to economic problems among the working class, but the root was a cultural collapse: While the educated and wealthy elites still enjoy strong communities, most blue-collar Americans lack strong communities and institutions that bind them to their neighbors. And outside of the elites, the central American institution has been religion. That is, it's not the factory closings that have torn us apart; it's the church closings. The dissolution of our most cherished institutions--nuclear families, places of worship, civic organizations--has not only divided us, but eroded our sense of worth, belief in opportunity, and connection to one another. In Alienated America, Carney visits all corners of America, from the dim country bars of Southwestern Pennsylvania., to the bustling Mormon wards of Salt Lake City, and explains the most important data and research to demonstrate how the social connection is the great divide in America. He shows that Trump's surprising victory was the most visible symptom of this deep-seated problem. In addition to his detailed exploration of how a range of societal changes have, in tandem, damaged us, Carney provides a framework that will lead us back out of a lonely, modern wilderness

     
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    ISBN: 9780062797100
    Auflage/Ausgabe: First edition
    Schlagworte: Niedergang; American dream; Soziale Situation
    Weitere Schlagworte: United States / Social life and customs / 21st century; United States / History / 21st century; American Dream; Communities / United States / Social conditions / 21st century; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity; American Dream; United States / Social life and customs / 21st century; United States / History / 21st century; American Dream; Manners and customs; United States; 2000-2099; Nonfiction; History
    Umfang: xiv, 348 pages, illustrations, 24 cm
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    It takes a village : where the American dream lives -- Progress at a price : the changing American dream, 1955-2018 -- "They've chosen not to keep up" : is it economics or culture? -- American decay : broken places, broken people -- "I don't" : the dissolution of the family -- Bowling alone : the dissolution of civil society -- It's about church : America's indispensable institution -- Overcentralization : how big business and bit government erode civil society -- Hyper-individualism : how the modern economy and the sexual revolution erode civil society -- The alienated : Trump country -- The elites : the village of man -- The church people : the village of God -- Overcoming alienation : problems and solutions
  20. We have overcome
    an immigrant's letter to the American people
    Autor*in: Hill, Jason D.
    Erschienen: [2018]
    Verlag:  Bombardier Books, an imprint of Post Hill Press, New York

    "A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted nation remains the most noble experiment in enabling the pursuit of happiness. A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted... mehr

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    "A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted nation remains the most noble experiment in enabling the pursuit of happiness. A black immigrant's eloquent appreciation of the American dream, and why his adopted nation remains the most noble experiment in enabling the pursuit of happiness. It has been more than fifty years since the Civil Rights Act enshrined equality under the law for all Americans. Since that time, America has enjoyed an era of unprecedented prosperity, domestic and international peace, and technological advancement. It’s almost as if removing the shackles of enforced racial discrimination has liberated Americans of all races and ethnicities to become their better selves, and to work toward common goals in ways that our ancestors would have envied. But the dominant narrative, repeated in the media and from the angry mouths of politicians and activists, is the exact opposite of the reality. They paint a portrait of an America rife with racial and ethnic division, where minorities are mired in a poverty worse than slavery, and white people stand at the top of an unfairly stacked pyramid of privilege. Jason D. Hill corrects the narrative in this powerfully eloquent book. Dr. Hill came to this country at the age of twenty from Jamaica and, rather than being faced with intractable racial bigotry, Hill found a land of bountiful opportunity--a place where he could get a college education, earn a doctorate in philosophy, and eventually become a tenured professor at a top university, an internationally recognized scholar, and the author of several respected books in his field. Throughout his experiences, it wasn’t a racist establishment that sought to keep him down. Instead, Hill recounts, he faced constant naysaying from so-called liberals of all races. His academic colleagues did not celebrate the success of a black immigrant but chose to denigrate them because this particular black immigrant did not embrace their ideology of victimization. Part memoir, part exhortation to his fellow Americans, and, above all, a paean to the American Dream and the magnificent country that makes it possible, We Have Overcome is the most important and provocative book about race relations to be published in this century."--Page 4 of cover

     
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  21. Tao te ching (Daodejing)
    the tao and the power
    Autor*in: Laozi
    Erschienen: [2018]
    Verlag:  Viking, New York

    "The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or "Book of the Way," is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the "Way": harmony... mehr

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    "The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or "Book of the Way," is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the "Way": harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu, a Chinese philosopher who was a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three great religions of ancient China. As one of the world's great works of wisdom literature, it still has much to teach us today, offering a practical model based on modesty and self-restraint for living a balanced existence and for opening your mind, freeing your thoughts, and attaining enlightenment and self-awareness. With its emphasis on calm, simplicity, purity, and non-action, it provides a time-tested refuge from the busyness of modern life. This new translation seeks to understand the Tao Te Ching as a guide to everyday living and encourages a slow, meditative reading experience. The Tao Te Ching's eighty-one brief chapters are accompanied by illuminating commentary, interpretation, poems, and testimonials by the likes of Margaret Mead, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Specially commissioned calligraphy for more than two hundred Chinese characters illustrates the book's essential themes"--

     
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    ISBN: 9780670024988
    Schlagworte: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Weitere Schlagworte: Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing; Taoism; Taoist philosophy; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism; PHILOSOPHY / Taoist; RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist); Taoism; Taoist philosophy; Nonfiction
    Umfang: xxxix, 326 Seiten, 24 cm
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    Introduction -- Suggestions for further reading -- Tao te Ching -- A Taoist florilegium: gleanings of the Tao
  22. The man in the willows
    the life of Kenneth Grahame
    Autor*in: Dennison, Matthew
    Erschienen: 2019
    Verlag:  Pegasus Books, New York

    "During his regular days in London, Kenneth Grahame sat behind a mahogany desk as Secretary of the Bank of England; on weekends he retired to the house in the country that he shared with his fanciful wife, Elspeth, and their fragile son, Alistair,... mehr

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    "During his regular days in London, Kenneth Grahame sat behind a mahogany desk as Secretary of the Bank of England; on weekends he retired to the house in the country that he shared with his fanciful wife, Elspeth, and their fragile son, Alistair, and took lengthy walks along the Thames in Berkshire, "tempted by the treasures of hedge and ditch; the rapt surprise of the first lords-and-ladies, the rustle of a field-mouse, the splash of a frog." The result of these pastoral wanderings was his masterful creation of The Wind in the Willows, the enduring classic of children's literature; a cautionary tale for adult readers; a warning of the fragility of the English countryside; and an expression of fear at threatened social changes that, in the aftermath of the World War I, became a reality. Like its remarkable author, the book balances maverick tendencies with conservatism. Kenneth Grahame was an Edwardian pantheist whose work has a timeless appeal, an escapist whose withdrawal from reality took the form of time travel into his own past" -- goodreads

     
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  23. The Golden Books family treasury of poetry
    Beteiligt: Untermeyer, Louis (Hrsg.); Anglund, Joan Walsh
    Erschienen: [1998]
    Verlag:  Golden Books Publishing Company,Inc., New York, N.Y.

    An illustrated collection of over 350 English and American poems, about animals, people, famous events, the seasons, and Christmas, and including nonsense verse, inspirational lines, and wisdom in rhyme mehr

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    An illustrated collection of over 350 English and American poems, about animals, people, famous events, the seasons, and Christmas, and including nonsense verse, inspirational lines, and wisdom in rhyme

     
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    Beteiligt: Untermeyer, Louis (Hrsg.); Anglund, Joan Walsh
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    ISBN: 0307168514; 9780307168511
    Schlagworte: Kinderlyrik; Jugendlyrik; Englisch; Lyrik
    Weitere Schlagworte: Children's poetry; American poetry; English poetry; English poetry; American poetry; American poetry; Children's poetry; English poetry; Juvenile works; Poetry; Children's poetry; Nonfiction
    Umfang: xvi, 311 pages, illustrations (some color), 26 cm
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    Updated ed. of: The golden treasury of poetry, 1959

    Includes indexes
  24. Invisibility
    the history and science of how not to be seen
    Autor*in: Gbur, Greg
    Erschienen: [2023]; ©2023
    Verlag:  Yale University Press, New Haven ; London

    "Is it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research. In this book, science writer and optical... mehr

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    "Is it possible for something or someone to be made invisible? This question, which has intrigued authors of science fiction for over a century, has become a headline-grabbing topic of scientific research. In this book, science writer and optical physicist Gregory J. Gbur traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi origins in the nineteenth-century writings of authors such as H. G. Wells and Fitz James O'Brien to modern stealth technology, invisibility cloaks, and metamaterials. He explores the history of invisibility and its science and technology connections, including the discovery of the electromagnetic spectrum, the development of the atomic model, and quantum theory. He shows how invisibility has moved from fiction to reality, and he questions the hidden paths that lie ahead for researchers"--

     
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    ISBN: 9780300250428
    Schlagworte: Technologie; Unsichtbarkeit; Optik; Forschung
    Weitere Schlagworte: Invisibility; SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light; SCIENCE / History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics; Invisibility; Nonfiction
    Umfang: viii, 280 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23 cm
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    Literaturverzeichnis Seite 253-268. - Index
  25. A sourcebook of American literary journalism
    representative writers in an emerging genre
    Beteiligt: Connery, Thomas B. (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: 1992
    Verlag:  Greenwood Press, New York [u.a.]

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    Standort:
    Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Universitätsbibliothek
    Signatur:
    2005.00162:1
    Fernleihe:
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe
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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Beteiligt: Connery, Thomas B. (Hrsg.)
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 0313265941
    Weitere Schlagworte: Array; Array; Array; Array
    Umfang: XV, 408 p, 24 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [387] - 391) and index