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Metzler Lexikon englischsprachiger Autorinnen und Autoren
J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2006; US$ 27.13Hauptbeschreibung 650 Autoren im Porträt. Wer sich als englischsprachiger Literat oder als Schriftstellerin einen Namen gemacht hat - hier ist das Wichtigste über Werk und Wirken nachzulesen: vom frühen Mittelalter bis zur unmittelbaren Gegenwart. Über den bekannten Kanon hinaus präsentiert das Lexikon viele Autoren aus dem globalen Einzugsbereich... more...
Travelling Concepts for the Study of Culture
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 99.95Bringing together innovative and internationally renowned experts, this volume provides concise presentations of the main concepts and cutting-edge research fields in the study of culture. The volume outlines different models, explores avenues for interdisciplinary exchange, assesses key concepts and traces their travels across various disciplinary,... more...
Turning Points
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00At times of crisis and revolution such as ours, diagnoses of crucial junctures and ruptures ? ?turning points? ? in the continuous flow of history are more prevalent than ever. Analysing literary, cinematic and other narratives, the volume seeks to understand the meanings conveyed by different concepts of turning points, the alternative concepts to... more...
Cultural Ways of Worldmaking
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 147.00Taking as its point of departure Nelson Goodman?s theory of symbol systems as delineated in his seminal book ?Ways of Worldmaking?, this volume gauges the possibilities and perspectives offered by the worldmaking approach as a model for the study of culture. The volume serves to demonstrate how specific media and narratives affect the worlds that are... more...
A Companion to Cultural Memory Studies
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 29.95This handbook represents the interdisciplinary and international field of ?cultural memory studies? for the first time in one volume. Articles by renowned international scholars offer readers a unique overview of the key concepts of cultural memory studies. The handbook not only documents current research in an unprecedented way; it also serves as... more...
Metaisierung in Literatur und anderen Medien
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 182.00Characters behaving out of the norm, poems about poets, films about film-making or the cinema ? metaizing methods of expression, that is, reflections on an art in that art, are diverse and can be found in all genres, media and epochs. This compendium is the first to provide a systematic overview of the theories, forms and functions of metaization.... more...
Gedächtniskonzepte der Literaturwissenschaft
De Gruyter 2005; US$ 182.00In this volume, concepts of memory from literary studies are systematically recorded for the first time and presented from an historical, theoretical and methodological aspect. The aim is to locate the discussion in the subject discipline within the transdisciplinary discussion of memory and recollection. more...
Medien des kollektiven Gedächtnisses
De Gruyter 2004; US$ 182.00The volume presents theoretical frameworks, conceptual explications and concrete research perspectives in the subject area of 'Media of collective memory.' Representatives of various disciplines examine the manifestations, social functions, cultural differences and the historical development of the media of memory from the 17th century to the present... more...
Ethics in Culture
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00This volume brings together a wide range of criticial perspectives from literary studies, media and cultural memory studies, and philosophy, tracing the complex and sometimes conflicting relationship between ethics and aesthetics in theoretical contexts and individual case studies. more...
Kulturwissenschaften digital
Campus Verlag 2012; US$ 32.60Hauptbeschreibung Die digitalen Medien verändern unsere Lese- und Schreibgewohnheiten sowie die Art, wie wir recherchieren und archivieren. Um auch computer- und internetbezogene Phänomene erforschen zu können, müssen die Kulturwissenschaften ihre Fragestellungen und ihr methodisches Spektrum stetig weiterentwickeln. Die Verbindung von digitalen... more...
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