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      German LiteratureMusicMusicologyRomanticism
Repetitio Sententiarum, Repetitio Verborum: Kant, Hamann, and the Implications of Citation Precisely as a repetition of language, citation entails an act of speaking that is, at the same time, an act of listening, or an act of writing... more
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      Comparative LiteratureLiterature and MusicItalian Literature
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      EthicsRoman Law
John Hamilton: Rahmen, Küsten und Nachhaltigkeiten in Theodor Storms Der Schimmelreiter Überströme Wenn es Ziel des literarischen Realismus ist, die Wirklichkeit darzustellen, dann stellt Theodor Storms Novelle Der Schimmelreiter (1888)... more
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In the prefatory remarks to his Rettungen des Horaz (Vindications of Horace, 1754), Lessing elucidates his approach to classical antiquity by means of an elaborate analogy: 'Ich selbst kann mir keine angenehmere Beschä ftigung machen, als... more
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A la fin de sa nouvelle Gambara de 1837, qui traite d'un compositeur de génie mais vraisemblablement fou, réduit de plus à la pauvreté la plus absolue, Balzac fait prononcer à son protagoniste musicien ce jugement sur lui-même :
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4 When one broaches the topic of music and torture, one generally has in 5 mind how music or sound has been and continues to be used as an instrument for 6 inflicting pain. One perhaps thinks about the disparate claims, substantiated or... more
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In the electronic anthill, where are the edges? The book revolution, which, from the Renaissance on, taught men and women to cherish and cultivate their individuality, threatens to end in a sparkling cloud of snippets.
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      PhilosophyAestheticsMedia StudiesHistory of the Book
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In 1915, at the urging of the editors of the psychoanalytic journal Imago, Freud composed his " Timely Thoughts on War and Death, " in which he offers some reflections on the failures of enlightened civilization and the consequent change... more
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The discovery of a perfectly preserved corpse in the mines of Falun instigated a series of literary elaborations from the 18th to the 20th century. In focusing on E. T. A. Hoffmann's rendering, the present essay explores the implicit... more
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