Anthologies: general

The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories--especially when they're told in two languages!

Learn about Korean culture while improving your language skills!

"e;Five charming novellas which have astonishing freshness, color, and warmth.

The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories--especially when they're told in two languages!

This diverse anthology of traditional tales from across the Indonesian archipelago includes short stories, origin myths, historical legends, poetry, diary entries, news reports and dialogues.

The description for this book, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, will be forthcoming.

Meet 100 of the most remarkable people from The Sunday Times Magazine's acclaimed column, A Life in the Day.

'Our greatest living satirist' Sunday Times 'The most screamingly funny living writer' Mail on Sunday From the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four, a selection of Craig Brown's finest writing collected together for the first time.

In these eleven talks-originally presented as the highly acclaimed television series "e;The Worlds of Abraham Kaplan"e;-a great teacher discusses the most important questions of traditional and contemporary human experience.

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (American Studies), course: Edgar Allan Poe, language: English, abstract: "e;The Masque of the Red Death"e; first appeared in May 1842 in Graham's Magazine.

Repackaged to feature Tolkien's own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, 'On Fairy-stories' and the story that exemplifies this, 'Leaf by Niggle', together with the poem 'Mythopoeia' and the verse drama, 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth', which tells of the events following the disastrous Battle of Maldon.

Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0 (B), Humboldt-University of Berlin (American Culture Studies), course: The American Dream, language: English, abstract: Sam Shepard is known as one of the most accomplished playwrights in the United States, he also gained celebrity as an actor in a couple of American movies.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Sheffield, language: English, abstract: 1.

Joy (Or Something Darker, but Like It), the first book of nonfiction by poet Nathaniel Perry, is a group of essays that considers poetry in the context of parenting-what poems and poets might teach us about parenting, what parenting might teach us about poetry, and also, what either of those things might have to teach us about simply being a relatively successful human being.

In Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform, McLoughlin draws on psychohistory, sociology, and anthropology to examine the relationship between America's five great religious awakenings and their influence on five great movements for social reform in the United States.

Africa has emerged as a prime arena of global health interventions that focus on particular diseases and health emergencies.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1-, University of Sheffield, course: An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics"e;, language: English, abstract: 1.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, Dresden Technical University (Institut Amerikanistik), course: Latinos/as in the U.

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject American Studies - Literature, University of Wurzburg (Philosophisches Institut - Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft), course: Hauptseminar, language: English, abstract: When Wilson turned to the Congress on the second of April in 1917, he aimed to announce that political agreements and the relation to Germany were under dire threats.

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (John-F.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Marburg (Institute for English and American Studies), course: Blood, Lust and (Un)Death: Vampires in American and British Cultures, language: English, abstract: Carmilla is the concluding story of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's horror story collection In a Glass Darkly which was published in 1872.

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Martin Luther University (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Vietnam War and American Society, language: English, abstract: The Vietnam War was and still is a decisive chapter in U.

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Marburg, course: Problems of English Grammar, language: English, abstract: Most linguists agree that there is a particular feature of certain verbs like e.

Diploma Thesis from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: B (2), University of Vienna (Institute for Anglistics/American Studies), language: English, abstract: Tennessee Williams is one of America's greatest playwrights whose talents of creating tension and atmosphere went beyond the metier of theatre and were convincing in the field of motion pictures, too.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0 (B), University of Dusseldorf "e;Heinrich Heine"e; (Anglistics Institute), course: Melville's Short Novels, language: English, abstract: Almost everyone has heard of the novel "e;Moby Dick"e;.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Regensburg (Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Philosophische Fakultat ), course: Hauptseminar Amerikanistik (Literaturwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: In order to be able to grasp the dimension of the role identity plays in Mary Antin's The Promised Land, one has to take into consideration the author's biographical background, as the first part of her life differs completely from the later years.

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0 (B), Free University of Berlin (John-F.

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Essay from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: Distinction, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics), course: Theorizing the Past, language: English, abstract: "e;How do things stand with the real event, then, if reality is everywhere infiltrated by images, virtuality and fiction?

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject American Studies, grade: 1,3, Dresden Technical University (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Reading the American West, language: English, abstract: This research paper explores the myths and realities in the depiction of the American West in popular culture, with a focus on the representation of Native Americans.

Anthology from the year 2024 in the subject American Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: This anthology contains four term papers.

Diploma Thesis from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: y (1), University of Graz (Institute for American Studies), language: English, abstract: Underworld (1997), DeLillos elfter Roman, ist bis dato sein ehrgeizigstes Projekt.

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Over the past two decades, increased criminal and state violence has profoundly transformed everyday life in Mexico.

Over the past two decades, increased criminal and state violence has profoundly transformed everyday life in Mexico.

Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,7, University of Wuppertal (Anglistik), course: Race and Gender, 1770-1830, language: English, abstract: At a time when morality has been increasingly separated from the aspect of the supernatural and placed within the human being himself, far and foremost by philosophers like Jean-Jacque Rousseau, Equiano tries to connect these two strands of thought.

There was no desperation in the parting.

The carefully modulated surface of Stuart Payne's poems belies the intriguing, startling and thought-provoking depths of thought and perception.

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Ruhr-University of Bochum (Institut fur Philologie), language: English, abstract: This paper analyzes the evolution of T'Challa as the Black Panther regarding the progression of his mindset by taking a look at different fictional texts that reach from comic books to movies about the character, while also referring to secondary literature in order to examine the different conceptions that people receive from these diverse representations of the Black Panther.

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Bonn (Institut fur Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie), course: Anglophone Media and Popular Cultures, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at pointing out the difference of the importance of the OASIS in Ernest Cline's "e;Ready Player One"e; and its movie adaptation.

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,7, University of Constance, language: English, abstract: The paper will take into account the concept of feminism through Brett in "e;The Sun Also Rises"e; regarding her remarkable physical appearance, her power over the men and her affairs, as well as her focus on masculine traits.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Literaturwissenschaft - Moderne Literatur, Note: 2,3, FernUniversität Hagen (Kulturwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Kultur, Literatur und Medien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit sollen die Labyrinthe im Roman "Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher" von Walter Moers genauer betrachtet werden.

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Bielefeld University (Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: Why was there such a public outcry about American Psycho?

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2022 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, , language: English, abstract: This study gauges the mimetic criticism of the Louisa May Alcott's "e;Little Women"e;.

Essay from the year 2022 in the subject Literature - Medieval Literature, , language: English, abstract: The late 1300s in Florence were a scandalous period for the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire (HRE).

Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Koblenz-Landau (Anglistik), language: English, abstract: This thesis poses the research question whether Donald Glover reproduces or dismantles racial stereotypes in the music video "e;This is America"e;.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Kultur und Landeskunde, Note: 1,0, Universität Potsdam (Institut für Weiterqualifizierung im Bildungsbereich an der Universität Potsdam), Veranstaltung: Kulturwissenschaften, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Popkultur der USA seit den 1950er Jahren wurde maßgeblich von afroamerikanischen Girlgroups beeinflusst, die durch ihre Looks, Lyrics und Performances nicht nur musikalisch, sondern auch gesellschaftlich eine bedeutende Rolle spielten.

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Biology - Developmental Biology, grade: c, , course: Pharmacy, language: English, abstract: The aim of this work is to perform a systematic review of literature to determine the causes and treatment aspects of infertility.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, Adekunle Ajasin University, language: English, abstract: This work focuses on exploring the concept of Marxism through Nigerian music and by examining how artists have been able to use the institution of music as an instrument of evaluating society.