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Showing 1 to 20 of 261 for “"History and criticism"”.
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Plasticity Against Plastic: Synthetics In The Practice, Theory, And Conservation Of Art Since The 1960s
n 1969, U.S. artist and educator Thelma R. Newman observed that plastics have caused “a silent revolution.” Art history and criticism have yet to grapple with the relationship between the plastic arts and plastic, that most prosaic of materials. Upon first glance, it may seem that art and plastic …
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Manfredo Tafuri's notion of history and its methodological sources : from Walter Benjamin to Roland Barthes
… traces his methodological sources: the theories, and their mode of reception, that have directly influenced his thought. The period examined starts with Theories and History of Architecture, first published in 1968 and ends with "The Historical 'Project"', the introductory essay of The Sphere and …
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A study of the Romantic movement in English literature
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Transports of imagination: poetry and the rehabilitation of experience, 1830–1860
… examines how poets of the German late romantic and restoration periods between 1830 and 1860 disrupt the systematizing drive of technological, cultural, and industrial advancements during the nineteenth century in Germany by establishing connections with the past: both a large-scale geological …
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Vernuwing van maatskaplike norme as tema in afrikaanse jeuliteratuur vanaf 1985 tot 1995.
… en die hipotese wat getoets word, is dat die veranderde norme in die samelewing gereflekteer sal word in literatuur vir jongmense ten einde hulle te help om as volwaardige volwassenes op te tree. Daar word tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat daar nie in enigeen van die verhale wat ontleed is, enige …
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The serious art of funny business: a critical study of comedy in dance
… wealth of information in both the theory and praxis of comedy in the embodied realm of dance; it is a subject worthy of serious deliberation. Tills dissertation discusses the evolution of comedy and comedic theories as they relate to modem dance and narrative ballet Comedic works were …
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BEGINNING A TRADITION: IRISH WOMEN'S WRITING, 1800-1984 (EDGEWORTH, JOHNSTONE, KEANE, IRELAND).
… Contemporary anthropological, psychoanalytical, and literary theory suggests that women, even those of different cultures, excluded from public life and limited to the domestic sphere, would develop similar interests. When these interests ran counter to those of the dominant group, the women …
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The River Still Runs Deep: A Conductor's Guide to Selected Negro Spiritual Arrangements for SATB Choir by Harry T. Burleigh
… In-depth analysis was limited to works in print and available for purchase still today. The author seeks to facilitate informed performance of these works and provide a general resource for conductors who have an interest in performing the music of H. T. Burleigh.The study includes a brief …
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The historical novels of Jessie Joyce Gwayi
… on her domestic position, her present occupation and her state of health. It is her state of health that has made it impossible for her to undertake any further literary work. This has been the worst drawback to the budding Zulu historical novelist. Here also a few writers of various Zulu books …
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The reading of poetry : appreciation and evaluation
… undervalued in the eyes of the world today, and nowhere more so, it increasingly seems, than at educational institutions, especially South African universities. As mechanisation and commodification become more and more the order of the day, and as technology replaces human interchange, the …
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The new in music
… new, to evaluate essential factors of newness, and to consider the reaction of the public to new musical trends.</p><p> Although the accent of the work is placed on the music of the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, consideration is also given to essentially new aspects of music …
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Mirages Solidified: Myth, Beautification, and Tourism in the Creation of Santa Barbara's El Pueblo Viejo Landmark District
<p>A number of books and articles have been written on the social movement to reimagine Southern California’s past in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While many of the pageants, parades, and public displays that defined this regional movement now reside in the pages of history, some …
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Scandinavian and other influences on the Tristan story, with special consideration of the Morholt episode
<p>The story of Tristan and Isolde was long a favorite of medieval poets. This is attested by the numerous versions which have survived and the many manuscripts in which these various versions are preserved. It is also apparent that portions of the story must have possessed a long oral tradition …
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Are there classics in American literature?
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A history of the Venetian sacred solo motet (c. 1610--1720).
… music. Several of these, including the Ghirlanda sacra (Gardano, 1625) and Motetti a voce sola (Gardano, 1645) contain sacred solo motets by some of the best Italian composers of the period. Venetian composers were at the forefront of the move toward the smaller concertato forms and, to …
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The influence of klezmer on twentieth-century solo and chamber concert music for clarinet: with three recitals of selected works of Manevich, Debussy, Horovitz, Milhaud, Martino, Mozart and others.
… of Settlement, which encompassed modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus and Romania. Due to the rise of oppression and expulsion, many klezmer musicians or klezmorim immigrated to the United States between 1880 and the early 1920s. These musicians found work in klezmer bands and …
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Trends in Browning Criticism Since 1920
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Emphasizing cultural connections in American literature using systems theory.
Multiculturalism is a dynamic field of study and will continue to evolve as our society evolves. Multiculturalism has resulted in new departments, new books, new canons, and new theories from many of America's previously ignored cultures. However, most of these changes have not put America's …
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