Slavic-American Imprints

Slavic-American Imprints
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Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : UGA:32108006831393
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Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Slavic-American Imprints by : Lovejoy Library

Venice and the Slavs

Venice and the Slavs
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 430
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ISBN-10 : 0804739463
ISBN-13 : 9780804739467
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Venice and the Slavs by : Larry Wolff

This book studies the nature of Venetian rule over the Slavs of Dalmatia during the eighteenth century, focusing on the cultural elaboration of an ideology of empire that was based on a civilizing mission toward the Slavs. The book argues that the Enlightenment within the “Adriatic Empire” of Venice was deeply concerned with exploring the economic and social dimensions of backwardness in Dalmatia, in accordance with the evolving distinction between “Western Europe” and “Eastern Europe” across the continent. It further argues that the primitivism attributed to Dalmatians by the Venetian Enlightenment was fundamental to the European intellectual discovery of the Slavs. The book begins by discussing Venetian literary perspectives on Dalmatia, notably the drama of Carlo Goldoni and the memoirs of Carlo Gozzi. It then studies the work that brought the subject of Dalmatia to the attention of the European Enlightenment: the travel account of the Paduan philosopher Alberto Fortis, which was translated from Italian into English, French, and German. The next two chapters focus on the Dalmatian inland mountain people called the Morlacchi, famous as “savages” throughout Europe in the eighteenth century. The Morlacchi are considered first as a concern of Venetian administration and then in relation to the problem of the “noble savage,” anthropologically studied and poetically celebrated. The book then describes the meeting of these administrative and philosophical discourses concerning Dalmatia during the final decades of the Venetian Republic. It concludes by assessing the legacy of the Venetian Enlightenment for later perspectives on Dalmatia and the South Slavs from Napoleonic Illyria to twentieth-century Yugoslavia.

Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion

Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 547
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ISBN-10 : 9789004441385
ISBN-13 : 9004441387
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion by :

In Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa presents all known medieval texts that provide us with information about the religion practiced by the Slavs before their Christianization.

Police Aesthetics

Police Aesthetics
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9780804775724
ISBN-13 : 0804775729
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Police Aesthetics by : Cristina Vatulescu

The documents emerging from the secret police archives of the former Soviet bloc have caused scandal after scandal, compromising revered cultural figures and abruptly ending political careers. Police Aesthetics offers a revealing and responsible approach to such materials. Taking advantage of the partial opening of the secret police archives in Russia and Romania, Vatulescu focuses on their most infamous holdings—the personal files—as well as on movies the police sponsored, scripted, or authored. Through the archives, she gains new insights into the writing of literature and raises new questions about the ethics of reading. She shows how police files and films influenced literature and cinema, from autobiographies to novels, from high-culture classics to avant-garde experiments and popular blockbusters. In so doing, she opens a fresh chapter in the heated debate about the relationship between culture and politics in twentieth-century police states.

The Literary Lorgnette

The Literary Lorgnette
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 0804732477
ISBN-13 : 9780804732475
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The Literary Lorgnette by : Julie A. Buckler

This book uses a literary lens to examine the diverse practices, lore, and texts of opera-going in imperial Russia.