@article{Wiemann2013, author = {Wiemann, Dirk}, title = {Cities of the mind - villages of the mind}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Anglistik und Amerikanistik : a quarterly of language, literature and cultur}, volume = {61}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Anglistik und Amerikanistik : a quarterly of language, literature and cultur}, number = {1}, publisher = {K{\"o}nigshausen \& Neumann}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, issn = {0044-2305}, doi = {10.1515/zaa.2013.61.1.59}, pages = {59 -- 72}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Deep into the second half of the twentieth century the traditionalist definition of India as a country of villages remained dominant in official political rhetoric as well as cultural production. In the past two decades or so, this ruralist paradigm has been effectively superseded by a metropolitan imaginary in which the modern, globalised megacity increasingly functions as representative of India as a whole. Has the village, then, entirely vanished from the cultural imaginary in contemporary India? Addressing economic practices from upper-class consumerism to working-class family support strategies, this paper attempts to trace how 'the village' resurfaces or survives as a cultural reference point in the midst of the urban.}, language = {en} } @article{RobertsStablerFischeretal.2013, author = {Roberts, Andrew Michael and Stabler, Jane and Fischer, Martin H. and Otty, Lisa}, title = {Space and pattern in linear and postlinear poetry empirical and theoretical approaches}, series = {European journal of English studies : official journal of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)}, volume = {17}, journal = {European journal of English studies : official journal of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)}, number = {1}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1382-5577}, doi = {10.1080/13825577.2012.754967}, pages = {23 -- 40}, year = {2013}, abstract = {This article derives from two interdisciplinary research projects funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, involving the application of psychological experimental techniques to the study of poetic form and reader response. It discusses the semantic and expressive effects of space and pattern in innovative forms of contemporary British and American poetry. After referring to some historical and theoretical contexts for these issues, the article analyses the results of experiments using eye-tracking, manipulations of text, memory tests and readers' recorded responses and interpretations. The first group of poems studied were lineated, with extended spaces within lines and displacement of lines from the left margin. Referring to a poem from Geoffrey Hill'sCanaan(1996), the authors show that such use of space may serve to articulate syntactical structures, but may also promote richer interpretation by encouraging cross-linear semantic connections. The second technique studied was the break from linear into postlinear poetry, as an initially lineated sequence shifts to pages of dispersed text. In readings of Susan Howe'sPythagorean Silence(fromThe Europe of Trusts, 1990), the authors detected more radical effects of space, shape and pattern, with associated consequences for interpretative strategies and aesthetic responses. Finally, the article discusses the potential for both mutual support and heuristic challenge between an empirical study of reader response, and a historical-theoretical approach as exemplified by Jerome McGann's interpretation ofPythagorean Silence.}, language = {en} } @article{Mueller2013, author = {M{\"u}ller, Gesine}, title = {From "The Novel" (1966) to "The Art of the Novel" (2000) readings of Vargas Llosa as Topos of Latin American Disenchantment}, series = {Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas}, volume = {46}, journal = {Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas}, number = {1}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0890-5762}, doi = {10.1080/08905762.2013.780894}, pages = {20 -- 25}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{Klettke2013, author = {Klettke, Cornelia}, title = {The voice of the other : heterotopy and heterology inBernard-Marie Koltes black battles with dogs}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{D'Aprile2013, author = {D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo}, title = {Prussian republicanism? Friedrich Buchholz's reception of James Harrington}, isbn = {978-140-945-556-1}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{Wiemann2013, author = {Wiemann, Dirk}, title = {Spectacles of astonishment: tragedy and the regicide in England and Germany, 1649 - 1663}, isbn = {978-140-945-556-1}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @article{Kroeger2013, author = {Kr{\"o}ger, Bj{\"o}rn}, title = {Remarks on a scene, depicting the primeval world}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {XIV}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {27}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69848}, pages = {7 -- 35}, year = {2013}, abstract = {The Prussian geologist Leopold von Buch was a lifelong friend of Alexander von Humboldt and had a significant influence on Humboldt's geological ideas. In a talk, held in Berlin in 1831, which is published here for the first time, von Buch presented the Duria Antiquior of 1830 by the English geologist Henry De La Beche. The Duria Antiquior is widely regarded as the earliest depiction of a scene of prehistoric life from deep time. The print raised new questions about the processes of geohistorical change. The talk reveals that Leopold von Buch was a true scientist of the Romantic Age. His descriptions of geohistorical organismic transformations are taken from pictorial examples of organismic transformation from the classical literature. The talk also illustrates how influential English geologists were for geo-historical reconstructions in Germany.}, language = {en} } @article{Schlaak2013, author = {Schlaak, Claudia}, title = {Island language policy and regional identity east of Africa}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-63132}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Since 2011 the Comorian Island of Mayotte has been France's 101st d{\´e}partement, thereby becoming part of the European Union. As a result, France has consolidated and strengthened its strategic position in the Indian Ocean. With the change of political status in 2011, new developments have occurred in Mayotte. It is still unclear whether the expected economic boom, extensive social benefits or injection of EU regional funds can help to alleviate poverty and raise living standards. There is concern, however, that massive immigration to Mayotte from the surrounding territories is diminishing any progress and will continue to do so. Not only France but also the EU will have to adapt to new immigration problems due to this new external border. In this situation one thing is clear: the language contact between French and the local languages, which is the result of political developments, is leading to new dynamics. The diglossic situation east of Africa, between French as the dominant language and local languages like Shimaor{\´e} or Shibushi spoken in Mayotte will become more marked in the next few years.}, language = {en} }