Comparative Criticism: Volume 23, Humanist Traditions in Twentieth - An Annual Journal

Klappentext This new volume looks at the Humanist Tradition in the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The new volume looks at the Humanist Tradition in the twentieth century. Articles include: James Hankins on two twentieth century interpreters of Renaissance Humanism; Erika Rummel on Erasmus; Tim Benton on Mussolini's Rome; Stephen Bann on Psychoanalysis and Humanism; Heinrich Dilly! Ernst Osterkamp! and Christopher Green on Art History. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Humanist Tradition in the Twentieth Century Bernhard Fabian: The book in the totalitarian context; Lorenzo Valla and changing perceptions of Renaissance humanism Jill Kraye; Erasmian humanism in the twentieth century Erika Rummel; Humanism and Fascism Tim Benton; Hitler's Berlin Iain Boyd Whyte; The German National Committee of the Fifteenth International Congress of the History of Art in London! 1939 Heinrich Dilly; Civilization and barbarism: an anthropological approach Pat Caplan; Scientific humanism Gregory Blue; Walter Pater to Adrian Stokes: psychoanalysis and humanism Stephen Bann; Art history and humanist tradition in the Stefan George Circle Ernst Osterkamp; Humanisms: Picasso! Waldemar George and the politics of 'Man' in the 1930s Christopher Green; Part II. Literature and Translation: Moliere Sganarelle (translated from the French by Bill Kirton); Juan Manuel Arango This Place in the Night: poems (translated from the Spanish by Anabel Torres); Halldor Laxness The Fair Maiden: two chapters from a novel (translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton); Ruben Fonseca Lucia McCartney: a short story (translated from the Portuguese by Ana Frankenberg-Garcia); Part III. Essay Reviews: On the I Tatti Renaissance Anthony Levi; On Franz Steiner! Selected Writings! volume I: Taboo! Truth and Religion N. J. Allen; volume II: Orientpolitik! Value and Civilisation; Turning Descartes upside down: on Katherine Hayles! How we Became Posthuman Jeff Wallace; Books and periodicals received. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E. S. Shaffer, E. S. (University of London) Shaffer, Elinor S. Shaffer
• Con la collaborazione di: E. S. Shaffer (Editore), E. S. (University of London) Shaffer (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.10.2001
• EAN: 9780521808071
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80807-1
• Pagine: 396
• Serie: Comparative Criticism; Comparative Criticism
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese