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Opera and the Politics of Tragedy

A Mozartean Museum

By: Katharina Clausius

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Opera and the Politics of Tragedy

A Mozartean Museum

By: Katharina Clausius

A curated collection of Enlightenment operas, paintings, and literary works that were all marked by the "Telemacomania" scandal, a furious cultural frenzy with dangerous political stakes. Imaginatively structured as a guided tour, Opera and the Politics of Tragedy captures the tumultuous impact of the so-called Telemacomania crisis through its key artifacts: literary pamphlets, spoken dramas, paintings, engravings, and opera librettos (drammi per musica). Prominently featured in the gallery are two operas with direct ties to this aesthetic and political war: Mozart and Cigna-Santi's Mitridate (1770) and Mozart and Varesco's Idomeneo (1781). Reading and listening across the Enlightenment's cultural spaces (its new public museums, its first encyclopedias, and its ever-controversial operatic theater), this book showcases the Enlightenment's disorderly historical revisionism alongside its progressive politics to expose the fertile creativity that can emerge out of the ambiguous space between what is "ancient" and what is "modern.

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Abraham Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address": The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion

By: Katharina E. Thomas

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Abraham Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address": The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion

By: Katharina E. Thomas

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Rhetoric / Elocution / Oratory, grade: 1,3, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, course: Allgemeine Rhetorik, language: English, abstract: Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has played a powerful role in shaping American public discourse over the centuries. It has become one of the central documents in the evolution of American civil religion – imbued with religious and biblical language and imagery, backed by the ethos of its orator, its rhetoric sanctifies the founding documents and itself becomes part of the canon of “holy writ” of American civil religion. This is all the more remarkable considering the fact that Lincoln was originally only supposed to deliver a few appropriate remarks at the dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield as a cemetery for the fallen soldiers. The main speaker, Edward Everett, had already given a long speech when Lincoln’s turn came. The situation which thus presented itself to the orator posed a considerable challenge, as the audience was already weary. It is therefore all the more fascinating to see how Lincoln succeeded in his short, dense speech – which did not even give the photographer sufficient time to take his picture – in molding American identity by fusing “organic union with transcendent purpose by utilizing the religious symbolism of the Christian tradition” (White 97). This paper will examine how the Gettysburg Address came to be one of the central documents of American civil religion, which had a significant influence on all future public discourse.First, it will provide a brief discussion of Abraham Lincoln as an orator. This aspect is important insofar as it is necessary to determine what role his personal ethos played in the Gettysburg Address. The main part will offer a close reading of the Gettysburg Address, focusing on an in-depth analysis of the rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices Lincoln employs. This part is concerned especially with the question of how these strategies contribute to the enduring significance of the Gettysburg Address as a central document of American civil religion.

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3640930835

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Feminism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "Aurora Leigh": Developing a Concept of the Female Artist

By: Katharina E. Thomas

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Feminism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "Aurora Leigh": Developing a Concept of the Female Artist

By: Katharina E. Thomas

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0 (A), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, course: Victorian Literature, language: English, abstract: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s epic poem Aurora Leigh presents a viable feminist ideal. Its heroine, Aurora Leigh, ultimately resolves the dilemma of having to deny love for the sake of her work or vice versa by developing a new concept of the female artist. Although Aurora Leigh offers material for a much broader analysis of feminism, this paper will focus on the main character and narrator, Aurora Leigh herself. Although characters such as Marian Erle and Lady Waldemar also present interesting figures for further study, extending the analysis to them would be beyond the scope of this paper. As this paper concentrates on the feminist ideal in relation to a woman’s vocation as an artist, Aurora Leigh best exemplifies this dynamic. Beginning by addressing Aurora’s education and early career in order to demonstrate her progression from a traditional concept of love and work, this paper will follow her development as she rejects conventional opposition to arrive at a fuller understanding of life as a female artist. Possible alternative readings, such as the argument that Aurora ultimately sacrifices her artistic strivings for a conventional marriage, will also be discussed in order to support the thesis.

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3640930770

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Robert Louis Stevenson’s "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde": A Geography of the Human Mind

By: Katharina E. Thomas

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Robert Louis Stevenson’s "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde": A Geography of the Human Mind

By: Katharina E. Thomas

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, course: Victorian Literature, language: English, abstract: Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents a landscape that can be read as a geography of the human mind. The two separate dwelling- places of Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego, Mr. Hyde, can be analyzed in psychoanalytical terms as representing the conscious and the unconscious. The suppressed desires of the unconscious, which are related to a discourse of homosexuality underwriting the novel, return to haunt and ultimately destroy the mind of Dr. Jekyll. This paper will examine how the city functions as a mirror of the human mind. It takes a more general approach at first, analyzing different descriptions of the city throughout the novel. As a second step towards establishing the evidence to support the thesis, it will be necessary to take a closer look at the specific geography of Dr. Jekyll’s psyche, arguing that the separate dwelling places of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde represent the conscious and the unconscious in terms of Freudian psychoanalysis. Finally, the paper will examine how this reading allows for an interpretation of Dr. Jekyll’s hidden desires as being related to homosexuality. Other interpretations concerning these vices are possible and not mutually exclusive with the one pursued in this paper, as, for example, a reading of Jekyll’s mental and physical descent as due to alcoholism and drug abuse. However, a broader analysis taking into account these additional interpretations would be beyond the scope of this paper. It will therefore focuse on the evidence that supports the idea of a homosexual discourse in the novel.

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The Aching Joys of the Romantic Genius: The Loss and Transcendence of Unmediated Experience in Wordsworth’s "Tintern Abbey" and Goethe’s "The Eagle and the Dove"

By: Katharina Thomas

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The Aching Joys of the Romantic Genius: The Loss and Transcendence of Unmediated Experience in Wordsworth’s "Tintern Abbey" and Goethe’s "The Eagle and the Dove"

By: Katharina Thomas

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0 (A), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, course: Chief British Romantic Writers, language: English, abstract: What do Goethe and Wordsworth have in common? Or more precisely, what does Tintern Abbey have to do with Goethe’s Sturm und Drang poem The Eagle and the Dove? This paper will argue that while the poems may not share much at first glance, they voice similar feelings with respect to the experience of the Romantic Genius. The eagle’s loss of freedom and forced subjugation under a situation constrained by authorities echo Wordsworth’s description of the experience of his younger self. Similar to the eagle, the poet-figure in Tintern Abbey experiences a loss of that intensely emotional, unmediated engagement with the world. Wordsworth’s insight that he has received “abundant recompense” for this loss is foreshadowed in its incipience also in Goethe’s poem. In order to establish this thesis, the first part of the paper provides an in-depth analysis of The Eagle and the Dove, elaborating on the concept of the romantic genius advanced by Goethe in the figure of the eagle. This analysis will also take into account differences between the English translation by Edgar Alfred Bowring and the German original, as the translation is not always felicitous. Since it would be beyond the scope of this paper to do a close reading of both poems in their entirety, the following part concentrates on a few central passages from Tintern Abbey, delineating the similarities between both poems with respect to the experience of the poet figure. Finally, it will analyse how Wordsworth transcends the loss of his former experience in relation to a similar development implicit in Goethe’s poem.

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Robert Louis Stevenson's the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

A Geography of the Human Mind

By: Katharina E. Thomas

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Robert Louis Stevenson's the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

A Geography of the Human Mind

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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, course: Victorian Literature, language: English, abstract: Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents a landscape that can be read as a geography of the human mind. The two separate dwelling- places of Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego, Mr. Hyde, can be analyzed in psychoanalytical terms as representing the conscious and the unconscious. The suppressed desires of the unconscious, which are related to a discourse of homosexuality underwriting the novel, return to haunt and ultimately destroy the mind of Dr. Jekyll. This paper will examine how the city functions as a mirror of the human mind. It takes a more general approach at first, analyzing different descriptions of the city throughout the novel. As a second step towards establishing the evidence to support the thesis, it will be necessary to take a closer look at the specific geography of Dr. Jekyll's psyche, arguing that the separate dwelling places of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde represent the conscious and the unconscious in terms of Freudian psychoanalysis. Finally, the paper will examine how this reading allows for an interpretation of Dr. Jekyll's hidden desires as being related to homosexuality. Other interpretations concerning these vices are possible and not mutually exclusive with the one pursued in this paper, as, for example, a reading of Jekyll's mental and physical descent as due to alcoholism and drug abuse. However, a broader analysis taking into account these additional interpretations would be beyond the scope of this paper. It will therefore focuse on the evidence that supports the idea of a homosexual discourse in the novel.

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Feminism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh

Developing a Concept of the Female Artist

By: Katharina E. Thomas

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Developing a Concept of the Female Artist

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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0 (A), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, course: Victorian Literature, language: English, abstract: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's epic poem Aurora Leigh presents a viable feminist ideal. Its heroine, Aurora Leigh, ultimately resolves the dilemma of having to deny love for the sake of her work or vice versa by developing a new concept of the female artist. Although Aurora Leigh offers material for a much broader analysis of feminism, this paper will focus on the main character and narrator, Aurora Leigh herself. Although characters such as Marian Erle and Lady Waldemar also present interesting figures for further study, extending the analysis to them would be beyond the scope of this paper. As this paper concentrates on the feminist ideal in relation to a woman's vocation as an artist, Aurora Leigh best exemplifies this dynamic. Beginning by addressing Aurora's education and early career in order to demonstrate her progression from a traditional concept of love and work, this paper will follow her development as she rejects conventional opposition to arrive at a fuller understanding of life as a female artist. Possible alternative readings, such as the argument that Aurora ultimately sacrifices her artistic strivings for a conventional marriage, will also be discussed in order to support the thesis.

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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion

By: Katharina E. Thomas

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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion

By: Katharina E. Thomas

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Rhetoric / Elocution / Oratory, grade: 1,3, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, course: Allgemeine Rhetorik, language: English, abstract: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has played a powerful role in shaping American public discourse over the centuries. It has become one of the central documents in the evolution of American civil religion - imbued with religious and biblical language and imagery, backed by the ethos of its orator, its rhetoric sanctifies the founding documents and itself becomes part of the canon of "holy writ" of American civil religion. This is all the more remarkable considering the fact that Lincoln was originally only supposed to deliver a few appropriate remarks at the dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield as a cemetery for the fallen soldiers. The main speaker, Edward Everett, had already given a long speech when Lincoln's turn came. The situation which thus presented itself to the orator posed a considerable challenge, as the audience was already weary. It is therefore all the more fascinating to see how Lincoln succeeded in his short, dense speech - which did not even give the photographer sufficient time to take his picture - in molding American identity by fusing "organic union with transcendent purpose by utilizing the religious symbolism of the Christian tradition" (White 97). This paper will examine how the Gettysburg Address came to be one of the central documents of American civil religion, which had a significant influence on all future public discourse.First, it will provide a brief discussion of Abraham Lincoln as an orator. This aspect is important insofar as it is necessary to determine what role his personal ethos played in the Gettysburg Address. The main part will offer a close reading of the Gettysburg Address, focusing on an in-depth analysis of the rhetorical strategies and stylistic devices Lincoln employs. This part is concerned especially with the ques

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Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography

Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting

By: Katharina Günther

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Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography

Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting

By: Katharina Günther

The British painter Francis Bacon (1909–1992) is famed for his idiosyncratic mode of depicting the human figure. Thirty years after his death, his working methods remain underexplored. New research on the Francis Bacon Studio Archive at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, sheds light on the genesis of his works, namely the photographic source material he collected in his studios, on which he consistently based his paintings. The book brings together the artist’s pictorial springboards for the first time, delineating and interpreting recurring patterns and methods in his preparatory work and adoption of photographic material. In addition, it correctly locates ‘chance’ as a driving force in Bacon’s working method and qualifies the significance of photography for the painter.

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3110720647

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Opera and the Politics of Tragedy

Opera and the Politics of Tragedy

Abraham Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address": The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion

Abraham Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address": The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion

Feminism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "Aurora Leigh": Developing a Concept of the Female Artist

Feminism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s "Aurora Leigh": Developing a Concept of the Female Artist

Robert Louis Stevenson’s "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde": A Geography of the Human Mind

Robert Louis Stevenson’s "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde": A Geography of the Human Mind

The Aching Joys of the Romantic Genius: The Loss and Transcendence of Unmediated Experience in Wordsworth’s "Tintern Abbey" and Goethe’s "The Eagle and the Dove"

The Aching Joys of the Romantic Genius: The Loss and Transcendence of Unmediated Experience in Wordsworth’s "Tintern Abbey" and Goethe’s "The Eagle and the Dove"

Robert Louis Stevenson's the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson's the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Feminism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh

Feminism in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography

Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography

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