Julian Preece

K. Stuart Parkes

Arthur Williams

The aesthetic and linguistic concerns of German-language writers are explored against the backdrop of a readership in transition. Two essays examine intertextuality as a concept and as a phenomenon in the work of Christa Wolf, before the first main set (aesthetics) addresses narrative techniques (Jurek Becker, Wolfgang Hilbig, Hans Joachim Schädlich), formal experimentation (Ror Wolf, Helmut Heißenbüttel, Hanns-Josef Ortheil), allegory (Christoph Ransmayr), metaphor (Eveline Hasler), feminine aesthetics (Brigitte Kronauer, Anne Duden), and links between literature and photography (Rolf Dieter Brinkmann). The second main group presents a series of analyses of language as problem and practice: Sprachlosigkeit (Ilse Aichinger, Robert Schneider), logocentricity and etymology (Heinrich Böll, Elisabeth Reichart), and authenticity and cliché (Werner Schwab, Rainald Goetz), Ralf Schnell's concluding essay is an assessment of a situation which allows writers more freedom as the shackles of the past are cast off.

Contemporary German Writers, Their Aesthetics and Their Language

A visually dynamic and extensive resource covering all sculpture media. Beginning Sculpture explores traditional sculpting methods as well as the latest tools and techniques. It covers a diverse range of media including wood, metal, stone, paper, clay and mixed media. Studios are designed to enhance student learning and nurture self-discovery. With an easy to follow format, students: * Learn the elements and principles of design and sculpture * Photographs and illustrations sequentially detail fundamental techniques and skills. * Examples of master artworks reflect diverse times and perspectives * Student create art and master concepts and skills through carefully crafted lessons

Beginning Sculpture

Jean Mackenzie

George Downie

This book is designed to help nurses make accurate drug calculations and improve patient safety. It is written in an accessible style to make learning as easy as possible. The simple, clear and friendly approach will be a major help to anyone who hates maths. Real examples from prescriptions and medicine labels are used to simulate actual practice and help make the link with the theory. The range of specialties covered makes the content relevant to all areas of nursing practice. Real-life examples taken from prescriptions and medicine labels will help nurses to relate the mathematical theory to everyday clinical practice Revision of the underlying arithmetic ensures a solid basis A stepped approach allows readers to proceed at their own pace More advanced material is included to suit a range of abilities New ‘How to use this book’ section More examples relating to renal, ITU, drug dosing, fluid balance and a wider range of examples Text restructured so less intimidating material is at the beginning e.g. molarity comes later Level of examples and exercises made clearer

A Handbook For Nurses and Midwives

Calculating Drug Doses Safely E-Book

These essays examine the interrelationships between literature, markets and media in contemporary Germany and Austria. A series of studies of individual writers is complemented by broader analyses of the responsibilities of the intellectual.

Literature, Markets and Media in Germany and Austria Today

Continuities in German-language Literature

Whose Story?

Roland Smith

The volume brings together twenty-five scholars from British and German universities, many of them leading experts on Contemporary German Literature, in an exploration of the processes and implications of German unification from the literary point of view. A discussion of the intellectual climate which nurtured the 'peaceful revolution' in the GDR is followed by analyses of the work and attitudes of significant east German authors; an underlying theme is the loss of identity, the loss of Utopia. West German reactions to the questions of unity and identity are then analysed, and a series of comparative studies presented. Finally, themes of importance for the common German future are discussed with particular reference to newer writers: environmental issues, women's writing, the changing role of the poet, problems of innovation. Among the authors discussed are Christa Wolf, Stefan Heym, Christoph Hein, Volker Braun, Heiner Müller, Monika Maron, Günter Grass, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Martin Walser, Siegfried Lenz, Peter Schneider, Heinz Czechowski, Sarah Kirsch, Helke Sander, Uta Treder, Steffen Mensching, Bert Papenfuß-Gorek, Gert Neumann, Wolfgang Hilbig, Franz Fühmann and Botho Strauß.

German Unity and German Identity in Literary Perspective

German Literature at a Time of Change 1989-1990

The volume explores aspects of individual identity and innovation in contemporary German literature with particular reference to the implications of German unification. Approaches to biography and autobiography, cultural roots, sexuality, and gender are placed in relevant ideological and aesthetic frameworks to provide a broad stock-taking of the current situation from the individual point of view. Analyses of recent work by such contemporary writers as Strauss, Handke, Enzensberger, von Westphalen, Wolf, Konigsdorf, Liebmann, Krauss, Neumann, Specht, Jelinek, Fichte, Nostlinger, Lorenc and Walser are complemented by discussions of Johnson, Canetti, Bernhard and Celan and by critical appraisals of theatre ("Wendestucke"), postmodernism and the poetry of the younger generation in the eastern "Lander," and the prospects of an all-German literature."

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