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Felix Mendelssohn has long been viewed as one of the most historically minded composers in western music. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in his instrumental compositions, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music. Focusing on Mendelssohn's innovative development of cyclic form, Taylor investigates how the composer was influenced by the aesthetic and philosophical movements of the period. This is of key importance not only for reconsideration of Mendelssohn's work and its position in nineteenth-century culture, but also more generally concerning the relationship between music, time and subjectivity. One of very few detailed accounts of Mendelssohn's music, the study presents a new and provocative reading of the meaning of the composer's work by connecting it to wider cultural and philosophical ideas.

Cyclic form (Music) --- Instrumental music --- Music, Instrumental --- Music --- Cyclical form (Music) --- Musical form --- History and criticism --- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, --- Mendelʹson-Bartolʹdi, Feliks, --- Mendelʹson, Feliks, --- Men-te-erh-sung, F., --- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix, --- Bartholdy, Felix Mendelssohn-, --- Mendelssohn, Felix, --- Mendelssohn, F. --- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F. --- Mendelson-Bartoldi, F. --- Bartolʹdi, Feliks Mendelʹson-, --- Mendelson-Bertoldi, Feliḳs, --- Bertoldi, Feliḳs Mendelson-, --- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jacob Ludwig Felix, --- מנדלסון־ברתולדי, פליקס --- מענדעלסאהן, פעליקס, --- Mendelsohn-Bartholdy, Felix, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- History and criticism. --- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix --- Mendelssohn, Felix --- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix

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The national press has recently lavished coverage on several major sex-related scandals: the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings, the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, and the Mike Tyson case. With each event came lurid stories pitting either a loose or a virginal woman against an unwilling or monstrous man. Such extreme coverage, argues Helen Benedict, perpetuates myths that are harmful to the victims of these crimes (and sometimes to the accused). With the rise in reported rapes, more such myth-mongering stories are bound to be seen in the future. In Virgin or Vamp, Benedict addresses the press's tendency to misrepresent rape, denigrate victims, and invade the privacy of its subjects, while also pointing out the press's critical role in informing and educating the public. In this timely book, Benedict draws on her experience as a reporter and professor of journalism to examine the print press's treatment of four prominent sex crimes from the past decade - the Rideout marital rape^ trial in Oregon, the Big Dan's pool table gang rape in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the "Preppy Murder" in New York, and the Central Park jogger rape. By analyzing the language of the original news stories and interviewing the original reporters, Benedict identifies the press's tendency to label victims as either virgins or vamps, a practice she condemns as misleading and harmful. For example, she finds that the press worked so hard at portraying Jennifer Levin, the victim of the "Preppy Murder," as a man-chasing vamp that it made her seem as responsible for her death as was her killer, Robert Chambers. Likewise, Benedict shows how the press depicted Greta Rideout as a hysterical wife who accused her husband of rape for revenge, rather than as a victim of domestic battery who eventually escaped - the truth of the case. Benedict also looks at other factors that perpetuate the misunderstanding of rape. For instance, she shows how the New York press presented the Central Park jogger rape c ase as motivated by racism because of its unwillingness to consider rape an issue of gender. She also addresses our inherent language bias (more positive words exist to describe men than women), the press's tendency to use sexually suggestive language to describe crime victims, and its preference for crimes against whites. In her conclusion, Benedict analyzes the William Kennedy Smith rape case, and argues that the debate over naming victims is misconceived in light of the press's current lack of understanding about rape. More than a critique about the way the print press covers sex crimes, Virgin or Vamp also reveals the roots of rape coverage in the days of lynching, and shows how deep traditionalist views of women still run. Benedict concludes with both practical and radical suggestions of how reporters can challenge such views by covering these increasingly common crimes without further harming the victims, the defendants, or public understanding.

Criminology. Victimology --- Journalism --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Mass communications --- Sex crimes --- Press --- Public opinion --- Mass media --- Media, News --- Media, The --- News media --- Publicity --- Newspapers --- Periodicals --- Abuse, Sexual --- Sex offenses --- Sexual abuse --- Sexual crimes --- Sexual delinquency --- Sexual offenses --- Sexual violence --- Crime --- Prostitution --- Press coverage --- Public opinion. --- Objectivity --- #SBIB:309H1821 --- #SBIB:343.9H0 --- Persartikels: functies, genres, taalgebruik, historiek --- Criminologie --- Sex offenders --- Reporting --- By --- United States --- Media --- Rape --- Images of women --- Book

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The major changes experienced by France's cities over the period from the end of the middle ages to the eve of the Revolution are explored by six French and North American historians.

Cities and towns --- History. --- France --- Social conditions. --- 944.028 --- 944.03 --- 911.375 <09> --- 944.03 Geschiedenis van Frankrijk--(1589-1789) --- Geschiedenis van Frankrijk--(1589-1789) --- 944.028 Geschiedenis van Frankrijk: François I; Henri II; Charles IX; Henri III--(1498-1589) --- Geschiedenis van Frankrijk: François I; Henri II; Charles IX; Henri III--(1498-1589) --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van ... --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van .. --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van

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The Homeless of "Ironweed " is both a meditation on Kennedy's remarkable novel and a literary and cultural analysis. Benedict Giamo's explorations of the social conditions, cultural meanings, and literary representations of classic and contemporary homelessness in America and abroad inform his understanding of the literary merit and social resonance of Ironweed. Throughout Giamo remains grounded in a close reading of the novel. He moves with great relevance from Dante to Kenneth Burke, from Sartre to Robert Jay Lifton, to locate meaning and value in the lives of Kennedy's characters; by extension, with intelligence and compassion, he regards the lives of the homeless who wander through our streets and shefters today.

Homelessness in literature. --- Social problems in literature. --- Family in literature. --- Families in literature. --- Homelessness in literature --- Social problems in literature --- Families in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- Family in literature --- Kennedy, William,

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The increasing Europeanisation of the law of delict/torts has produced textbooks, casebooks, monographs, and also sets of model rules of a genuinely European character. A major gap still existing today relates to the experiences gathered in the national legal systems over the past decades. The present work attempts to fill this gap for one key element of tort law: the notion of damage. It thus does what the previous volume in the 'Digest of European Tort Law' series did for another key element, ie natural causation. Once again, the publication contains a selection of the most important cases decided in26 states across Europe as well as by the European Court of Justice. For each case the facts and the relevant court decision are presented, and the decision is analysed within the wider context of the development of the respective legal system. In addition, the editors provide comparative analyses of the case law reported in this volume concerning all the specific problems raised under the heading of damage. The publication also looks into how key cases would be resolved under the European model rules drafted in the field of tort law; and it also highlights cases from earlier periods of legal history.The editors believe that the material gathered here may provide guidance for an organic convergence of the national legal systems in Europe. It constitutes the basis of an acquis commun that is infinitely richer (though also much more complex) than the rather bland and abstract concepts contained in national codifications, European legislation, and the modern model rules.

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