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  German Literature - LoveToKnow 1911
The transition from this rigid ecclesiastic spirit to a freer, more imaginative literature is to be seen in the lyric poetry inspired by the Virgin, in the legends of the saints which bulk so largely in the poetry of the 12th century, and in the general trend towards mysticism.
The disturbing and disintegrating element in the literature of the 13th century was thus the substitution of a utilitarian.didacticism for the idealism of chivalry.
The literature of the middle of the century was not wanting in achievement, but there was nothing buoyant or youthful about it; most significant of all, the generation between 1848 and 1880 was either oblivious or indifferent to the good work and to the new and germinating ideas which it produced.
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 Provencal Literature - LoveToKnow Watches
Consequently Romanic literatures in general (and this is especially true of Provencal, as it does not extend beyond the medieval period) afford only an incomplete representation of the intellectual development cf each country.
Songs of love addressed to them soon became an accepted and almost conventional form of literature; and, as in social position the authors were generally far below those to whom they directed their amorous plaints, this kind of poetry was always distinguished by great reserve and an essentially respectful style.
From the beginning the sentiments, real or assumed, of the poets are expressed in such a refined and guarded style that some historians, over-estimating the virtue of the ladies of that time, have been misled to the belief that the love of the troubadour for the mistress of his thoughts was generally platonic and conventional.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni
Italian historian of literature, chronicler, and poet, b.
Italian literature helped to pave the way for the general histories of that subject.
"Arcadia" was a kind of pastoral republic, whose members included the leading scholars and poets of Italy who strove to root out the perverted taste of the seventeenth century in matters of art and literature, and to introduce a simpler and more natural style into
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 Chinese Literature
Neither can be considered literature, but both have exerted influence on Chinese writers for more than 2,000 years as a result of their inclusion in the Confucian canon.
A more important contribution to literature by the Han government was the reactivation in 125 BC of the Yüeh Fu, or Music Bureau, which had been established at least a century earlier to collect songs and their musical scores.
Nearly all the major poets and prose writers in traditional literature were southerners, who enthusiastically launched and supported antiquarian movements based on a return to models of various ages of the past.
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 English Deism [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
1679), which were inspired by the teachings of the new mathematical and natural sciences.
Of no small importance, also, was the rise of a literature of comparative religion and the publication of ethnographical studies and works of travel.
The Revolution of 1688, the establishment of the freedom of the press in 1694, the political favor that was bestowed on the new tendencies in theology, in opposition to the stricter Anglicanism which was tainted with Stuart partizanship, were conditions favorable to the development of the seed that had already been planted.
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 1679 Definition / 1679 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
1679 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament.
On its maiden voyage in 1679 it was sailed across Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
Habeas Corpus Act 1679The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an English statute passed during the reign of King Charles II to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, whereby persons unlawfully detained can be ordered to be produced before a court of law....
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 Literature Online - Marketing Site
Literature Online is updated at least ten times a year; this page highlights new and forthcoming additions to our primary texts and full-text journal collections, together with information on new and revised biographies, new websites and key feature enhancements.
Founded in 1962, at a time when African nations were gaining independence and new generations of African writers began to forge distinctive national literatures throughout the continent, the series went on to have a unique and central importance in African literature for the next 40 years.
The Chadwyck-Healey Literature Collections interface has been fully redesigned and re-engineered to incorporate much of the new functionality familiar to users of the new edition of Literature Online launched in January this year.  The earliest collections, such as English Poetry, were first made available via the web in 1996.
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 Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Because the medical literature can seem infinite, it can be at once informing and paralyzing.
The medical literature is sometimes constructed with flawed methods.
Readers should be cautious in applying what they have read.
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 Scripture as Literature
Read as a philosophical or spiritual genre of literature, as many secular non-believing people now read the Bible or the Qur'án, several of the works of Bahá'u'lláh are of a literary quality that ought to secure for them a place in the pantheon of 19th century Persian and Arabic literature.
Whereas literature is a human product, and human authors are obviously influenced by the literary history that proceeds them, God (as speaker of the Qur'án, for example) is unconstrained by such human limitations.
However, a theological response to this would be that by choosing to speak in human language (rather than, let's say, by intuition or visual signs) the infinite accepts the constraints and limitations of human readers, and must perforce accommodate itself to human literary and linguistic conventions.
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 1679 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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1676 1677 1678 - 1679 - 1680 1681 1682
You can find it there under the keyword 1679 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1679)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1679andaction=history).
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 Czech Baroque Literature
Czech remained by far the majority language, however, and much valuable Czech literature was printed, including fine sermons and lyrical poetry, inspired by the revived spiritual and stylistic values of 17th-century Roman Catholicism.
Other secular poems of the time are social-critical, satirical or less readily definable in their lyric themes, often showing a stylistic connection with the spiritual verse.
The most lively cultivated Czech prose is to be found in abundant Catholic sermons and related devotional literature.
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 Dutch Literature
utch literature including Flemish, begins with the rise of the Low Frankish dialect, or Nieder deutsch, about the middle of the 13th.
The first writing of literary rank is said to be a version of the French romance of Floris and Blanchefleur.
After he resplendency of Bilderdijk, a new period of Dutch literature begins with the 19th.
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 Find in a Library: British identities and English Renaissance literature
Literature and history -- History -- 16th century.
Literature and history -- History -- 17th century.
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 Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen Kreiswappen) - German Civic Heraldry- BOUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The lower half shows the three hills Griesberg, Blasenberg and Weizenhübel, who played a role in the defences against the French army in 1679.
Literature : Information provided by the Bous council.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Her formal training in folklore, history, and Slavic Languages and Literatures and research in Bosnia, Austria (Burgenland), and the United States, especially the Great Lakes region, have resulted in numerous publications, exhibitions, festival presentations and workshops.
Sandra Sherman is a Professor of British literature.
She has written extensively on 17th and 18th century food history (inc.books on the food crisis of the late 18th century, and upcoming volume on cultural history of food in the 17th and 18th centuries with updated recipes).
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 Literature--ANL Dec 1996
For each type of supply, the German version refers to at least one source in each of three countries: Switzerland, Germany and Austria.
Her experiments and review of the literature provided some answers.
Briefly, they were: No, tidelines are not always visible; some come out only after aging.
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 A Historical Outline of Modern Religious Criticism in Western Civilization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This was also a period of great advance in mathematics, philosophy, human anatomy, and the arts, but there was still a significant danger of persecution, imprisonment, and death for heresy.
Advances during the Renaissance were heavily influenced by classical Greek and Roman art and literature.
The invention of the Guttenberg printing press in “Germany” made Germany a leader in early social movements of opposition to the Church based on philosophical and factual principles because of the ability to mass produce and spread literature.
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 Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The work also provides a thorough summary of all ancient literature on rocks, minerals, fossils and pseudofossils.
Much of their literature was often strongly patriotic in tone, published in Latin rather then German, and contained opposition to what was considered ignorant foreign attitudes and the obsession by the church to find so called dangerous heresy in any older Czech-language writings.
Burckhardt had from time to time carefully sent to England his journals and notes, and a large series of letters, so that no imprtant observations made by him in histravels be lost.
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 LITERATURE AND LITERARY CRITICISM
WITH THE EARS OF STRANGERS: THE MEXICAN IN AMERICAN LITERATURE.
An anthology of literature about & by Chicanos, caracature by Bret Harte, self portrait by Americo Paredes & much more.
Blend Hammett & Garcia Marquez, a dose of humor & ken of Mexican history to produce Mexico's greatest mystery novelist.
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 [MediaMentor] Digest Number 1679   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Library's newspaper collections have grown to comprise more than 1 million current issues, more than 30,000 bound historical volumes and more than 600,000 microfilm reels.
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities.
NEH grants enrich classroom learning, create and preserve knowledge, and bring ideas to life through public television, radio, new technologies, museum exhibitions, and programs in libraries and other community places.
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 American Literature III
Twentieth Century Course Goals: To expand our knowledge and understanding of contemporay American Literature.
We will look at the times and society within which pieces of literature were created and considered the lasting impact or influence of the literature.
This page created by William LaGrange and maintained by Dr. Brown.
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 PCMDI > Publications > Reviewed Literature
In their tenure at PCMDI, our staff have authored/coauthored the following publications in the peer-reviewed literature:
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 Early American Literature - Archives
Minutes of the first MLA Conference of early American literature scholars
Phyllis Jones - “Biblical Rhetoric and the Pulpit Literature of New England”
Roland Hagenbüchle - “American Literature and the Nineteenth-Century Crisis in Epistemology: The Example of Charles Brockden Brown”
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 Anglo Saxson Literature
The same disease is thought to have returned to Europe every generation with varying degrees of intensity and fatality until the 1700s.
Notable late outbreaks include the Italian Plague of 1629-1631, the Great Plague of London (1665–66), and the Great Plague of Vienna (1679).
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