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The Gulag Archipelago

The Authorized Abridgement

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" —TimeThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum."It is impossible to name a book that ... Read more

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The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" —TimeThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum."It is impossible to name a book that
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

by George Saunders ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.**LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.**LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire,
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Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Digital Fire ...

Crime and Punishment is a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1866. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. The plot of Crime and Punishment is probably familiar to many. An impoverished former student, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov lives in St. Petersburg. Raskolnikov is a nihilist, driven by a utilitarian ... Read more

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Crime and Punishment is a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in 1866. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. The plot of Crime and Punishment is probably familiar to many. An impoverished former student, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov lives in St. Petersburg. Raskolnikov is a nihilist, driven by a utilitarian
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The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 2]

An Experiment in Literary Investigation

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 2 of the Nobel Prize-winner’s towering masterpiece: the story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for nearly a decade. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” —George F. Kennan“It is impossible to ... Read more

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“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 2 of the Nobel Prize-winner’s towering masterpiece: the story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for nearly a decade. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” —George F. Kennan“It is impossible to
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Dostoevsky 1821-1881

by E.H. Carr ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
The bare events of Dostoevsky’s life – his father murdered by peasants, his own ordeal before a firing squad, then exile in Siberia, his epilepsy, gambling, poverty and debts – go far to account for his strange intensity of vision. This biography, first published in 1931, traces his wayward development, from his strict and secluded childhood to his debut as ‘literary pimple’, through his years of ... Read more

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The bare events of Dostoevsky’s life – his father murdered by peasants, his own ordeal before a firing squad, then exile in Siberia, his epilepsy, gambling, poverty and debts – go far to account for his strange intensity of vision. This biography, first published in 1931, traces his wayward development, from his strict and secluded childhood to his debut as ‘literary pimple’, through his years of
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Tolstoy's Art and Thought, 1847-1880

by Donna Tussing Orwin ...

"My aim is to present Tolstoy's work as he may have understood it himself," writes Donna Orwin. Reconstructing the intellectual and psychic struggles behind the masterpieces of his early and middle age, this major study covers the period during which he wrote The Cossacks, War and Peace, and Anna Karenina. Orwin uses the tools of biography, intellectual and literary history, and textual analysis ... Read more

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"My aim is to present Tolstoy's work as he may have understood it himself," writes Donna Orwin. Reconstructing the intellectual and psychic struggles behind the masterpieces of his early and middle age, this major study covers the period during which he wrote The Cossacks, War and Peace, and Anna Karenina. Orwin uses the tools of biography, intellectual and literary history, and textual analysis
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Russian Realisms

Literature and Painting, 1840–1890

by Molly Brunson ...

Series series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
One fall evening in 1880, Russian painter Ilya Repin welcomed an unexpected visitor to his home: Lev Tolstoy. The renowned realists talked for hours, and Tolstoy turned his critical eye to the sketches in Repin's studio. Tolstoy's criticisms would later prompt Repin to reflect on the question of creative expression and conclude that the path to artistic truth is relative, dependent on the mode and ... Read more

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One fall evening in 1880, Russian painter Ilya Repin welcomed an unexpected visitor to his home: Lev Tolstoy. The renowned realists talked for hours, and Tolstoy turned his critical eye to the sketches in Repin's studio. Tolstoy's criticisms would later prompt Repin to reflect on the question of creative expression and conclude that the path to artistic truth is relative, dependent on the mode and
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Текст как текст

by Андрей Битов, Andrei Bitov ...

Series Book 5 - ArsisBooks
Представляем сборник эссе «Текст как текст», который можно считать продолжением «Битвы». Эта книга о том, как борьба слов и букв воплощается в судьбах и именах русской литературы... Как всегда, у Битова неожиданный, парадоксальный ход мысли, который соединяет несоединимое. Руставели, Чехов, Набоков, Олег Волков, Мандельштам, Пушкин, Андрей Платонов, Юз Алешковский — таков список главных героев ... Read more

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Представляем сборник эссе «Текст как текст», который можно считать продолжением «Битвы». Эта книга о том, как борьба слов и букв воплощается в судьбах и именах русской литературы... Как всегда, у Битова неожиданный, парадоксальный ход мысли, который соединяет несоединимое. Руставели, Чехов, Набоков, Олег Волков, Мандельштам, Пушкин, Андрей Платонов, Юз Алешковский — таков список главных героев
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1933- La Segunda Guerra Mundial

by Ruben Ygua ...

En el transcurso de la Historia la opinión pública siempre ha sido manipulada. Para mantenernos informados dependemos de organismos especializados raramente independientes, subordinados al poder económico o ideologías políticas, moldando la opinión del ciudadano común a respecto de todos los asuntos de su interés. En la primera mitad del siglo XX, ese papel informativo era desempeñado por la ... Read more

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En el transcurso de la Historia la opinión pública siempre ha sido manipulada. Para mantenernos informados dependemos de organismos especializados raramente independientes, subordinados al poder económico o ideologías políticas, moldando la opinión del ciudadano común a respecto de todos los asuntos de su interés. En la primera mitad del siglo XX, ese papel informativo era desempeñado por la
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Panzer Im Zweiten Weltkrieg

by Ruben Ygua ...

Als Illustrator und Historiker konnte ich sehen, dass es an Material fehlt, das gesammelt wurde, um die Arbeit von Illustratoren, Historikern und Schriftstellern zu erleichtern und die Neugier all derer zu befriedigen, die sich für Geschichte begeistern. Es war notwendig, viel Zeit der Suche und Auswahl des Materials zu widmen, das in der Regel in zahlreichen historischen Stätten und Dokumenten ... Read more

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Als Illustrator und Historiker konnte ich sehen, dass es an Material fehlt, das gesammelt wurde, um die Arbeit von Illustratoren, Historikern und Schriftstellern zu erleichtern und die Neugier all derer zu befriedigen, die sich für Geschichte begeistern. Es war notwendig, viel Zeit der Suche und Auswahl des Materials zu widmen, das in der Regel in zahlreichen historischen Stätten und Dokumenten
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Wirklichkeit und Fremdheit in Erzaehltexten des deutschen Realismus

Edited by Aihong Jiang, Uwe Japp ...

Die Beiträge dieses Buches untersuchen die Darstellung von «Wirklichkeit und Fremdheit» in Erzähltexten des deutschen Realismus. Im Hinblick auf diese Relation analysieren die Beiträger unter anderem Werke von Friedrich Hebbel, Gottfried Keller und Theodor Storm. Methodisch bilden die Beiträge ein weites Spektrum von hermeneutischen, sozialgeschichtlichen und narratologischen Ansätzen ab. Der ... Read more

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Die Beiträge dieses Buches untersuchen die Darstellung von «Wirklichkeit und Fremdheit» in Erzähltexten des deutschen Realismus. Im Hinblick auf diese Relation analysieren die Beiträger unter anderem Werke von Friedrich Hebbel, Gottfried Keller und Theodor Storm. Methodisch bilden die Beiträge ein weites Spektrum von hermeneutischen, sozialgeschichtlichen und narratologischen Ansätzen ab. Der
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Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov

Edited by Robert Golla ...

Series series Literary Conversations Series
Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century’s master prose writers. Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian American scientist, poet, translator, and professor of literature. Critics throughout the world celebrated him for developing the luminous and enigmatic style that advanced the boundaries of modern literature more than ... Read more

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Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century’s master prose writers. Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian American scientist, poet, translator, and professor of literature. Critics throughout the world celebrated him for developing the luminous and enigmatic style that advanced the boundaries of modern literature more than
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Extracurricular Reading. The Very Best Erotic Literature of the USSR. 2nd Illustrated Edition with Bonus Story

Edited by Igor Boyko ...

We are pleased to announce the publication of this anthology's highly anticipated second edition, showcasing a meticulously curated selection of erotic and romantic literary works from Russia's most esteemed authors and talented anonymous spanning both Imperial and Soviet eras. Most of the stories were previously unavailable to English-language audiences. This collection distinguishes itself ... Read more

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We are pleased to announce the publication of this anthology's highly anticipated second edition, showcasing a meticulously curated selection of erotic and romantic literary works from Russia's most esteemed authors and talented anonymous spanning both Imperial and Soviet eras. Most of the stories were previously unavailable to English-language audiences. This collection distinguishes itself
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Russian Writers and Society in the Nineteenth Century

by Ronald Hingley ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Russian and Soviet Literature
This book, first published in 1977, begins with a close look at the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers, and at the problems of their profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Russian empire being considered from the point of view of geography, ethnography, economics, and the impact of individual Tsars on writers and society. A discussion of the main social ... Read more

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This book, first published in 1977, begins with a close look at the lives of nineteenth century Russian writers, and at the problems of their profession. It then examines their environment in its broader aspects, the Russian empire being considered from the point of view of geography, ethnography, economics, and the impact of individual Tsars on writers and society. A discussion of the main social
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Dictionary of Russian Literature

by William E. Harkins ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Russian and Soviet Literature
This book, first published in 1957, provides essential information on the entire field of Russian literature, as well as a great deal on literary criticism, journalism, philosophy, theatre and related subjects. Russian literary tradition has tended to blur the distinctions between social and political criticism on one hand, and literary criticism on the other, and even, to an extent, the ... Read more

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This book, first published in 1957, provides essential information on the entire field of Russian literature, as well as a great deal on literary criticism, journalism, philosophy, theatre and related subjects. Russian literary tradition has tended to blur the distinctions between social and political criticism on one hand, and literary criticism on the other, and even, to an extent, the
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Mikhail Bakhtin

The Duvakin Interviews, 1973

by Mikhail Bakhtin, Dmitry Sporov ...

Whenever Bakhtin, in his final decade, was queried about writing his memoirs, he shrugged it off. Unlike many of his Symbolist generation, Bakhtin was not fascinated by his own self-image. This reticence to tell his own story was the point of access for Viktor Duvakin, Mayakovsky scholar, fellow academic, and head of an oral history project, who in 1973 taped six interviews with Bakhtin over ... Read more

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Whenever Bakhtin, in his final decade, was queried about writing his memoirs, he shrugged it off. Unlike many of his Symbolist generation, Bakhtin was not fascinated by his own self-image. This reticence to tell his own story was the point of access for Viktor Duvakin, Mayakovsky scholar, fellow academic, and head of an oral history project, who in 1973 taped six interviews with Bakhtin over
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Homosexualitaet in der Holocaustliteratur

by Angelika Niere ...

Series Book 37 - Gießener Arbeiten zur neueren deutschen Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft
Wer stellt Homosexualität innerhalb der Holocaustliteratur wann dar? Welche literarischen Strategien kommen zum Einsatz, wenn die Autoren und Autorinnen Homosexualität in ihren Texten ausgestalten, und welche Funktion erfüllen diese Darstellungen? Die Bearbeitung dieser Fragen ist nicht nur als Grundlagenbeitrag zu Gay Studies und Holocaustliteraturforschung von Interesse. Homosexualität wird auch ... Read more

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Wer stellt Homosexualität innerhalb der Holocaustliteratur wann dar? Welche literarischen Strategien kommen zum Einsatz, wenn die Autoren und Autorinnen Homosexualität in ihren Texten ausgestalten, und welche Funktion erfüllen diese Darstellungen? Die Bearbeitung dieser Fragen ist nicht nur als Grundlagenbeitrag zu Gay Studies und Holocaustliteraturforschung von Interesse. Homosexualität wird auch
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Proprietari di vecchio stampo

by Nikolaj Gogol ...

Translated by Nicola Festa ...

Proprietari di vecchio stampo, a volte tradotto come Piccolo mondo antico, è una breve novella che racconta uno spaccato della vita di Attanasio Ivanovic Tovstogub e sua moglie Pulcheria Ivanovna Tovstogubicha, lui sessant'anni, lei cinquantacinque, due proprietari di, appunto, vecchio stampo. Gogol lascia che la descrizione della loro quotidianità naufraghi fra i movimenti lenti, la ripetitività, ... Read more

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Proprietari di vecchio stampo, a volte tradotto come Piccolo mondo antico, è una breve novella che racconta uno spaccato della vita di Attanasio Ivanovic Tovstogub e sua moglie Pulcheria Ivanovna Tovstogubicha, lui sessant'anni, lei cinquantacinque, due proprietari di, appunto, vecchio stampo. Gogol lascia che la descrizione della loro quotidianità naufraghi fra i movimenti lenti, la ripetitività,
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Poetry in the Service of Politics

The Case of Adam Mickiewicz in Communist Poland and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in East Germany

by Anna Artwinska ...

Series Book 2 - Studien zur Kulturellen und Literarischen Kommunismusforschung
This book analyzes the ideology-based reception of Adam Mickiewicz in Communist Poland and of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in East Germany, the dynamics of that process and the strategies used to exploit the iconic status of the poets for the purpose of reaffirming the legitimacy of the new system. The basic question tackled here concerns the similarities and differences between the Polish and ... Read more

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This book analyzes the ideology-based reception of Adam Mickiewicz in Communist Poland and of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in East Germany, the dynamics of that process and the strategies used to exploit the iconic status of the poets for the purpose of reaffirming the legitimacy of the new system. The basic question tackled here concerns the similarities and differences between the Polish and
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Traditional Medicine Making of the 'Emu': Continuity and Change

by Kingsley I. Owete ...

As newer medical problems surface and existing ones appear to resist modern solutions, Africans are increasingly reaching for traditional healing practices and customary protective medicines. Using historical and phenomenological approaches, Traditional Medicine Making of the «Emu»: Continuity and Change investigates religious belief and herbal practices of Emu people. This documentation of ... Read more

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As newer medical problems surface and existing ones appear to resist modern solutions, Africans are increasingly reaching for traditional healing practices and customary protective medicines. Using historical and phenomenological approaches, Traditional Medicine Making of the «Emu»: Continuity and Change investigates religious belief and herbal practices of Emu people. This documentation of
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L'Évolution littéraire d'Aleksandr Grin

De la décadence à l'idéalime

by Paul Castaing ...

Series series Hors collection
En 1915, dans une nouvelle au titre prémonitoire, l'Assassinat d'un romantique, Aleksandr Grin imaginait qu'en 1985 de terribles zélateurs de la simplicité achèveraient, au nom du progrès, de massacrer les derniers poètes. Bien que mort en 1932, l'écrivain a eu le temps de voir sa prophétie en bonne voie de réalisation. Or, toute son œuvre appelle à la résistance. Elle affirme le droit de chacun à ... Read more

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En 1915, dans une nouvelle au titre prémonitoire, l'Assassinat d'un romantique, Aleksandr Grin imaginait qu'en 1985 de terribles zélateurs de la simplicité achèveraient, au nom du progrès, de massacrer les derniers poètes. Bien que mort en 1932, l'écrivain a eu le temps de voir sa prophétie en bonne voie de réalisation. Or, toute son œuvre appelle à la résistance. Elle affirme le droit de chacun à
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The Spectre of Tradition and the Aesthetic-Political Movement of Theatre and Performance

An Intercultural Perspective

by Min Tian ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
This book interrogates anew the phenomenon of tradition in a dialogical debate with a host of Western thinkers and critical minds.In contrast to the predominantly Western approaches, which look at traditions (Western and non-Western) from a predominantly (Western) modernist perspective, this book interrogates, from an intercultural perspective, the transnational and transcultural consecration, ... Read more

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This book interrogates anew the phenomenon of tradition in a dialogical debate with a host of Western thinkers and critical minds.In contrast to the predominantly Western approaches, which look at traditions (Western and non-Western) from a predominantly (Western) modernist perspective, this book interrogates, from an intercultural perspective, the transnational and transcultural consecration,
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Russian Symbolism in Search of Transcendental Liquescence

Iconizing Emotion by Blending Time, Media, and the Senses

by Anastasia Kostetskaya ...

Series series Crosscurrents: Russia's Literature in Context
The book examines Russian symbolist texts and turns the focus from their traditional historic-cultural interpretations to analyze the symbolist cognitive aesthetics—aesthetics that govern links between poetry, art, and cinema and the sensory-emotional imagery they evoke. This aesthetics inextricably map mystical transcendence to a spiritual world—a realibus ad realiora—through fluid transmutation. ... Read more

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The book examines Russian symbolist texts and turns the focus from their traditional historic-cultural interpretations to analyze the symbolist cognitive aesthetics—aesthetics that govern links between poetry, art, and cinema and the sensory-emotional imagery they evoke. This aesthetics inextricably map mystical transcendence to a spiritual world—a realibus ad realiora—through fluid transmutation.
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Zeit und Tempus im Deutschen und Bulgarischen

Versuch einer kulturkontrastiven Betrachtung

by Mina Ioveva ...

Series Book 22 - Im Medium fremder Sprachen und Kulturen
Was ist die Zeit? Inwiefern bringen die deutschen und bulgarischen Tempora den Zeitbezug zum Ausdruck? Ist ein Zusammenhang des Satzrahmens im Deutschen mit dem Lebensraum der Germanen oder der Nacherzählformen im Bulgarischen mit der Kultur der Protobulgaren denkbar? Mit diesen Fragestellungen analysiert die Verfasserin, am Beispiel der deutschen und bulgarischen Tempora, kulturphilosophische ... Read more

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Was ist die Zeit? Inwiefern bringen die deutschen und bulgarischen Tempora den Zeitbezug zum Ausdruck? Ist ein Zusammenhang des Satzrahmens im Deutschen mit dem Lebensraum der Germanen oder der Nacherzählformen im Bulgarischen mit der Kultur der Protobulgaren denkbar? Mit diesen Fragestellungen analysiert die Verfasserin, am Beispiel der deutschen und bulgarischen Tempora, kulturphilosophische
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The Gulag Archipelago

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1933- La Segunda Guerra Mundial

Panzer Im Zweiten Weltkrieg

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