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  • Exploring the Interior
    Karl S. Guthke / Karl SGuthke
    In this fascinating collection of essays Harvard Emeritus Professor Karl S. Guthke examines the ways in which, for European scholars and writers of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, world-wide geographical exploration led to an exploration of the self. Guthke explains how in the age of Enlightenment and beyond intellectual developments were fuelled by excitement abou...
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    28,31 €

  • Last Words
    Karl S. Guthke / Karl SGuthke
    Whether Goethe actually cried 'More light!' on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering 'Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub,' last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, ...
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    61,06 €

  • Epitaph Culture in the West Variations on a Theme in Cultural History
    Karl S. Guthke
    This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic 'sub-cultures' are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring ani...
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    94,18 €

  • The Gender of Death
    Karl S. Guthke / Karl SGuthke / Karls Guthke
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    62,50 €