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Jens Peter Laut - Literatur und Gesellschaft

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Jens Peter Laut (ed.)

Literatur und Gesellschaft

Series: Istanbuler Texte und Studien (ITS)

Volume 31 2014

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The Turkish Writer Sâmiha Ayverdi (1905–1993) and Her Dream of the Ottoman Past S. 137-150

„… The Turkish Writer Sâmiha Ayverdi (1905–1993) and Her Dream of the Ottoman Past* Annemarie …” „… Ayverdi – Eine Istanbuler Schriftstellerin (Sâmiha Ayverdi – an Istanbulite Writer),3 in which she …” „… recommended her friend, the at that time little-known woman prose-writer, to the German experts on Turkish …”

The Sociable Self: The Search for Identity by Conversation (Sohbet). The Turkish Literary Community and the Problem of Autobiographical Writing S. 195-208

„… the community of the intellectuals, poets, writers, journalists, and artists are a memory community …” „… like an extended family with several branches, who write their history by conversational memorizing …” „… relationship of this community of writers and their protagonists, the heroes of the biographical sketches.1 …”

The Reception of Hafiz: Textual Transmission in a Historical Perspective S. 99-108

„… possessed himself and which dates from the year 1423. He writes: “The emendation and correction (tashīh …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-40

„… ............................................ 109 The Turkish Writer Sâmiha Ayverdi (1905–1993) and Her Dream of the Ottoman Past …” „… dienen. Der Aufsatz The Turkish Writer Sâmiha Ayverdi (1905–1993) and Her Dream of the Ottoman Past …”

Nationale Utopien in Romanen von Halide Edip, Müfide Ferid und Yakub Kadri S. 209-226

„… Ottoman citizen like any other, his greatest writers writing for all educated men of the Empire. For the …”

Die Töchter der letzten Osmanen: Zur Sozialisation und Identitätsfindung türkischer Frauen nach Autobiographien S. 279-310

„… las, bekennt sie: „she awakened my first ambition to become a writer sometime“.25 Aber nicht nur die …”

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David Clay Large - The Grand Spas of Central Europe

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David Clay Large

The Grand Spas of Central Europe

2015

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CHAPTER FOUR. Roulettenburg: Russian Writers at the Grand German Spas S. 137-180

„… group of Russian spa patrons who also happened to be serious writ-ers—and who, more than the writers of …” „… gold.Some of these Russian writers—quite ruinously—also tried to mine the German spas in the more …” „… 137C H A P T E R F O U RRoulettenburgRussian Writers at the Grand German SpasRussians had been …”

Index S. 435-464

„… ; writersAsclepius, 15Asia, 5, 69, 393Aspen, Colorado, 381Auden, W. H., viAufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny …” „… community in, 57, 394–95; Russian writers/clientele in, 137–79 passim, 212; shopping scene in, 236; sports …” „… clinics in, 240–41; Revolutions of 1848–1849 in, 84–89, 416; Romantic-Era writers in, 108–15, 417; Russian …”

CHAPTER THREE. Muses in the Waters S. 91-136

„… European spa scene in the lives and work of a few selected writers and musicians. Painters spent time at …” „… spas themselves or on the contemporary perception of them.For writers and musicians working in the late …” „… ges-tation of new political, social and creative ideas.” So, too, were the spas, in spades. The writers and …”

CHAPTER SIX. Modernization and Its Discontents S. 225-268

„… beloved Wiesbaden in this period, the travel writer Alfons Paquet wrote: “The Wilhelmian era emptied over …” „… century. A pioneering figure here was the American expatriate writer Edith Wharton, who un-dertook …” „… works made it into the court theater’s repertoire on Willy’s censorious watch.Wilhelm’s writ did not …”

Principal Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading S. 411-434

„… (Boston, 2011); and Tolstoy’s novel Anna Kare-nina. For the writer’s ménage à trois in Baden-Baden, I …” „… Rachel Polonsky, Molotov’s Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History (New York, 2010). The writer’s …” „… Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature (New York, 2014); and K. Patrick Ober, Mark Twain and …”

Preface

„… : Romantic-Era Writers in Baden-Baden 108 The Sound of Music 11515_414-Large.indb vii 8/31/15 8:36 AMviii …” „… • ContentsChapter 4 Roulettenburg: Russian Writers at the Grand German Spas 137 Troubled in Soul (and Bowels …”

CHAPTER NINE. A New Beginning S. 367-390

„… historian Ian Buruma writes of Europe as a whole in Year Zero—A History of 1945 applies in spades to the spa …” „… adjustment and quiet reflection at home. Rare was the physician who refused to write a prescription for a spa …” „… Committee, and Life magazine’s denunciation of the writer as a “Communist Dupe”—caused Mann to rethink his …”

CHAPTER TWO. Baden-Baden: The “Summer Capital of Europe” S. 51-90

„… hotels were nothing to write home about either: “Mediocre meals with poor wines, a lack of almost all …” „… romantic writers who were fellow guests at the spa.Unlike England’s Bath and Belgium’s Spa, Germany’s Baden …” „… themselves gamblers. I’ll have much to say down the line about the gambling experiences of writ-ers and …”

CHAPTER SEVEN. Trouble in Paradise: Spa-Town Life from World War I to the Triumph of Hitler S. 269-318

„… writer Hermann Hesse came down with a painful case of sciatica in 1924, he sought relief not at his local …” „… there—this was Switzerland, after all—and it was not long before profound ennui set in. Had the writer gone …”

CHAPTER ONE. Spas and Spa Culture from the Greco-Roman World to the Grand Tour S. 11-50

„… have been Munchausen syndrome or drugs, but something kept the writer Aelius Aristides for thirteen …” „… . Artists and writers, too, were attracted to the town, and some of them, like Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas …” „… Carlyle, and Walter Savage Landor, lived there for a time.The writer who eventually became most intimately …”

CHAPTER FIVE. Politics on the Promenade S. 181-224

„… the Ger-man spas, Satans Mausefallen (Satan’s Mousetraps), travel writer Hans Wachenhusen claimed that …” „… work, because monarchs went to the grand spas to take the waters and make treaties,” writes historian …”

EPILOGUE. The Grand Spas Today S. 391-406

„… writes of a childless woman coming to the spa “in the hope of gaining fertility,” as so many women had …”

CHAPTER EIGHT. Brown Waters Grand Spas under the Third Reich S. 319-366

„… published novel with the American writer Philip Roth, Appelfeld justified what Roth called Badenheim 1939’s …”

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Christoph Engel, Fritz Strack - The Impact of Court Procedure on the Psychology of Judicial Decision Making

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The Impact of Court Procedure on the Psychology of Judicial Decision Making

Series: Common Goods: Law, Politics and Economics - Gemeinschaftsgüter : Recht, Politik und Ökonomie

Volume 18 2007

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Christoph Engel The Psychological Case for Obliging Judges to Write Reasons S. 71-110

„… Psychological Case for Obliging Judges to Write Reasons 72 73 I. Introduction∗ Write 500 times: „I …” „… pedagogical tools. Is the law more effective if it orders judges to write down why their decisions are …” „… . Consequently, the obligation to write reasons, and the norms guiding how this is done, have value and should …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-8

„… Obliging Judges to Write Reasons 71 Siegfried Ludwig Sporer Evaluating Eyewitness Testimony: The …”

Siegfried Ludwig Sporer Evaluating Eyewitness Testimony: The Fallacies of Intuition S. 111-150

„… But what are the alternatives? One possibility is to videotape and/or write down verbatim what a …”

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Catherine DePino - Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

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Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling

2013

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12 How to Write Under Pressure Using a Foolproof Plan S. 103-110

„… Chapter TwelveHow to Write Under PressureUsing a Foolproof PlanDoes facing an essay exam send shock …” „… these easy steps, you’ll never hesitate whenyou have to write an essay on any subject, whether it’s a …” „… the same five-step systemto write reports that will impress your employer and possibly gain you …”

3 Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences S. 27-30

„… errors like the West Nile Virus.However, sometimes experienced writers use fragments in their writing …” „… complete thought. Would you like to try?Sure. Here’s what I’d write: Because Bertram always threw …” „… run-on sentences? When I’m writ-ing, I sometimes start rambling. I get carried away and don’t knowwhen to …”

Preface

„… youprogress as a writer.You’ll also be more likely to persevere if you bring your own learningstyle to each …” „… 8111 Writing Style: What It Is and How to Get It 9512 How to Write Under Pressure Using a Foolproof …” „… Participle’s Dangling!will give you the bare essentials of grammar that you’ll need to write like apro. This …”

6 Commas, Part I S. 43-54

„… sentence types, and modifiers is help-ing me write better, but my punctuation’s terrible. Help!Let’s start …” „… commas.Although some students use this method successfully, even the best writ-ers aren’t always sure about when …” „… you can consider the appositiverestrictive if you write it one way and nonrestrictive if you write it …”

8 The Rest of the Punctuation Marks S. 59-70

„… when you write so that you knowexactly when to add a dash, pop in parentheses, or highlight a thought …” „… write orspeak. It helps put you in control.They’re good enough reasons for me! What else do I need to …” „… semicolon in place of a conjunction. It’s another way to write acompound sentence and to add variety to your …”

11 Writing Style S. 95-102

„… to write for his own generations and the genera-tions to come, finding the common thread that unites …” „… into one that helps readers instantlyconnect with what the writer wants them to know:Shakespeare wrote …” „… business,for example. When you write research papers, you’ll see many examples inthe sources you investigate …”

2 How to Build a Sentence from Start to Finish S. 11-26

„… to write the four different types ofsentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. Once …” „… the mood you’re trying to evoke when you write a report,essay, or story. Slow down the pace with …” „… write an endless variety of sentences, andeveryone will sing your praises and call you a grammar …”

7 Commas, Part II S. 55-58

„… me write better.The clause that I learn in this book is restrictive; therefore, the sentencerequires …” „… did for the comma quiz. In thespace before each sentence, write R for restrictive and NR for …” „… nonrestrictive.If the sentence is nonrestrictive, write a word you’d write before each com-ma. Remember that …”

1 Verbs S. 1-10

„… write well.Once you understand verbs (called predicates when they’re parts of asentence) and subjects …” „… , you’ll easily grasp all the other areas of grammar thatwill help you become a dynamic writer and …” „… understand itthoroughly.QUICK QUIZ #1: ACTION VERB OR LINKING VERB?In the space at the end of the line, write …”

4 Adjectives and Adverbs S. 31-34

„… most cases, experi-enced writers would opt for the strong noun or verb.It’s also important to know that …” „… that the words you use are personal judgment calls.Whenever you write, ask yourself what choice of …” „… you read and write, the more you’ll start to get a feel for what worksand what doesn’t to help your …”

10 Words Often Confused S. 81-94

„… . Some-times a simple mistake using these words can mark a writer as an amateur, soit’s important to be aware …” „… I put my foot on the gas pedal.These days few people write letters on fancy stationery.34. Which …” „… choose the word that best fits the sentence. Write the letter of the wordyou choose. Score 5 points for …”

9 Agreement Problems S. 71-80

„… singular verb if you substitute the pronoun it forthe compound subject and write: It is a delicious …” „… , write a C. Find the answer key under Quick Quiz#11. Score 10 points for each correct answer.1. The …” „… . Correct the pronouns thatneed it by writing only the part of the sentence that needs correcting. Write Cif …”

5 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers S. 35-42

„… modifiers as close as possible to the words they describe.Often writers misplace one-word modifiers such as …” „… #7.QUICK QUIZ #7: DANGLING AND MISPLACED MODIFIERSName the error. Write DM for dangling modifier and …”

Answer Key S. 111-120

„… im-pression on an interview, he (or she) shouldn’t show up in jeans and aband shirt. You don’t have to write …”

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Jeremy D. Popkin

Zelda Popkin

2023

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Preface

„… Zelda Popkin Zelda PopkinThe Life and Times of an American Jewish Woman WriterJeremy D …” „… woman writer / Jeremy D. Popkin.Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2023] | Includes …” „… , unpacked her type-writer at the Yaddo Writers’ Colony in upstate New York and began a new novel. Undeterred …”

Chapter 6 Left Behind in the Golden Age S. 153-176

„… considered herself as a writer above all else. Her heavy-duty typewriter dominated the small New York …” „… including her in several forums of “middle-brow” Jewish writers that he organized; it was one of those …” „… . “Trying now to get up energy enough to write off my debt to Coronet,” she wrote to my parents in October …”

Chapter 5 Zelda Popkin and the Women of Israel S. 125-152

„… pioneer. Journalists and eyewitnesses, including other writers whom Popkin knew, such as I. F. “Izzy …” „… Malamud, 127 Zelda Popkin and the Women of Israel who told an interviewer, “I’d rather write about Israel …” „… if I knew the coun-try. I don’t, so I leave it to the Israeli writers.”4 The articles Zelda wrote for …”

Sources and Bibliography S. 251-264

„… archives of the New Yorker magazine and the Yaddo Writers Colony.Center for Jewish History. Documents …” „… Hebrew 108 (29 April 1921): 712.“Rachel as Viewed by a Writer of Her Day,” American Jewish World …” „… ): 92–94.“A South African Writes About the Jews,” B’nai B’rith Magazine 43 (November 1928): 66–67.255 …”

Chapter 3 Politics, Murder, and War S. 57-94

„… a writer of “serious” fiction. At the same time, pulled back into the world of Jewish organizations …” „… write one. By the time I was well, I had entered a part-time life of crime.”3 Over the next six years …” „… writers, including Zelda, a greatly enlarged audience. Her success as a detective-novel writer established …”

Chapter 4 Facing Personal Loss and Jewish Catastrophe S. 95-124

„… Journey Home, was still selling well. She had discovered, she told one interviewer, that “writ-ing fiction …” „… to Europe would lead her to become one of the earliest American writers to incorporate the events we …” „… the two years following her husband’s death: few of them would have been in a position to write a …”

Chapter 1 An American Jewish Childhood S. 1-16

„… and write in Yiddish, Russian, and German. In 1885, when Harry Feinberg was fourteen, his mother died …” „… America. Long after she had left for New York City, she would write magazine articles and works of fiction …” „… Popkin, began the writing career that led her to a Pulitzer Prize as the first woman writer for the …”

Epilogue S. 211-220

„… professional writer and extremely verbal in her rationales for stay-ing snugly in Stuyvesant Town in New York …” „… ridicule, which 213 Epilogue we professionals who write fiction are careful to avoid,” and demanding an …” „… modern Jewish history.Zelda was more successful in inspiring her descendants with her ambition to write …”

Chapter 2 Zelda Popkin S. 17-56

„… they did not approve of—a Gentile, in her case. She had ambitions to be a writer but wound up pursuing …” „… writer Fannie Hurst, “this gifted young demigoddess.” In 1921, Zelda was the only woman contributor to …” „… magazine during the years from 1918 to 1926 than any other woman writer, however. Unlike Myra May, who …”

Notes S. 225-250

„… Success of Writer Fannie Hurst (New York: Random House, 1999); Dvora Hacohen, To Repair a Broken World …” „… Writer and Militant Zionist (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2019), 9; Popkin, Open Every …” „… in the American Hebrew were usually signed with her initials, Z.F.P.26 “Rachel as Viewed by a Writer …”

Chapter 7 “Yes, There Is a Second Chance” S. 177-210

„… of disappointment owed something to a rare stroke of luck: in 1965, the Yaddo writers’ colony in …” „… battle of children from American Jewish families to escape their parents’ influence. The other writer …” „… when she thought of herself as having definitively renounced any ambition to write fiction about Jewish …”

Acknowledgments S. 221-224

„… importantly, by inspiring me to become a writer, she encouraged me to develop the skills that have allowed me …”

Index S. 265-278

„… Mystery Fiction, 72Yaddo Writers’ Colony, ix, 177–78, 183, 213Yagoda, Ben (author), 34Yezierska, Anzia …”

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