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Esl Club & Women Speak: Our Second Home In America, Tee Kesnan, Fred Alsberg, Ta-An Wu, Yu-Jou Lin, Juo-Chun Wu Dec 2017

Esl Club & Women Speak: Our Second Home In America, Tee Kesnan, Fred Alsberg, Ta-An Wu, Yu-Jou Lin, Juo-Chun Wu

SWOSU ESL CLUB NEWSLETTER

SWOSU ESL Club Newsletter: Fall 2017 is the third issue of the newsletter for the English as a Second Language Club (ESL).


The Disperata, From Medieval Italy To Renaissance France, Gabriella Scarlatta Aug 2017

The Disperata, From Medieval Italy To Renaissance France, Gabriella Scarlatta

Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Rich with morose invectives, the Italian lyric genre of the disperata builds toward a crescendo of despair, with the speakers damning and condemning their beloved, their enemy, their destiny, Fortune, Love, and often themselves. Although Petrarch and Petrarchism have been amply analyzed as fertile sources for late Renaissance poets in France, the influence of the Italian disperata in this context has yet to receive proper scholarly attention. This study explores how the language and themes of the disperata - including hopelessness, death, suicide, doomed love, collective trauma, and damnations - are creatively adopted by several generations of poets from its …


Swosu Esl Club Newsletter: Spring 2017, Tee Kesnan Apr 2017

Swosu Esl Club Newsletter: Spring 2017, Tee Kesnan

SWOSU ESL CLUB NEWSLETTER

SWOSU ESL Club Newsletter: Spring 2017 is the second issue of the newsletter for the English as a Second Language Club (ESL).


Fragmentos Culturales E Identidades Recicladas, Regina A. Root Jan 2017

Fragmentos Culturales E Identidades Recicladas, Regina A. Root

Arts & Sciences Book Chapters

La moda siempre ha sido parte de la historia argentina pero, como afirma el presente volumen, también ha tenido sus propias historias para contar. Tiene un pasado de moda, revelado continuamente en los procesos culturales y en las nuevas filosofías que afirman una diversidad de estilos y tendencias.
Con un enfoque detenido en los momentos clave que definen la moda desde el siglo XVIII hasta nuestros días, los ensayos de este libro dan cuenta de las múltiples relaciones entre la moda y la identidad nacional hasta llegar a la complejidad de nuestra época posmoderna, global, rápida y sumamente mediatizada, heterogénea …