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Category : Optical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Jena 1800
Author: Peter Neumann
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374720541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 139
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“An exhilarating account of a remarkable historical moment, in which characters known to many of us as immutable icons are rendered as vital, passionate, fallible beings . . . Lively, precise, and accessible.” —Claire Messud, Harper’s Around the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had dealt a one-two punch to the dynastic system. Confidence in traditional social, political, and religious norms had been replaced by a profound uncertainty that was as terrifying for some as it was exhilarating for others. Nowhere was the excitement more palpable than among the extraordinary group of poets, philosophers, translators, and socialites who gathered in this Thuringian village of just four thousand residents. Jena became the place for the young and intellectually curious, the site of a new departure, of philosophical disruption. Influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, then an elder statesman and artistic eminence, the leading figures among the disruptors—the translator August Wilhelm Schlegel; the philosophers Friedrich "Fritz" Schlegel and Friedrich Schelling; the dazzling, controversial intellectual Caroline Schlegel, married to August; Dorothea Schlegel, a poet and translator, married to Fritz; and the poets Ludwig Tieck and Novalis—resolved to rethink the world, to establish a republic of free spirits. They didn’t just question inherited societal traditions; with their provocative views of the individual and of nature, they revolutionized our understanding of freedom and reality. With wit and elegance, Peter Neumann brings this remarkable circle of friends and rivals to life in Jena 1800, a work of intellectual history that is colorful and passionate, informative and intimate—as fresh and full of surprises as its subjects.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374720541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
“An exhilarating account of a remarkable historical moment, in which characters known to many of us as immutable icons are rendered as vital, passionate, fallible beings . . . Lively, precise, and accessible.” —Claire Messud, Harper’s Around the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had dealt a one-two punch to the dynastic system. Confidence in traditional social, political, and religious norms had been replaced by a profound uncertainty that was as terrifying for some as it was exhilarating for others. Nowhere was the excitement more palpable than among the extraordinary group of poets, philosophers, translators, and socialites who gathered in this Thuringian village of just four thousand residents. Jena became the place for the young and intellectually curious, the site of a new departure, of philosophical disruption. Influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, then an elder statesman and artistic eminence, the leading figures among the disruptors—the translator August Wilhelm Schlegel; the philosophers Friedrich "Fritz" Schlegel and Friedrich Schelling; the dazzling, controversial intellectual Caroline Schlegel, married to August; Dorothea Schlegel, a poet and translator, married to Fritz; and the poets Ludwig Tieck and Novalis—resolved to rethink the world, to establish a republic of free spirits. They didn’t just question inherited societal traditions; with their provocative views of the individual and of nature, they revolutionized our understanding of freedom and reality. With wit and elegance, Peter Neumann brings this remarkable circle of friends and rivals to life in Jena 1800, a work of intellectual history that is colorful and passionate, informative and intimate—as fresh and full of surprises as its subjects.
Jena Review
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Category : Optical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Category : Optical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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A Single Stone
Author: Meg McKinlay
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763691763
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything — and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain. Jena — strong, respected, reliable — is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one of the chosen seven, Jena's years spent denying herself food and wrapping her limbs have paid off. She is small enough to squeeze through the tunnels of the mountain and gather the harvest, risking her life with each mission. No work is more important. This has always been the way of things, even if it isn’t easy. But as her suspicions mount and Jena begins to question the life she’s always known, the cracks in her world become impossible to ignore. Thought-provoking and quietly complex, Meg McKinlay’s novel unfolds into a harshly beautiful tale of belief, survival, and resilience stronger than stone.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763691763
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything — and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain. Jena — strong, respected, reliable — is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one of the chosen seven, Jena's years spent denying herself food and wrapping her limbs have paid off. She is small enough to squeeze through the tunnels of the mountain and gather the harvest, risking her life with each mission. No work is more important. This has always been the way of things, even if it isn’t easy. But as her suspicions mount and Jena begins to question the life she’s always known, the cracks in her world become impossible to ignore. Thought-provoking and quietly complex, Meg McKinlay’s novel unfolds into a harshly beautiful tale of belief, survival, and resilience stronger than stone.
Wildwood Dancing
Author: Juliet Marillier
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330438285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330438285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Five sisters who live with their merchant father in Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over into a magical world, the Wildwood.
Bulletin
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Category : Animal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category : Animal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Energy Data Base
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Category : Cover title
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Category : Cover title
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Bulletin
Author: United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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Category : Animal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Category : Animal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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The Review of Reviews
Author: William Thomas Stead
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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The Eclectic Review
Author: Samuel Greatheed
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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External Cultural and Information Activities of East Germany (GDR) in Non-communist Countries
Author: United States Information Agency. Office of Research
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Category : Germany (East)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Germany (East)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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