Der Geisterseher :bAus den Memoires des Grafen von D**. Buch I.

"Heath's modern language series."

Heirs of the Kingdom /

Mode of access: Internet.

Das wirtshous zu Cransac.

Mode of access: Internet.

Die braune Erica; novelle,

Mode of access: Internet.

Niels mit der offenen Hand /

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Das mädchen von Treppi,

Text in German; introduction and notes in English.

The horoscope /

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The limits of evolution : and other essays illustrating the metaphysical theory of personal idealism /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

De norske stavkirker; studier over deres system, oprindelse og historiske udvikling.

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Edgar Degas et le traitement moderne de la figure féminine : un terrain propice à l'éclosion des approches critiques féministes en art du XXe siècle

Edgar Degas, observateur réputé de la vie parisienne du XIXe siècle, réserve tout au long de sa carrière un traitement particulier à la figure féminine. Dès les premières tentatives de tableaux d’histoire et les portraits des débuts, dont un grand nombre concerne des couples et des membres de sa famille, Degas introduit une forme de tension dans les rapports entre les hommes et les femmes. Cette tension se manifeste à la fois dans la structure des œuvres et dans le registre expressif des figures représentées. Elle perdure dans les tableaux de genre qui marquent un intérêt accru de Degas pour les scènes de la vie contemporaine. Ces dernières suggèrent une trame narrative encore aujourd’hui difficile à déchiffrer mais où continue de se manifester une forme d’opposition entre les pôles masculin et féminin de l’image. Ce sont surtout les œuvres représentant des femmes au travail ou à leur toilette, réalisées dans la période de la maturité de l’artiste, qui manifestent cette tension à son maximum et lui confèrent un supplément de résonnance personnelle et sociale. Un pivotement du dispositif figuratif maintient le pôle féminin dans l’espace de représentation alors que le pôle masculin se situe désormais du côté du spectateur. Ces figures de femmes dont la gestuelle, le positionnement dans l’espace et le mode d’adresse suggèrent qu’elles font l’objet d’une effraction du regard qui s’énonce au masculin, résistent par plusieurs aspects au scénario érotique voyeuriste qui se développe à l’époque dans beaucoup de tableaux académiques et dans les illustrations populaires.

Edgar County soils /

Cover title.

The life of Edgar Allan Poe ...

Heartman and Canny, p. 51.

Ryssän koulussa : Suomalaiset Venäjän stipendiaatit autonomian aikana 1812-1917

Finnish scholarship students in Russia during the autonomy (1812-1917) During the autonomy in Finland (1809-1917), an attempt to improve the knowledge of the Russian language was made through special language university scholarships. With these scholarships the students could go and study the Russian language and acquire cultural knowledge in Russia. Other member countries on the edges of the Russian Empire, like Poland and the Baltic provinces, did not have similar programs. The first two scholars started their journey in 1812. A system of travel allowances was introduced in 1841. Between the years 1812- 1917 a total of almost 400 students studied in Russia. The studies mainly took place in Moscow. These scholarship students were called the Master s of Moscow ". In this paper, Finnish-Russian relations are studied based on the attitude towards the Russian language and the people who studied it in Finland. Although the attitude towards them was neutral in the beginning, in 1844 there was a strong change. Students of Russian, and especially the scholars, received the stigma of being unreliable and unpatriotic, a stigma they were never able to get rid of. The study of the Russian language was voluntary in Finnish schools between 1863 and 1872. Starting from 1890, however, the study of the Russian language was enforced. In doing so, the Russians attempted to unify the Empire, while the Finns had the illusion that they had their own state. Thus, Russia saw the language as a way to unify the Empire and Finns as an attempt to make them Russians. The purpose of studying in Russia was to improve the student s practical language skills and overall knowledge of the customs and culture of the country. Besides knowing the language, knowledge of Russian culture and customs is essential in understanding Russia and Russians; therefore, the studies of literature, geography and history have been noted in this research. Without knowledge it is difficult to develop understanding. After their studies, almost all of the scholars returned to Finland and did not continue their careers in Russia. They worked mainly as teachers and civil servants, and managed to improve the Finnish people s weak knowledge of Russian and Russia through teaching, translations of literature and newspaper articles. Through these scholars, it is possible to see how the attitudes towards the language have been closely related to the political history between Finland and Russia. The language became the subject of resistance and these attitudes were transferred to its students. In 1917, the study of Russia and the Russian language ended and it was no longer possible to use the acquired knowledge of language and country in independent Finland.

Rossijskaja Karelija i karely v imperskoi politike Rossii, 1905-1917

Russian Karelians were one of the small peasant nations of the Russian Empire that began to identify themselves as nations during the late imperial period. At that historical moment Russian Karelia fell between an economically undeveloped empire and the rapidly modernizing borderland of Finland. The economic and cultural lure of Finland drew Karelians into the Finnish camp. This attraction was seen as a challenge to Russia and influenced the straggle between Russia and Finland for the Karelians. This struggle was waged from 1905 to 1917. This work is focused on the beginning stage of the struggle, its various phases, and their results. The confrontation extended into different dimensions (economic, political, ideological, church and cultural politics) and occurred on two levels: central and regional. Countermeasures against local nationalisms developed much earlier both in Russia and in other empires for use were also used in the Russian Karelian case. Economic policies were deployed to try to make relations with Russia more alluring for Karelians and to improve their economic condition. However, these efforts produced only minimal results due to the economic weakness of the empire and a lack of finances. Fear of the economic integration of the Karelians and Finns, which would have stimulated the economy of the Karelia, also hindered these attempts. The further development of the Orthodox Church, the schools and the zemstvos in Karelia yielded fewer results than expected due to the economic underdevelopment of the region and the avoidance of the Finnish language. Policizing measures were the most successfull, as all activities in Russian Karelia by the Finns were entirely halted in practice. However, the aspiration of Russian Karelians to integrate their home districts with Finland remained a latent force that just waited for an opportunity to push to the surface again. Such a chance materialized with the Russian revolution. The Karelian question was also a part of Russian domestic political confrontation. At the and of the 1800s, the Russian nationalist right had grown strong and increasingly gained the favor of the autocracy. The right political forces exploited the Karelian question in its anti-Finnish ideology and in its general resistance to the national emancipation of the minority peoples of Russia. A separate ideology was developed, focusing on the closeness of Karelians to the "great Russian people." Simultaneously, this concept found a place in the ultramonarchist myth of the particularly close connection between the people and tsar that was prominent in the era of Nicholas II. This myth assigned the Karelians a place amongst the "simple people" faithful to the tsar.