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Title Fiasko - Scheitern in der Frühen Neuzeit : Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte des Misserfolgs / Stefan Brakensiek, Claudia Claridge (Hg.).

Publication Info. Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, 2015.
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
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Series Histoire ; Band 64
Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 64.
Note 5 English, 3 German contributions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Editorial -- "A full Account of the rise, progress and declension of our Journal" / Bös, Birte -- Projektemacher / Brakensiek, Stefan -- The Darién Scheme / Claridge, Claudia -- Fragments as Failed Texts / Gurr, Jens Martin -- A Miserable Sight / Heyl, Christoph -- Warum Religionsgespräche scheitern / Nieden, Marcel -- Substituting Fantasy for Achievement / Pointner, Frank Erik -- Glücksschmied und Schiffbruch / Wesche, Jörg.
Summary This volume elaborates the mostly unwritten history of failure for the Early Modern period with case studies from English Studies, History, German Studies, and Theology.
Biography Stefan Brakensiek (Prof. Dr. phil.) teaches early modern history at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Claudia Claridge (Prof. Dr. phil.) teaches English Linguistics and Language History at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Language Five English and three German contributions.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 05 2015).
Subject Civilization, Modern -- 16th century.
Civilization, Modern -- 17th century.
Failure (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- History.
Civilisation -- 17e siècle.
Échec -- Aspect social -- Histoire.
History.
History: specific events and topics.
Humanities.
Social and cultural history.
HISTORY -- Social History.
Civilization, Modern
Chronological Term 1500-1699
Indexed Term Cultural History.
Early Modern History.
England.
Germany.
Guyana.
History of Science.
History.
Newspaper.
Religion.
Scotland.
Travelogue.
Genre/Form History
Added Author Brakensiek, Stefan, editor.
Claridge, Claudia, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Fiasko - Scheitern in der frühen neuzeit : beiträge zur kulturgeschichte des misserfolgs. Bielefeld, [Germany] : transcript, ©2015 220 pages Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ; Band 64 9783837627824
ISBN 9783839427828 (electronic bk.)
3839427827
3837627829
9783837627824
9783837627824 (pbk.)
Standard No. 10.14361/9783839427828 doi
AU@ 000065197385

 
    
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