Resultaten voor 'mcmurtry'

1. Mark E. Neely
2. R. Gerald McMurtry

The Insanity File

"[This book] combines the discipline of historical writing with the forward march of a detective story. And it is painstakingly fair to both the pathetic Mary and the tortured Robert. Filled with confident insight and careful documentation, this book must already be considered as an essential addition to the Lincoln bookshelf."    —Harold Holzer, ChicagoTribune "One of the saddest stories in the Lincoln family saga unfolds in detail for the first time in The Insanity File—the1875 jury trial to declare Mary Todd Lincoln insane and the role played in it by Robert Todd Lincoln, her firstborn and only surviving son."—Herbert Mitgang, New YorkTimes BookReview "Neely and McMurtry had to acquaint themselves with the principals in the case, study the judicial procedures and medical practices prevailing in the 1870s, piece together from here and there items of information relating to the trial, and trace historical controversies that have unfolded through the years. Their sensitive and thorough research has led them to the conclusion that Mrs. Lincoln was treated fairly, that human considerations and civil justice did not work to Mrs. Lincoln's disadvantage."—Myron A. Marty, St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A fair-minded, comprehensive account based on new documents. Unlike their predecessors, Neely and McMurtry have placed Mary Lincoln's trial within the legal, social, and medical context of the times. So viewed, what happened to Mary Lincoln was governed as much by procedures and collective attitudes as by personal motivations."—Jean Baker, American Historical Review

Uljana Wolf

Áine McMurtry, King’s College London, UK.

Mehrsprachigkeit in der Literatur

Der Band versammelt 12 Beiträge, die verschiedene Aspekte literarischer Mehrsprachigkeit in den Fokus rücken. So wird das Potenzial mehrsprachiger Texte zur Erneuerung literarischer Formen analysiert. Literarische Übersetzungsstrategien sowie Momente der Intertextualität und Intermedialität bilden einen weiteren Schwerpunkt. Schließlich beleuchten die Beiträge Sprachbilder und Komposita, die aus anderen Sprachen übertragen oder neu gebildet werden. Gemeinsam ist all diesen Schreibverfahren, dass sie sprachliche Automatismen hinterfragen - dadurch eröffnen sich kritische Perspektiven auf sprachliche Formen und Inhalte sowie auf die Materialität von Sprache. Konventionelle Sprachregeln werden kritisch untersucht, neu gedacht, überschritten oder auf den Kopf gestellt und das auf eine spielerische Weise - mehrsprachige Texte erweitern somit das Set der Spielregeln.Die Beiträge untersuchen diese Schreibpraktiken bei Albert Drach, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Kurt Lanthaler, Klaus Modick, Karl Philipp Moritz, Herta Müller, Jean Paul, Yael Ronen, Yoko Tawada, Vladimir Vertlib, Olivia Wenzel, Uljana Wolf und Stefano Zangrando.

1. Leslie Grace McMurtry

The Hoax Poems

The Short Story in German in the Twenty-First Century

Offers readings of key contemporary trends and themes in the vibrant genre of short-story writing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with attention to major practitioners and translations of two representative stories.

1. Anne McMurtry

Portraits of the Soul