„Anwärter auf die Hölle“: Stepan Trofimowitsch und die Menippea der Pharisäer [PDF]
Bakhtin asserted that Dostoevsky’s most direct link to varieties of ancient Menippea was Christian literature, such as the Gospels or the Apocalypse. However, Bakhtin does not elaborate upon the Menippean aspects of these works which could have served as
Ruth Karin Lévai
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Canonical Demon Monte Carlo Renormalization Group [PDF]
We describe a new method to compute renormalized coupling constants in a Monte Carlo renormalization group calculation. The method can be used for a general class of models, e.g., lattice spin or gauge models. The basic idea is to simulate a joint system
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The Costume of Stepan Trofimovich [PDF]
The article examines the costume of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky, the main character of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Demons. Unlike clothes, the costume is associated with theatricality, acting, and performing or with playing a role.
Jasmina Vojvodić
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Critical Study of the Text on the Basis of Graphological analysis (On the Material of Draft Manuscripts of Dostoevsky’s Novel Demons) [PDF]
The article is devoted to the argumentation of a graphological analysis of Dostoevsky’s manuscripts. Draft notes to the novel Demons and scientific publications of these texts are in the center of the research.
Natalia A. Tarasova
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Multicanonical Cluster Algorithm and the 2-D 7-State Potts Model
I present a hybrid-like two-step algorithm, which combines a microcanonical update of a spin system using demons, with a multicanonical demon refresh.
Rummukainen, K.
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Summary of the 2nd International Online Conference “The Book in the Book,” in Memory of Alexander V. Mikhailov (1938–1995), October 1–3, 2024 [PDF]
The article presents an overview of the 2nd International Online Conference “The Book in the Book,” dedicated to the memory of the outstanding Russian philologist and cultural theorist Alexander V.
Nikolay N. Podosokorsky
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Press in the Works of Russian Literature
Russian classical literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries constitutes the whole with the finest Russian journalism of the same period. Almost all famous authors started their careers by releasing their first works of literature in magazines and ...
N. V. Shevtsov, E. E. Naumova
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The Church and Cosmic Powers through the Ages [PDF]
Church history demonstrates that the Church has always encountered cosmic powers. It is an appeal to church historians to consider cosmic powers as the reality to be dealt with.
Kelebogile Thomas Resane
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The Good, the Gothic and the Transnational Rules of the Afterlife in The Good Place
The Good Place (Schur 2016–2020) is a sitcom farce about the afterlife. The scenario concerns the designer tortures of a postmodern hell which conceal the illusion that an ensemble of recently deceased humans, who have supposedly arrived at ‘the Good ...
Allison Ruth Craven
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Multipartite information flow for multiple Maxwell demons
The second law of thermodynamics dictates the fundamental limits to the amount of energy and information that can be exchanged between physical systems.
Horowitz, Jordan M.
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