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The hegemonic outsider: William Beckford's Lisbon journal
In 1787 William Beckford, author of Vathek, left England following some allegations of homosexual activity. Focusing on the private aspects of his Lisbon journal, which he never published in full during his lifetime, this essay examines Beckford's attempts at recovering a dignified status in Lisbon by relating to various forms of authority, such as ...
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Whiteness, Polite Masculinity, and West-Indian Self-fashioning: The Case of William Beckford [PDF]
Soile Ylivuori
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Source principale de l'un des derniers récits publiés par William Beckford, Italy, with Sketches of Spain and Portugal (1834), le journal qu'il tint lors de son premier séjour au Portugal est pourtant demeuré inconnu jusqu'au XXe siècle. La découverte de
Nathalie Bernard
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O caso William Beckford: Ostracismo e errância de um jovem fidalgo inglês nos finais do séc. XVIII [PDF]
Maria de Lourdes Lima dos Santos
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THE GERMAN MUSEUM AND THE EARLY RECEPTION OF GERMAN LETTERS IN BRITAIN, 1800–18011
ABSTRACT The early reception of German letters in London can be better understood through a close reading of the bookseller Constantin Geisweiler's short‐lived journal The German Museum (1800–1801). The 1790s have been described as an era of literary ‘Germanomania’, as numerous translations of German works appeared for the first time in English.
Oliver Puckey
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This article discusses the introductory remarks to this special issue by Mattias Brand, as well as the two articles written by the Mattias Brand and Gerard Wiegers, respectively. It includes my own reflections in the commentary on the three contributions.
Volkhard Krech
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Abstract The Anglo‐Venetian Giustiniana Wynne, Countess of Rosenberg Orsini, best known for her novel Les Morlaques (1788), had epistolary relations with friends from the Veneto as well as across Europe and is therefore part of the network of the European Republic of Letters.
Rotraud von Kulessa
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Anthropology‐as‐theology: Violent endings and the permanence of new beginnings
Abstract This article examines the temporality of dispensationalist imaginings of the apocalypse, with a particular focus on why such imaginings often have an acutely violent character. For the Brethren and for Jehovah's Witnesses, the most convincing signs of the imminent apocalypse are violent ones.
Joseph Webster
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Immuno-PET imaging of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes using zirconium-89 radiolabeled anti-CD3 antibody in immune-competent mice bearing syngeneic tumors. [PDF]
The ability to non-invasively monitor tumor-infiltrating T cells in vivo could provide a powerful tool to visualize and quantify tumor immune infiltrates.
Denis R Beckford Vera +9 more
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L’Orient comme territoire intérieur
William Beckford and the Oriental tale. Orient as an inner realm. This article suggests some directions for a reflexion on the original way in which William Beckford deals with the oriental essence of the Arabic tale, in Vathek and in the Episodes and in
Luc Ruiz
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