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1.
The Soul of Wit: Joke Theory from Grimm to Freud
Contributors:
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press 1993
Subjects:
Wit And Humor--Psychological Aspects
Subconsciousness
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...As in the case of Menzel, Heineenvisions Platen's future beating, though this time not at the hands ofenraged fraternity brothers but by the Eumenides, representing thewrath of the female world Platen has shunned. To what extent isHeine's own Witz complicitous...
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The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
Contributors:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press 1987
Subjects:
Kinder- Und Hausmearchen
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859--Criticism and Interpretation
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863--Criticism and Interpretation
Fairy Tales--Germany--History and Criticism
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of the Brothers Grimm (New York: Holt...Linda Dégh's "Grimm's Household Talesand Its...recentlypublished biography of the brothers is rich in detail and broad...scholars in the field: Jacob Grimm und sein Bruder WilhelmU...
3.
First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
Contributors:
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons 2003
Subjects:
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948
Aeronautics--History
Aeronautics--Biography
Airplanes--Design and Construction--History
Aeronautical Engineers--United States--Biography
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...Popular writings included works ofNathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Sir Walter Scott, as well asthe fairy tales of Grimm and Andersen. Serious histories includedGibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Guizot on France,Green on England...
4.
The Wright Way: Seven Problem Solving Principles from the Wright Brothers That Can Make Your Business Soar!
Contributors:
Publisher:
American Management Association 2004
Subjects:
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948--Philosophy
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912--Philosophy
Aeronautics--Research--United States--History
Success in Business
Aeronautical Engineers--United States--Biography
Problem Solving
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...Scott, and Gibbons, was more eclectic. Itincluded multivolume histories of England and France, naturalhistory books, Grimm, Andersen, Plutarch's Lives, and two sets ofencyclopedias. Years later, Wilbur would be widely acclaimed in France and...
5.
From Feasting to Fasting, the Evolution of a Sin: Attitudes to Food in Late Antiquity
Contributors:
Publisher:
Routledge 1996
Subjects:
Food in the Bible
Bible. N.T.--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
Food--Religious Aspects--Christianity--History of Doctrines--Early Church, CA. 30-600
Food Habits--History
Fasting--Biblical Teaching
Fasting--History
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...8). He gives not only his own full name but also his father’s and mother’s genealogies, the number of his brothers, and the name and education of his one full brother. 12 Edwin A. Judge, in ‘St Paul and classical society’...
6.
Strategy as Action: Competitive Dynamics and Competitive Advantage
Contributors:
Publisher:
Oxford University Press 2006
Subjects:
Competition
Strategic Planning
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...geographic region or market seg­ment to a new region or segment can also be very successful. For example,the McDonald brothers developed the McDonald's hamburger chain inCalifornia, but Ray Kroc had the foresight to purchase the operation andexpand...
7.
Disorderly Sisters: Sibling Relations and Sororal Resistance in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
Contributors:
Publisher:
Bucknell University Press 2001
Subjects:
English Fiction--19th Century--History and Criticism
Domestic Fiction, English--History and Criticism
Brothers And Sisters In Literature
Sisters In Literature
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...1982. Gregor, Dr. John. A Father's Legacy to His Daughters. London, 1808. Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Translatedby Jack Zipes. New York: Bantam Books, 1987. Hagan, John. [A Reinterpretation...
8.
The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 5
Contributors:
Publisher:
Clarendon Press 2000
Subjects:
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Correspondence
Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855--Correspondence
Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence
Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence
Brothers and Sisters--England
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...(1775-1849), philologist. His DeutscheGrammatik (Frankfurt, 1829), drawing on the work of Grimm and Humbolt,was published by John Murray in an English translation in 1830 and longremained a standard work. residing at...
9.
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Vol. 5
Contributors:
Publisher:
Elsevier 2006
Subjects:
Language And Languages--Encyclopedias
Linguistics--Encyclopedias
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...DeutschesWörterbuch occupied the brothers Grimm until theend of their lives. In...1962). 'Rasmus Rask and Jacob Grimm:their relationship in the investigation...Antonsen E H (ed.) (1990). The Grimm brothers and theGermanic past. Amsterdam...
10.
Inventing the Child: Culture, Ideology, and the Story of Childhood
Contributors:
Publisher:
Garland 2001
Subjects:
Parent And Child
Children--Social Conditions
Children And Adults
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...ideological apparatus. In The Brothers Grimm, Zipes suggests that Jacob and...seriously undermined the image of the Brothers Grimm traipsing across the countryside...published stories. From these the Brothers Grimm “reverse engineeredU...
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