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A comprehensive presentation of the complete spectrum of methods
for CVD-diamond deposition and an overview of the most important
applications.
Contrary to the historiographical commonplace "no Reformation
without print" Cultures of Communication examines media in the
early modern world through the lens of the period's religious
history. Looking beyond the emergence of print, this collection of
ground-breaking essays highlights the pivotal role of theology in
the formation of the early modern cultures of communication. The
authors assembled here urge us to understand the Reformation as a
response to the perceived crisis of religious communication in late
medieval Europe. In addition, they explore the novel demands placed
on European media ecology by the acceleration and intensification
of global interconnectedness in the early modern period. As the
Christian evangelizing impulse began to propel growing numbers of
Europeans outward to the Americas and Asia, theories and practices
of religious communication had to be reformed to accommodate an
array of new communicative constellations - across distances,
languages, cultures.
Focuses critical attention once again on the nature and process of
reading, taking into account both current theory and historical
investigations. Thirty years ago, when theory emerged as integral
to literary studies, investigations into the nature of reading
dominated academic criticism. Since then, as cultural studies and
historical approaches have gained ascendancy, critical focus on
reading has waned. This collection of new essays by leading
scholars of German and comparative literature, inspired by the work
of the long-time and influential scholar of reading Clayton Koelb,
puts the study of reading back at center stage, considering current
theory on reading, emotion, and affect alongside historical
investigations into cultural practices of reading as they have
changed over time. Topics addressed include ancient practicesof
magic reading; Christian conversionary reading; the emergence of
silent reading in the Middle Ages; Renaissance ekphrastic reading;
homeopathy, reading and Romanticism; and German-Jewish reading
cultures in the nineteenth century. The volume will be of interest
to scholars and students of literary criticism, German Studies,
comparative literature, and European history. Contributors: Richard
V. Benson, Stanley Corngold, Eric Downing, Darryl Gless, Ruth V.
Gross, Jonathan Hess, Janice Hewlett Koelb, Alice Kuzniar, Ann
Marie Rasmussen, Jeffrey L. Sammons, Gary Shapiro, Kathryn Starkey,
Christopher Wild. Eric Downing is Hanes Distinguished Term
Professor of German, English, and Comparative Literature at the
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Jonathan M. Hess is
Professor of German and Moses M. and Hannah L. Malkin Distinguished
Term Professor of Jewish History and Culture at theUniversity of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard V. Benson is Visiting
Assistant Professor of German at Valparaiso University.
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