First published in 1963, this book provides an account of Chaucer's poetry written before The Canterbury Tales. W. H. Clemen gives full, comprehensive and intriguing accounts of three major poems including The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, and The Parliament of Fowls in addition to some other, more minor poems from Chaucer's oeuvre.

First published in English 1961, this reissue relates the problems of form and style to the development of dramatic speech in pre-Shakespearean tragedy. The work offers positive standards by which to assess the development of pre-Shakespearean drama and, by tracing certain characteristics in Elizabethan tragedy which were to have a bearing on Shakespeare's dramatic technique, helps to illuminate the foundations on which Shakespeare built his dramatic oeuvre.

First published in 1963, this book provides an account of Chaucer's poetry written before The Canterbury Tales. W. H. Clemen gives full, comprehensive and intriguing accounts of three major poems including The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, and The Parliament of Fowls in addition to some other, more minor poems from Chaucer's oeuvre.

First published in 1968. Providing a detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, this Commentary reveals every nuance of meaning whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play. The result is an outstanding lesson in the methodology of Shakespearian criticism as well as an essential study for students of the early plays of Shakespeare.

First published in English 1961, this reissue relates the problems of form and style to the development of dramatic speech in pre-Shakespearean tragedy. The work offers positive standards by which to assess the development of pre-Shakespearean drama and, by tracing certain characteristics in Elizabethan tragedy which were to have a bearing on Shakespearea (TM)s dramatic technique, helps to illuminate the foundations on which Shakespeare built his dramatic oeuvre.

First published in 1972. Studying Shakespeare's 'art of preparation', this book illustrates the relationship between the techniques of preparation and the structure and theme of the plays. Other essays cover Shakespeare's use of the messenger's report, his handling of the theme of appearance and reality and the basic characteristics of Shakespearian drama.

First published in 1987. Often the best known and most memorable passages in Shakespeare's plays, the soliloquies, also tend to be the focal points in the drama. Twenty-seven soliloquies are examined in this work, illustrating how the spectator or reader is led to the soliloquy and how the drama is continued afterwards. The detailed structure of each soliloquy is discussed, as well as examining them within the structure of the entire play - thereby extending the interpretation of the work as a whole.

First published in 1968. Providing a detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, this Commentary reveals every nuance of meaning whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play. The result is an outstanding lesson in the methodology of Shakespearian criticism as well as an essential study for students of the early plays of Shakespeare.

First published in 1951. The edition reprints the second, updated, edition, of 1977. When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered as an integral part of the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. By illustrating, through the use of examples the progressive stages of Shakespeare's use of imagery, and in relating it to the structure, style and subject matter of the plays, the book throws new light on the dramatist's creative genius. The second edition includes a new preface and an up-to-date bibliography.

First published in 1972.
Studying Shakespeare's 'art of preparation', this book illustrates the relationship between the techniques of preparation and the structure and theme of the plays. Other essays cover Shakespeare's use of the messenger's report, his handling of the theme of appearance and reality and the basic characteristics of Shakespearian drama.

First published in 1987. Often the best known and most memorable passages in Shakespeare's plays, the soliloquies, also tend to be the focal points in the drama. Twenty-seven soliloquies are examined in this work, illustrating how the spectator or reader is led to the soliloquy and how the drama is continued afterwards. The detailed structure of each soliloquy is discussed, as well as examining them within the structure of the entire play - thereby extending the interpretation of the work as a whole.

First published in 1951. The edition reprints the second, updated, edition, of 1977. When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered as an integral part of the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. By illustrating, through the use of examples the progressive stages of Shakespeare's use of imagery, and in relating it to the structure, style and subject matter of the plays, the book throws new light on the dramatist's creative genius. The second edition includes a new preface and an up-to-date bibliography.

In diesem Band werden Grundlagen und Formen der Anwendung empirischer Sozialforschung in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Feldern diskutiert. Jenseits ihrer Rolle als Hochschuldisziplin hat die Empirische Sozialforschung in den letzten Jahrzehnten einen starken Bedeutungszuwachs erfahren. Uber ihre Anwendung in der "Grundlagenforschung" hinaus hat vor allem ihre Verwendung in vielfaltigen sozialen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Bezugen deutlich zugenommen. In diesem Prozess der Expansion sind nicht nur Uberlegungen zu Anwendungsmoglichkeiten und zur Anwendungsbereitschaft in unterschiedlichen Feldern der gesellschaftlichen Praxis von Belang, sondern auch grundsatzliche Fragen der Methodenentwicklung und Methodenverwendung.
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In diesem Buch wird zunachst die Lage alterer Arbeitnehmer in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten nachgezeichnet.
Im Mittelpunkt des Bandes steht die Analyse der heutigen Erwerbsbedingungen Alterer sowie von Massnahmen, die zu deren Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt - in Privatwirtschaft und Offentlichem Dienst - beitragen sollen.
Damit werden auch die Voraussetzungen einer zukunftig langeren lebenszeitlichen Erwerbstatigkeit diskutiert.
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In diesem Band wird nach den gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen und Grenzen der Lebensbedingungen im Alter, aber auch nach den subjektiven Handlungsmoglichkeiten und dem Wechselverhaltnis beider Ebenen gefragt. Neben grundlegenden Analysen der gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen, die heute die Lebenslagen alterer und alter Menschen pragen, werden in diesem Band die Auswirkungen von einzelnen gesellschaftlichen Teilbereichen und spezifischen sozialen Beziehungsformen auf die Lebenslage im Alter thematisiert."

In der Studie werden die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen erwerbstatiger Frauen im mittleren Lebensalter bis in die Zeit der Anpassung an den (vorzeitigen) Ruhestand analysiert. Die Lebenslage der Frauen wird in dieser Lebensphase massgeblich durch spezifische biographische Entwicklungen bestimmt. So hat bei heute alteren Frauen uberwiegend die Familien- die Erwerbsbiographie dominiert. Spate Erwerbstatigkeit von Frauen stellt sich haufig als Spannungsfeld zwischen materiellen und sozialen Teilhabechancen auf der einen und gesundheitlichen und Arbeitsmarktrisiken auf der anderen Seite dar. Ihr UEbergang in den (vorzeitigen) Ruhestand vollzieht sich auf unterschiedlichen, z.T. geschlechtstypischen Pfaden und wird - trotz haufig bestehender Alternativrollen - teilweise als krisenhaft erlebt.

Lebensformen und subjektive Lebensfuhrung alterer und alter Menschen haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten stark gewandelt. Das Buch zeigt, dass neben den klassischen Merkmalen sozialer Ungleichheit eine Reihe weiterer sozialer Bedingungen auf Handlungsmoglichkeiten im Alter wirken."