Thomas Mann war der bedeutendste Epiker deutscher Sprache im 20. Jahrhundert. Mit seinen Schriften hat er das Kaiserreich Wilhelms II., die Weimarer Republik, die Herrschaft der Nationalsozialisten und dann die Spaltung Deutschlands, aber auch die globalen Entwicklungen seiner Epoche kritisch begleitet und gedeutet. Klaus Schröter schildert die Lebensgeschichte Thomas Manns und...(展开全部)

An exploration of the relationship between literature and life, this study examines the effect on readers of "suicidal literature"—novels and poems that depict, and sometimes glorify, the act of suicide. Beginning with a discussion of the growing incidence of suicide in American culture, Jeffrey Berman investigates the portrayal of suicide in the works of four authors who later...(展开全部)

克叶尔·埃瑞克·鲁德斯坦（Kjell Erik Rudestam）,博士，加州圣巴巴拉菲尔丁研究生大学学术副主任。曾任多伦多约克大学心理学教授，获得奥勒冈大学心理学博士学位。他著有《自我改变的方法》《实验组的理论与实践》《如何对待多问题家庭》（与马克•弗兰克尔合著）、《你的统计咨询师：数据分析问题解答》（与雷•牛顿合著）；其他著作还有《网上学习手册》（与朱迪•里德合著）、《分布式学习百科全书》（与安娜•迪•斯戴法诺和罗伯特•西沃曼合著），并在专业刊物上发表多篇论文。他的研究兴趣包括心理治疗和变化过程、自杀、家庭与组织系统等。他是执业临床心理医师、美国心理学协会理事、美国职业心理（临床）考试委员会证书持有人。 雷·R.牛顿（Rae R.Newton），博士，加州大学富乐敦分校社会学系名誉教授。目前担任加州圣巴巴拉菲尔丁研究生大学顾问，是阿兰•利特朗尼克...(展开全部)

Like the previous editions of this bestselling text, Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, Third Edition offers readers guidance that other dissertation guides often miss, from ways to improve one's writing, to identifying one's learning preferences, to dealing with emotional blocks. Using examples from a wide range of disciplines, the autho...(展开全部)

An exploration of the relationship between literature and life, this study examines the effect on readers of "suicidal literature"—novels and poems that depict, and sometimes glorify, the act of suicide. Beginning with a discussion of the growing incidence of suicide in American culture, Jeffrey Berman investigates the portrayal of suicide in the works of four authors who later...(展开全部)

西格弗里德·伦茨（Siegfried Lenz） 德国当代杰出作家，1926年出生于东普鲁士，和君特·格拉斯、海因里希·伯尔并称为“德国当代文学三大家”，被誉为德意志民族的“心灵守护者”。25岁即凭借《空中之鹰》获得“莱辛文学奖”，此后陆续获得“德国图书贸易和平奖”、“歌德文学奖”等20多个重要奖项，并被汉堡等城市授予荣誉市民称号。伦茨的代表作有：《激流中的人》《德语课》《默哀时刻》《失物招领处》等，它们意蕴深远，沉郁厚重，将现代人的孤独、失败、过失、考验、责任、良知，拷问得深沉而悲凉。

Taken against the Arcadian backdrop of her woodland home in Virginia, Sally Mann's extraordinary, intimate photographs of her children--Emmett, Jessie, and Virginia--reveal truths that embody the individuality of her immediate family and ultimately take on a universal quality. Mann states that her work is "about everybody's memories, as well as their fears," a theme echoed by R...(展开全部)

Children, landscape, lovers--these subjects are almost as common to the photographic lexicon as light itself. But Sally Mann's take on these iconic themes, rendered through both traditional and esoteric processes, is anything but common. Astonishingly original both in image and technique, Mann's work consistently challenges the viewer: in her hands, experiences drawn from daily...(展开全部)