Though known as a master of opéra-comique, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber was crucial to the development of Romantic ballet. His grand operas featured long danced interludes, and his music later inspired ballets by choreographers like Frederick Ashton.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
By one of the 19th century’s most successful opera composers, Le Domino noir is a masterpiece of wit and melodic grace. A noblewoman, destined for the convent, falls for a stranger at a masked ball in a tale of love, duty, and feminine independence.
Edward Scribner Ames was a philosopher who adapted Christianity to pragmatism and modern science. This volume contains his unpublished manuscripts, with lectures explaining Christianity in terms of pragmatism and the philosophy of John Dewey.
This anthology explores hybridity in Spanish culture from Imperial Spain to the twenty-first century. The literary and visual texts studied blur fixed boundaries between genres, cultures, and languages. A hybrid itself, this collection points to the future.
This volume explores Francophone cinema’s place between Bollywood and Hollywood and examines the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity in Francophone countries. The book brings together contributions by outstanding authors on 21st century Francophonie.
Dramatic Interactions
A collection of essays on teaching foreign languages, literatures, and cultures through theater. With innovative approaches and rich examples, this book affirms the effectiveness of using drama to improve communication, intercultural competence, and self-expression.
Formal Linguistics and the Teaching of Latin
This collection of papers explores comparative linguistics applied to the teaching of Latin. Comparing Latin with other languages, it represents grammar as the product of mental processes for linguists, teachers, and students seeking to update their approach.
Specialised Languages in the Global Village
This book examines the impact of globalisation on intercultural communication within specialised communities. It provides discussion on professional communication and identity, and offers useful pedagogical proposals for researchers, specialists, and language teachers.
The relation between logic and knowledge is an underdeveloped theme. This book’s ambition is to stimulate renewed reflection upon it by collecting essays from leading figures, each followed by a discussant’s comments to create an ongoing dialogue.
The Loss of Negative Concord in Standard English
Challenging the view that external factors caused the loss of Negative Concord (NC) in English, this study argues it was a natural, internal change. A lexical reanalysis of n-words triggered a single parameter reset, reshaping English negation.
China and Taiwan are divided by a sovereignty dispute, with the US in a central role. This book analyzes the triangular relations among Beijing, Taipei, and Washington, exploring what causes shifts from tense rivalry to rapprochement and how stable the future is.
Selling One’s Favourite Piano to Emigrate
In this book, academics from various European countries describe migration not only as an economic, but mainly as a social process. Texts consider migration’s social consequences for migrants, their families and societies, offering unique insight into human flows.
Women and Science, 17th Century to Present
This volume takes a new approach to women in science, moving beyond the obstacles they have faced. It analyzes the link between women and science through various media—including fiction, poetry, and sci-fi—to explore the portrayal and self-portrayal of women.
This Christian devotional uses A Christmas Carol to teach the ancient Advent lessons of Hope, Faith, Peace, Love and Joy. As you travel through Ebenezer’s redemptive journey, you are invited to examine how Christ is born in your past, present and future.
Economy in Changing Society
Within the frame of globalisation and post-socialist transformation, this book analyzes how actors, relations, and institutions drive economic processes. Empirical studies explore transition economies, new markets, consumption, and corporate behavior.
This practical guide to English phonetics and phonology offers tips to master its sounds and prosodic features. It makes a confounding subject accessible for students, serving as a helpful introductory text for understanding the workings of English.
Social Trust and Life Insurance
This book investigates how incomplete knowledge, social trust and risk perceptions influence acceptance of the risks of insurers using genetic test results. It analyzes the consequences for society and explores the difficulties of managing these risks.
Overcoming Knowledge Sharing Barriers through Communities of Practice
This book analyzes the barriers obstructing knowledge flows and their impact on new product development in an automotive R&D supplier. It uses innovative social network analysis to map collaboration, identify problems, and improve organizational performance.
Global Encounters
Scholars worldwide share their most successful teaching practices in cross-cultural studies and international education. This compilation highlights the need for culturally sensitive education to foster skills in the next generation of global citizens.
This book comprises papers on theoretical linguistics, applied language studies, literature and cultural studies, divided into three sections: Image, Identity, and Reality. A valuable resource for academic study and the general public.
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