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1 online resource |
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"In one of the first English studies of Thomas Bernhard, Fatima Naqvi focuses on the Austrian author's critique of education (Bildung) through the edifices in which it takes place. His writings insist that learning has always been a life-long process that is helped--or hindered--by the particular buildings in which Bildung occurs. Naqvi offers close readings of Bernhard's major prose works, from Amras (1964) to Old Masters (1985) and brings them into dialogue with major architectural debates of the times. She examines Bernard's interrogation of the theoretical foundations underpinning the educational system and its actual sites. How We Learn Where We Live opens new avenues into thinking about one of the most provocative writers of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations and Translations; Introduction: The Floor Plan; Way Station 1: From Box to Cone; Chapter 1 -- Visionary Architecture of the 1960s in "Plain/Plane" (1973); Way Station 2: Elementary Structures and Perforated Space; Chapter 2 -- Middle Positions and Mystical Moments in Amras (1964); Way Station 3: The Schauraum and the Quick Read; Chapter 3 -- The Museum and the Method in Old Masters (1985); Way Station 4: Dislodged; Conclusion -- Demolition and Restoration in Correction (1975); Notes; Works Cited; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bernhard, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Bernhard, Thomas. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Architecture and literature.
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Architecture and literature. |
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Education in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. |
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Education in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. |
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Languages & Literatures. |
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Germanic Literature. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Naqvi, Fatima. How we learn where we live. Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015 9780810132016 (DLC) 2015040896 |
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9780810132009 (electronic book) |
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0810132001 (electronic book) |
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9780810132016 (paperback) |
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