Introduction -- Andrew Becker's four levels of ekphrasis in Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen -- Dynamic und static ekphrasis in "Die Gemälde" -- Palaces, sculptures, dreams and hallucinations in "Die Freunde" (1797), "Der Runenberg" (1804), "Die Elfen" (1812), "Liebeszauber" (1812),…
Pushing through some mothballed fur coats in a wardrobe in a disused room of an old London house, Lucy and the other Pevensie children found themselves in a strange and wonderful country, populated by creatures unknown in our world. Philosophy, too, can take us into a magical ne…
In the summer of 1860, more than fifty years after the United States legally abolished the international slave trade, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were brought ashore in Alabama under cover of night. They were the last recorded group of Africans deported t…
In the summer of 1860, more than fifty years after the United States legally abolished the international slave trade, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were brought ashore in Alabama under cover of night. They were the last recorded group of Africans deported t…