Essays Tagged: "historical context"

Importance of Improvisation in Music

isation.' It is a true characteristic of the jazz art form, but it truly is a rarity when seen in a historical context.Improvisation has been an integral part of music since the very beginning of musi ...

(3 pages) 139 0 3.4 May/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The Context of the Second Amendment

do not have any relevance today. One side argues the amendment void, and the other takes it out of historical context so it portrays the meaning they want. To understand what the second Amendment mea ... g they want. To understand what the second Amendment means, one must interpret the actual text, the historical background for its adoption, and what it means today."A well regulated Militia, being nec ...

(4 pages) 123 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

"Slaughterhouse Five" by Vonnegut

When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to first look at the historical context in which the book was written. On the nights of February 13-14 in 1944 the city o ...

(8 pages) 133 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Emma Goldman

or all. Goldman's advocacy of these causes,which many deemed subversive at the time, helped set the historical context forsome of today's most important political and social debates.Poverty, oppressio ...

(12 pages) 122 1 3.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. by Charles A. Beard

tution of the United States is a document that I have studied many times throughout my schooling in historical context. I never thought that the Constitution could be studied as an economic document w ...

(5 pages) 116 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Economic History

Marinetti's futurist manifesto: epigraph of pre-war Europe or the New Testament of 'Modern Europe'?

igraph of pre-war Europe or the New Testament of 'Modern Europe'?NB: Situating the manifesto in its historical context and its implications on the future.At la fin de siecle (the end of the century) a ... ery element which could educate in the restructuring of the present- the past. The futurist aims of historical 'cleansing'- "we want to demolish museums and libraries" - order to establish a future, a ...

(6 pages) 72 0 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"Banking Concepts." Paulo Friere raleted to education.

o define, challenge, change and make their own development depending on their specific cultural and historical context (261). To do this, the oppressed must be liberated. In this paper, I will discuss ...

(4 pages) 136 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Widle and "The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot.

alive: the idle bandying of public art and popular philosophy becomes vivid, a vehicle for wit.The historical context of the works, the background which is referenced throughout, is the same; while s ...

(4 pages) 74 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A contrast between Austen's society and ours.

is the differences that make the film more relevant to today's society.But let's first look at the historical context of Austen. Around the time of Austen's writing, one of the effects of the French ...

(4 pages) 89 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Women in the Ministry.

a three fold agenda in their consideration of women in theministry. First, they want to examine the historical context of women in the church.They answer the question have women been an integral part ...

(2 pages) 41 1 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created?

What was the social and historical context in which the juvenile court was created? What has been the fundamental difference ...

(10 pages) 210 1 4.8 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Sigmund Freud- Anna.

and her own condition and that of her case biographers, place this infamous patient in her rightful historical context.Hysteria's long history has always been acknowledged, indeed medical writers thro ... e womb" or "from the womb". The error of this assumption King traces back to Ilza Veith's momentous historical study of Hysteria in 1965, an error essentially of translation- for Veith had read the ni ...

(30 pages) 152 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Rise Of The Ottoman Empire Question: In considering the growth of either or both the Spanish and the Ottoman empires how much emphasis would you give to religion as a motivation for expansion?

ion of the East and West via religious suffusing in Europe. (Fabricating the Ottoman state pp. 29)."Historical context may help explain the existence, the ideologies, and the idiosyncrasies of these f ...

(6 pages) 115 1 4.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Australia's coming of age as a nation is dependant upon a readers personal values and attitudes towards the context of World War One. Discuss. Written By: Sarah Hilliard

hen the author discusses Australia being a coming of age nation. Fly Away Peter has both social and historical contexts. The social context in the novel was the coming of upper-class English aristocra ... cy' , as well as the laws that regarded aboriginals owning the land. Fly Away Peter also includes a historical context which was Europe, the reason that World War One began was that the Arch Duke Ferd ...

(11 pages) 94 0 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Authenticity of art

, not to mention less monetary value within the art market.This is because a forgery has an invalid historical context compared with the original. Preference for originals is not just snobbery, and it ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

In what ways and to what extent is an understanding of historical context important in approaching the works of David Rousseau and Jaques Louis David?

In what ways and to what extent isan understanding of historical contextimportant in approaching the works of(a)Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and(b)Jacques-Louis ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and(b)Jacques-Louis David.In this essay I will attempt to illustrate how an ahistorical approach to the works of David and Rousseau is possible. I will discuss how a historical ... lectually challenging observations about society. To this extent we can see how an understanding of historical context may be important in approaching David's work.If we are to assess how important an ...

(5 pages) 146 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Religion In amercia by Jonathan Edward

ur own authentic opinion then compared to a group opinion. Gilkey locates Moral Man not only in its historical context but also in relationship with his later theological works, especially The Nature ...

(3 pages) 48 1 2.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Contradictions in Our Power

y analysis of the distribution of power and its effect on society's institutions must recognize the historical context of our oppression. Our oppression is different from that of our sisters at the tu ... g-term struggle and strategy development. One of our overriding responsibilities at this particular historical period is to develop a strategy which will both call into question the validity of curren ...

(19 pages) 106 1 1.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

What is a historical context and can texts be explained or enriched by considerations of context?

What is a historical context and can texts be explained or enriched by considerations of context?A definition ... ned or enriched by considerations of context?A definition of the phrase 'historical context' is the historical 'circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement or idea, and in terms of whi ... tatement or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully evaluated and assessed'1. In looking at the historical context of literature there are different strains that can be looked at; such as the writ ...

(6 pages) 59 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An analysis of Chaucer's Miller's Tale

Scholars, critics and readers of The Miller's Tale should not try and find a moral, a revelation or historical context with his words - there is none. McDaniel does exactly the opposite: "the Miller h ... lement, our author would not hesitate to include it, but as seen above he tells us why he must (for historical reasons and for truth) not omit it. Chaucer also states that he does not think the tale h ...

(6 pages) 54 0 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature