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Deutsch & Literatur Katherine Mansfield Deutsch & Literatur Katherine Mansfield Glossar abgeschmackt nicht dem Geschmack entsprechend, abgedroschen, abgestanden, fade Bad Wörishofen Der bekannte schwäbische Kurort im Landkreis Unterallgäu ist besonders durch Sebastian Kneipp, der hier als Pfarrer wirkte und seine Lehre von der Heilkraft des Wassers verbreitete, bekannt. Bloomsbury Group Die englische Gruppe von Künstlern und Wissenschaftlern existierte von 1905 bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg. Bekannte Literaten, die der Gruppe angehörten, waren Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, Clive Bell, William Plomer und Laurens van der Post. Die bildende Kunst war durch Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant und Roger Fry vertreten. Der Ökonom John Maynard Keynes war sicherlich der bekannteste Wissenschaftler der Bloomsbury Group. Doktrin Lehrmeinung = ein System von Aussagen und Ansichten, das meist Allgemeingültigkeit beansprucht Emanzipationsbestrebungen das Streben nach Gleichberechtigung und Unabhängigkeit Impressionismus Diese Epoche der bildenden Kunst, Musik und Literatur leitet sich von dem lateinischen Wort "impressio" (= Eindruck) ab. Die vor allem in der Zeit von 1890 bis 1920 entstandenen literarischen Werke wollen dem Eindruck des Augenblicks sprachliche Gestalt geben. Die Schilderung der Wahrnehmung wird in den Vordergrund geschoben. Autoren wie Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan George, Stefan Zweig und Eduard von Keyserling gehören zu den bedeutenden deutschen Impressionisten. Gonokokken Der wissenschaftliche Name für dieses Bakterium ist Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Es ist der Auslöser für die Geschlechtskrankheit Gonorrhoe, die allgemein auch als Tripper bezeichnet wird. Gonorrhoe durch Bakterien, Gonokokken, ausgelöste Geschlechtskrankheit, die auch als Tripper bekannt ist kapriziös launenhaft, eigenwillig Konventionen in unserem Zusammenhang geht es um gesellschaftliche Regeln und Übereinkünfte Kurzgeschichte Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich im anglo-amerikanischen Raum die literarische Form der "short story" als eine moderne Form der kurzer Erzählungen, deren Hauptmerkmal in der starken Komprimierung des Inhaltes besteht Künstlerbohème Künstler, die nicht den gesellschaftlichen Konventionen gemäß leben und ein zum Teil schillerndes und ausschweifendes Leben führen. Meist sind die Überwindung bürgerlicher Werte und Normen, sowie die (künstlerische) Selbstverwirklichung das Ziel. liberal eine liberale Haltung stellt die individuelle Freiheit der Menschen in den Vordergrund Maßliebchen andere Bezeichnung für Gänseblümchen Mätresse Der ursprüngliche Begriff wurde für öffentlich bekannte und anerkannte Geliebte von Adligen verwendet. Später wurden Geliebte allgemein so bezeichnet. Ottomane Der Name ist abgeleitet von einem im osmanischen (ottomanischen) Reich üblichen Sitzmöbel und bezeichnet eine Liegesofa, dass entweder keine Rückenlehne hat oder dessen Rückenlehne sich nicht über die ganze Länge erstreckt und dann auch keine Fußlehne besitzt. Popanz Schreckgestalt; etwas, das Einschüchterung und Schrecken bewirkt Rosetten aus dem Französischen: "kleine Rosen"; auch: kreisförmige Anordnung viktorianisch Das Zeitalter der langen Regierungszeit der englischen Königin Viktoria (1837- 1901), die England zu Reichtum und Blüte verhalf, in Sitte und Moral aber eine gewisse Verklemmtheit und starke Konventionen bevorzugte . Wechsel ein Wertpapier, das eine Zahlungsanweisungen an den Empfänger enthält Wellington Die Hauptstadt Neuseelands hat heute etwa 450.000 Einwohner und ist der politische und kulturelle Mittelpunkt des Landes. Personen Asquith, Lady Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy (1897-1945) Die englische Schriftstellerin wurde durch ihre Heirat 1919 Prinzessin Bibesco de Brancovan. Danach lebte sie in Paris, wo sie mit den bekanntesten Künstlern der Stadt, etwa mit Marcel Proust und Claude Debussy, verkehrte. Gurdjeff, George Iwanowitsch (1866-1949 ) Er war ein kaukasischer Esoteriker, der zunächst in Russland und später in Frankreich wirkte. Als Lehrer des "Vierten Weges", eines spirituellen Systems, das als zentrales Symbol das Enneagramm ausbildete, wurde er bekannt. Sein Denken enthält Elemente des Sufismus (islamische Mystik), gewisser buddhistischer und hinduistischer Traditionen sowie essenisch-christlicher Mystik. Murry, John Middleton (1889-1957) englischer Schriftsteller, der mit Katherine Mansfield verheiratet war.
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