Ognyan Kovachev With a Well-equipped Eye: Visual Techniques and Narrative Optics in the 18th and 19th Centuries Summary This paper offers a parallel discussion of various visual techniques and devices, invented during the XVIII – XIX centuries, and the simultaneously changing narrative approaches and modes of literary representation. Special attention is paid to such…
Read MoreEvelina Razhdavichka First Plovdiv Sample Fair and the ‘Wonders’ of the Modern World Summary Following the nineteenth-century “fashion” of world and national fairs, in 1892 Bulgaria hosted its first National sample fair. Its aims were to introduce the home industry to the world and at the same time to show its citizens the international…
Read MoreDobrinka Parusheva Society, Technology, and Culture, or how the Balkans Meet Modernity Summary In this paper an attempt at linking notions society, technology and culture while locating them in the Balkans from mid-19th to the mid-20th century has been made. What happened during this period could be described as Balkans’ meeting with European modernity.…
Read MoreSvetla Cherpokova “Under the systematical creation …” (A look on the alchemical elements in German literature at the end of the 18th century and in the beginning 19th century) Summary The text investigate the problem of the alchemical cognition in Germany and its popularity during the last years of the 18th century and in…
Read MoreNikolay Aretov One modern and one ‘contra-modern’ view-point towards trains and railways (Zakhari Stoyanov and Stoyan Zaimov) Summary Trains and railroads are new phenomenon for Bulgarian population of Ottoman Empire from mid 19th century. Along with telegraph, they are probably the most important symbols of Modern times and became crucial part of the great…
Read MorePlamen Antov 18th century – Scientism and Mythology. Istorija Slavjanobulgarska (Slavo-Bulgarian History) Between the History and the National Epos Summary The study treats the problem for the statute of the historical knowledge in the mental and discursive (narrative) practice of the 18th century. Its place is looking for in the context of all…
Read MorePlamen Antov 18th century – Scientism and Mythology. Istorija Slavjanobulgarska (A Slavo-Bulgarian History) Between the History and the National Epos Summary The study treats the problem for the statute of the historical knowledge in the mental and discursive (narrative) practice of the 18th century. Its place is looking for in the context of…
Read MoreIordanka Bibina At the threshold of the time: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar and modern Turkish poetry Summary Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar (1901-1962) is a many-sided author, well known to the Turkish reader mainly by his short stories and novels. However, his strong poetic establishment persisting both in his poetry and in his prose penetrates all these…
Read MoreSanya Velkova Tradition and Modernization: the Greek example before one Century Summary The period has been chosen with the clear idea that since the end of the 80s the clash of ideas with local character, with influences from West-European origin outlines the cultural aspect of new Greece which makes efforts to fit in the…
Read MoreSnezka Panova Integration of the Bulgarian Merchants in International Trade During the 18th Century Summary The Bulgarian merchants’ integration in international trade was part of the overall process of Europeanisation of the Ottoman Empire. The beginning was laid as soon as the Empire was included in the sphere of influence and impact of the stipulations…
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