International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2013

  • Emerson’s Passion for Indian Thought

    Sardar M. Anwaruddin

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2013
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: May 19, 2013
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    Published: Jun. 10, 2013
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    Abstract: The first group of American thinkers who seriously examined non-Western spiritual traditions such as Hinduism and Buddhism was the Transcendentalists. The prominent members of this group included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, Bronson Alcott, and Elizabeth Peabody. In general, the Transcendentalists argued for a non-dogm... Show More
  • Causes of the Stage Crisis in the Early Twentieth Century Spain

    José Salvador Blasco Magraner, Francisco Carlos Bueno Camejo

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2013
    Pages: 7-10
    Received: May 23, 2013
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    Published: Jun. 30, 2013
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    Abstract: During the nineteenth century, Spain experienced a turbulent political era, between monarchies, revolution and republic. This article analyzes the historical evolution of the "zarzuela" (Spanish popular opera, equally popular in Latin America) from the nineteenth century until the Second Spanish Republic, before World War II, explaining the causes ... Show More
  • Physics in Carnacki’s Investigations: the Role of New Scientific Discoveries in Literature

    Amelia Carolina Sparavigna

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2013
    Pages: 11-15
    Received: Jul. 05, 2013
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    Published: Aug. 10, 2013
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    Abstract: In the stories of Carnacki, a fictional supernatural detective created by the English writer William H. Hodgson, and written between 1910 and 1913, we can find an interesting mixture of science and fantasy. Carnacki is a ghost finder, who investigates in an environment where supernatural is occurring. However, we find that he is using scientific di... Show More