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Brothers Alois and Philipp von Sternberg. Edition of Selected Aristocratic Correspondence in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Tomsová, Petra ; Ebelová, Ivana (advisor) ; Hojda, Zdeněk (referee)
Theaimofthebachelorthesisistopresentthefamilycorrespondenceofbrothers AloisandPhilipofSternbergwrittenduringtheirjourneytoNapoliandRome (1876)aswellastheirstayinParis(1878).Thethesisconsistsof(1)thehistorical introductionand(2)thecriticaleditionoftwentytwoletterswiththeoriginaltext anditstranslationinaparallelrendition. Thefirstpartoffersageneraloutlineofsuchjourneysconductedby aristocratsandsubsequentlyfocusesonbothofthe mainprotagonistsandtheir travels.Thestaysofthetwobrothersabroadareminutelydescribedintheedition part, whichisaccompaniedbyageneral,formalandthematicanalysis.The editionisalsosupplementedbyanindex. Thelettersdepicteverydaylifeofyoung membersofaristocracyand contributetothethemeofaristocraticjourneysinthesecondhalfofthe19th century,whichalbeitrepresentingaremnantofgrandtours,hithertodidnotsee muchdevelopmentintermsofacademicresearch.Furthermore,theyoutlinethe thenera,visitedsightsandattesttothearistocraticcorrespondenceasasourceof knowledgepertainingtothelifestyleofAustria-Hungary'seliteclass. KEYWORDS Sternberg,Aristocracy,Correspondence,19thCentury,Austria-Hungary
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