Jakob Ladegaard
Biographic Data
| ID | 3087783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jakob Ladegaard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jakob |
| FAMILY NAME | Ladegaard |
| SIGNATURE | LADEGAARD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7796-6749 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
This introduction presents the rationale behind this special issue about European literature’s engagement with modern inheritance practices. It introduces some of the fundamental conceptual, legal, and historical aspects of inheritance in Western modernity, and outlines how the articles in this issue address them. The articles deal with literary and historic materials from the seventeenth century to the present, and the introduction stresses both…
Prodigal Heirs and Their Social Networks in Early Modern English Drama, 1590–1640
This article combines computational social network analysis and contextualized close reading to study 20 English plays from 1590 to 1640 that draw for their main plot on the Biblical parable of the prodigal son. Often viewed as an inherently conservative comic subgenre that ends with the restoration of patriarchal authority, recent literary critics argue that many plays portray the prodigal heirs in a positive light, linking prodigality to risky …
Enden på en ny begyndelse
Inheritance is about cold cash and warm emotions. On a macroeconomic level inherited wealth is a source of inequality, but on a personal level it is a gift between relatives that can involve gratitude, but also a sense of obligation and duty continuity, but also conflicts. These perspectives often clash in public discussions about inheritance law and taxation. This article discusses the implicit notions about inheritance and their relationship to…
Handelens mangfoldige kulturhistorie
The comedy of terrors
While much recent scholarship asserts that the dark humor of Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta (1589–1591) has a critical function, the political meaning of the comic elements of Doctor Faustus (1588–1593) has been largely ignored. This article aims to explore the critical function of comedy in the A-text of Doctor Faustus. The article does not mainly focus on the farcical scenes of the play, but argues that comedy pervades many parts – part…
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Knut Ove Eliasson, Anne Fastrup, Tue Andersen Nexø (Red.): Europæisk litteratur 1500-1800, bd. 1: Verden – Fra Columbus til Napoleon. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2013, 260 sider
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(H)vide verden
Knut Ove Eliasson, Anne Fastrup, Tue Andersen Nexø (Red.): Europæisk litteratur 1500-1800, bd. 1: Verden – Fra Columbus til Napoleon. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2013, 260 sider
Handelens mangfoldige kulturhistorie
The comedy of terrors
While much recent scholarship asserts that the dark humor of Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta (1589–1591) has a critical function, the political meaning of the comic elements of Doctor Faustus (1588–1593) has been largely ignored. This article aims to explore the critical function of comedy in the A-text of Doctor Faustus. The article does not mainly focus on the farcical scenes of the play, but argues that comedy pervades many parts – part…
Enden på en ny begyndelse
Inheritance is about cold cash and warm emotions. On a macroeconomic level inherited wealth is a source of inequality, but on a personal level it is a gift between relatives that can involve gratitude, but also a sense of obligation and duty continuity, but also conflicts. These perspectives often clash in public discussions about inheritance law and taxation. This article discusses the implicit notions about inheritance and their relationship to…
Prodigal Heirs and Their Social Networks in Early Modern English Drama, 1590–1640
This article combines computational social network analysis and contextualized close reading to study 20 English plays from 1590 to 1640 that draw for their main plot on the Biblical parable of the prodigal son. Often viewed as an inherently conservative comic subgenre that ends with the restoration of patriarchal authority, recent literary critics argue that many plays portray the prodigal heirs in a positive light, linking prodigality to risky …
Introduction
This introduction presents the rationale behind this special issue about European literature’s engagement with modern inheritance practices. It introduces some of the fundamental conceptual, legal, and historical aspects of inheritance in Western modernity, and outlines how the articles in this issue address them. The articles deal with literary and historic materials from the seventeenth century to the present, and the introduction stresses both…
Art (4 works) · Drama (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Historical Influence and Diplomacy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Biology (1 work)