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A prism called nation: an introduction
No full textThis article introduces a collection of essays which brings together the contributions of some of the scholars who took part in the “Shakespeare and His Contemporaries Graduate Conference”, a one-day conference organised by the British Institute of Florence and the Italian Association of Shakespearean and Early Modern Studies on 10 April 2014. Under the subtitle “Forms of Nationhood”, a tribute to Richard Helgerson’s 1992 seminal study, the volume presents investigations on constructions of Englishness, Britishness and otherness in early modern plays, masques, treatises and travelogues. Essays by Luca Baratta, Gabriella Del Lungo, Alice Equestri, Caterina Guardini, Nagihan Haliloglu, Alessandra Petrina, Cristiano Ragni, Valeria Tirabasso. Edited by Luca Baratta and Alice Equestri
Thomas D’Urfey, The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I, with Introduction, Critical Edition and Notes by Luca Baratta, Spanish Translation by Aaron M. Kahn and Vicente Chacón Carmona, Presentation by Rafael Portillo García, Research Coordinator Agapita Jurado Santos
No full textThomas D’Urfey (1653-1723) was one the most prolific Restoration playwrights, and his works covered all literary genres: stage works (encompassing tragedy, dramatic opera, comedy, masque, and musical comedy); songs ranging from solemn elegies to bawdy ditties; poems of every description from political satire to panegyrics; and English translations of French and Italian tales.
His Comical History of Don Quixote Part I, written and first performed in 1694 at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London, represents the oldest surviving theatrical recreation of Miguel de Cervantes Saavreda’s great novel in English. From the initial publication of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha in 1605, the English reading public became fascinated by the antics of the would-be knight errant and his country squire, Sancho Panza. The novel’s first published translation into English by Thomas Shelton in 1612 likely inspired William Shakespeare and John Fletcher’s collaborative work entitled The History of Cardenio, based on the interpolated episodes of Cardenio in Don Quixote. This play is now lost but is known to have been performed in 1613.
This critical edition of D’Urfey’s adaptation produced by Luca Baratta presents modern readers with a thorough understanding of the play’s significance within the historical context of late-seventeenth century England, and the first translation of the play into Spanish by Aaron M. Kahn and Vicente Chacón Carmona opens the work to an entirely new audience.
D’Urfey’s conception of a play based on the masterpiece of the celebrated writer and dramaturge from Alcalá de Henares and its success in theatres provide further evidence that not only was the story and its characters entertaining to the English public, but also that they had become very well known
Architettura e Tecnologia per l’abitare Upcycling degli edifici ERP di Tor Bella Monaca a Roma
No full textArchitettura e Tecnologia per l’abitare raccoglie gli esiti di un grande lavoro collettivo di ricerca e sperimentazione progettuale che ha coinvolto giovani architetti studiosi e ricercatori nella sfida della riqualificazione del patrimonio ERP. L'esperienza, svolta da novembre 2019 a febbraio 2020 nell'ambito delle attività della Società Scientifica di Tecnologia dell'Architettura, è stata organizzata da un gruppo di lavoro coordinato da Eliana Cangelli, e costituito da Laura Daglio, Federica Ottone, Donatella Radogna, Eugenio Arbizzani, Adolfo F. L. Baratta.
Declinare l’ampio tema della rigenerazione ‘ribaltando’ l’usuale approccio urbano e proponendo pratiche di rigenerazione che partano dal progetto di recupero tecnologico, tipologico ed energetico ambientale dei manufatti architettonici e, segnata-mente, degli edifici residenziali pubblici, ha rappresentato l’obiettivo generale di progetto, in particolare declinato sui comparti R5 e M4 del quartiere di Tor Bella Monaca nella periferia sud est di Roma. Si tratta di un contesto particolarmente significativo perché racchiude tutte le criticità e le potenzialità, in termini identitari, sociali e tecnologici che questi interventi hanno manifestato fino ad oggi. È un’edilizia che propone esiti architettonici complessivamente innovativi nei primi anni ‘80 in cui era stata costruita, ma che oggi, soprattutto dal punto di vista tecnologico, presenta una vistosa obsolescenza e offre prestazioni scadenti. Anche l'organizzazione degli spazi pubblici e di connettivo, seppur studiata, in ragione del mancato completamento, della scarsità di manutenzione e dell’assenza di un controllo del territorio non è riuscita a raggiungere obiettivi di aggregazione e inclusione sociale.
Il testo raccoglie nella prima parte alcuni contributi critici che inquadrano il problema sia nel più ampio contesto scientifico e operativo delle contemporanee esperienze europee, sia rispetto ai caratteri economici, sociali, produttivi e alle politiche che ne hanno determinato la realizzazione nello specifico momento storico, delineando possibili linee di intervento e approcci.
La seconda parte del volume è invece dedicata alle proposte progettuali che raccolgono gli esiti di un Workshop di Progettazione che ha visto partecipare gruppi di studiosi e ricercatori, attraverso un dialogo con esperti del settore e il coinvolgimento delle istituzioni e dell’associazionismo locale.
Il tema dell’abitare viene affrontato in parallelo con l’ambizione di definire nuove forme di abitare e strategie per la risoluzione dell’emergenza abitativa e il recupero delle periferie e dei quartieri degradati secondo principi di inclusione sociale e garanzia di accessibilità e servizi
Shakespeare: Criticism: Comedies
No full textThis chapter has four sections: 1. Editions and Textual Studies; 2. Shakespeare in the Theatre; 3. Shakespeare on Screen: this will be available as a double section in the next edition of YWES; 4. Criticism. Section 1 is by Edward B. M. Rendall; section 2 is by Peter J. Smith; section 3 is by Elinor Parsons; section 4(a) is by Chloe Fairbanks; section 4(b) is by Emanuel Stelzer; section 4(c) is by Shirley Bell; section 4(d) is by Sarah Hodgson; section 4(e) is by Luca Baratta
Shakespeare: Criticism: Comedies
No full textThis chapter has four sections: 1. Editions and Textual Studies; 2. Shakespeare in the Theatre; 3. Shakespeare on Screen; 4. Criticism. Section 1 is by Edward B. M. Rendall; section 2 is by Peter J. Smith; section 3 will resume next year; section 4(a) is by Chloe Fairbanks; section 4(b) is by Emanuel Stelzer; section 4(c) is by Shirley Bell; section 4(d) will resume next year; section 4(e) is by Jennifer Rivera; section 4(f) is by Sheilagh Ilona O’Brien; section 4(g) is by Luca Baratta
Materiali e tecnologie per intervenire sul Moderno e sul Contemporaneo
No full textRE-LIVE2020. Architettura e Tecnologia per l’abitare - Valle Giulia _ Facoltà di Architettura_ Sapienza Università di Roma
19-21 febbraio 2020
Workshop Progettuale under 40_ Upcycling degli edifici ERP di Tor Bella Monaca a Roma
Responsabili scientifici: Prof.ssa Maria Teresa Lucarelli, Prof.ssa Elena Mussinelli
Coordinatori: Eugenio Arbizzani, Adolfo Baratta, Eliana Cangelli, Laura Daglio, Federica Ottone, Donatella Radogn
« International Peace and Security as a Normative Value of the EU Foreign Policy – CSDP Missions»
No full textAfter an overview of the practice concerning civilian and military CSDP operations, this paper argues that international peace and security is a EU normative value, a broad legal principle in particular, in the sense that EU institutions are legally bound to pursue and promote it throughout the world. It is moreover suggested that, as a matter of its internal validity, EU may not launch peace keeping operations, including enforcement actions or peace enforcement operation falling under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, without a Se- curity Council authorization or welcoming. However, the consent of the host State gov- ernment suffices as long as the CSDP operation is purely civilian. Certainly, the EU does not deliver on the promise of universal peace and security. That is due to the inadequacy of the current EU legal framework, which after all reflects a strong political division of prospects and interests among Member States
A Prism called Nation. An Introduction
No full textThis article introduces a collection of essays which brings together the contributions of some of the scholars who took part in the “Shakespeare and His Contemporaries Graduate Conference”, a one-day conference organised by the British Institute of Florence and the Italian Association of Shakespearean and Early Modern Studies on 10 April 2014. Under the subtitle “Forms of Nationhood”, a tribute to Richard Helgerson’s 1992 seminal study, the volume presents investigations on constructions of Englishness, Britishness and otherness in early modern plays, masques, treatises and travelogues
Ruthenium Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions
No full textRuthenium Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions
W. Baratta
Dipartimento DI4A, Università di Udine, Via Cotonificio 108, 33100 Udine, Italy
e-mail: [email protected]
The employment of selective and productive ruthenium catalysts for transfer hydrogenation (TH) and hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds is a cost-effective and environmentally benign way for the production of alcohols. Since TH is a reversible reaction, these catalysts can be used for the Oppenauer-type oxidation of alcohols and related C-H activation reactions, namely alcohol racemization and borrowing hydrogen reactions.
In order to improve the catalytic activity and retard decomposition, the design of suitable metal systems based on chelating and non-innocent ligands appears crucial.
The preparation of ruthenium complexes and their use as efficient catalysts for TH of ketones and aldehydes, including biomass-derived molecules (5-HMF, ethyl levulinate), Oppenauer-type alcohol oxidation, amine alkylation with alcohols and photochemical TH of carbonyl compounds are presented
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