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Fantasising the self: a study of Alasdair Gray's 'Lanark', '1982 Janine', 'Something Leather' and 'Poor Things'
No full textThis thesis explores the use of fantasy in Alasdair Gray's major fictions: Lanark
(1981), 1982 Janine (1984), Something Leather (1990) and Poor Things (1992).
The main purpose is to study the way Alasdair Gray borrows elements from
different forms of fantasy - magical realism, pornography, the Gothic and science
fiction - in order to explore and resolve the internal conflicts of his characters.
In the introduction current definitions of fantasy are surveyed. Also explored is
the concept of magical realism, as one of the objectives of the thesis is to
demonstrate that some of Gray's work, particularly Lanark, presents some of the
characteristics of this branch of Postmodernism.
The first chapter concerns Lanark. The juxtaposition of fantasy and
realism is explored in order to show the fragmentation of the self represented by
the figure of Thaw/Lanark. Also paradoxes and contradictions at the heart of this
work are investigated from the point of view of form and content. Of particular
importance is the conflict between the individual and society.
In the chapter dealing with 1982 Janine, the concept of deidealisation is
introduced to show how Jock deals with the figures in his past, Scotland and
himself Jock's personal conflicts and damaged psyche are explored through his
pornographic fantasies.
In chapter III Something Leather is compared to works by Sade,
particularly their use of sadomasochistic and homosexual fantasies as a form of
social subversion.
Chapter IV discusses Poor Things from the point of view of how characteristics
typical of the Gothic novel are parodied to explore gender issues such as the
construction of female identity by a male Other. Parallelisms between this novel
and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and John Fowles' A Maggot are also
explored.
In the conclusion the main concerns and obsessions of Gray's fiction are explored
through a discussion of his shorter fiction
Interview with Anthony F. Janson
No full textAnthony F. Janson is a retired professor and former Department Chair for the UNCW Department of Art and Theatre [retired December 2002]. This interview covers his complete life and career. He discusses his relationship with his art historian father, H.W. Janson, including his relationship as son and co-author and editor of the Janson texts on art history. The interview covers Tony's career as a scholar, book editor, author, art museum curator [at Indianapolis Art Museum and North Carolina Art Museum], and as a professor. Throughout, he comments on important artists in history and his philosophy of art history. He also includes stories of his time in the Vietnam War
Interview with Anthony F. Janson
No full textAnthony F. Janson is a retired professor and former Department Chair for the UNCW Department of Art and Theatre [retired December 2002]. This interview covers his complete life and career. He discusses his relationship with his art historian father, H.W. Janson, including his relationship as son and co-author and editor of the Janson texts on art history. The interview covers Tony's career as a scholar, book editor, author, art museum curator [at Indianapolis Art Museum and North Carolina Art Museum], and as a professor. Throughout, he comments on important artists in history and his philosophy of art history. He also includes stories of his time in the Vietnam War
Lubbockichthys
No full text[[Genus Lubbockichthys]] Species of the genus Lubbockichthys are distinguished from members of other pseudoplesiopine genera in having the following synapomorphies: scales small; scales cycloid at all stages of ontogeny; some head bones with weakly honeycombed surface; and parietal enclosing dorsal part of supratemporal laterosensory canal (Gill and Edwards, 1999). There are two species currently recognised in the genus (though we will describe additional species in an upcoming revision of the genus), the type species (Pseudoplesiops multisquamatus Allen 1987) and L. tanakai Gill and Senou, 2002. We herein describe a new species from Guam.Published as part of Anthony C. Gill & Alasdair J. Edwards, 2006, Lubbockichthys myersi, a new species of dottyback fish from Guam (Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae)., pp. 43-48 in Zootaxa 1320 on page 4
Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-)
No full textThis chapter explores the thought of Alasdair MacIntyre in relation to the just war tradition. It provides a brief intellectual biography. It then turns to three key works that constitute the core of his thought – After Virtue (1981); Whose Justice, Which Rationality (1988), and Three Rival Traditions of Moral Inquiry (1990). In these works, MacIntyre argues that moral discourse has collapsed in the contemporary world because of its disconnect from social and political life. He turns to an Aristotelian Thomism to reconstruct the idea of a tradition of moral inquiry, one that draws on a set of texts and practices and can speak to contemporary moral issues. The chapter notes those occasions where he speaks to questions of war and peace, suggesting that his insights correspond to some of the traditional approaches of figures such as Michael Walzer and James Turner Johnson. MacIntyre both supplements these approaches and also extends them into new possible ways of understanding how a tradition of thought can intersect with the contemporary world
Letter from Anthony Brummelkamp to Mrs. G. Groen van Prinsterer
No full textIn a letter to Mrs. G. Groen van Prinsterer from Rev. Anthony Brummelkamp, the author is clearing up some statements of Rev. Budding and chiding Rev. Hendrik Scholte for having an arrogant and sharp tone. A foonote to the letter mentions the school operated by Rev. Brummelkamp and Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte in Arnhem.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/1193/thumbnail.jp
Pseudoplesiops
No full text<p>[[Genus Pseudoplesiops]]</p> <p>Pseudoplesiops Bleeker is diagnosed by a single synapomorphy - medial laminae of the pelvic bones expanded dorsally - and the following combination of external characters: scales in lateral series 26-42; lower lip complete (uninterrupted at symphysis); and preopercular pores usually 7 (rarely 6 or 8), with a pore present at the upper terminus of the preopercle (Gill & Edwards, 1999).</p> <p>The genus is mostly confined to the eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans, though two recently described species occur in the Maldive Islands, central Indian Ocean (Gill & Edwards, 2002).</p> <p>As part of an ongoing revision of the genus, we herein describe a new species from the West Pacific in order to make its name available for a forthcoming guide to South Pacific fishes (Randall, in press).</p>Published as part of <i>Anthony C. Gill & Alasdair J. Edwards, 2003, Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific., pp. 1-7 in Zootaxa 291</i> on page
Fr. Anthony J. Gittins, C.S.Sp.
No full textFr. Anthony J. Gittins, C.S.Sp. [b. 1943] was ordained in 1967. He attended the University of Edinburgh from 1968-72 and received a doctorate in Social Anthropology in 1977. Fr. Gittins was a missionary to the Mende people in Sierra Leone from 1972-80. He went on to serve as a professor at the Missionary Institute and as Formation Director in London from 1980-84. He is the Emeritus Professor of Theology and Culture at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Illinois, where he began teaching in 1984. Fr. Gittins has spent over thirty years ministering to homeless women and those leaving prostitution in Chicago, and is the author of several books.https://dsc.duq.edu/sohp/1000/thumbnail.jp
Anthony Grooms, 21st Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textAnthony Grooms is the author of Ice Poems (Poetry Atlanta Press) and Trouble No More: Stories (LaQuesta Press). Shorter works have appeared in Callaloo, African American Review, and other journals. He has received awards from the City of Atlanta, the State of Georgia, Breadloaf Writers Workshop and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1996, Trouble No More won the Lillian Smith Award from the Southern Regional Council. Novelist Marita Golden noted that “Grooms writes about the South, civil rights, home folks, black and white people and anything he wants to with more love, humor and finely-honed skill than I have seen in a long time.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said, “Groom’s stories take us to the center of the phenomenon (civil rights movement) with an honesty and courage long overdue.” Grooms is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Kennesaw State University in Georgia
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