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The 'true use of reading' : Sarah Fielding and mid eighteenth-century literary strategies.
No full textPhDThe aim of this thesis is to explore, by examining her life and
works, how Sarah Fielding (1710-68) established her identity as an author.
The definition of her role involves her notions of the functions of
writing and reading.
Sarah Fielding attempts to invite readers to form a sense of ties
by tacit understanding of her messages. As she believes that a work
of literature is produced through collaboration between the writer and
the reader, it is an important task in her view to show her attentiveness
toward reading practice. In her consideration of reading, she has two
distinct, even opposite views of her audience: on the one hand a familiar
and limited circle of readers with shared moral and cultural values and
on the other potential readers among the unknown mass of people. The
dual targets direct her to devise various strategies. She tries to
appeal to those who can endorse and appreciate her moral values as well
as her learning. Her writings and letters testify that she is sensitive
to the demands of the literary market, trying to lead the taste of readers
by inventing new forms.
The thesis opens with an overview of Sarah Fielding's career,
followed by a consideration of her critical attention to the roles of
reading. I go on to examine the narrative structures and strategies
she deploys, with a particular emphasis on her use of the epistolary
method. The following chapter deals with her attention to the reading
of the moral message tangibly embodied in her educational writing. It
is followed by an analysis of the activity which earned her a reputation
as a learned woman. Various as the forms of her works are, they invariably
reflect her attempt to balance herself between the two demands of
inventiveness and familiarity
First person - Sarah Alghamdi
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First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Sarah Alghamdi is first author on ‘ Contribution of model organism phenotypes to the computational identification of human disease genes’, published in DMM. Sarah is a PhD student in the lab of Robert Hoehndorf at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, investigating artificial intelligence, specifically knowledge representation and reasoning over biomedical data
Portrait of the English anthropologist Gregory Bateson, New Guinea, 1929 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Gregory Bateson, famous English anthropologist, New Guinea research in Bainings and Sepik, eventually lived and worked in the United States. Author of "Naven" and other works. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Inscription: "1929" -- On label. "Gregory Bateson, 'Naven' and other works" -- In red ink.; Sarah Chinnery no.: Part 2.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4506462
Portrait of the anthropologist Professor Hortense Powdermaker from Queens, New York, in New Guinea, 1929 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Inscriptions: "Professor Hortense Powdermaker, (Queens N.Y., U.S.A.) 'Life in Lesso [i.e. Lesu]' and other works" --In red ink. "1929" -- In pencil.; Professor Hortense Powdermaker, American anthropologist 1929 research in Lesu, New Ireland, New Guinea. Author of "Life in Lesu" and other works. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Sarah Chinnery no.: Part 2.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4506463
Portrait of Bill Harney the "Keeper of Uluru", Black Rock, Victoria, ca. 1955, 3 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Bill Harney, Patrol Officer, Northern Territory. Later was keeper of Uluru, poet, author, at Chinnery's Black Rock home. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Condition: Scratched.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4554174
Sarah Fielding: Satire and Subversion in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
No full textThis study of Sarah Fielding (1710―68) is an original contribution to Fielding scholarship that has a dual purpose: to support those who are striving to re-introduce her to the modern literary landscape in an effort to restore her eighteenth-century literary standing, and to firmly establish Fielding as an early feminist writer. It is argued here that throughout her oeuvre Fielding challenged prevailing traditions that denied women a choice, particularly in education, employment and marriage. These themes are also considered in the political treatises of Mary Astell (1666―1731) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759―97), who are now widely recognised as feminist writers.
It is further argued that Fielding’s subversion in fiction of the English patriarchal system is underscored by her unorthodox performance in the literary arena. This is fully explored alongside her use of sentimentalism as a literary tool with which she challenges her seemingly inhumane society. Fielding’s interest in ‘the Labyrinths of the Mind’ (in modern terms, human psychology) will also be addressed as will her placement in the history of feminism and her placement in the sentimental novel tradition. Fielding’s performance as a literary critic will be compared with the few female authors who, like her, dared to publish literary criticism during her writing career. Accordingly, extracts from Fielding’s novels and her two critical pamphlets will be thoroughly examined.
An updated biography of Fielding that is also included here will provide evidence for a further claim, that her fiction is autobiographical in part. A comprehensive account of Fielding’s performance as a literary critic forms the final chapter of this work. It is the first full-length examination of her contribution to the genre and includes an appraisal of her recently unearthed critical pamphlet entitled A Comparison Between the Horace of Corneille and The Roman Father of Mr. Whitehead (1750) that is yet to be formerly attributed to her. Ultimately this study of Fielding will go far beyond what has previously been written about this remarkable eighteenth-century author, particularly regarding her feminist activity
Sarah L. Blum Author Visit - Warrior Nurse: PTSD and Healing
No full textHear Sarah L. Blum, author of Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military, discuss her newest book, Warrior Nurse: PTSD and Healing followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Sarah L. Blum is a decorated Vietnam veteran who served as an operating room nurse during the intense fighting of 1967. In recognition of her service, she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.
Sponsored by CWU Veterans Center and CWU Libraries.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/libraryevents/1252/thumbnail.jp
Park and Wagner, 1962 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
No full textChandler, Donald S., Geromini, Sarah D. (1962): A Revision of the Eastern Nearctic GenusCustotychusPark and Wagner, 1962 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 1962 (2): 217-242, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-70.2.217, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-70.2.21
War Noir: Raymond Chandler and the Hard-Boiled Detective as Veteran in American Fiction
No full textThe conflation of the hard-boiled style and war experience has influenced many contemporary crime writers, particularly in the traumatic aftermath of the Vietnam War. Yet, earlier writers in the genre, such as Raymond Chandler, remain overlooked when it comes to examining how their war experience affected their writing. Sarah Trott corrects this oversight by examining Chandler alongside the World War I writers of the Lost Generation as well as highlighting a melding of very different styles in Chandler's work.
Based on Chandler's experience in combat, Trott explains that the writer created detective Philip Marlowe not as the idealization of heroic individualism, as is commonly perceived, but instead as an authentic individual subjected to very real psychological frailties from trauma during the First World War. Inspecting Chandler's work and correspondence indicates that the characterization of the fictional Marlowe goes beyond the traditional chivalric readings and can instead be interpreted as a genuine representation of a traumatized veteran in American society. Substituting the horror of the trenches for the corruption of the city, Chandler formed a disillusioned protagonist in an uncaring America. Chandler did so with the sophistication necessary to straddle genre fiction and canonical literature.
The sum of this work offers a new understanding of how Chandler uses his war trauma, how that experience established the traditional archetype of detective fiction, and how this reading of his fiction enables Chandler to transcend generic limitations and be recognized as a key twentieth-century literary figure
Custotychus lobatus Chandler and Geromini 1962, new species
No full text3. Custotychus lobatus Chandler and Geromini, new species (Figs. 4, 18a–b, 33) Specimens Examined. n = 52. Holotype male: // Mud Creek, Dillard, Rabun Co., GA. 11.VIII.63/ forest floor debris/ H.R. Steeves, Jr., J.D. Patrick, Jr. Collectors / H.R. Steeves, Jr. Collection / [male symbol]/ [red label] HOLOTYPE Custotychus lobatus Chandler & Geromini // (FMNH). Paratypes: Alabama: Blount Co.: Blountsville, V-23- 1976 (1M, FMNH), VII-3-1974 (1F, FMNH), XII-16-1979 (1F, FMNH), XII-30-1979, T. King, forest floor (1M, FMNH). Highland Lake / Copeland Church, VII-13-2011, T. King, berlese litter/mixed deciduous forest (1M, LSAM). Franklin Co.: The Dismals, VI-17-1961, H.R. Steeves Jr., forest floor debris, (1M 1F, FMNH), same locality, VIII-30- 1958 (1M, FMNH), VIII-11-1963 (3M 2F, FMNH), H.R. Steeves Jr. & J.D. Patrick Jr., forest floor debris. Jefferson Co.: Birmingham, Mtn. Brook, III-1-1971 (2M 1F, FMNH), III-12-1971, T. King, forest floor debris (2M 3F, FMNH). Homewood, IV-23-1960, H.R. Steeves Jr., forest floor debris (1M, FMNH). Lee Co.: Auburn, Chewacla State Park, IV-15- 1978, T.P. Copeland (1M 1F, DSCC). Shelby Co.: nr. Westover, The Penitentiary, IX-3-1966, H.R. Steeves Jr., forest floor debris at rotten wood (1M, FMNH). Winston Co.: nr. Natural Bridge Cave, V-8-1965, H.R. Steeves Jr., forest floor debris at rotten wood (1F, FMNH). Georgia: Clarke Co.: 3 mi. N Athens, VI-11/17-1977 (1M, DSCC), VII-6/10-1976, R. Turnbow, bl trap (1M, RHTC). Dade Co.: Cloudland Canyon State Park, VI-17- 1962 (1M, FMNH); VII-7-1962, H.R. Steeves Jr., forest floor debris (1F, FMNH). Douglas Co.: Hwy. 5 at Dog River, VI-16-1996, R. Turnbow (1M, DSCC). Meriwether Co.: Greenville, 8th Land District, L.L. 201, V-16-2004 (1M, DSCC), V-30- 2004 (2M, UGAC), VI-24-2005, J.H. Chandler, Jr., mercury vapor light trap in wooded area (1M, UGAC). Rabun Co.: Mud Creek, Dillard, VIII-11- 1963, H.R. Steeves Jr. & J.D. Patrick Jr., forest floor debris (3M 2F, FMNH). Rabun Co.: Satolah, V-29-1983, D.S. Chandler, sift Rhododendron & mixed leaf litter (1M 1F, UNHC). North Carolina: Haywood Co.: G[reat] S[moky] M[ountains] N[ational] P[ark], Baxter Creek Trail boulder area, VI-4/5-2005, C. Wright, FIT (1M, LSAM). Swain Co.: G[reat] S[moky] M[ountains] N[ational] P[ark], boundary nr. Okunaluftee Visitor Center, 600m, VI-17-2006, K. Langdon & S. Higdon, forest litter (3M 3F, LSAM). Tennessee: Hardin Co.: 0.5 mi. W Olive Hill, 165m, V-28-1991, C.E. Carlton, old growth berleate (1M, LSAM). Virginia: Lee Co.: Cumberland Gap N [ational] P[ark], Skylight Cave, VII-10-1971, W.A. Shear (1M, CNCI). Description. Body: Brown; 1.68–1.90 mm long. Male: Eyes with about 50 facets. Metasternal tubercle (Fig. 18a, b) slightly posterior to middle; in lateral view, erect with acute apex; in posterior view, broadly T-shaped, apex flat; posterior face flat, apical width over twice width of narrowest part of stem; tubercle height 0.043 mm, maximum width of apex 0.095 mm, minimum width of stem 0.039 mm [tubercle measurements taken from a specimen from near Okonaluftee Visitor Center, NC; LSAM]. Mesotibiae with acute preapical spur, apical spur bifurcate, without specialized setae around area. Abdomen with ventrite 2 evenly rounded across disc; ventrite 5 with shallow circular impression through length at middle. Aedeagus (Fig. 4) 0.37 mm long; in dorsal view, median lobe short, narrow, margins convergent to subtruncate apex, base of dorsal plate broadly V-shaped, lateral arms elongate and parallel, with apical half of lateral arms membranous and forming long striate membranous area; in lateral view, with lateral arms, somewhat sinuate, basal half darkly sclerotized, large ventral tooth at middle often with 2 points, 1 large and 1 small, occasionally with only 1 large tooth; parameres with margins nearly parallel to rounded apices. Female: Eyes with about 10 facets; mesotibiae lacking spurs. Collection Data Synopsis. Custotychus lobatus has been taken from March to September, and in December. Most records are from “forest floor debris,” with a few specimens taken by a blacklight trap and at mercury vapor light traps. The most precise collection record indicates Rhododendron and mixed leaf litter. Specimens are present in the collections of CNCI, DSCC, FMNH, LSAM, RHTC, UGAC, and UNHC. Distribution. This species is found in the Southeastern United States (Fig. 33). Records are from AL, GA, NC, TN, and VA. Etymology. The long, protruding lobes at the apices of the lateral arms of the dorsal plate suggested this name. Comments. The base of the dorsal plate is most similar to that of C. turnbowi, but it is more V-shaped in C. lobatus, and the lateral arms are more extended as membranous lobes. The large, ventral tooth of the lateral arms is quite distinct in C. lobatus and is often indistinctly to distinctly bidentate, while in C. turnbowi this is a rounded lobe. The ranges of the two species overlap in Alabama, and specimens from there can only be separated by examining the male genitalia.Published as part of Chandler, Donald S. & Geromini, Sarah D., 1962, A Revision of the Eastern Nearctic GenusCustotychusPark and Wagner, 1962 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), pp. 217-242 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 1962 (2) on pages 217-242, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-70.2.217, http://zenodo.org/record/533763
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