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Pure Mafia - a novel about child labour, plus thesis and commentary
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This PhD in Creative Writing consists of three parts. The first part is a full-length novel, approximately 80K words, entitled Pure
Mafia. It is a drama about child labour and the Pakistani “carpet mafia”. This is
intertwined with the story of an unhappily married man undergoing a midlife crisis who
has an affair with a younger woman; the latter is instrumental to the main plot about
child labour. The book’s second main theme is British Pakistanis. An overarching theme
is abuse and exploitation, both personal and global, but ultimately of redemption and
renewal. The story is set in 2010/2011, mainly in London, England, with a middle
section in Lahore, Pakistan. The second part is an academic thesis, approximately 20K words, entitled Cheap Labour = Child Labour, on the main theme of the novel, child labour. It attempts to show that child labour is an inevitable consequence of cheap labour generally, and that the only way to tackle child labour is to address cheap labour. The thesis has been consciously and deliberately written as an objective, third person, standalone document and for this reason does not mention the novel. It is partly designed to fulfil the general
PhD criterion of demonstrating scholarship and research. The third part is a subjective, first person critical commentary, approximately 15K words, on the writing of the novel and the thesis, the connection between them, and the research context; it is entitled Pure Mafia: A critical commentary. It explains why
the main thesis is on child labour, rather than on the creative process or an English
Literature thesis; however, the commentary does include in some detail an insight into
the creative process, as well as a discussion of influences and tradition of writing. The final section of the commentary summarises this entire PhD’s original
contribution to knowledge
Folio of compositions with critical commentary
No full textFolio of original music compositions and critical commentary. Thesis PhD completed 2001: University of Queensland, School of Music. The thesis is contained within 2 volumes: [v.1] Folio of compositions and critical commentary -- [v.2] Folio of compositions
Cult Author versus Literary Celebrity: Commentary of and on Janet Frame and Margaret Atwood
No full text'Cult Author versus Literary Celebrity: Commentary of and on Janet Frame and Margaret Atwood' is a comparative exploration of authorial commentary and the critical interaction with that commentary. The mythology that surrounds an author is a powerful force. It can affect and inform critical interpretations of their fiction. The way that authors participate in and attempt to shape their mythologies therefore has implications for the body of literary criticism that attaches to their work. This meta-critical study charts the nature and magnitude of the commentary produced by New Zealand author Janet Frame and Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It aims to investigate how each author has intervened as an active agent to mould the mythological discourse that surrounds them, and to examine the effect of each author's commentary by ascertaining where it has influenced overarching critical narratives of their work. The use of the authors' commentary as a critical tool is canvassed, as is critical reaction to the personae each author projects through their commentary
A commentary with introduction on the Florida of Apuleius.
No full textPhDThe most recent, and in many ways the best, text of the Florida
of Apuleius is that of P. Vallette in the Budé series (Paris, 1924).
I have, however, used the Teubner text by R. Helm (Leipzig, 1910, reprinted
with addenda 195 and 1959) as the basis for this Commentary, mainly
because of the usefulness of Helm's critical apparatus, which is
considerably fuller than Vallette's. I have discussed variant readings
where the sense appears to be affected, but I have made no independent
study of the MSS. This Commentary makes no claim to be a critical edition.
I have been more concerned with interpretation and elucidation than
with matters of style, though in an author like Apuleius the two aspects
cannot always be separated. A commentary is not, however, the most
convenient medium for a stylistic study. I have commented mainly on
subject matter, on the language (including points of grammar), and on
anything of general or special interest that appeared to throw light on
the meaning and intention of the author.
In the Introduction I have considered the question of the
composition of the Florida. My conclusion is that the passages, as we
now have them, are excerpts from an earlier collection made by Apuleius
himself, and that the division into four books goes back to this original
collection. I have also tried to show that, even in its present mutilated
state, the Florida gives a unique insight into Apulelus' manner as a
public speaker and his relations with his Carthaginian audience.
For convenience, I have inserted the Bibliography at the beginning
of the work, so that the reader may more easily refer back to the list of
older editions, which are discussed in the first section of the
Introduction.Institute of Classical Studies of London of the award of Commonwealth Dtudy Gran
Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi: Introduction, Critical Edition and Commentary
No full textThis dissertation provides an up-to-date introduction to the Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi, a critical edition of the text, and the first commentary in English on it. The Certamen is an anonymous work composed around the second century AD. It gives an account of the lives of Homer and Hesiod and of their poetic contest by re-elaborating biographical anecdotes attested from the sixth century BC onwards. As a biographical work that draws on older texts and oral traditions which developed over hundreds of years, it yields unique insights into the reception of early Greek Epic in the course of classical antiquity.
This thesis begins with an introduction to the tradition of the contest between Homer and Hesiod that collects and discusses the extant ancient accounts of that story. It argues that all versions are equally authoritative in principle, for they testify to different acts of reception of the poets in different contexts. The thesis then offers an up-to-date analysis of the manuscript witnesses of the Certamen and of their contribution to our understanding of the textual tradition of this text, and shows that the ancient biographies of the poets form a corpus that is naturally open to variation. The Edition provides a text that accounts for such an open tradition. The line-by-line Commentary offers a systematic analysis of both general and specific issues related to the text: this is a necessary and urgent task, not least because the Certamen is a stratified text, bringing together traditions of very different provenance, which can only be assessed and interpreted through a process of close reading.
The ultimate aim of the thesis is to show how the story of the contest between Homer and Hesiod provides crucial insights into the processes of reception and canonisation of early hexameter epic from the archaic period to late antiquity
Decline in Critical Commentary, 1963–2004
No full textOver the past four decades, top economics journals have virtually eliminated critical commentary (comments, replies, rejoinders, and the like). This article shows the data and discusses these steep declines in critical commentary. To the extent that critical commentary is beneficial to scientific inquiry, editorial opposition to critical commentary is detrimental to the advancement of economic knowledge.Critical commentary,scientific inquiry,debate,editorial policy,prejudice,error,reliability,animosity,vanity
Australian constitutional law: commentary and cases
No full textAustralian Constitutional Law: Commentary and Cases provides a concise and logical breakdown of well chosen and carefully edited extracts from key constitutional cases and statutes. This facilitates a clear understanding of Australian constitutional law. Strong author commentary The commentary binds the primary and secondary material together and helps students to navigate the book and tackle the complex issues, rules, principles, core concepts and theory of the Australian constitutional system. Coherent structure The authors have meticulously planned the organisation of this book. It provides a clear structure and excellent coverage of the material students need to know
Commentary on Pope v. Curl (1741)
No full textDecision of the Chancery Court concerning the unpublished correspondence of Alexander Pope, in which Lord Chancellor Hardwicke draws a distinction between the ownership of a letter, as a physical document, and the right to authorise the first publication of that letter, a right which he concludes remains with the author of the same.Drawing upon the Public Records Office Archives the commentary explores the background to, and substance of, the decision, the nature and significance of epistolary correspondence in eighteenth century society, and subsequent related commentary and case-law. The commentary argues that the decision is of particular significance in the development of the concept of the author's text as intangible property
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