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A sojourn in Paris 1824-25: sex and sociability in the manuscript writings of Anne Lister (1791-1840)
No full textThis thesis examines the day to day practices that constituted Anne Lister's (1791-1840) sexuality and sociability within the range of her writings, as well as her society. Anne's writings were a detailed account, spanning her lifetime, of her own love and relationships with the 'fairer sex' (Whitbread 1988, 145). Anne's sociality, seen in her correspondence and plain handwritten journal entries, has been explored by Muriel Green in Miss Lister of Shibden Hall and Jill Liddington in Female Fortune and Nature's Domain (Green 1992; Liddington 1998; 2003). As a gentlewoman of adequate means, Anne has garnered some attention from women's historians interested in her agency within an early nineteenth century social and historical context. Anne's sexual identity has been extensively analysed over the past nearly twenty years by lesbian feminists, queer theorists, women's historians and historians of sexuality concerned with the history and development of modern Western female homosexuality and gender. The source for theorising Anne's sexuality has been the edited selections of the crypted journal entries, published by Helena Whitbread in I Know My Own Heart and No Priest but Love (Whitbread 1988; 1992). However, many analyses deal either with the theorisation of Anne's sexuality or her sociality; the theoretical difficulty with reconciling these categories has troubled the analysis of her complex subjectivity. Drawing upon the archival materials, I have used an interdisciplinary feminist approach to analyse the sexual and social processes of Anne's everyday interactions in her writings. Taking the seven month period of the sojourn to Paris in 1824-25, I have focused upon Anne's textual practices within her journal volume and letters during her residence in Paris, her social practices with the other guests at the guesthouse 24 Place Vendome and her sexual practices with her lover, the widow Mrs. Maria Barlow. The journal volumes and correspondence are a valuable historical record of one gentlewoman's engagement with early nineteenth century British culture
Anne McCaffrey: A Life With Dragons
No full textAnne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons is the biography of a writer who vividly depicted alien creatures and new worlds. As the author of the Dragonriders of Pern series, McCaffrey (b. 1926) is one of the most significant writers of science fiction and fantasy. She is the first woman to win the Hugo and Nebula awards, and her 1978 novel The White Dragon was the first science-fiction novel to appear on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list. This biography reveals a fascinating and complex figure, one who creates and re-creates her fiction by drawing on life experiences. At various stages, McCaffrey has been a beautiful young girl who refused to fit into traditional gender roles in high school, a restless young mother who wanted to write, an American expatriate who became an Irish citizen, an animal lover who dreamed of fantasy worlds with perfect relationships between humans and beasts, and a wife trapped in an unhappy marriage just as the women\u27s movement took hold.
Author Robin Roberts conducted interviews with McCaffrey, her children, friends, and colleagues, and used archival correspondence and contemporary reviews and criticism. The biography examines how McCaffrey\u27s early interests in theater, Slavonic languages and literature, and British history, mythology, and culture all shaped her science fiction. The book is a nuanced portrait of a writer whose appeal extends well beyond readers of her chosen genre.https://repository.lsu.edu/facultybooks/1511/thumbnail.jp
Sir Walter Scott And Lady Anne Lindsay: New Light On Their Relationship
No full textWhile Sir Walter Scott is best known for his Waverly novels and Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, he also played an important role in helping lesser known writers publish their work. In particular, he was known for helping women writers. Scott’s relationship with Lady Anne Lindsay (later Barnard), however, is especially interesting. Lindsay is best known for her poem, “Auld Robin Gray.” There is far more to Sir Walter Scott’s relationship with Lady Anne Lindsay than first meets the eye. The two knew of each other through family and social connections, but they never met in person. They did, however, have a correspondence from July 8, 1823, to November 11, 1824, in which they wrote to each other about publishing Lady Anne’s work for the Bannatyne Club. Scott’s reputation as a collector and publisher of historical material stood to gain from exploiting his association with the author of “Auld Robin Gray’ and publishing her poetry. But Lady Anne also benefited from their family connections and correspondence. Scott’s success as an author and his social connections to Lindsay made him an appropriate literary patron, and his qualifications gave him the authority to name her as the author of “Auld Robin Gray” fifty years after it was written. Their relationship was complicated, however, by the fact that Lady Anne later rescinded her desire to publish Lays of the Lindsays due to family pressures. Lady Anne had always expressed reservations about putting her name to her work, but publishing Lays of the Lindsays because of concern about embarrassing her sister, Lady Elizabeth, as well as others in her family. Although Scott’s role as editor of “Auld Robin Gray” is well known, besides casual mention in several biographies, the extent of their relationship remains largely unexplored by scholars. Because their interactions all occurred through correspondence, the letters offer scholars a unique opportunity to explore how family pressures and social connections could affect publication, as well as how these pressures could necessitate the mutually beneficial mentorship of an established author
Big Talk, 12/6/2007
No full textKate O’Halloran and Suzanne Murphy talk with local author/illustrator Anne Sibley O’Brien, creator of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea, who successfully completed November’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/wmpg_bigtalk/1016/thumbnail.jp
Wellbeing, prosocial positive psychological interventions, and developing an other person mindset
No full text© 2025 Anne Robin JohnstoneThe current research extends work on mindset and wellbeing, which has typically been self-orientated, by developing a model for an ‘Other Person Mindset’ (OPM) in which thoughts and actions focus on the wellbeing of others. Other mindedness in building wellbeing is defined as a prosocial focus that is visible in actions that build wellbeing in others, that in turn can build wellbeing in ourselves. The literature on loneliness, connectedness, and models of wellbeing provides context for a prosocial approach to wellbeing, and the development of a prosocial model of deliberation and implementation; OPM. Two empirical studies support the development of an OPM model and scale. Study 1 systematically reviews 849 positive psychological interventions (PPIs) that focus on building wellbeing to examine the place of prosocial focus in PPIs, and to develop a new typology for PPIs–prosocial positive psychological interventions (PPPIs). Study 2 is a Delphi Method approach that engages international experts to develop a conceptual model for OPM. The mindset theory of action phases provides a cognitive structure for the OPM model with the deliberative and implemental mindset phases that supports prosocial action and is both teachable and learnable. An OPM scale is proposed with items adapted from existing validated scales and author-constructed literature-informed items
Ariel - Volume 2 Number 8
No full textEditors
Richard J. Bonanno
Robin A. Edwards
Associate Editors
Steven Ager
Stephen Flynn
Shep Dickman
Tom Williams
Lay-out Editor
Eugenia Miller
Contributing Editors
Michael J. Blecker
Milton Packe
James J. Nocon
Lynne Porter
Editors Emeritus
Delvyn C. Case, Jr.
Paul M. Fernhof
A tale of two courses: exploring the relationship between identity, modern language, and career aspirations of undergraduate students in language for specific purposes classrooms
No full textThis study concerns itself with how identity, modern language, and career aspirations function on a micro-level and macro-level as it pertains to the Trump administration. Through two language for specific purpose (LSP) classrooms, questions explore personal identity, Spanish major and minor connections, and how Spanish connects to career aspirations. This also explores the professor’s perspective with her personal identity, Spanish connection, and experience as a professor of Spanish teaching students in these LSP courses. Based on sixteen semi-structured interviews with seven students and one professor, observations, and my experience as a modern language learner, a key finding is that language is political and complex as it lends itself to how students view themselves and their interests in the future. This finding has implications for the creation of LSP courses as well as better practices for academic/career advising, teaching, and the increased enrollment of language learners.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2019-08-01The student, Robin Mosley Vaughan, accepted the attached license on 2017-07-10 at 12:33.The student, Robin Mosley Vaughan, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-07-10 at 12:43.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-07-12 at 15:24.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #11367 on 2017-09-29 at 10:46:50Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-29T17:45:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Equine nutrition: a survey of perceptions and practices of horse owners undertaking a massive open online course in equine nutrition
No full textAn online survey was designed to ascertain the following information: demographics, current feeding practices, and perceptions and knowledge of equine nutrition, including nutrition-related disorders. Response rate was 34% (6,538 respondents). More than 80% of respondents were horse owners or caretakers, with the majority owning between one and five horses (75%) aged 5 years and older (74%). Most kept their horses for pleasure (54%), with 33% using them mostly for competition and 13% using them for an equal mix of both pleasure and competition. Concentrates were fed by the majority (87%), and more than 70% stated that their horses had some access to pasture. Over half of respondents (60%) regularly monitored their horses' weight, with most doing this monthly. Weight tapes were most commonly used (62%), although many reported to guess the weight of their horse(s) with very few (5%) using weight scales. Under half (46%) stated that they regularly used body condition scoring (BCS), many did not use BCS at all (24%), and some did not know what BCS was (10%). Of those that did use BCS, most (36%) did this monthly, with others weekly (25%), daily (14%), and when they remembered (15%). Overall knowledge of nutrition was reported by most as average (median, 3 on Likert scale—average); however, respondents were less knowledgeable on the management of nutrition-related disorders
The inflammasome recognizes cytosolic microbial and host DNA and triggers an innate immune response
No full textThe innate immune system recognizes nucleic acids during infection and tissue damage. Whereas viral RNA is detected by endosomal toll-like receptors (TLR3, TLR7, TLR8) and cytoplasmic RIG-I and MDA5, endosomal TLR9 and cytoplasmic DAI bind DNA, resulting in the activation of nuclear factor-kappaB and interferon regulatory factor transcription factors. However, viruses also trigger pro-inflammatory responses, which remain poorly defined. Here we show that internalized adenoviral DNA induces maturation of pro-interleukin-1beta in macrophages, which is dependent on NALP3 and ASC, components of the innate cytosolic molecular complex termed the inflammasome. Correspondingly, NALP3- and ASC-deficient mice display reduced innate inflammatory responses to adenovirus particles. Inflammasome activation also occurs as a result of transfected cytosolic bacterial, viral and mammalian (host) DNA, but in this case sensing is dependent on ASC but not NALP3. The DNA-sensing pro-inflammatory pathway functions independently of TLRs and interferon regulatory factors. Thus, in addition to viral and bacterial components or danger signals in general, inflammasomes sense potentially dangerous cytoplasmic DNA, strengthening their central role in innate immunity
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