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Mindscapes: Laura Riding's poetry and poetics /
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão.Esta tese propõe uma leitura revisionista da poesia contemporânea através do exame do caso de um dos mais esquecidos escritores norte-americanos do século XX: Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991). O objetivo é demonstrar que Riding não apenas possuía uma poética definida e singular, mas que ela permanece uma das instâncias mais extremas e paradoxais do modernismo anglo-americano, a ponto de Riding abandonar a escrita da poesia em 1938. Recorrendo a conceitos de "formação do cânone" bem como às noções de "discurso" e "função do autor", em Foucault, investigo a construção do cânone da poesia moderna anglo-americana, recuperando o contexto e as circunstâncias da ocultação de Riding. Enquanto cubro os "discursos" poéticos em circulação na primeira metade do século XX-o "imagismo" de Pound, a "dissociação da sensibilidade", "impersonalidade" e "tradição" de Eliot, a "unidade orgância" e "ambigüidade" da Nova Crítica-ofereço um panorama crítico de modernismos alternativos sendo articulados à época. Minha intenção é demonstrar que os poemas de Riding são expressões vigorosas de um escritor para quem "a mente pensando se torna a força ativa do poema", para usar a apta formulação de Charles Bernstein. Entre minhas descobertas sobre as várias e complexas razões que levaram à não-canonização de Riding estão a hegemonia da Nova Crítica, o exílio voluntário de Riding da cena literária (onde são feitas ou desfeitas as reputações), sua recusa em ser antologiada, bem como em ser explicada em termos críticos que não os dela. Todos esses fatores, mais a "dificuldade" de sua poesia, contribuíram para fazer de Riding "a maior poeta esquecida da poesia norte-americana", como escreveu Kenneth Rexroth. Ajudado pelos insights de dois importantes críticos de poesia norte-americana, Charles Bernstein e Marjorie Perloff, defendo que a "poesia da mente" de Riding-onde o que está em jogo é que o que pensamos ser a nossa realidade-representa uma mudança radical no paradigma da poética modernista: de uma poesia centrada na imagem para uma poesia centrada na linguagem. Focalizando a experiência consciente e o tempo duracional do pensamento presente em seus poemas, concluo que as "pensagens" de Riding têm o objetivo preciso de constatar um fato universal: enquanto seres humanos e pensantes, estamos numa condição permanente chamada linguagem
Métricas de autor Laura Elizabeth Castro Jiménez
No full textInforme de las métricas de autor de la Dra. Laura Elizabeth Castro Jiménez de las publicaciones indexadas en Google Académico cuyo objetivo es entregar un insumo para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades y potencialidades de los autores de la Universidad Santo Tomás en el posicionamiento y visibilidad de sus publicacionesReport of the author metrics of Laura Elizabeth Castro Jiménez of the publications indexed in Google Scholar whose objective is to provide an input for the strengthening of the capacities and potentialities of the authors of the Santo Tomás University in the positioning and visibility of their publications.http://unidadinvestigacion.usta.edu.c
The effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on leaf growth and development in Populus
No full textThe composition of the Earth’s atmosphere is changing. Such changes can largely beattributed either directly or indirectly to anthropogenic activities. However, the effectsthat these changes will have on terrestrial vegetation in the future, represents an areaof great uncertainty. The results that have been published in the literature havegenerally concluded that elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([eCO2])causes increased above- and below-ground biomass compared to ambient conditions.Members of the Populus genus have risen to the forefront of plant research into theeffects of [eCO2]. Members of the genus are extremely fast-growing, making themsuitable candidates for use as biomass energy crops. The Populus trichocarpasequence was released in 2006, hence unveiling a huge genetic resource to the plantscience community.Although a large amount of studies to date have been dedicated to the effects of[eCO2] on plant growth, few have focussed on the underlying genetic basis of thechanges. However, thanks to the genetic resources that are now freely available, thishas now been addressed. In the series of experiments presented in this thesis acombination of morphological measurements, gene expression and protein studieswere used to assess the effects of [eCO2] on Populus leaves.The results of the studies presented here have shown that there were somedifferences in various aspects of plant growth as a result of [eCO2], although themagnitude of the response was lower than has been reported previously in theliterature. However, there were rather few changes in transcript expression (asassessed by microarrays) due to [eCO2]. This conclusion was reproducible acrossdifferent microarray platforms. This result was further confirmed by a proteomicsexperiment, which showed that there were no proteins whose abundance differedsignificantly between ambient and elevated [CO2].It is possible that [eCO2] causes an additive effect on gene expression and hence thesensitivity of the techniques was such that these differences could not be identified.However, it may be possible that the plants demonstrate a plastic response to [eCO2]and that the techniques used to assess the response were inappropriate in this case. Insuch an instance, more targeted studies on particular biosynthetic pathways of interest(such as cell wall biosynthesis) may be more appropriate for any future trials
Tudor women writers fashioning masculinity
No full textThis thesis contributes to the growing interest in early modern masculinity and its literary representations by introducing texts by women writers into dialogue with their male-authored counterparts. It argues for a more nuanced approach that recognises that the concepts of masculinity and femininity can only be fully understood when studied in relation with each other.
The first chapter explores how, notwithstanding the wisdom of conduct books and marriage guides, the demands of the state may not always be commensurate with those of the domestic realm and shows that this conflict necessitates a rethinking of existing definitions of masculinity by focusing on selected writings of the Tudor sisters Mary and Elizabeth and Jane Fitzalan’s *Tragedie of Iphigeneia*. The second chapter identifies how Elizabeth’s unique discursive strategies were designed to elicit support from her male subjects and subdue the belligerence that simmered under polemic like John Stubbs’ *Gaping Gulf*. In her letters to Anjou, the chapter examines how Elizabeth manoeuvred around her position as a beloved and as a monarch to fashion a husband who would not only be sympathetic but also subordinate to her political authority. This chapter also shows how the fabulous world of John Lyly’s *Galatea* consummates the Queen’s desire for the ideal male subject. The final chapter investigates the construction of martial manhood. It juxtaposes Mary Sidney’s *The Tragedy of Antonie* with William Shakespeare’s *Antony and Cleopatra* to determine how the figure of Cleopatra, common to both plays, challenges and revises the martial code of masculinity as embodied by Antony. By examining the authorial position appropriated by Cleopatra in the plays and its impact on the narrative, this chapter also extends this thesis’ interest in the extent to which female characters within texts compete for diegetic control with male protagonists
The translation of the Spanish subjunctive in Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel and Like Water for Chocolate translated by Carol and Thomas Christensen.
No full textThis study provides solutions and alternatives to the problem of translating the Spanish subjunctive into English by examining its translation in a Spanish language text, Como agua para chocolate (1989) by the Mexican author Laura Esquivel and the English translation Like Water for Chocolate (1993) by Carol and Thomas Christensen. The original text uses the dialect of northern Mexico during the early twentieth century as fictionalized by a late twentieth-century author. Chapter one reviews the history of translation theory. Chapter two examines existing theories on the Spanish subjunctive. Chapter three categorizes and discusses the instances of the Spanish subjunctive found in both texts. The last chapter will suggest conclusions based on the results of the study. Three appendices organize the data. Appendix A sorts the instances of the Spanish subjunctive by chapters. Appendix B sorts the instances of the Spanish subjunctive by clauses. The third appendix contains interviews with native speakers on the subject of translation
A poet(h)ics of intercultural dissonance: dynamics of perception in Elizabeth Bishop's braz/silian texts
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente.Análise da poética intercultural de Elizabeth Bishop, elaborando uma percepção expansiva de dissonância ou choque cultural, que problematiza os próprios termos através dos quais o pensamento antitético reduz a realidade experiencial. Demonstra inter-relações entre os textos teórico-críticos de Bishop, que engajam sua crise com a concepção linear do tempo narrativo, e a concepção de 'dissonância emancipatória' ou atonal elaborada por Arnold Schöenberg. Demonstra que os mapeamentos de dissonância cultural feitos por Bishop no Brasil desafiam seus próprios modelos esteticistas e solucionistas (lineares, teleológicas) de representação (especificamente, os modelos de transculturalismo e autenticismo), ao se recusarem a resolver a alteridade (do outro e do eu) na uniformidade (consonância), ou mesmo a dissolver seus conflitos, fixando a alteridade num 'passado atemporal' (sic), primitivizado. Examina a crise (a crítica) textual de consciência social e de gênero no corpus brasileiro de Bishop, argumentando que ele se torna valioso justamente porque a autora fracassa, e de modo perturbador, em realizar seu projeto de produzir resolução sobre suas percepções dissonantes da realidade. Engaja uma política irredutível ou ética de leitura que recusa reduzir o texto intercultural de Bishop a seus discursos solipsistas, pelos quais até mesmo atos aparentemente democráticos convergem dissimuladamente com dinâmicas totalitárias
sj-pdf-1-inc-10.1177_17511437221092685 – Supplemental Material for Building a Covid-19 secure intensive care unit: A human-centred design approach
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-inc-10.1177_17511437221092685 for Building a Covid-19 secure intensive care unit: A human-centred design approachl by Jody Ede, David Garry, Graham Barker, Owen Gustafson, Elizabeth King, Hannah Routley, Christopher Biggs, Cherry Lumley, Lyn Bennett, Stephanie Payne, Andrew Ellis, Clinton Green, Nathan Smith, Laura Vincent, Matthew Holdaway and Peter Watkinson in Journal of the Intensive Care Society</p
sj-pdf-2-inc-10.1177_17511437221092685 – Supplemental Material for Building a Covid-19 secure intensive care unit: A human-centred design approach
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-2-inc-10.1177_17511437221092685 for Building a Covid-19 secure intensive care unit: A human-centred design approachl by Jody Ede, David Garry, Graham Barker, Owen Gustafson, Elizabeth King, Hannah Routley, Christopher Biggs, Cherry Lumley, Lyn Bennett, Stephanie Payne, Andrew Ellis, Clinton Green, Nathan Smith, Laura Vincent, Matthew Holdaway and Peter Watkinson in Journal of the Intensive Care Society</p
Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (SC 3701)
No full textFinding aid and scans (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3701. Letter, 1 May 1974, from Elizabeth Ferguson to “Shirley,” enclosing a gift of eight fabric pieces once belonging to quilt historian and author Florence Peto, together with some background information on the fabrics. Richardson also describes her recent activities, and notes her intention to retire from public school teaching
Invaluable trees: cultures of nature, 1660-1830
No full textTrees and tree products have long been central to human life and culture, taking on intensified significance during the long eighteenth century. As basic raw material they were vital economic resources, objects of international diplomatic and commercial exchange, and key features in local economies. In an age of ongoing deforestation, both individuals and public entities grappled with the complex issues of how and why trees mattered. In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors build on recent research in environmental history, literary and material culture, and postcolonial studies to develop new readings of the ways trees were valued in the eighteenth century. They trace changes in early modern theories of resource management and ecology across European and North American landscapes, and show how different and sometimes contradictory practices were caught up in shifting conceptions of nature, social identity, physical health and moral wellbeing. In its innovative and thought-provoking exploration of man’s relationship with trees, Invaluable trees: cultures of nature, 1660 –1830 argues for new ways of understanding the long eighteenth century and its values, and helps re-frame the environmental challenges of our own time. Laura Auricchio, Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook and Giulia Pacini, Introduction: invaluable trees I. Arboreal lives Hamish Graham, ‘Alone in the forest’? Trees, charcoal and charcoal burners in eighteenth-century France J. L. Caradonna, Conservationism avant la lettre,? Public essay competitions on forestry and deforestation in eighteenth-century France Paula Young Lee, Land, logs and liberty: the Revolutionary expansion of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle during the Terror Peter Mcphee, ‘Cette anarchie dévastatrice’: the légende noire of the French Revolution Paul Elliott, Erasmus Darwin’s trees Giulia Pacini, At home with their trees: arboreal beings in the eighteenth-century French imaginary II. Strategic trees Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook, The vocal stump: the politics of tree-felling in Swift’s ‘On cutting down the old thorn at Market Hill’ Michael Guenther, Tapping nature’s bounty: science and sugar maples in the age of improvement Meredith Martin, Bourbon renewal at Rambouillet Susan Taylor-Leduc, Assessing the value of fruit trees in the marquis de Fontanes’s poem Le Verger Elizabeth Hyde, Arboreal negotiations, or William Livingston’s American perspective on the cultural politics of trees in the Atlantic world Lisa Ford, The ‘naturalisation’ of François André Michaux’s North American sylva: patriotism in early American natural history III. Arboreal enlightenments Tom Williamson, The management of trees and woods in eighteenth-century England Steven King, The healing tree Nicolle Jordan, ‘I writ these lines on the body of the tree’: Jane Barker’s arboreal poetics Waltraud Maierhofer, Goethe and forestry Paula R. Backscheider, Disputed value: women and the trees they loved Aaron S. Allen, ‘Fatto di Fiemme’: Stradivari’s violins and the musical trees of the Paneveggio Summaries Bibliography Inde
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