37 research outputs found
Resensies: Vakansiehuis met swembad
No full textBook Title: Vakansiehuis met swembadBook Author: Herman Koch. Vertaal deur Daniel HugoPretoria: Protea Boekhuis, 2015. 288 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4853-0545-3
Melville his world and work
No full textChronicles the life and career of American author Herman Melville, uncovering autobiographical elements in his diverse works, discussing the historical and cultural implications of his writing, and assessing his accomplishments as a writer
Author Herman Wouk with his dog, ca. 1950s
No full textHerman Wouk, author of "The Caine Mutiny" (1951), "Marjorie Morningstar" (1955), "The Winds of War" (1971), "War and Remembrance" (1978) and many other novels. "The Caine Mutiny" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Photo by Angelo Pinto.Digital imageItem is part of an online exhibition "Jews in America: Our Story," maintained by the Center for Jewish History at http://www.jewsinamerica.org
Educational Fields of Study and the Intergenerational Mobility Process in Comparative Perspective
No full textThis article examines the importance of educational field of study, in addition to educational level, for explaining intergenerational class mobility in four countries: France, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. Starting from standard models that only include educational level, we increase the complexity of the educational measure by differentiating between fields of study within levels. Contrary to our expectations, including field of study does not substantially reduce the partial effect of class origin on class destination. This seems to be due to the limited association between class origin and field choice, and between field choice and class destination. Implications for stratification and mobility studies are discussed. Additional Author: Herman G. van de Werfhors
The Most Successful Writer of the Netherlands:On the Success Myth of Dutch Bestselling Author Herman Koch
No full textGenetic narratology and the novelistic cycle across versions
No full textAs an ambitious literary form, the novelistic cycle is often the product of careful design, even to the extent that the concept of the cycle in itself has an aesthetic value. Since the cycle often requires a great deal of planning, it is no suprise that the genetic dossiers contain notes, sketches, versions, and even drawings that support the narrative complexity of the whole as well as its parts. This chapter argues that genetic narratology can help to analyse and interpret the cycle and to recognise it as a conceptual art. First, it discusses the case of Beyond Me and True (Voorbij ik en waargebeurd, 2007-2010) by the Dutch author Herman Franke as an unfinished cycle in which the genetic process becomes part of the published version. Second, it illustrates how the features of the cycle (and those of its own genetic narrative) can be illuminated through a text-genetic narrative analysis.As an ambitious literary form, the novelistic cycle is often the product of careful design, even to the extent that the concept of the cycle in itself has an aesthetic value. Since the cycle often requires a great deal of planning, it is no suprise that the genetic dossiers contain notes, sketches, versions, and even drawings that support the narrative complexity of the whole as well as its parts. This chapter argues that genetic narratology can help to analyse and interpret the cycle and to recognise it as a conceptual art. First, it discusses the case of Beyond Me and True (Voorbij ik en waargebeurd, 2007-2010) by the Dutch author Herman Franke as an unfinished cycle in which the genetic process becomes part of the published version. Second, it illustrates how the features of the cycle (and those of its own genetic narrative) can be illuminated through a text-genetic narrative analysis.B
Het tweedepersoonsperspectief als autobiografisch masker: verdichting van auteur, verteller, protagonist, en “narratee” in Herman Teirlinck, “Zelfportret of het galgemaal”
No full textThis article explores the novel Zelfportret of het galgemaal (The Man in the Mirror, 1955) by the Flemish author Herman Teirlinck, who planned it as a literary self-portrait. Its interpretation as an autobiography hinges on one’s understanding of the second-person point of view that makes up substantial parts of this novel. Multifocality of the “you” appears to be a key feature characterizing this little explored narrative mode in autobiography. Departing from structuralist narratology by Genette and Lejeune, I investigate reader-driven reading modes as elaborated by Fludernik, Bonheim, and Schmitt to explore how the deferred referentiality of the “you” blurs the traditional dichotomy between factual historical reality and the narrative world. The narrator involves the reader in interpreting the “you” to address both the narratee (Teirlinck) and the protagonist (Henri) at the same time.This article explores the novel Zelfportret of het galgemaal (The Man in the Mirror, 1955) by the Flemish author Herman Teirlinck, who planned it as a literary self-portrait. Its interpretation as an autobiography hinges on one’s understanding of the second-person point of view that makes up substantial parts of this novel. Multifocality of the “you” appears to be a key feature characterizing this little explored narrative mode in autobiography. Departing from structuralist narratology by Genette and Lejeune, I investigate reader-driven reading modes as elaborated by Fludernik, Bonheim, and Schmitt to explore how the deferred referentiality of the “you” blurs the traditional dichotomy between factual historical reality and the narrative world. The narrator involves the reader in interpreting the “you” to address both the narratee (Teirlinck) and the protagonist (Henri) at the same time
Main Street and 4th Street, showing Hellman residence being moved, 1904
No full textPhotograph of Main Street and 4th Street, showing Hellman residence being moved, 1904. Part of the I.W. Hellman home being moved to vicinity of 18th and Figueroa to make way for Farmers & Merchants Bank building. "Braly(?) , Union Trust, Hobernian(?), Continental building in background." -- unknown author. Herman W. Hellman building at right. A sign posted on the tree (at left) reads: "over Niagara Falls [...]". At center, large plots of earth are disheveled. A log and debris can be seen adjacent to a building at left. To the far right, men can be walking along the street beside the buildings. Two trolleys can be seen beside another structure in construction. In the foreground, two men are visible beside a low fence
Visualizing Melville\u27s Marginalia: Visualizations
No full textPeople are fascinated by stories and what influences an author in their work. However, not every author leaves large volumes of notes and drafts for researchers to investigate. Moby-Dick author Herman Melville left very few surviving drafts compared to almost 300 books containing his marginalia. This project aims to create visualizations to assist researchers in discovering what ideas moved Melville the most in his readings of other authors. Three visualizations were created: The first plots the number of marginalia per chapter, the second plots the number of words marked per chapter, and the third plots the average number of words marked per page in each chapter. This project will continue to explore different types of visualization, such as a heat map of marginalia per book, to assist researchers in learning how Melville was influenced by writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Schopenhauer and how he interacted with the texts he read
Melville’s Marginalia Online
No full textThis review discusses Melville's Marginalia Online, a digital edition and online catalogue of the private library of author Herman Melville. The project is one of the first to make (parts of) a writer's library digitally available for research. By synthesizing and augmenting existing studies of Melville's reading, MMO provides an original scholarly resource. As such, the site offers an insight into the intellectual environment and literary influences of Herman Melville. Improvements can be made in the way this scholarship is communicated to the user. Moreover, considering the novelty of this type of research in the digital environment, it would be valuable to expand upon the technical implementations, or to publish the XML-transcriptions of Melville's marginalia
