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'Pilings of Thought Under Spoken': The Poetry of Susan Howe, 1974-1993.
No full textPhDThis thesis discusses the poetry published by contemporary American poet Susan
Howe over a period of almost two decades. The dissertation is chiefly concerned with
articulating the relationship between poetic form, history, and authority in this body
of' work. Howe's poetry dredges the past for the linguistic effects of patriarchy,
colonialism and war. My reading of the work is an exploration of the ways in which a
disjunctive poetics can address such historical trauma. The poems, rather than
attempting to reinstate voices lifted from what Howe has called "the dark side of
history", are a means of reflecting the resistance that the past offers to contemporary
investigation. It is the effacement, and not the recovery, of history's victims, that is
discernible in the contours of these highly opaque texts. Notions of authority are most
often addressed in the poetry through the figure of paternal absence, which has a
threefold function in the work, serving to represent social authority, an aporetic
conception of divinity and an autobiographical narrative. Alongside the antiauthoritarian
currents in the writing - critiques, for example, of the doctrine of
Manifest Destiny or of scapegoating versions of femininity - my thesis stresses Howe's
engagement with negative theology and with a strain of American Protestant
enthusiasm that has its roots in 17th century New England. The dissertation explores
the dissonance caused by the co-existence in the poetry of elements of political dissent
and religious mysticism. Finally, I consider Howe's engagement with literary history
and authors such as Shakespeare, Swift, Thoreau and Melville. The manner in which
Howe deploys the words of others in her work, I argue, allows for a mixture of textual
polyphony and a more conventional notion of authorial 'voice'
Papers of Brian Leslie Howe
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/68806Speeches by Hon. Brian Howe, Minister for Community Services and Health in the Federal Labor Government. Speeches are filed in reverse chronological order in fifteen folders, each with an index recording the Title, Dates and Details of each speech.102968
Acquisition: [2010.0017] "Papers of Brian Leslie Howe
Robert Howe letter to Rufus Putnam
No full textGeneral Howe informs Putnam that Lieut. Colonel Hull with 150 men will reinforce him tomorrow. Putnam may ""make the excursion you mention"" but must return expeditiously. The enemy, Howe hears, meditate a move against Putnam's or Sheldon's position, or both. A company of 50 men are to join Captain Sachet and be under Putnam's command
Simeon A. Howe Letter : December 30, 1863
No full textSimeon mostly discusses his salary, saying he was shorted on his soldiers' pay, but will get reimbursed
Simeon A. Howe Letter : April 20, 1865
No full textSimeon is in Raleigh, NC, after witnessing General Sherman's troops attempt to trap General Joseph Johnston's retreating forces. He praises Abraham Lincoln's courage and Christian spirit and hopes the war will end soon so that his death not be in vain. Simeon adds that he does not expect to get paid until he is mustered out of the military, but that he will likely receive around $300
Letter from Henry Howe to James B. Finley
No full textIll health prevents Howe from visiting Columbus, but he will write from New Haven next week. Abstract Number - 441https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1639/thumbnail.jp
Herbicide impacts on exotic grasses and a population of the critically endangered herb "Calystegia affinis" (Convolvulaceae) on Lord Howe Island
No full textIntroduced perennial grasses are capable of altering the habitat of native species, causing reductions in population size and vigour, and potentially affecting life-history processes such as survival, pollination and seedling recruitment. We examined the utility of herbicide treatment on two exotic grasses, Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu) and Stenotaphrum secundatum (Buffalo grass) to restore the habitat of Calystegia affinis, a critically endangered species endemic to Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Using two herbicides, Asset (designed to affect only grasses) and Glyphosate (a general herbicide), we compared effectiveness in reducing grass cover on a population of Calystegia affinis. We protected Calystegia plants from the herbicides by ensuring their leaves were covered by plastic bags during herbicide application. Both herbicides were similarly effective in reducing grass cover after four weeks and had no noticeable adverse affect on Calystegia (suggesting the plastic bag protection was effective). After 26 weeks, Glyphosate was more effective in maintaining a reduced grass cover. Plots treated with either herbicide had a greater relative increase in abundance of Calystegia stems compared to untreated controls. The Glyphosate treatment resulted in the greatest relative increase in stem abundance, but this was not significantly greater than in the Asset treatment. We consider that spraying with Glyphosate treatment, with follow-up monitoring and spot-spraying, will assist the recovery of the Calystegia affinis population. Ultimately, the maintenance of a weed-free zone at the forest edge will provide suitable habitat for additional recruitment of this and other native species
Simeon A. Howe Letters : February 21, 1865
No full textSimeon insinuates that he somehow came to possess a counterfeit $100 bill. He says he will not give in to the temptation to use it because he would not want to take advantage of Southerners' ignorance nor play such a cruel joke on a Union supporter. Simeon is optimistic the war will be over soon based on the fact that the Thirteenth Amendment passed the House and the Senate so quickly
Simeon A. Howe Letter : February 14, 1864
No full textSimeon writes that he is happy to hear that Cindonia received all the money he sent. He notes that a new large-scale campaign is beginning, but he believes the war will be over by the summer
Simeon A. Howe Letter : May 24, 1864
No full textSimeon worries that Cindonia is overexerting herself on the family farm and tells her to ease up. He remains uncertain as to whether he will receive the large bounty (100 bounty
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