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The School of Hawthorne
No full textUsing the case of Hawthorne as a prime example of how traditions are made, not born, Brodhead traces the passage by which Hawthorne was first organized as a literary past, then reactivated from the past in the work of major American writers, particularly Melville, James, and Faulkner. Brodhead concludes that tradition is never a purely literary transaction; its creation has a great deal to do with the ways writers accept and remake literature's place in society.Intro -- Contents -- One: Hawthorne and Tradition -- Two: Hawthorne, Melville, and the Fiction of Prophecy -- Three: Manufacturing You Into a Personage: Hawthorne, the Canon, and the Institutionalization of American Literature -- Four: Late Hawthorne, or The Woes of the Immortals -- Five: Howells: Literary History and the Realist Vocation -- Six: Henry James: Tradition and the Work of Writing -- Seven: James in the Beginning -- Eight: James, Realism, and the Politics of Style -- Nine: Late James: The Lost Art of the Late Style -- Ten: The Modernization of Tradition -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ZUsing the case of Hawthorne as a prime example of how traditions are made, not born, Brodhead traces the passage by which Hawthorne was first organized as a literary past, then reactivated from the past in the work of major American writers, particularly Melville, James, and Faulkner. Brodhead concludes that tradition is never a purely literary transaction; its creation has a great deal to do with the ways writers accept and remake literature's place in society.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial
No full textBackground: The 'Hawthorne Effect' may be an important factor affecting the generalisability of clinical research to routine practice, but has been little studied. Hawthorne Effects have been reported in previous clinical trials in dementia but to our knowledge, no attempt has been made to quantify them. Our aim was to compare minimal follow- up to intensive follow-up in participants in a placebo controlled trial of Ginkgo biloba for treating mild-moderate dementia.Methods: Participants in a dementia trial were randomised to intensive follow- up (with comprehensive assessment visits at baseline and two, four and six months post randomisation) or minimal follow-up (with an abbreviated assessment at baseline and a full assessment at six months). Our primary outcomes were cognitive functioning (ADAS-Cog) and participant and carer-rated quality of life (QOL-AD).Results: We recruited 176 participants, mainly through general practices. The main analysis was based on Intention to treat (ITT), with available data. In the ANCOVA model with baseline score as a co- variate, follow-up group had a significant effect on outcome at six months on the ADAS-Cog score (n = 140; mean difference = -2.018; 95% Cl -3.914, -0.121; p = 0.037 favouring the intensive follow-up group), and on participant- rated quality of life score (n = 142; mean difference = -1.382; 95% Cl -2.642, -0.122; p = 0.032 favouring minimal follow-up group). There was no significant difference on carer quality of life.Conclusion: We found that more intensive follow-up of individuals in a placebo-controlled clinical trial of Ginkgo biloba for treating mild-moderate dementia resulted in a better outcome than minimal follow-up, as measured by their cognitive functioning
Using the Hawthorne Effect to Examine the Gap Between a Doctor's Best Possible Practice and Actual Performance
No full textMany doctors in developing countries provide considerably lower levels of quality to their patients than they have been trained to provide. The gap between best practice and actual performance is difficult to measure for individual doctors who differ in levels of training and experience and who face very different types of patients. We exploit the Hawthorne effect—in which doctors change their behavior when a researcher comes to observe their practices—to measure the gap between best and actual performance. We analyze this gap for a sample of doctors, examining the impact of the organization for which doctors work on the performance of doctors, after controlling for their ability. We find that some organizations succeed in motivating doctors to work at levels of performance that are close to their best possible practice. This paper adds to recent evidence that motivation is at least as important to health care quality as training and knowledge.motivation, practice quality, health care, Tanzania, Hawthorne effect, Health Economics and Policy, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, International Development, I1, O1, O2,
The Principal Principle Implies the Principle of Indifference
No full textWe argue that David Lewis’s principal principle implies a version of the principle of indifference. The same is true for similar principles that need to appeal to the concept of admissibility. Such principles are thus in accord with objective Bayesianism, but in tension with subjective Bayesianism.
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PAPERS OF SUSAN HAWTHORNE
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/68973Comprises records from all aspects of Susan Hawthorne's life from her student activities to her role as an author and publisher. They include her early women's liberation and political involvement; her literary involvement as a writer, publisher and conference organiser; written drafts of her publications: correspondence with her mother and friends; the lesbian feminist movement; and her activities as a writer and circus performer for Performing Older Women.
The arrangement of this collection has been carried out by Susan Hawthorne and it is a box list, that is, it describes the content of each box rather than the detail of each file within each box. Nevertheless, it was her practice to arrange her papers into one or more multi-subject files per year and this arrangement has been followed for these papers. Her manuscripts are also arranged by year. Boxes are titled by Susan Hawthorne's name and a sequence number in most cases, and their contents are well described.46169
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Hawthorne and the Author Question [Review]
No full textReview of three titles:
William Charvat. The Profession of Authorship in America, 1800-1870. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. Foreword by Howard Mumford Jones. 1968. Reprint, with a new postscript to the preface. New York: Columbia UP, 1992. 327 pages. 15.00.
John Dolis. The Style of Hawthorne\u27s Gaze: Regarding Subjectivity. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 1993. 271 pages. 49.95 and $19.95
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No full textSales plan for land in the suburb of Leichhardt in Sydney bounded by Hawthorne Street, Foster Street and Marion West Street.; "Torrens title."; "Terms - 5 deposit per lot. Balance 2 1/2 per cent discount if paid in one month or in 3 monthly payments without interest, or in 24 monthly payments with 5% interest, or in 48 monthly payments with 6% interest, or in 72 monthly payments with 7% interest or on Building Societies terms viz:- 4/6 per week per 100 owing. The company will liberally assist to build."; In lower left corner: Mr. G. Wallace solicitor 129 King St.; In lower margin: Miller & Lewis surveyors licensed under R.P.A. 92 Pitt Street.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-lfsp1280. Inset: Local sketch.Leichhard
A condição feminina na sociedade ocidental contemporânea: uma releitura de A letra escarlate de Nathaniel Hawthorne
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências HumanasEste trabalho trata principalmente sobre a necessidade que há de se valorizar o aspecto "feminino" em nossas vidas e sociedades. Da urgência que temos de questionar e refletir sobre o papel da mulher na sociedade contemporânea ocidental e sobre os vários tipos de estigmatização que ainda sofre nos meios em que vive. Para tanto, escolhemos analisar o romance A Letra Escarlate (1850), de Nathaniel Hawthorne. Primeiro apresentamos uma visão mítica-histórica, onde se resgata o conceito "feminino," para demonstrar a relevância de se pesquisar a condição e a identidade feminina na sociedade contemporânea ocidental, através da obra de Marija Gimbutas, em The Language of the Goddess (2001) e de Edward Whitmont, em O Retorno da Deusa (2001) entre outros. Segundo, pela teoria da "jornada do herói" de Joseph Campbell, em O Herói de Mil Faces (2002), com ênfase na "trajetória heróica" e como esta se aplica à análise da estrutura profunda do romance e à trajetória de sua heroína Hester Prynne. Terceiro, pelo estudo simbólico do conteúdo do romance, onde se mostra o significado profundo dos elementos que compõem a trajetória mítica em questão. Para tanto usamos a obra de J. E. Cirlot, Dictionary of Symbols (1998) entre outros. Quarto, através da teoria da psicologia social, que se refere ao fenômeno da "estigmatização," abordado através da teoria de Irving Goffman em Estigma: Notas sobre a Manipulação da Identidade Deteriorada (1988), complementada pelas teorias de Henri Tajfel e Joseph P. Forgas (1981) sobre identidade social, categorização, auto-categorização e estereotipia. Quinto, pelas reflexões encontradas na História das mulheres, através das quais fazemos uma recapitulação da condição feminina nos séculos XVII, XVIII, e XIX e como esta pode ser comparada àquela da era contemporânea. Aqui contamos com a obra de Michelle Perrot e George Duby em A História das Mulheres no Ocidente entre outros
J. J. Hawthorne
No full textA black and white negative of Dr. Jesse Jefferson Hawthorne, Jr. Hawthorne served as a coach, the Head of the Department of Health and Physical Education, and the Director of Athletics. After his retirement in 1984 he became a Professor Emeritus.https://lair.etamu.edu/scua-univ-photos-browse-all/2756/thumbnail.jp
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