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'The cracked mirror': Anne Sexton's poetics of self-representation
No full textThis thesis re-evaluates the work of the poet Anne Sexton (1928-1974), concentrating, in particular, on the indeterminacies, contradictions and aporia which it finds to be characteristic of her ostensibly frank and self-revelatory writing. The study is based on a close textual
analysis of Sexton's writing, is informed by oststructuralist theories, and is sustained by an
examination and discussion of archive collections of her previously unpublished papers. In seeking an understanding of Sexton's poetics, the thesis identifies and interrogates the strategies of denial and obfuscation apparent in her own explication of her work - principally, by scrutiny of the unpublished, and previously unresearched, drafts of a series of lectures
which she delivered in 1972. Chapters One and Two consider the origins of `confessional' or - Sexton's preferred term - 'personal' poetry and reassess her place within contemporary poetry. They suggest that
Sexton's writing is engaged in a process of negotiation and contestation, both with the boundaries and expectations of confessionalism, and with the strictures of T. S. Eliot's theory of `impersonality'. In support of these arguments, Chapter Two offer a reading of Sexton's
little-known poem, `Hurry Up Please It's Time', alongside its intertext, Eliot's The Waste Land. Chapter Three reassesses received views of the supposedly beneficial interrelationship between confessional speaker and reader. It examines Sexton's appropriation of dramatic
masks and personae and her use of metaphors of striptease and prostitution, and suggests that these are employed simultaneously to appease and to repel an intrusive audience. Similarly, Chapters Four and Five trace Sexton's problematisation of two previously-accepted tenets of confessional poetry: its status as autobiography and its truthfulness, drawing attention to the techniques employed in order to give the impression of both. Chapter Six considers Sexton's
problematic engagement with a language which is not malleable, transparent, and referential but, rather, is experienced as uncooperative and occlusive. Finally, the thesis recuperates Sexton from the common charge of narcissism, arguing that it is the writing, rather than the poet, which is self-reflexive and self-conscious. In this respect, it concludes that her work - perhaps unexpectedly - anticipates many of the tendencies of postmodernist writing
Supplemental Material - Patient-reported outcome measures in systemic lupus erythematosus by a web-based application: A randomized, crossover, agreement study
No full textSupplemental Material for Patient-reported outcome measures in systemic lupus erythematosus by a web-based application: A randomized, crossover, agreement study by Line Uhrenholt, Simone Høstgaard, Julie F Pedersen, Robin Christensen, Lene Dreyer, Henrik C B Leffers, Peter C Taylor, Vibeke Strand, Søren Jacobsen, Anne Voss, Jon W Gregersen and SalomeKristensen in Lupus</p
Consumption Growth and Agricultural Shocks in Rural Madagascar
Get PDFThe aim of this paper is to evaluate the effect of rainfall and agricultural shocks on consumption growth in Madagascar. We are also interested in the impact of local endowments in infrastructures and social services on consumption growth. To achieve this goal, a micro model of household consumption growth is estimated thanks to household panel data collected by the Reseau des Observatoires Ruraux (ROR) between 1999 and 2004. Additional data sources include the 2001 communes census organized by the Ilo program of Cornell University. Altogether these different data sources make an unusually rich data set, at least when considered with developing country standards. We use panel data fixed effect estimation technique to remove unobserved household and community level time invariant heterogeneity. We find that production shocks have a substantial impact on consumption growth and we find sign of persistence of rainfall shocks. Roads and education seems to improve household’s consumption growth and remotness decreases it.risks, growth, poverty, Food Security and Poverty,
The Three Bears & 15 other stories
No full textThis is my best copy of the original publisher's edition of this book, but it may not be the earliest copy. See a second copy of the book without a dust jacket found at McDonald's in San Francisco. The difference I notice in the two books is the obverse of the title-page. The framework of the page here seems more recent, and it does not refer--as the McDonald's copy does--to its printing history. As I say there, this is a cute, clever, lively book. The illustrations are done with imagination. Unfortunately, the two Aesop's fables (LM and DS) do not receive drawings as good as the rest. Compare Rockwell's later work on LaFontaine, The Turtle and the Two Ducks (1981). The stories here are well told.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)This book has a dust jacket (book cover)Anne Rockwel
'A Jewish child with wisdom of ages’:Anne Frank as refugee, author and icon
No full textThis books deals with various aspects of Anne’s life, her writership and the development of her persona as a global icon. With chapters on Anne Frank's life as a refugee child; the com-munity of German-Jewish refugees in Amsterdam; The Jewish hiding in and around Amster-dam in new perspective; Police, betrayal and severed social ties in the persecution of the Jews in Amsterdam; Anne Frank as reader and write between German Bildung and Amsterdam life; Anne Frank in perspective; Writing as a life force; The development of the phenomenon Anne Frank in the first decades; Interpretation, identification and iconization in an international perspective; The staged Anne Frank House: from emptiness to virtual reality ; The future of Anne Frank
'A Jewish child with wisdom of ages’:Anne Frank as refugee, author and icon
No full textThis books deals with various aspects of Anne’s life, her writership and the development of her persona as a global icon. With chapters on Anne Frank's life as a refugee child; the com-munity of German-Jewish refugees in Amsterdam; The Jewish hiding in and around Amster-dam in new perspective; Police, betrayal and severed social ties in the persecution of the Jews in Amsterdam; Anne Frank as reader and write between German Bildung and Amsterdam life; Anne Frank in perspective; Writing as a life force; The development of the phenomenon Anne Frank in the first decades; Interpretation, identification and iconization in an international perspective; The staged Anne Frank House: from emptiness to virtual reality ; The future of Anne Frank
The courage to imagine: Anne's pursuit of her ambitions in Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Avonlea", and" Anne of the Island"
No full text25 p. -- Bibliogr.: p. 22-25The literary genre of bildungsroman embodies narratives involving the development and process of maturing and becoming an adult of their protagonists. These novels narrate their protagonists’ journey from infancy towards adulthood. This genre has been evolving before it was coined bildungsroman in the eighteenth century. At those times, these novels were only focused on male characters, but some female authors have introduced female protagonists to these novels in the last centuries. An author who has devoted her writing career to address children with her female bildungsromans is Lucy Maud Montgomery. The present study analyses the first three novels of Montgomery’s Anne book series that account for the protagonist’s coming-of-age: Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909), and Anne of the Island (1915). This study examines the evolution of the protagonist’s (Anne’s) imagination throughout these three novels in order to demonstrate that the author presents Anne’s imagination as a driving force that allows the protagonist to question the limits imposed on her by reality, and to thrive and create her own life, even if that involves defying the established gender roles. The data presented in this paper may have significant value for the field of study as it extends the existing knowledge of the role of imagination in this series. The existing research fails to describe the development of Anne’s imagination during her whole coming-of-age and it only focuses on her imagination in the first of the novels. Regarding future research, it would be interesting to assess whether imagination still has a meaningful role in the rest of the novels that compose the series. The paper concludes by arguing that in a society where children grow under the influence of technological devices that leave them with little time for daydreaming, it is significant to read works such as these where imagination is fostered
The courage to imagine: Anne's pursuit of her ambitions in Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Avonlea", and" Anne of the Island"
Get PDF25 p. -- Bibliogr.: p. 22-25The literary genre of bildungsroman embodies narratives involving the development and process of maturing and becoming an adult of their protagonists. These novels narrate their protagonists’ journey from infancy towards adulthood. This genre has been evolving before it was coined bildungsroman in the eighteenth century. At those times, these novels were only focused on male characters, but some female authors have introduced female protagonists to these novels in the last centuries. An author who has devoted her writing career to address children with her female bildungsromans is Lucy Maud Montgomery. The present study analyses the first three novels of Montgomery’s Anne book series that account for the protagonist’s coming-of-age: Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909), and Anne of the Island (1915). This study examines the evolution of the protagonist’s (Anne’s) imagination throughout these three novels in order to demonstrate that the author presents Anne’s imagination as a driving force that allows the protagonist to question the limits imposed on her by reality, and to thrive and create her own life, even if that involves defying the established gender roles. The data presented in this paper may have significant value for the field of study as it extends the existing knowledge of the role of imagination in this series. The existing research fails to describe the development of Anne’s imagination during her whole coming-of-age and it only focuses on her imagination in the first of the novels. Regarding future research, it would be interesting to assess whether imagination still has a meaningful role in the rest of the novels that compose the series. The paper concludes by arguing that in a society where children grow under the influence of technological devices that leave them with little time for daydreaming, it is significant to read works such as these where imagination is fostered
Open access self-archiving: An author study
No full textThis, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words,
researchers publish to have an impact on their field. The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate
Depression and Gender: The Expression and Experience of Melancholy in the Eighteenth Century
No full textThis thesis investigates the life and work of six eighteenth-century writers, two male and four female. It explores their experience of depression through their letters and other autobiographical material, and examines the ways in which they represent melancholy in their poetry and prose. The subject of Chapter Two is Thomas Gray, whose real life persona as the lonely intellectual is also identifiable in his poetry. The Scottish poet Robert Fergusson is studied in Chapter Three. Fergusson’s lively and vigorous mind was shattered in the months leading up to his death, during which time some of his writing became darkly nihilistic. Chapter Four looks at Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, a lifelong depressive who often wrote about her feelings of despair in her poetry. Chapter Five explores Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. She was a courageous and controversial figure, but despite her resilience, on occasion in her letters she reveals her vulnerability and susceptibility to low spirits, a mood which is sometimes expressed in her creative writing. Sarah Scott, whose life and work have not yet been considered in relation to the subject of melancholy, is examined in Chapter Six. Her novel includes several low-spirited and depressed female characters who are continually seeking asylum from a hostile world. Chapter Seven analyses Charlotte Smith, a mother of twelve children whose unhappy marriage ended in separation. Smith wrote extensively about her depression in her letters, prefaces, poetry and novels.
This study shows that the women in particular use their writing on melancholy and depression to express their discontent with the confined way in which they are often expected to live out their lives
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