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Book Review: 'Only Connect': Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R. S. Thomas and Charles Causley by Rory Waterman
No full textRory Waterman intriguingly combines discussions of
Philip Larkin, R. S. Thomas, and Charles Causley, three
poets who 'epitomize many of the emotional and societal
shifts and mores of their age', in the hope of making
possible 'new and persuasive readings'. Focussed
conceptually on belonging and estrangement, the book's
six chapters explore literary traditions and audience;
geographical and cultural origins; relationships,
particularly marriage
Data and analysis supporting: Quantifying aquatic plant commonness and cooccurrence across scales to support ecological understanding and management
No full textData and R code necessary to reproduce the results of the publication. This DRUM submission includes a Quarto document for reproducing the analyses, a PDF markdown document that was generated from the Quarto file, and 11 files (10 .rds, 1 .csv) with the underlying data.
Note that 11 of the species in the dataset are protected species in Minnesota, for which locality information is required to be anonymized. These have been renamed “protected_spp1”, “protected_spp2”, etc. in data files denoted with the suffix “_anon”. The actual species names are used in the manuscript where applicable. This introduces some subtle differences in outputs from this repository relative to the results shown in the manuscript.These data and R statistical code support the publication, "Quantifying aquatic plant commonness and cooccurrence across scales to support ecological understanding and management," in Journal of Ecology. We analyzed aquatic plant surveys from 1,658 lakes across Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA, collected over two decades (2000-2022) and encompassing nearly one million sampling points. These data were collected by agency staff, consultants, researchers, and others who performed the thousands of aquatic plant surveys that enabled this work. For 106 focal taxa, we quantified commonness as occupancy (at regional and local scales) and cooccurrence as diversity fields (the mean species richness of lakes or sampling locations where each focal species occurred). We used statistical models that incorporated environmental, spatial, and temporal covariates to correct for biased sampling and isolate community processes from other influential factors, and leveraged the temporal span of the data to investigate interannual variability in commonness and cooccurrence.Funder: Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC)Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC) and the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).Minnesota Agricultural Experiment StationMidwest Glacial Lakes PartnershipLarkin, Daniel J; Verhoeven, Michael R; Walsh, Jake R; Johnson, James A. (2026). Data and analysis supporting: Quantifying aquatic plant commonness and cooccurrence across scales to support ecological understanding and management. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://doi.org/10.13020/hkyt-sv23
Theology in suspense : how the detective fiction of P.D. James provokes theological thought
No full textElectronic redacted version excludes material for which permission has not been granted by the rights holderThe following dissertation argues that the detective fiction of P.D. James
provokes her readers to think theologically. I present evidence from the body of
James’s work, including her detective fiction that features the Detective Adam
Dalgliesh, as well as her other novels, autobiography, and non-fiction work. I also
present a brief history of detective fiction. This history provides the reader with a
better understanding of how P.D James is influenced by the detective genre as well as
how she stands apart from the genre’s traditions.
This dissertation relies on an interview that I conducted with P.D. James in
November, 2008. During the interview, I asked James how Christianity has
influenced her detective fiction and her responses greatly contribute to this
dissertation. However, James’s novels should be interpreted and explored in the
manner that they are received by the reader. How the reader receives and responds to
the novels, not only how James writes the novels, is what causes her stories to
provoke theological thinking.
By examining Christian symbolism that is present in setting, character, the
Detective Adam Dalgliesh, and plot, this dissertation seeks to assert that James
contributes to a theological conversation through her popular detective fiction
Research Reports, 1974, 1-5
No full textDeWitt, Louis J.; Weiss, David J.; McBride, James R.; Larkin, Kevin C.; Betz, Nancy E.. (1974). Research Reports, 1974, 1-5. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/135272
Polyphony and the anxiety of influence in the fiction of Henry James
No full textJames's fiction, especially in the Middle Phase, centres
on the figure of the artist and is characterized by, the two
interrelated aspects which previous criticism has largely
overlooked: the Bakhtinian 'polyphonic' -creation of
'author-thinkers'; and the conflict between ephebes and
precursors, for which Harold-Bloom's concept of 'the-anxiety of
influence' is the most illuminating model. Polyphony is the
narrative mode, and influence is the intra-artistic, theme.
These, as the Introduction to the thesis makes clear, are
rehearsed in James's inaugural novel, Roderick Hudson. Rowland
Mallet is an author-thinker, and his failure is caused by
authorial limitations. His monologism -is impaired by his
mistaking empathy for the authorial sympathy. Likewise,
Hudson's failure does not arise from a mercurial temperament,
but from a polyphonic shortcoming: not possessing the power of
fiction to contain the fiction of power in, his mentor. And the
relationships among the three artists - Gloriani, Hudson and
Singleton - perfectly exemplify the Bloomian-theme. It is these
two concepts, polyphony and influence, which are the major
preoccupation in the Middle Phase; as, the works chosen
demonstrate. These are a novella, a novel, and a number of
short stories all of which have been unjustifiably neglected.
Chapter One, on The Aspern Papers, argues that Tina Bordereau,
far from being, the artless victim seen by many critics,
actually challenges and defeats the narrator by the very form
of her narrative. Her 'realist' discourse undermines his
language of 'romance', and shows up its internal unstability.
Chapter Two is an extensive study of the critical reception of
The Tragic Muse. The most common areas of critical attention
have been its contemporary topicality, its relation to previous
novels on similar themes, and the possible genealogy of Gabriel
Nash. Those have all missed the core of the work. - Chapter Three
demonstrates how polyphony and the anxiety of influence make
the novel what it really is. Influence arises from the
juxtaposition of, and the wrestling between, artistic ephebes
and their precursors (Nick and Nash,, Miriam and Madame Carre).
The dialogic quality defined by Bakhtin is crucial to the
proper, and even-handed, characterization of all, the conflicts
in the novel. And since most of James's tales in the eighties
and nineties -are about 'masters - and acolytes, the anxiety of
influence remains central. Chapter Four is a study of 'The
Author of Beltraffiol' and 'The Lesson of the Master'. Again the
characters' manipulations are a crucial focus in a way that
G6rard Genette's terminology helps to illuminate. The fact that
the ephebe is the author-thinker emphasizes the inextricability
of the Bakhtinian and the Bloomian in James. Just as
polyphony offers a different focus for explicating the poetics
of James's fiction; so the ephebal conflict provides the basis
for a fresh perception of James's own artistic struggle
James Bond: international man of gastronomy
No full textThis article is concerned with the representation of food and drink in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels. In particular, it examines how the author uses Bond’s culinary knowledge and habits of consumption as an important constituent of his hero’s character. Similarly, the food choices of other characters, notably villains, are shown to be linked, by Fleming, to core aspects of their identity − principally their ethnicity. Bond’s impulse to observe and classify, very much in evidence in the novels’ food sequences, is examined in terms of the texts’ construction of Bond as a skilled identifier of signs
A critical comparison of William James and Søren Kierkegaard on religious belief
No full textThis thesis is a critical comparison of the accounts of religious belief proposed byWilliam James and Søren Kierkegaard. Both James and Kierkegaard greatly emphasizethe subjective aspects of religious belief. In view of this fact, surprisingly littlecomparative work has been done in this area. I contribute to this literature in two ways.Firstly, I make a brief assessment of what James knew of Kierkegaard’s work.Secondly, I draw four comparisons between Kierkegaard and James. In Chapter One Iexamine the claim that Kierkegaard proposes a pragmatist account of faith of the kindthat James sets out in his essay The Will To Believe. I argue that this claim rests on amisunderstanding of Kierkegaard’s argument that to have faith is to take a risk. In thefollowing chapter I discuss James’s and Kierkegaard’s views on formal proofs for theexistence of God. Both philosophers reject the notion that faith can be based on suchproofs. I distinguish between their positions, and argue in favour of Kierkegaard’s. Inthe third chapter I compare Kierkegaard’s and James’s accounts of religious experience.James views religious experiences as a special kind of evidence for the existence ofGod. For Kierkegaard it is a mistake to view religious experiences as evidence. Suchexperiences should be understood in relation to the concept of religious authority. In thefinal chapter I examine Kierkegaard’s conception of faith as a life-view. I argue that forKierkegaard a life-view is a fundamental perspective on one’s existence. I compare thisconception with James’s concept of philosophical temperament and in relation to hisdiscussion of the sick soul
Field Trip to Ban Houei Sai
No full textA letter from James R. Chamberlain concerning a trip to Ban Houei Sai and contact with a rural group in Pha Te
Orlando, James (James H.). Automatic transfer of juveniles from juvenile to criminal court
No full text"October 29, 2021.""October 29, 2021."Discusses when a juvenile offender in Connecticut must be transferred from juvenile to criminal court. Updates OLR research report 2019-R-024
Letter from John R. Wilkins, Vice-President presiding, San Mateo County Ministerial Association to Sheriff James McGrath and the police chiefs of cities in San Mateo Country, February 2, 1942
No full textTyped correspondence from the John R. Wilkins, Vice-President residing, San Mateo County Ministerial Association, to Sheriff James McGrath and the Police Chiefs of Cities in San Mateo County discussing the arrest of a Japanese American. It includes a handwritten note from John to Bishop James Chamberlain Bake about the event.The Bishop James Chamberlain Baker Collection includes letters, documents, and articles about Japanese Americans during World War II. Subjects in the collection include Japanese Americans mass removal, Pearl Harbor and the aftermath, religion, and support from the non-Japanese American community. The collection was digitized and made accessible online by CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections
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