255 research outputs found
"Tolkien Specialist Michael Drout's NYT Op-Ed 'Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth,' and Walter J. Ong Thought"
No full textSee the above abstract.In my wide-ranging and deeply personal 2,884-word review essay "Tolkien Specialist Michael Drout's NYT Op-Ed 'Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth,'" I mention by name (1) the author Michael Drout, (2) the novelist J. R. R. Tolkien, and (3) my former teacher Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955) of Saint Louis University as I succinctly highlight (1) Professor Drout's op-ed in The New York Times (dated December 9, 2025) and (2) Father Ong's work.N/AFarrell, Thomas. (2025). "Tolkien Specialist Michael Drout's NYT Op-Ed 'Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth,' and Walter J. Ong Thought". Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277709
Drout, M. Eugene (Birth, 1879-07-18)
No full textAddress: Morgan St.4421/Pg 55/1879/M W/U.S./U.S./Mrs Murphy,Mid.Original record filed in drawer labeled 'DRAH-DUGAN'
Tom Shippey's J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the century and a look back at Tolkien criticism since 1982
No full textWe discuss the progress of Tolkien criticism over the past nineteen years, since Shippey's first book on Tolkien, and attempt to situate Author in relation to the main approaches, themes and insights that have developed since then.4 We follow this survey with a brief discussion of what we believe to be the best recent Tolkien scholarship (while this discussion is admittedly subjective, it is based on a comprehensive survey of every book and article published on Tolkien and his works since Road ), and we conclude with a few suggestions for future directions for Tolkien criticism
Relativistic supernovae have shorter-lived central engines or more extended progenitors: the case of SN 2012ap
No full textDeep, late-time X-ray observations of the relativistic, engine-driven, type Ic SN 2012ap allow us to probe the nearby environment of the explosion and reveal the unique properties of relativistic supernova explosions (SNe). We find that on a local scale of ~0.01 pc the environment was shaped directly by the evolution of the progenitor
star with a pre-explosion mass-loss rate of ̇ M <5 × 10−6Msun/yr, in line with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and the other relativistic SN 2009bb. Like sub-energetic GRBs, SN 2012ap is characterized by a bright radio emission and evidence for mildly relativistic ejecta. However, its late-time (δt ≈ 20 days) X-ray emission is ~100 times fainter than the faintest sub-energetic GRB at the same epoch, with no evidence for late-time central engine activity. These results support theoretical proposals that link relativistic SNe like 2009bb and 2012ap with the weakest observed engine-driven explosions, where the jet barely fails to break out. Furthermore, our observations demonstrate that the difference between relativistic SNe and sub-energetic GRBs is intrinsic and not due to line-of-sight effects. This phenomenology can either be due to an intrinsically shorter-lived engine or to a more extended progenitor in relativistic SNe
Natural and fallout radioactivity levels and radiation hazard evaluation in soil samples
No full textThe present study aims to obtain the baseline data on natural and fallout radioactivity and to evaluate radiation hazards caused by ionizing radiation emitted from 226Ra, 232Th, 222Rn, 40K and 137Cs in surface soil samples collected from Mersin province and Akkuyu nuclear power plant region. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs were measured using a gamma spectrometer with HPGe detector. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs varied from 14.1 ± 0.7 to 65.4 ± 2.9, 12.0 ± 0.8–51.7 ± 2.1, 172.2 ± 15.8–511.1 ± 37.8 and <MDA to 86.2 ± 1.4 Bq kg-1, respectively. The average concentrations of radon in soil and air were estimated as 23.9 kBq m-3 and 76 Bq m-3. The radiological parameters such as absorbed gamma dose rate in outdoor air (DRout), annual effective dose rate from external exposure (EExt), annual effective dose rate from inhalation of radon (EInh) and lifetime cancer risk (LTCR) were calculated to evaluate radiological hazards. The average values of DRout, EExt, EInh and LTCR were found to be 51 nGy h-1, 62 µSv year-1, 715 µSv year-1 and 2.2 × 10-4, respectively. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Drout, Jane (Birth, 1901-11-08)
No full textAddress: 1355 Ethan Ave.4761/Pg. 199/1901/M W/Amer/Mrs. M. AssmannOriginal record filed in drawer labeled 'DRAH-DUGAN'
Natural and fallout radioactivity levels and radiation hazard evaluation in soil samples
No full textThe present study aims to obtain the baseline data on natural and fallout radioactivity and to evaluate radiation hazards caused by ionizing radiation emitted from 226Ra, 232Th, 222Rn, 40K and 137Cs in surface soil samples collected from Mersin province and Akkuyu nuclear power plant region. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs were measured using a gamma spectrometer with HPGe detector. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs varied from 14.1 ± 0.7 to 65.4 ± 2.9, 12.0 ± 0.8–51.7 ± 2.1, 172.2 ± 15.8–511.1 ± 37.8 and <MDA to 86.2 ± 1.4 Bq kg−1, respectively. The average concentrations of radon in soil and air were estimated as 23.9 kBq m−3 and 76 Bq m−3. The radiological parameters such as absorbed gamma dose rate in outdoor air (DRout), annual effective dose rate from external exposure (EExt), annual effective dose rate from inhalation of radon (EInh) and lifetime cancer risk (LTCR) were calculated to evaluate radiological hazards. The average values of DRout, EExt, EInh and LTCR were found to be 51 nGy h−1, 62 μSv year−1, 715 μSv year−1 and 2.2 × 10−4, respectively
It Is \u27About\u27 Nothing But Itself : Tolkienian Theology Beyond the Domination of the Author
No full textThere is a broad stream of Christian interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction, especially The Lord of the Rings, which views it as the intentionally, essentially Christian work of an intentionally, essentially Christian author. This reductive, exclusivist approach does not do justice to the complex, generative interactivity between Tolkien’s faith, the faith of his readers (or lack thereof), and the text itself. Building on work by Veryln Flieger, Michael Drout, and Robin A. Reid, this paper interrogates how Christian Tolkien scholarship drafts Tolkien the human sub-creator to perform Foucault’s author-function by suppressing his contradictions and painting a figure whose life and works speak with a single, authoritative voice. Then, drawing on progressive Christian and Jewish hermeneutics and Tolkien’s own writings on intent and the freedom of the reader, it proposes a hermeneutics of Tolkienian inspiration that honors Tolkien’s Roman Catholic foundations, the sub-creative integrity of his secondary world, and the religious diversity of the readers who draw such deep wells of meaning from it. In so doing, it intervenes in ongoing conflict in the field of Tolkien Studies and Tolkien fandom more broadly over diverse interpretations of his fiction and the control of Tolkienian meaning
Drout, Agnes (Birth, 1897-03-18)
No full textAddress: Spring Grove Ave1438/Pg202/1897/F W/Amer/Amer/Mrs. M. AssmannOriginal record filed in drawer labeled 'DRAH-DUGAN'
"It is not 'about' anything but itself": Tolkienian theology beyond the domination of the author
No full textThere is a broad stream of Christian interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction, especially The Lord of the Rings, which views it as the intentionally, essentially Christian work of an intentionally, essentially Christian author. This reductive, exclusivist approach does not do justice to the complex, generative interactivity between Tolkien’s faith, the faith of his readers (or lack thereof), and the text itself. Building on work by Veryln Flieger, Michael Drout, and Robin A. Reid, this paper interrogates how Christian Tolkien scholarship drafts Tolkien the human sub-creator to perform Foucault’s author-function by suppressing his contradictions and painting a figure whose life and works speak with a single, authoritative voice. Then, drawing on progressive Christian and Jewish hermeneutics and Tolkien’s own writings on intent and the freedom of the reader, it proposes a hermeneutics of Tolkienian inspiration that honors Tolkien’s Roman Catholic foundations, the sub-creative integrity of his secondary world, and the religious diversity of the readers who draw such deep wells of meaning from it. In so doing, it intervenes in ongoing conflict in the field of Tolkien Studies and Tolkien fandom more broadly over diverse interpretations of his fiction and the control of Tolkienian meaning
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