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Author Talk: Daniel Herman Discusses His Novel, The Feudist
No full textPoster for an event where CWU History professor Daniel Herman discusses his historical novel The Feudisthttps://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/libraryevents/1223/thumbnail.jp
“The Pondering Repose of If”: Herman Melville’s Literary Exegesis
No full textThis study examines how Herman Melville’s oeuvre interacts with Old Testament (OT) wisdom literature (the Books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes). Using recent historical findings on the rise of religious skepticism and the erosion of Biblical authority in both Europe and the United States, I read Melville as an author steeped in the theological controversies of the eighteenth-century. Specifically, I am interested in teasing out the surprising disavowals of overt religious skepticism in Melville’s writing. By tracing the so-called Solomonic wisdom tradition throughout Melville’s oeuvre, I argue that Melville had developed an epistemology of contemplation towards that body of Biblical texts. Scholarship has traditionally painted Melville as a subversive if not downright skeptical religious thinker. Most studies have produced authorial readings, using texts as forensic evidence to make assertions about the author’s psychology. Incidentally, such assessments have confirmed the narrative of Herman Melville as a grand failed author of the nineteenth century, while ignoring the ambivalent attitudes toward Biblical authority, textual history, and skepticism that emerge in Melville’s writing. The present study intervenes by re-addressing several procedural questions about Melville’s literary dealings with the Bible: How does Melville deal with the distinct topics of religion, theology, religious skepticism, and doubt? How does he think through the relationship between science and religion as well as that of personal religion and theology? I claim that Melville’s work can be read as a continuous contemplation of Biblical wisdom. His writing, I argue, deals productively rather than a destructive with the Bible, its textual history, and authority. Melville’s thinking on theological and religious subjects was not merely subversive but constructive. In mounting this argument, I contradict current scholarship that reads Melville as trying to invent a new American Bible. In contrast, I show how Melville’s philosophical forays, even when critical, are dependent on the ethics, language, and thinking of the OT.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Englis
Author Herman Wouk with his dog, ca. 1950s
No full textHerman Wouk, author of "The Caine Mutiny" (1951), "Marjorie Morningstar" (1955), "The Winds of War" (1971), "War and Remembrance" (1978) and many other novels. "The Caine Mutiny" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Photo by Angelo Pinto.Digital imageItem is part of an online exhibition "Jews in America: Our Story," maintained by the Center for Jewish History at http://www.jewsinamerica.org
Herman Leicht
No full textNotes - Mr. Herman Leicht's career and education are discussed including his interest and subsequent career in radio and technology. Details are given of his marriage to Doreen Wilkinson and their family life (1 page
2007-138 Herman Cain
No full textHerman Cain, American author, business man, and activisthttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/hu-2000-events/1570/thumbnail.jp
Herman Melville
No full textThe author of "Moby Dick", Herman Melville, had an eventful life which helped develop his skills as a writer. His life and his major works are discussed here by Rebecca Steffoff
The Most Famous Writer of the Low Countries: Herman Brusselmans Star Author and (Reluctant) Public Intellectual
No full textAbstractThe Flemish writer Herman Brusselmans is the most famous author of the Low Countries. In this article, Herman Brusselmans is analysed as a star author. First and foremost, two striking aspects of Brusselmans’s stardom are analysed: his public visibility and the cult of the private. Attention is then focused on Brusselmans’s experience of celebrity, which he - like many other star authors - thematises in his books. Doing so, he consciously places himself in the context of popular culture. On the other hand, as a result of his celebrity status he has been expected - particularly in the last few years - to assume the role of public intellectual willy-nilly, and this in turn has had consequences for his work.</jats:p
The government of Ohio and an outline of the government of the United States,
No full textAppended: A brief geography and civil government of Franklin County, Ohio ... by Herman R. Postle ... Columbus, 1897.Mode of access: Internet
HIV testing in Europe : mapping policies and exploring practices in the era of increased treatment availability
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When the HIV antibody test became available in 1985, it was mired in controversy: who should be tested, for what purpose, and under what conditions? In the absence of treatment and in the context of discrimination, HIV testing was embedded within exceptional procedures.
With increasing treatment effectiveness, early HIV diagnosis became important, calling for normalisation of testing. With the objective to contribute to the understanding of how national HIV testing policies and practices are evolving in the context of a changing HIV testing paradigm, a health policy analysis has been undertaken. The core of the analysis concerned a multi-country study aimed at mapping national HIV testing policies in EU/EEA countries. The mapping study was complemented with an implementation study to investigate practices and barriers with regard to HIV testing.
Current HIV testing policies exhibited a high level of exceptionalism, with informed consent and counselling constituting the normative base. Meanwhile, HIV testing practices are moving ahead faster than policies to accommodate changing contexts and practical needs. The study results showed that HIV testing is done in a wide variety of settings and that HIV testing is being normalised. In practice, there is less focus on pre-test counselling, yet more emphasis on post-test follow-up. However, there are barriers to testing which could cause a deficit in the normalisation since they are based on denial of risk and fear on the patients’ side and a certain embarrassment or awkwardness to address sexual health and HIV more actively on the providers’ side.
The challenge lies now in the further accomplishment of the normalisation of HIV testing, with a clear focus on an efficient testing service delivery as being the starting-point of the HIV treatment cascade. For this, an improved understanding of the epidemic will provide a foundation for the development of an HIV testing model, considering the best mix of HIV testing approaches to achieve full coverage. However, for all HIV testing, the chief reason for testing must always be to benefit the individuals tested. Sufficient information should be provided to make an informed and voluntary decision to get tested whilst ensuring confidentiality and referral to appropriate follow-up services. To assure access to high-quality testing services which adhere to the guiding principles of HIV testing, the different testing approaches should be integrated within a national HIV testing policy framework. Finally, political commitment will be needed to reduce barriers to HIV testing, to support stakeholders at all levels in consolidating best practices and to expand targeted efforts within an enabling and supportive environment
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