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Richardson, Barbauld, and the construction of an early modern fan club
No full textMPhilMuch has been written about the life and long works of the eighteenth century epistolary novelist, Samuel Richardson, but the prospect of his position as the first celebrity novelist – responsible for courting his own fame as well as initiating his own fan club – has largely been ignored. The body of manuscripts housed at the National Art Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London provides the modern scholar with evidence of the skeletal beginnings of an early fan club. This thesis aims to show how these manuscripts were turned into a saleable commodity by the publisher and entrepreneur Richard Phillips, while under the guiding hand of another, slightly later, literary celebrity, Anna Laetitia Barbauld. In order to restore Richardson’s reputation amongst a new nineteenth century audience, Barbauld was required to construct her own idea of him as an eighteenth century celebrity author, and in doing so the insecurities of a self-professed, apparently diffident man, are revealed. Barbauld’s capacious, but heavily edited selection of letters is analyzed in this thesis, providing ample evidence that Richardson’s correspondents were more than just eager letter writers. By using Barbauld’s biography of Richardson this thesis aims to show how she manipulates the genre of life writing in her construction of him.
This thesis offers an alternative reading of how the Richardson manuscripts are viewed, redefining them as not simply a collection of letters, but as a collective entity, deliberately selected and archived as evidence of an early modern fan club, and its celebrity managing director
An Article About Albertus C. Van Raalte, Author Unknown, Except for Parts Taken from an Article by Anna C. Post
No full textAn article about Albertus C. Van Raalte, author unknown, except for parts taken from an article by Anna C. Post. The author knew first generation persons in the Holland settlement and therefore, the article has some value.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1890s/1012/thumbnail.jp
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No full textNot AvailableThe improved short and medium duration varieties of cereals and millets were implemented through National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), in select drought-prone villages through KVKs of ATARI, Bengaluru since 2011 in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. A total of 680 demonstrations were implemented in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in 288.2 ha area during 2011 to 2015. In Karnataka state, drought tolerant and short duration varieties gave higher yield and net returns as compared to local checks viz.,pearl millet Cv.ICTP-8203, foxtail millet Cv. PS-4 and wheat Cv.DWR-2006 have recorded 34.6 %, 19.5 % and 34.2 % respectively at Belgavi, finger millet Cv.GPU-28 recorded 22.3
% at Chikkaballapura, Cv. GPU-28 and GPU-48 recorded 51.9% and 8.2 to 13.5 % to at Davanagere and finger millet Cv.ML-365 and aerobic paddy Cv.MAS-26 gave 33.3 to 41.8 % and 12.4% to 25.8 % increased yield with better BCR ratio as compared to local varieties at Tumkur. In Tamil Nadu state, the short and medium duration sorghum Cv.K.8 and paddy Cv.ADT-49 gave 45.3 % in sorghum and 10% increase in yield in
paddy at Namakkal, the flood tolerant rice Cv. Swarna sub1 recorded 15.2 %, saline tolerant rice Cv. TRY 3 gave 12.6 % andadvanced rice nursery in kharif for timely planting Cv.ADT-38 gave 8.0 % increase in yield at Nagapattinam. At Villupuram district higher yield ranging from 26.3 to 28.4% in Cv. Anna 4, 18.2% in Cv. Ponni and 23.4% in Cv. ADT-49 were recorded with better BCR as compared to local varieties.Not Availabl
Translation of poetry as homicide, with reference to Anna Akhmatova's 'Last toast'
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.The objective of this dissertation is to provide a critical examination of poetry translation, using as a framework the notion that translation of poetry is comparable to an act of murder or homicide. Constructs pertaining to detective fiction are used as a basis to expose critical theories and commentary on poetry translation, which validate the comparison, taking into account the integrity of the poetic text, the context in which it exists, and the identity (constructed or real) of the poet. Four published translations, by different authors, into English of Anna Akhmatova’s poem Posledniy tost (‘The Last Toast’) are analysed in detail to demonstrate the validity of the argument and to attempt to review and quantify the loss of a poem’s essential and vital qualities as a result of translation
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No full textNot AvailableCo 10026 (Upahar), an early variety developed through hybridization and selection involving two high yielding and high quality parents Co 86010 and Co 86011 at ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI), Coimbatore, evaluated under AII India Coordinated Research Project (Sugarcane) programme and released in 2019 for commercial cultivation in Peninsular zone . The clone was selected from the ground nursery and evaluated in different clonal stages in Pre Zonal Varietal Trial (PZVT) at Ugar Sugar Works,North Karnataka and AICRP trials from 2013-2017 at ICAR-SBI,Coimbatore and other AICRP centres of Peninsular Zone. Under AICRP(S) Co 10026 was evaluated in 16 centres of Peninsular Zone and out of 33 trials conducted across zone, it ranked in top three in 21 trials for cane yield (t/ha), 23 trials for Commercial Cane Sugar (t/ha) and exhibited its superiority for cane and sugar yield over the zonal check CoC 671. This variety recorded cane yield of 109.01 t/ha, sugar yield of 13.85 t/ha, Pol % cane of 13.58 % and juice sucrose of 17.98 % at 300 days across the zone. It showed 11.80 %, 16.78 % and 23.99 % improvement for sugar yield over the best standard CoC 671, Co 85004 and Co 94008 respectively. Co 10026 exhibited 20.15 % improvement over CoC 671 for cane yield and an improvement of 17.87 % and 19.18 % in comparison with the other zonal checks Co 85004 and Co 94008 respectively. This clone surpassed all the entries and three standards for sugar yield and cane yield and emerged as a qualifying entry for sugar yield and cane yield in eight and five locations respectively. Co 10026 was the only qualifying entry in the ratoon trials and is an excellent ratooner with an improvement of 17.97 % for sugar yield and 27.36 % for cane yield in ratoon crop over the standard CoC 671. It recorded 9.86 % and 16.40 % improvement for sugar yield and cane yield respectively over the best standard Co 85004. The clone had recorded a significant improvement of 9.18% and 5.37% over the checks Co 94008 and Co 85004 for sucrose % at 240 days. The clone had an improvement of 3.99 % over the check Co 94008 for sucrose % at 300 days. Co 10026 has the ideal plant characters of very tall, semi erect, medium thick canes and early fast growth with high tillering ability. It is moderately resistant to red rot and tolerant to drought and salinityNot Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableThe present investigation aimed to assess the nature and magnitude of genetic divergence available in the hybridization block of ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore and to select suitable diverse genotypes as parents for further utilization. Seventy one sugarcane parental genotypes comprising Coimbatore canes (Co canes), Co allied canes and exotic parents were explored for their genetic diversity. Fifteen traits viz., HR Brix (330 days), Brix %, Sucrose % days, Purity %, commercial cane sugar (CCS) %, cane length, cane diameter, single cane weight, number of millable canes (NMC), number of internodes, internode length, estimated cane yield and estimated commercial cane sugar yield at 300 days and brix and sucrose % at 240 days were recorded during two crop seasons (2015 and 2017). Data was subjected to cluster analysis using Mini tab software. Based on the cluster analysis, two major groups were identified which were classified into nine clusters. The cluster wise mean values indicated substantial variation among the clusters. Maximum mean value for NMC was in cluster V. Cluster IV was found to be the largest with 21 genotypes followed by cluster I with 14 genotypes and cluster II with 12 genotypes. Cluster VI had nine genotypes and Clusters VII and VIII had three genotypes each. Clusters V and IX were the smallest with a single genotype. Cluster V was most distinct cluster among the derived clusters and it showed maximum distance with clusters I, II, III, IV and IX. Other distinct cluster in this group is cluster IX and showed the maximum inter cluster distance with clusters VI, VII and VIII. Among the distinct clusters, the cluster III expressed superior performance for most of juice quality traits at 300 days while clusters I, II and cluster III showed their superiority for sucrose content at 240 days. Clusters III, IV and VI exhibited superiority for cane yield. The most divergent clusters observed were Clusters III and VI and III and VII. Minimum inter cluster distance was found between Clusters I and II. Genotypes with high inter- cluster distance can be exploited to produce more genetic variability and desirable recombinants for further improvement.Not Availabl
Selection of work by Anna Gerber
No full textVarious journals and magazines Anna Gerber has contributed to. Anna Gerber is a graphic designer and writer based in London.
She is the author and designer of All Messed Up: Unpredictable Graphics (Laurence King, 2004) and co-editor and co-designer
of Influences: A Lexicon of Contemporary Graphic Design (Die Gestalten Verlag, 2006) with Anja Lutz. She writes regularily for magazines such as Print, Eye, Creative Review, Varoom and Idea Magazine and her work has also been published in shift!, dot dot dot and +rosebud.
She teaches at the London College of Communication on the BA Graphic Design and MA Design Writing Criticism programmes. She has also held workshops and lectures across the U.K. (including Tate Modern and the V&A Museum), as well as in India, the U.S., Australia and Malaysia.
Anna Gerber is currently engaged in research and developing projects relating to sustainability and how it applies to graphic
design as well as exploring contemporary graphic design in India
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No full textNot AvailableSearching rice cultivars or variety with good processing and high in important essential nutrients are prime
important in the present context of rice research. The north eastern hill region of India which is a mega
biodiversity hot spot of the world has numerous cultivars of rice with tremendous potential of high quality rice.
Eighteen indigenous cultivars of Tripura, a north eastern hill state of India were subjected to the study. Majority
of the cultivars were of short bold grain type. Eleven cultivars were aromatic type with one cultivar of strong
aroma comparable to Basmati rice. Eleven cultivars were found to possess higher hulling percentage more than
65% and six cultivars with more than 65% out turn. Majority of the cultivars had low amylose contents (<20%).
Four cultivars were having higher total crude protein (>10%), six cultivars were having higher iron contents
(>10ppm). In most of the characters, heritability (h2) was more than the genetic advance indicating more of
environmental effect. Amylose, crude fibre and iron, genetic advance was high; selection for these traits will
improve the genotypic value of selected plants over the parents. High heritability coupled with high genetic
advance was found in iron and amylose. The association of crude protein is significant but negative with
carbohydrates and amylose, while with crude fat and zinc, the association is significant and positive.
Carbohydrate was significantly and positively correlated with ash percent and iron concentration and negatively
associated with total fat. There was no significant correlation between carbohydrate and amylose.Not Availabl
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