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Emily Brontë : the mind of a visionary
No full textBibliography: leaves 216-226.This dissertation is an investigation of the visionary and philosophical aspects of Emily Brontë's works. The first five chapters deal with the visionary process such as visions, spirit guides, dreams, imagination, encounters with the darker side of the self and a union with the divine. There is considerable evidence of these mystical avenues in both her poetry and in Wuthering Heights which have been explored. It is shown how Emily Brontë's mysticism is a direct result of personal experiences which augment her reputation as one of the leading mystics in the world of literature. There are however tensions in her works, such as the cynicism of her own intellect in accepting the visionary experiences as authentic and periods of suffering when her faith is tested. These tensions have been considered within the context of her mystical encounters and philosophy. The remaining four chapters deal with the philosophy of Emily Brontë per se. Her beliefs in respect of heaven and hell, mercy and justice, power and survival, and pantheism are considered in depth. It is argued that she is an unorthodox thinker who does not believe in an eternal hell and that she has drawn inspiration for this idea from Frederick Maurice and Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is also shown how issues of power have been of interest to her from a young age and how this needs to be integrated within her philosophy. To the writer power needs to be tempered by compassion if it is to be of use to society or the individual. Her pantheistic spirit is also investigated and related to the mystical ideas
Tradução de poesia: Emily dickinson segundo a perspectiva tradutória de Augusto de Campos
Full text linkDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2014Esta dissertação, a partir da perspectiva teórica e prática de Augusto de Campos quanto à tradução de poesia, visa analisar sete de suas traduções dos poemas da norte-americana Emily Dickinson, publicadas na obra Emily Dickinson: não sou ninguém, em 2008. O trabalho foi dividido em três capítulos. O primeiro tratados principais elementos que constituem a poética de Dickinson, bem como das traduções brasileiras de suas obras. Como embasamento teórico foram utilizados Gilbert e Gubar (1984), Donoghue (1969), Sewall (1963) e Daghlian(1987), dentre outros autores. O segundo capítulo tem como objetivo apresentar Augusto de Campos como poeta e como tradutor, com ênfase nos seus comentários sobre tradução, visando compreender sua prática tradutória. O terceiro capítulo analisa as traduções de sete poemas de Dickinson realizadas por Augusto de Campos e busca identificar a relação entre a teoria e a prática do tradutor. Essa análise, de caráter discursivo, além do plano formal e sintático, se concentra no plano semântico dos textos, tendo em conta que não possui a pretensão de realizar qualquer tipo de julgamento prescritivo.Abstract: This dissertation, from the perspective theoretical and practical of Augusto de Campos about the poetry translation, analyzes seven of his translations of the North-American poet Emily Dickinson, published in the book "Emily Dickinson: não sou ninguém", in 2008. This work contains three chapters; the first presents the main elements that constitute the Dickinson's poetry, as well as the Brazilian translations of her poems. It has, as theoretical support, author slike: Gilbert and Gubar (1984), Donoghue (1969) Sewall (1963) and Daghlian(1987). The second chapter aims to approach the main remarks of Augusto,highlighting his activity as poet and as translator, aiming to understand his practice of translation. The third chapter analyses the Augusto's translations of seven poems of Dickinson and try to identify the relationship between the theory and the practice of the translator. This discursive, besides the formal and syntactic field focuses on the semantic field of the poems, without any kind of prescriptive judgment
Dead Sleep True Crime for Bedtime:"Penning Poison" w/author Dr Emily Cockayne
No full textDead Sleep True Crime for Bedtime, "Penning Poison" w/author Dr Emily Cockayn
Gender and the politics of the gaze in Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Full text linkDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2009.O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar uma análise de como a imagem de Catherine é moldada pelo olhar masculino, como ela enfrenta os três tipos de olhar - o olhar dos personagens, o olhar do leitor, e o olhar do autor - e finalmente, se o olhar masculino é interrompido. O parâmetro teórico desta análise, o conceito do olhar masculino, é teorizado por Laura Mulvey no artigo "Prazer Visual e Cinema Narrativo" (1975) o qual critica a relação entre o olhar masculino e a imagem feminina do prazer visual moldado pela sociedade patriarcal. Através da crítica de Mulvey do prazer visual generizado em filmes, que pertence ao contexto do cinema clássico de Hollywood, articulo sua teoria em relação ao romance Wuthering Heights de Emily Brontë para examinar a dinâmica do olhar masculino em relação à personagem feminina Catherine. Este estudo teve também por objetivo analisar o quanto o paradigma teórico de Mulvey produzido para cinema poderia ser aplicado especificamente em um texto literário escrito no século XIX.The objective of this thesis is to present an analysis of whether Catherine's image has been shaped by the male gaze, how she contends with the three looks of the male gaze - the look of the characters, the look of the reader, and the look of the author - and finally, how the male gaze is broken. The theoretical parameter of this analysis, the concept of the male gaze, is theorized by Laura Mulvey in the article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (1975) which critiques the relation between the male gaze and the female image within the patriarchal molding of visual pleasure. Borrowing Mulvey's critique of the gendering of visual pleasure in films, which pertains to the context of classical Hollywood cinema, I have articulated her theory in relation to Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, to examine the dynamics of the male gaze regarding the female character, Catherine. This study also aimed at examing the extent to which Mulvey's theoretical paradigm produced for cinema could be articulated specifically in relation to a literary text written in the nineteenth century
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COVID-19 Interview with Emily Oster
No full textA discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic with Emily Oster, economist and author of "Expecting Better" and "Cribsheet."Salem Cente
Familial genetic risks: how can we better navigate patient confidentiality and appropriate risk disclosure to relatives?
Full text linkThis article investigates a high-profile and ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals (HCPs), namely whether the existence of a (legal) duty of care to genetic relatives of a patient is a help or a hindrance in deciding what to do in cases where a patient's genetic information may have relevance to the health of the patient's family members. The English case ABC v St George's Healthcare NHS Trust and others considered if a duty of confidentiality owed to the patient and a putative duty of care to the patient's close relatives could coexist in this context. This article examines whether embracing the concept of coexisting duties could enable HCPs to respect duties in line with their clinical judgement, thereby providing legal support and clarity to professionals to allow them to provide the best possible genetics service to both the patient and their family. We argue that these dual duties, framed as a novel, composite duty to consider the interests of genetic relatives, could allow HCPs to exercise and act on their professional judgements about the relative value of information to family members, without fears of liability for negligence or breach of confidence
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Emily Witt on Nollywood
Full text linkWe sit down with Emily Witt, author of Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire. Amid electricity cuts, fuel scarcity, and countless other obstacles, how did Nigeria create the second largest movie industry in the world
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Full text linkAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
First Film Screening of Unslut: A Documentary Film and Q&A/Discussion with Emily
No full textAward-winning filmmaker and author Emily Lindin, creator of the Unslut Project , is coming to UK! Join Emily in person as she screens Unslut: A Documentary Film that asks the question: Why is the sexual shaming of girls and women, especially sexual assault victims, still so prevalent? Through interviews with sexuality experts, advocates, and media figures, Emily explores sexual shaming, bullying, and discrimination. Emily also will be giving an invited lecture on sexism and social media.
This program has been made possible by UK Libraries, UK College of Social Work, UK Office of LGBTQ* Resources, and UK Office of Institutional Diversity
Defining ourselves: narrative identity and access to personal biological information
Full text linkWhen biological information about an individual is produced in healthcare or research settings,
ethical questions may arise about whether the individual herself should be able to access it.
This thesis argues that the individual’s identity-related interests warrant serious attention in
framing and addressing these questions. Identity interests are largely neglected in bioethical,
policy and legal debates about information access – except where information about genetic
parentage is concerned. Even there, the relationship between information and identity, and the
interests involved, remain unclear. This thesis seeks to fill this conceptual gap and challenge
this exceptionalism. It does so by developing a normative account of the roles that a wide
range of information about our health, bodies and biological relationships – ‘personal
bioinformation’ – can play in the construction of our self-conceptions.
This account is developed in two steps. First, building on existing philosophical theories of
narrative self-constitution, this thesis proposes that personal bioinformation has a critical role
to play in the construction of identity narratives that remain coherent and support us in
navigating our embodied experiences. Secondly, drawing on empirical literature reporting
individuals’ attitudes to receiving three categories of personal bioinformation (about donor
conception, genetic disease susceptibility, and neuroimaging-based psychiatric diagnoses), the
thesis seeks to illustrate, demonstrate the plausibility of, and to refine this theoretically-based
proposition. From these foundations, it is argued that we can have strong identity-related
interests in whether and how we are able to access bioinformation about ourselves.
The practical implications of this conclusion are then explored. It is argued that identity
interests are not reducible to other interests (for example, in health protection) commonly
weighed in information disclosure decisions. They, therefore, warrant attention in their own
right. An ethical framework is developed to guide delivery of this. This framework sets out
the ethical responsibilities of those who hold bioinformation about us to respond to our identity
interests in information disclosure practices and policies. The framework is informed by
indications from the illustrative examples that our interests engaged as much by how
bioinformation is communicated as whether it is disclosed. Moreover, these interests are not
uniformly engaged by all bioinformation in all circumstances and there is potential for identity
detriment as well as benefit. The ethical framework highlights the opportunities for and
challenges of responding to identity interests and the scope and limits of potential disclosers’
responsibilities to do so. It also makes recommendations as to the principles and characteristics
of identity-supporting disclosure practices
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