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Around the world in eighty gays : retranslating Jules Verne from a queer perspective
No full textStudies of multiple causation of literary translation outcomes (e.g. Brownlie 2003,
2006) have found that individual translators may have a significant idiosyncratic input
into the form of the translated text, in tandem with other causal influences, including
the source text itself, translation norms and skopoi. The nature of translatorial selfinscription
and creativity may include an original deconstruction of a source text,
indeed, a radical reinterpretation of same. The translator Butcher has reinterpreted
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873/1995) in the context of its author Jules
Verne’s life history, original manuscripts of the French novel in question, prior to
subsequent expurgation by their publisher Hetzel, and textual clues themselves.
Butcher's Queer Studies readings have had an important influence on his translation
decisions. Examples of his translation solutions throughout this Verne novel are
discussed, and are seen to purposively accentuate perceived sexual and sometimes
specifically gay subtexts. This article also investigates, linguistically, the plausibility
of some of Butcher's controversial reinterpretations of the Verne imaginary
The East Country Almanac Tales of Valley and Shore
No full textThe East Country is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative. Pretty frames his book around Aldo Leopold and his classic A Sand County Almanac, bringing Leopold’s ethic—that some could live without nature but most should not—into the twenty-first century. In The East Country, Pretty follows the seasons through seventy-four tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. Pretty convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better
The Influence of Jules Verne in Sweden Around 1900
No full textThe article presents the impact of Jules Verne among Swedish readers around 1900 by investigating a juvenile magazine, Kamraten, published between 1892 and 1911. Two newly discovered Martian Epics in Kamraten by the Swedish author of adventure and crime stories, Julius Regis (1889―1925), “En bröllopsresa i blå etern” (1906―07; “A Honeymoon in Space”) and “Dokumentet från Mars” (1910; “The Document from Mars”), give vivid testimony to Verne’s popularity. These stories ― in which Verne is mentioned ― are about Swedes travelling in space and are clearly influenced by Verne’s novels
Jules Verne, “marginal sécant” de la littérature française
No full textNous proposons dans cet article d’analyser l’œuvre de Jules Verne au travers de différents concepts et théories susceptibles d’expliquer pourquoi l’auteur des Voyages extraordinaires n’a jamais été reconnu en son temps par ses pairs. Le concept de « marginal sécant » (Crozier & Friedberg), la théorie des « champs littéraires » (Bourdieu) et la théorie de « la complexité » (Morin) éclairent ainsi autrement le positionnement historique, sociologique et littéraire de cet auteur majeur de la littérature française.We analyze Jules Verne’s work through different concepts and theories, explaining why the author of The Extraordinary Voyages was never recognized in his time by his peers. The "marginal secant" concept (Crozier & Friedberg), the "literary fields" theory (Bourdieu), and the "complexity" theory (Morin) thus enlighten — each differently — the historical, sociological, and literary placement of this major author of French literature
Participatory Methods in the Analysis of Poverty: A Critical Review
No full textThis paper reviews and analyses the literature on participatory methods in poverty analysis. The popularity of participatory poverty assessments has greatly increased in the last decade, and a growing number of development agents is adopting some form of participatory methodology. This spread however seems to be possible even without a shared understanding of what participation stands for. This paper starts by introducing the broad lines of the debate on participation, before focusing more specifically on participatory methods in poverty analysis. After having discussed the tools as well as the insights they provide, some recent evidence comparing participatory and non-participatory methods is presented. Such literature allow to highlight both the strengths and the weaknesses of participatory assessments, as well as opening the way for new approaches integrating elements of both. In the last analysis, however, the challenge to the non-extractive nature of the methodology, posed by the transposition of participatory techniques from the project context in which they were developed to the policy one, remains serious and poses questions on what 'listening to the voices of the poor' means.
Reply to the criticisms of James D. Dana : including Dana's two articles with a letter of Louis Agassiz
No full textby Jules MarcouHandschriftliches Geschenkexlibris: "Prof. A. Mousson from the author" Exemplar der ETH-BI
The East Country
No full textThis book is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed author integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative. The book is framed around Aldo Leopold and his classic A Sand County Almanac, bringing Leopold's ethic—that some could live without nature but most should not—into the twenty-first century. The author follows the seasons through seventy-four tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. The book convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better.</p
Green care: Nature-based interventions for vulnerable people
No full textThis chapter begins by defining green care and outlining the key types of green care available in the UK, before giving a historical overview. An overview of different ways of experiencing and engaging with nature is then presented in order to illustrate the key elements of a range of green care interventions. The chapter concludes by exploring the evidence base for green care
Political cartoonist Jules Feiffer
No full textPoster for a slide lecture by the cartoonist, playwright and author, Jules Feiffer.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/archives-posters/1082/thumbnail.jp
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