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The naked eye: vision and risk in the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins
No full textThis thesis takes as its subject vision and risk in the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844-1889. Because Hopkins's poetry displays so evident a fascination with the particulars of language, it is unsurprising that the critical tradition on his work has thus far been heavily dominated by matters of sound: by the verbal, the rhythmic, the musical, and the aural. However, in this thesis I move from the sounded to the seen, identifying in Hopkins's work a central preoccupation with the visual, with looking and seeing, and the possibilities and dangers inherent in each. Here was a man driven to look for beauty, yet this compulsion to look was matched only by a desperate desire to look away. I shall argue that it is this dichotomy, and the excitement of the many and various possibilities it engenders, that so characterises Hopkins's engagement with the visual world.
Born into a rapidly-changing late Victorian world, Hopkins was fascinated by sight and by the increasingly problematic act of seeing. He frequently characterises himself in explicitly visual terms, and his poetry is littered with numerous references to eyes, eyeballs, eyelashes, eyelids, and eyesight, in addition to many metaphors of sight in its various forms. He demonstrates a recurring notably obsessive anxiety over the health of his eyes and the acuity of his sight, yet repeated medical reassurance does nothing to quell his fears over his perceived loss of vision. Counter to, but inextricably linked with, this fear for the loss of sight is an intense awareness of the danger of sight. This paradox is central to Hopkins's conception of himself and of his roles as both poet and priest.
Chapter One considers Hopkins's engagement with the intensely visual Victorian cultural environment. Hopkins was a keen draughtsman and painter in his youth and for a while considered becoming a professional poet-painter like Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whose family he was well acquainted. Although he decided to relinquish his artistic ambitions in favour of the priesthood, he remained a keen critic of art and architecture throughout his life. His diaries and journals, littered with sketches and accounts of visits to galleries and exhibitions, are fascinating for what they reveal of this intensely eye/I-driven individual, and the acute anxieties he experienced when confronted by beauty, in whatever form.
Chapter Two continues this concern with beauty and its inherent dangers, but now moves to consider Hopkins's often anxious visual encounters with other people. As a vigilant social observer, his writing ranges from delightedly detailed depictions of other individuals, particularly young men, to deeply uneasy descriptions of massed crowds and formless groups of people. This chapter shows a particular concern, as Hopkins did, with the purpose of mortal beauty, and the dangers and challenges it could pose.
Chapter Three develops the concerns of the previous chapter, by pursuing the additional dimension of people looking. In this chapter I consider a group of Hopkins's strangest and yet most celebratory poems, united by a concern with people looking at others who are themselves looking. With the uneasy concept of the voyeur never far away, this chapter raises questions about the moral, psychological and social dimensions of seeing within Hopkins's work, and thus I assess the meaning of licit and illicit sight, whether on the part of the benevolent or neutral observer, the systematic enquirer, the voyeur or the enlightened seer. This chapter argues that the dynamic nature of this relationship between perceiver and object, the seer and the seen, is central to his endlessly complex dialectic of vision and visuality. It closes by moving to consider the ultimate unseen seer, God. In the figure of Christ we find the ultimate exemplar of mortal beauty, and the chapter returns to the concerns explored in Chapter Two, now from a Christological perspective.
In Chapter Four, the concluding chapter, the concerns elicited in the previous chapters are pulled together in a discussion of Hopkins's longest and greatest symphonic poem, The Wreck of the Deutschland (1875-1876). This poem has at its heart an intense concern with seeing and the seeing of seeing, with the act of witness, and the role of the martyr, while foregrounding the reciprocal qualities of beauty and danger. The thesis concludes with a close reading of this electrifying poem about vision and sight in the many senses explored in the course of the study as a whole
Jesse Manley.
No full textR-C of J. Manley. 9 Apr. HR 402, 23-1, v3, 2p. [262] Property destroyed by Indians; 1812; Tennessee
Marion Manley: Miami’s First Woman Architect
No full textBook Review of Marion Manley: Miami’s First Woman Architect, by Catherine Lynn and Carie Penabad. ISBN 9780820334066. Reviewed by Linda R. McKee
Dasymutilla naranjo Manley & Pitts 2007
No full textDasymutilla naranjo Manley & Pitts, 2007 (Figs 19, 20, 25) Dasymutilla naranjo Manley & Pitts 2007: 73. Holotype, ♂, Costa Rica, Guanacaste (EMUS, examined). Diagnosis. MALE. This species can be recognized by the combination of the hypopygium, which has a welldefined longitudinal medial carina and the T2 markings, which consist of four coalescent yellow spots that cover most of the segment. Additionally, the genitalia have the cuspis nearly 0.8x the free paramere length and the digitus sigmoidal and nearly 0.5x the free paramere length. Finally, there is an anteriorly situated longitudinal seta-filled pit on S2. FEMALE. Unknown. Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz) to Costa Rica (Manley & Pitts, 2007). Material examined. Type material. Holotype, ♂, COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, 3 km SE Rio Naranjo, 1- 5.VI.1992, F.D. Parker (EMUS). Paratypes, COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Bijagua, VI.1990, F.D. Parker (1♂, EMUS); 20 km S Ulapa, 22-31.V.1990 (1♂, EMUS); Guanacaste, 3 km SE Rio Naranjo, various dates, F.D. Parker (17♂, EMUS). Other material. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, EJN, 14 km S Canas, 12.II-16.III.1991, F.D. Parker (1♂, FSCA). Remarks. This species common in Central America, ranging from Veracruz in Mexico to Costa Rica. The hypopygium structure suggests that this is the sister species to, and a potential synonym of, D. relata.Published as part of Luz, David R., Williams, Kevin A. & Bartholomay, Pedro R., 2016, The mutillid wasps of the Dasymutilla paradoxa species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), pp. 361-372 in Zootaxa 4193 (2) on pages 364-365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/16697
Manley Collection (SC 2146)
No full textFinding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2146. Undertaking account book, undertaker\u27s licenses (Click on Additional Files below for scans), and other related items from the Philip R. Manley & Brother Funeral Home in Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky
Dasymutilla guanacaste Manley & Pitts 2007
No full textDasymutilla guanacaste Manley & Pitts, 2007 (Figs 17, 18) Dasymutilla guanacaste Manley & Pitts 2007: 56. Holotype, ♂, Costa Rica, Guanacaste (UCDC, examined). Diagnosis. MALE. This species can be separated from all the other males of the paradoxa group by the absence of a seta-filled pit on S2. Additional diagnostic features include the flat hypopygium, which lacks a medial longitudinal carina and the predominantly black mesosoma, legs, and T1. FEMALE. Unknown. Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz), Honduras, Costa Rica (Manley & Pitts, 2007). Material examined. Type material. Holotype, ♂, COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Guanacaste NP, Volcan Cacao Sta., 13.IV.1995, L.S. Kimsey (UCDC). Paratypes, COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Bijagua, VI.1990, F.D. Parker (4♂, EMUS); 20 km S Ulapa: 6.XI.1990 (1♂, EMUS); 2.V.1991 (1♂, EMUS); 22-31.V.1990 (2♂, EMUS); 3.VI.1991 (1♂, EMUS); 1-11.VI.1991 (1♂, EMUS); 24.VI-22.VII.1991 (1♂, EMUS); 1-15.VII.1991 (1♂, EMUS); 11- 21.XI.1991 (1♂, EMUS); Cartago, Turrialba, 26-29.VI.1986, G. Bohart & W. Hanson (1♂, EMUS); Guanacaste, 3 km SE Rio Naranjo, F.D. Parker: 21-31.VII.1992 (1♂, EMUS); 1-9.X.1992 (1♂, EMUS); 20.V.1993 (1♂, EMUS); San Jose, San Isidro General, II.1993 (1♂, EMUS). Other material. COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Bijagua, 20 km S Ulapa, F.D. Parker: 5-18.III.1991 (1♂, FSCA); 3.VI.1991 (1♂, FSCA). Remarks. This species is relatively common in Central America and has been collected in nearly all of Costa Rica’s states. This species is similar in coloration, distribution, and morphology to D. sleipniri, differing only in the absence of a seta-filled pit on S2.Published as part of Luz, David R., Williams, Kevin A. & Bartholomay, Pedro R., 2016, The mutillid wasps of the Dasymutilla paradoxa species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), pp. 361-372 in Zootaxa 4193 (2) on pages 363-364, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/16697
Dasymutilla boharti Manley & Pitts 2007, new species
No full textDasymutilla boharti Manley & Pitts, new species Holotype male, Mexico, Sonora, Alamos, IX-5-70, R. M. Bohart [UCDC]. Diagnosis of Male (Plate C2G). This species is defined by the following unique combination of characters. The head and mesosoma are black; the metasoma is ferruginous, except the first segment, which is black. Sternum II has a small, round median pit filled with pale setae. The apical terga are clothed with inconspicuous grayish setae. The pygidium is glabrous and shining, and lacks an apical fringe of setae. This species is small in size. Description. Male: Length, 6 mm. Head. Black; mandible worn in holotype, but appears to be tridentate; clypeus flat, coarsely sculptured, and weakly bidentate anteriorly; scape bicarinate, punctate, with sparse gray setae; flagellomere I distinctly shorter than remaining segments; head with shallow contiguous punctures, clothed with sparse gray setae; occipital region compressed laterally, convex medially. Mesosoma. Black; anterior margin emarginate medially, the anterior face of emargination glabrous; lateral processes of scutellum short, coarsely punctate; tegula glabrous, shining, with sparse pale setae anteriorly; pronotum with moderately dense appressed gray setae; remainder of mesosoma with sparse erect gray setae. Legs dark ferruginous, clothed with sparse pale setae. Wings dusky. Metasoma. Ferruginous, except first segment black; pygidium glabrous shining, without apical fringe of setae; sternum I with median longitudinal carina, produced anteriorly into blunt tooth; sternum II with small round median pit filled with pale setae; posterolateral angle of last sternite rounded, not dentate; last sternite with small separated punctures, except apical margin glabrous, produced into median tooth; clothed with inconspicuous gray setae throughout. Genitalia (Plate 1D). Paramere with extreme apex dorsally curved, ventral margin of basal 0.3 densely pubescent, remainder with short sparse setae; cuspis cylindrical, enlarging towards middle from base and tapering towards apex, setose throughout, length about 0.8X free length of paramere, densely pubescent basal lobe present; digitus linear, tapering towards apex, slightly knob-like apically, length slightly less than 0.4X free length of paramere; penial valve bidentate, teeth separate, anterior tooth larger than posterior tooth. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Mexico (Sonora). Etymology. Named in honor of Richard M. Bohart, in recognition of his contribution to hymenopteran taxonomy. Remarks. This species is known only from the holotype. The apical segments of the metasoma of the holotype are broken off and glued to the locality label.Published as part of MANLEY, DONALD G. & PITTS, JAMES P., 2007, Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 1487 (1) on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1487.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/508678
Dasymutilla niphopilis Manley & Pitts 2007, new species
No full textDasymutilla niphopilis Manley & Pitts, new species Holotype female, Mexico, Sonora, Guaymas, VI-12-62, D. H. Janzen [CISC]. Diagnosis of Female (Plate C7C). This species can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters, including coloration. It has the head broad and quadrate, but not as broad as the mesosoma. The antennal scrobe is very weakly carinate, and a genal carina is absent. The mesosoma is distinctly broader than long, and lacks a scutellar scale. The integument is dark, burgundy-colored. Sternum II is not scabrous, and the pygidium is rugose. The setae are predominantly whitish yellow, with black setae on the posterior face of the propodeum and anterior margin of tergum II. Description. Female: Length, 10–11 mm. Head. Burgundy, broad, quadrate, with yellow setae; mandible acute at apex, lacking inner tooth; clypeus transversely concave, anterior margin emarginate; scape carinate, clothed with yellow setae; flagellomere I long, as long as II and III united, remaining segments subequal in length; antennal scrobe very weakly carinate; front and vertex with coarse contiguous punctures, sculpture concealed by dense setae; gena shining, with shallow contiguous punctures, genal carina absent; head 2.3–2.9 mm, relative width of head to mesosoma about 0.85:1. Mesosoma. Burgundy, distinctly broader than long (2.7–3.3 mm wide X 2.4–2.9 mm long); anterior margin slightly convex, not emarginate medially; scutellar scale absent; dorsum and propodeum with coarse contiguous punctures, sculpture concealed by dense setae; entirely with dense appressed yellow setae, except posterior face of propodeum with sparse black setae. Legs burgundy, clothed with yellow setae. Metasoma. Burgundy; disk of tergum I glabrous, bordered by shallow contiguous punctures; tergum II with shallow contiguous punctures, sculpture concealed by dense setae; sternum II shining, with shallow separated punctures, not at all scabrous; sternum I lacking an obvious median carina; pygidium rugose; all specimens have median arrow-shaped area of appressed black setae on anterior margin of tergum II; all specimens but one with yellow setae on remainder of segment; remainder of setae in all specimens yellow. Male. Unknown. Paratypes. 4♀, MEXICO, Baja California Sur, Cabo Falso, 7 km W. Cabo San Lucas, I-1-79, P. Rude (1♀, CISC); Sierra de la Laguna, VII-31-87, R. E. Wells (1♀, DGMC); Sonora, 27 mi N Guaymas, VIII-20- 60, R. L. Westcott (1♀, LACM); N. of Guaymas, III-27-61, D. F. Veira (1♀, EMUS). Distribution. Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora). Etymology. From the Greek nipho "snow" and Greek pilis "hair," referring to the whitish yellow coloration of this species. Remarks. This species is known only from the female. The dorsum of the body is predominantly concolorous and yellow. The yellow setae are not long and shaggy (as in D. albiceris). Tergum II has a spot of black setae anteromedially. One specimen has the apical fringe of setae on tergum II narrowly interrupted medially with black setae. One specimen has the yellow setae on terga III and IV narrowly interrupted medially with black. In another specimen, only tergum III is narrowly interrupted medially with black setae.Published as part of MANLEY, DONALD G. & PITTS, JAMES P., 2007, Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 1487 (1) on pages 75-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1487.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/508678
The Manley Arts: Literary Blood
No full textDiscusses author feuds throughout history, including Hemingway’s brawl with Max Eastman and his biting criticism of the Fitzgeralds in A Moveable Feast
Dasymutilla loreto Manley & Pitts 2007, new species
No full textDasymutilla loreto Manley & Pitts, new species Holotype male, Mexico, Baja California Sur, Puerto Escondido, Loreto, VI-23-91, R. Shaver [UCDC]. Diagnosis of Male (Plate C5O). This species can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters, including coloration. The mandible is bidentate and the antennal scrobe is not carinate. Sternum II lacks a pit filled with setae. The pygidium is glabrous and possesses an apical fringe of setae. This species has the integument entirely black. The metasoma, from the apical fringe of tergum II, and the scutellum are clothed with scarlet setae. The head, pronotum, and mesonotum are clothed with contrasting gray and black setae. The remainder of the body is clothed entirely with black setae. Description. Male: Length, 7–9 mm. Head. Black; mandible acute at apex, with inconspicuous inner tooth about 0.25X distance from apex; clypeus flat, anterior margin bidentate; scape carinate, clothed with gray setae; flagellomere I slightly shorter than remaining segments; antennal scrobe ecarinate; front and vertex with coarse contiguous punctures; vertex with raised conical area bearing ocelli; occipital region compressed laterally; front and vertex with contrasting gray and black setae. Mesosoma. Black; anterior margin slightly emarginate medially, anterior face of emargination glabrous; mesosoma, except metapleuron, with coarse contiguous punctures; tegula black, posterior half glabrous, shining, anterior half with appressed black setae; pronotum and mesonotum with contrasting gray and black setae; scutellum with scarlet setae; remainder of mesosoma with black setae. Legs black, clothed with black setae. Wings fuscous. Metasoma. Black; tergum I with coarse contiguous punctures; remainder of metasoma with shallow separated punctures; pygidium glabrous, shining, with apical fringe of black setae; sternum I with sharp longitudinal carina most of length of segment; sternum II lacking pit filled with setae; posterolateral angle of last sternite not dentate, with shallow separated punctures, except apical margin glabrous and produced into median tooth. Genitalia (Plate 2C). Paramere with apex dorsally curved, ventral margin of basal 0.3 densely pubescent, remainder with short sparse setae; cuspis with basal 0.3 cylindrical and slightly lobate ventrally, remainder somewhat laterally flattened, ventral and internal surface of flattened portion with thick long setae, external margin slightly dorsal also with row of thick long setae, dorsal and external surface of flattened portion with dense short setae, length about 0.6X free length of paramere, densely pubescent basal lobe present; digitus linear, tapering towards apex, length slightly less than 0.5X free length of paramere; penial valve bidentate, teeth separate and roughly equal in size. Female. Unknown, may be D. lachesis. Paratypes. 3♂, MEXICO, Baja California Sur, Hwy 1 S. El Rosario at 115 marker, VIII-24/25-92, D. E. Russell (1♂, UCDC): Puerto Escondido, Loreto, VI-23-91, R. Shaver (1♂, DGMC); Todos Santos, VI-15-75, H. Evans, W. Rubink, and D. Gwynne (1♂, DGMC). Distribution. Mexico (Baja California Sur). Etymology. In reference to the type locality of Loreto, Puerto Escondido, Baja California Sur, Mexico; the specific-epithet is a noun in apposition. Remarks. This species is described on the basis of the male, but its pattern of color and distribution make it likely to be the male of D. lachesis. This male is characterized by having the apical fringe of tergum II, and terga III through VI entirely, clothed with long, red setae, while the head and mesosoma are clothed with white setae.Published as part of MANLEY, DONALD G. & PITTS, JAMES P., 2007, Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species, pp. 1-128 in Zootaxa 1487 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1487.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/508678
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