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Visual representation in the work of Joseph Roth, 1923-1932
No full textThrough an examination of Joseph Roth’s reportage and fiction published between 1923 and 1932, this thesis seeks to provide a systematic analysis of a particular aspect of the author’s literary style, namely his use of sharply focused visual representations, which are termed Heuristic Visuals. Close textual analysis, supplemented by insights from reader-response theory, psychology, psycholinguistics and sociology illuminate the function of these visual representations. The thesis also seeks to discover whether there are significant differences and correspondences in the use of visual representations between the reportage and fiction genres. Roth believed that writers should be engagiert, and that the truth could only be arrived at through close observation of reality, not subordinated to theory. The research analyses the techniques by which Roth challenges his readers and encourages them to discover the truth for themselves. Three basic variants of Heuristic Visuals are identified, and their use in different contexts, including that of dialectical presentations, is explored. There is evidence of the use of different variants of Heuristic Visuals according to the respective rhetorical demands of particular thematic issues. It has also been possible to establish synchronic correspondences between the different genres, and diachronic correspondences within genres. Although there are examples within the reportage where the entire article is based on an Heuristic Visual, the use of Heuristic Visuals cannot be seen as a key organizing principle in Roth’s work as a whole. As his mastery of the technique reaches its highest point in the early 1930s, Heuristic Visuals are often incorporated into the reconstruction of a complete sensory experience. Analysis of Roth’s heuristic use of visual representations has led to important insights, including a reinterpretation of the endings of Roth’s two most famous novels: Hiob and Radetzkymarsch
Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence
No full textThis paper assesses whether shareholders drive the environmental and social (E&S) performance of firms worldwide. Across 41 countries, we find that institutional ownership is positively associated with E&S performance with additional tests suggesting this relation is causal. Our evidence shows that institutions are motivated by both financial and social returns. Investors increase firms’ E&S performance following shocks that reveal financial benefits to E&S improvements. In cross-section, investors increase firms’ E&S performance when they come from countries where there is a strong community belief in the importance of E&S issues, but not otherwise. These investors, mostly from European countries, transplant their social norms around the world
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No full text"Compliments of A. S. Alexander" on first leaf in manuscript.Mode of access: Internet
Preface
No full textThis book grew out of a set of notes prepared during the course of a joint Caltech-UCLA Seminar in Descriptive Set Theory and Harmonic Analysis, organized by the authors during the academic year 1985–86. We appreciate very much the help as well as the patience of the participants in this seminar.
We are grateful to G. Debs, R. Dougherty, S. Jackson, R. Kaufman, R. Lyons, and J. Saint Raymond for many valuable comments and suggestions. The first author is indebted to S. Pichorides for introducing him to the subject of uniqueness for trigonometric series. We would like also to thank N. O'Connor for her efficiency, care and patience in typing the manuscript.
The work of A. S. Kechris has been partially supported by NSF Gratnt DMS84-16349. A. Louveau has been supported by CNRS, France and by UCLA during his visit in the academic year 1985–86. He takes this opportunity to thank the Mathematics Department for its hospitality
Métricas de autor Alexander Sellamén-Garzón
No full textInforme de las métricas de autor del Dr. Alexander Sellamén-Garzón de las publicaciones indexadas en Google Académico cuyo objetivo es entregar un insumo para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades y potencialidades de los autores de la Universidad Santo Tomás en el posicionamiento y visibilidad de sus publicacionesReport of the author metrics Alexander Sellamén-Garzón of the publications indexed in Google Scholar whose objective is to provide an input for the strengthening of the capacities and potentialities of the authors of the Santo Tomás University in the positioning and visibility of their publicationshttp://unidadinvestigacion.usta.edu.c
Alexander Biletsky as literary critic: in 1920-s
No full textУ статті аналізується літературно-критичний доробок Олександра Білецького 1920-х років. У
центрі уваги автора - концепція розвитку української поезії перших двох десятиліть XX ст. та
української прози 1920-х, обґрунтована в статтях О. Білецького, а також індивідуальний стиль
критика.The article researches the literary and critical works by Alexander Biletsky in 1920-s. The author
focuses on the concept of Ukrainian poetry development in the first decades of the XX cent, and Ukrainian
prose in 1920-s, grounded in O. Biletsky's articles, as well as the individual style of the critic
Fashion Culture: Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era
No full textOn April 2, 2019, author Kimberly S. Alexander presented Treasures Afoot, her intriguing new book that interweaves biography and material culture with full-color photographs to tell how shoes were made, sold, and worn during the eighteenth century. Alexander traces the fortunes and misfortunes of wearers as their footwear was altered to accommodate poor health, flagging finances, and changing styles, raising fresh questions about everyday life in early America
Infantile-Onset Alexander Disease: A Genetically Proven Case With Mild Clinical Course in a 6-Year-Old Indian Boy
No full textAlexander disease is an autosomal dominant leukoencephalopathy characterized by developmental delay, macrocephaly, and characteristic neuroimaging abnormalities predominantly involving frontal lobes. We report a 6-year-old Indian boy with infantile-onset Alexander disease, who has an unusually mild clinical course and a de novo p.Leu359Val mutation in the glial fibrillary acidic protein gene. © The Author(s) 2012
Russian society`s value system at the epoch of Alexander the II: declaratory and actual
No full textAnalyzing defensive texts pertaining to the times of judicial reform of Alexander the II the author of the article reconstructs the ethical value system actually valid at the Russian society of that period and largely opposed to the declared ethical values
The Nature of Author Relevance in Literary Interpretation
No full textOne ongoing debate in literary interpretation focuses on the relevance (or not) of the author to interpreting a literary work‟s meaning. Traditionally the dominant opposing positions in this debate are intentionalism, where the author‟s intentions are relevant to and even determinate of meaning, and (strong) anti-intentionalism, where the author is in no way relevant to interpretation. In this thesis I demonstrate that these two positions do not form a straightforward opposition. I show that this arises from a dialectical mixing of metaphysical claims and methodological claims. For example, if an intentionalist argues that the meaning of a work is metaphysically determined by its author‟s intentions then the anti-intentionalist response may be that accessing the author‟s actual intentions are methodologically impossible for the interpreter. Resulting from this I frame the debate in terms of metaphysical questions of meaning and methodological questions of interpretation. In my discussion of the metaphysics of meaning I show that there is at least a minimal sense in which the author is relevant to the meaning of a work. I argue that there are features of the work that the author, due to his or her historical and geographical context, could not help but have included in it, and in this sense the author limits the meaning of a work. Following this, my discussion of the methodology of interpretation argues that a reasonable regulatory question for interpretive practice is: what could the author possibly mean? Finally I consider my conclusions in relation to the most recent positions in the debate, showing that they are best reflected in Alexander Nehamas‟ “postulated author”
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