266 research outputs found
Recent scholarship in the eighteenth-century sentimental novel
No full textA bibliographic study of recent scholarship (1999-2010) on the sentimental novel of the 18th century, with focus on issues of race, gender, childhood studies and materialism.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesVitaby Erin Aileen O'Kan
Humor Writer of the Month: Aileen Weintraub
No full textAileen Weintraub, award-winning author, journalist and editor, is our Humor Writer of the Month for February. Her latest book, Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir, is described as a laugh-out-loud, emotionally charged story of one woman’s unexpected path to authenticity
Aileen Kilgore Henderson papers, MSS.0661
No full textAbstract: Drafts and final manuscripts of the works of this award-winning Alabama children's author, and correspondence with her editor and with her fans. Also a United States Army Women's Corps uniform [not AKH's actual uniform; the attached insignia may or may not be hers either]: jacket, blouse, skirt and garrison cap, circa 1944-1951 and other military recognitions.Scope and Content Note: The collection contains drafts and final manuscripts of her works The Summer of Bonepile Monster and The Monkey Thief, correspondence with her editor and with her fans. The material relating to book manuscripts is arranged by title. The incoming correspondence is filed alphabetically by surname of the sender, when known. If the sender was writing on behalf of an organization, the letter is alphabetized under the parent body. Items for which authorship is unclear are located at the beginning of the letters. Outgoing letters, when not attached by Henderson to the original incoming letter, are arranged chronologically.The collection also contains a United States Army Women's Corps uniform [not AKH's actual uniform; the attached insignia may or may not be hers either]: jacket, blouse, skirt and garrison cap, circa 1944-1951 in tan tropical worsted cloth, insignia (Aviation Cadet insignia and Army Air Forces Command shoulder sleeve insignia); a United States Army Freedom Team Salute Certificate of Appreciation with U.S. Army Veteran lapel pin and two window decals; and an Alabama Golden Eagle Journalism Medal of Honor Award inducting AKH into the 2008 Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame certificate (framed) and lapel pin on red, white and blue ribbon.Biographical/Historical Note: A native Alabamian and author, currently living in Cottondale, Alabama. She is the author of The Summer of the Bonepile Monster and The Monkey Thief. She received the Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature in 1995 and the Alabama Library Award in 1996
Homilies for the 99% or the Resurrection and Resurgence of Horatio Alger
No full textThis work was made to accompany an exhibit curated by Aileen Bassis in 2016 at Westbeth Gallery in New York City about income inequality. This group of work references 19th century author Horatio Alger. His enormously popular books stressed the notion that hard work and honesty will enable individuals to rise out of poverty and find financial security. - Aileen Bassis. A homily is a moral lesson, often a platitude that favors broad brushstrokes of generalities over complex and subtle examination of issues. The aspect of homilies in this work is derived from the literature of Horatio Alger, a writer from the 19th century. He wrote enormously popular books for young adults that stressed simple moral virtues such as honesty and hard work as the means to climb from poverty to financial security. People were reading these during the Depression. These ideas are still floating around and used to blame people for their poverty rather than blame institutional forces. This work combines images and text from Horatio Alger novels with urban street imagery to make prints with mixed media. - Aileen Bassis.https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/1008/thumbnail.jp
Intertextual Episodes in Lectures: A Classification from the Perspective of Incidental Learning from Reading
No full textIn a parallel language environment it is important that teaching takes account of both the languages students are expected to work in. Lectures in the mother tongue need to offer access to textbooks in English and encouragement to read. This paper describes a preliminary study for an investigation of the extent to which they actually do so. A corpus of lectures in English for mainly L1 English students (from BASE and MICASE) was examined for the types of reference to reading which occur, classifi ed by their potential usefulness for access and encouragement. Such references were called ‘intertextual episodes’. Seven preliminary categories of intertextual episode were identifi ed. In some disciplines the text is the topic of the lecture rather than a medium for information on the topic, and this category was not pursued further. In the remaining six the text was a medium for information about the topic. Three of them involved management, of texts by the lecturer her/himself, of student writing, or of student reading. The remaining three involved reference to the content of the text either introducing it to students, reporting its content, or, really the most interesting category, relativizing it and thus potentially encouraging critical reading. Straightforward reporting that certain content was in the text at a certain point was the most common type, followed by management of student reading. Relativization was relatively infrequent. The exercise has provided us with categories which can be used for an experimental phase where the effect of different types of reference can be tested, and for observation of the references actually used in L1 lectures in a parallel-language environment
Human background DNA on stones in an urban environment.
No full textStones are frequently used as tools in criminal acts. In our department, around 5 % of all analysed crime scene related trace samples are contact or touch DNA traces swabbed from stones. These samples are primarily related to cases of damage to property and burglary. In court, questions can arise about DNA transfer and the persistence of background DNA not related to the respective crime. To shed some light on the question of how likely it is to detect human DNA as background DNA on stones from an urban environment, the surfaces of 108 stones sampled throughout the city of Bern, the Swiss capital, were swabbed. We detected a median quantity of 33 pg on the sampled stones. STR-profiles suitable for a CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) registration in the Swiss DNA database were established from 6.5 % of all sampled stone surfaces. For comparison, retrospective casework data analysis from routine crime scene samples demonstrates a success rate of 20.6 % for the establishment of CODIS-suitable DNA profiles from stones sampled for touch DNA. We further investigated how climatic conditions, location and properties of the stones affected the quantity and quality of the recovered DNA. In this study, we show that the quantity of the measurable DNA decreases significantly with increasing temperature. Furthermore, less DNA could be recovered from porous stones, compared to smooth ones
Sounds Local, 1993 September 17
No full textInterview with music director Ellen Robison about the upcoming summer musical program, including South Pacific, produced by Opera House Theatre Company and on stage at Thalian Hall; Interview with author Scott Whisnant about his novel, Innocent Victims, based on the 1985 Eastburn family murders committed in Fayetteville, North Carolina; Interview with Robbie Benson, associate director of the Cape Fear Chordsmen, about singing barbershop music; Interview with Andrew Jones, the Flying Wine Man, about discerning tastes and the best money saving wines; Aileen discusses the creole piano band music of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band out of New Orleans, performing at Thalian Hall; Overview of upcoming events on the cultural calendar
Aileen McHarg, ‘Unity and Diversity in the United Kingdom's Territorial Constitution’
No full textIn this chapter, Chris McCorkindale assesses the significance of Aileen McHarg's chapter ‘Unity and Diversity in the United Kingdom's Territorial Constitution’. After first exploring the biographical influences on McHarg's thought, drawing on an interview with the author, McCorkindale explores divergence within the UK constitution, exacerbated and challenged by Brexit, and the urgent need – highlighted by McHarg's chapter – for a more holistic and sophisticated approach to the constitutional relationship between the devolved jurisdictions and the centre
Writing Aileen Palmer back into memory. Review of Sylvia Martin's biography, Ink in her veins: The troubled life of Aileen Palmer
No full textBrien, DL ORCiD: 0000-0002-9005-3645AILEEN Palmer was a poet and author in a wide range of other genres. She was also a linguist with an advanced grasp of a number of languages—putting this to good use in sensitive translations. A political activist, she lived and worked in Australia and overseas and both her work and her name deserve to be better known. Sylvia Martin’s beautifully written and carefully researched biography of Aileen certainly makes a major contribution to that task. The title of Martin’s biography suggests that, as the eldest daughter of two important Australian writers, Nettie Palmer and Vance Palmer, its subject was born into a writing life. This other main theme of this biography is suggested in its subtitle as not only did Aileen Palmer have “ink in her veins”, she also had a “troubled life.” These dual
concerns—with her various writings and the turmoil and distresses she
experienced—make for a finely balanced and nuanced life study
Whiteness matters : implications of talking up to the white woman\ud
No full textThe author examines the responses to her book "Talkin' up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism." She analyzes the nine out of almost 30 reviews written about her book which talks about power relations between white feminists and indigenous women. Larissa Behrendt, Anne Marshall and Huanani-Kay Trask were among those who reviewed the said book
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