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The reduction of metaphysics and the play of violence in the poetry of Wallace Stevens
No full textPhDThe thesis demonstrates how Wallace Stevens' poetry utilises pre-Socratic philosophy in overcoming post-Kantian dislocation from the 'thing-in-itself'. I initially consider Stevens’ poetry in terms of Hans-Georg Gadamer's ontological conception of the 'play' of art, an interactive existence overlooked by Kant. Through the ‘play’ of Stevens’ poems the reading audience are implicated in their reduction to being. The origin of this conception leads Gadamer back to Parmenides who Stevens had read. I argue that Stevens’ poetry ‘plays’ its audience into an ontological ground in an effort to show that his ‘reduction of metaphysics’ is not dry philosophical imposition, but is enacted by our encounter with the poems themselves. Through an analysis of how the language and form of Stevens’ poems attempt to reduce mind and world to concepts that parallel Parmenides’ poetic sense of being, and Heraclitus’ notion of becoming, the thesis uncovers the ground in which Stevens attempts a reconnection with the ‘thing-in-itself’. It is through the experience of reconnecting to an ontological centre, which his poetry presents as the human project, that Stevens’ poetry also presents itself as a means of replacing religion.From here we turn to Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida for an exposition of how such a reduction reduces the ‘Other’ to ‘otherness’ and their worry that this reduction legitimates violence within the thought of Martin Heidegger and Parmenides. From this I make a case for how such reductions are connected to what I refer to as 'the play of violence' in Stevens' poetry, and to refer this violence back to the mythology Stevens' poetry shares with certain pre-Socratics and with Greek tragedy. This shows how such mythic rhythms are apparent within the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Heidegger and Gadamer, and how these rhythms release a poetic understanding of the violence of a ‘reduction of metaphysics’
Masters and Mentors of the Piano: an account by Claudia Stevens of her piano study with major piano teachers and leading performing artists of the second half of the twentieth centery, 1966-1981
No full textMonograph entitled "Masters and Mentors of the Piano: an account by Claudia Stevens of her piano study with major piano teachers and leading performing artists of the second half of the twentieth centery, 1966-1981," which provides background and context to Stevens' career as a pianist. Artist teachers and musical mentors include Leon Fleisher, Leonard Shure, Arie Vardi, Aaron Copland, Malcolm Frager, Andre Watts, Gilbert Kalish, Miachel Tilson Thomas, Istvan Nadas, Martin Canin, Gunther Schuller, Louis Vosgerchian, Bernhard Abramowitsch, Barbara Shearer, David del Tredici, Charles Rosen, Joseph Silverstein, Gyorgi Ligeti, and a number of others. From Mss. Acc. 2003.51, 2008.137, 2009.003, subseries 1, series 1, Claudia Stevens Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
A Program of Works by William Stevens
No full textNonsensicles (Stevens, William); Four Love Songs and One Hate Song (Stevens, William); Nine duets for singer and solfègeur for the purpose of building the vocabulary, based on particularly salient passages from the 1961 edition of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (Stevens, William); Six Animalistic Songs (Stevens, William); ADAM & EDE in the Garden of Even (Stevens, William). Instrumentation: piano; teno
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The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969
No full textTranscript of a letter by an unidentified author to David Fentress regarding sharing federal newspapers and the banning of federal newspapers in some areas. The author passes on the news of the war including the destruction of the Federal merchantmen by the Confederate fleet. He passes along world news: Russia preparing to go to War with Europe and how that could negatively affect the Confederacy. There is also speculation on the future of the war
David M. Thomas : a party disguised as work or work disguised as a party
No full textThis article discusses David M. Thomas' 2012 exhibition at Boxcopy. Thomas' exhibition conflates the space of the studio with that of the gallery. In doing so, he draws out complex relationships between production and presentation, subjectivity and sociality. This article focuses on these aspects of Thomas' creative exploration of identity and its mutability through art making
The Devil's long tail: religious moderation and extremism on the Web
No full textIn this article, we examine Chris Anderson's theory of the long tail with regard not to an economic market, but rather to the competitive marketplace of ideas. In a religious context, we interpret the long-tail theory as predicting that the Web will allow extreme or strict sects to flourish in an unprecedented way by helping proponents cater to the long tail online. If this is true, it threatens the orthodox understanding of the dynamics of religious extremism. It would also undermine the associated idea that groups’ convergence on the middle ground of religious beliefs cultivates and is cultivated by liberal civic virtues. If radical groups can flourish while preaching virtues diametrically opposed to liberalism, freedom of religion might not be so good for liberalism after all
Portrait of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author David Foster at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 8 June 2011.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
The Devil's long tail: religious and other radicals in the internet marketplace
No full textThe internet may be a utopia for free expression, but it also harbours nihilistic groups and individuals spreading bizarre creeds, unhindered by the risk-averse gatekeepers of the mass media – and not all are as harmless as the Virtual Church of the Blind Chihuahua or Sexastrianism.With few entry barriers, ready anonymity and no centralised control, the internet offers wired extremists unprecedented access to a potential global audience of billions. Technology allows us to select the information we wish to receive – so those of a fanatical bent can filter out moderating voices and ignore countervailing arguments, retreating into a virtual world of their own design that reaffirms their views.In The Devil’s Long Tail, Stevens and O’Hara argue that we misunderstand online extremism if we think intervention is the best way to counter it. Policies designed to disrupt radical networks fail because they ignore the factors that push people to the margins. Extremists are driven less by ideas than by the benefits of participating in a tightly-knit, self-defined, group. Rather, extreme ideas should be left to sink or swim in the internet’s marketplace of ideas.The internet and the web are valuable creations of a free society. Censoring them impoverishes us all while leaving the radical impulse intact
Viral and Rickettsial Registry Committee: American Type Culture Collection Folder 6 -- 1966-70 -- Correspondence, General -- letter, 1968-10-01
No full textLetter from Stevens, David A. to Sabin, Albert B. dated 1968-10-01.Sabin Collection Fair Use Policy</a
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