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T.S. Hodgson, Camps near Yorktown, Virginia to Joseph Hodgson, Rich Valley PO, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
No full textLetter from T.S. Hodgson, a soldier from Company E, 105th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, to his uncle describing the town of Yorktown, Virginia during the Siege of Yorktown during the American Civil War. He described how he just go out of the hospital, firing shots against the rebels at the pickets, General McClellan as the head of the army, and not receiving a package from his uncle
T.S. Eliot and the music of poetry
Full text linkThis thesis is a study of T.S. Eliot's poetry in the light of the different ways in which it can be considered 'musical'. Two concerns central to the thesis are: (1) Eliot's enduring interest in the musical quality of poetry; (2) the critical usefulness and viability of drawing analogies between his poetry and music. The thesis considers three important related topics: (1) Eliot's preoccupation with language, its inevitability and its inadequacy; (2) the figure of the seeker in his poetry; (3) his interest in mysticism. The thesis begins by exploring affinities between music and literature in the context of Wagner’s ideal of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk' and its influence on French Symbolist writers. It goes on to trace the development of T.S. Eliot's poetic style as influenced by the French Symbolist poets, by Dante and the mediaeval mystics, and by the music of Wagner, Stravinsky and other composers. Throughout, Eliot's poetry presents variations on the theme of detachment and involvement in relation to the figure of the seeker: consciousness is most engaged and challenged when it journeys. In the early poetry, music serves to emphasize failed relationships: the closer the physical proximity between protagonists, the greater the psychological distance. From The Waste Land on, Eliot makes use of myth and leitmotif to portray consciousness in the role of seeker urged on by the need for meaning. After his conversion to Anglo-Catholicism in 1927, Eliot's characters embark on a journey inward, where music, now "unheard", no longer signifies neurosis and despair, but becomes the only language for the ineffable
Hardening of an Al-Cu-Mg alloy containing type I and II S phase precipitates
No full textThe effect of different thermo-mechanical treatments on the hardness of the 2024 (Al-Cu-Mg) alloy was studied. Artificial ageing was conducted through heating at a constant rate to specific temperatures followed by rapid cooling. It was found that quenched only alloy 2024, which is found to form Type II S precipitates, possesses lower hardness compared to cold worked alloy 2024, on ageing to temperatures below 300°C. Cold working lowers the temperature required for S phase precipitation to start while decreasing the quenching rate is seen to give higher hardness on ageing to temperatures below 200°C. Type II S precipitate is found to result in lower hardening as compared to that due to Type I S precipitate. The reason for this is suggested to be due to the larger size of Type II S precipitate. The hardness of solution treated and subsequently cold worked and artificially aged 2024 is increased if the quenching is conducted in water at 80ºC, a slower quench. This effect is notable if the ageing temperature is below about 200º
VAN ROOYEN, T.S. Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1940; 1 File; 0.44 metrePrivate papers of T.S. van Rooyen, Lecturer in History at the Pretoria University
The examination of how modern, overeducated and intellectual men are alienated from their environment of materialistic values of the Modern Era, with regard to the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot.
Full text linkAn intellectual man eventually questions the deviations in his society and he is usually
astounded by how he is obliged to stand alone in that society. This work specifically focuses on
how the shattered values of Modern World lead the intellectual individual to alienation and
suffering, with regard to the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot. The
given imageries, stylistic devices, meanings and some certain references are examined as well, as
indications of the suffering of the individual.
The essay also includes the historical and social background of American Literature of
twentieth century and stresses the relation between the mentioned factors and the attitude of
modern men. After World War I, the artistic approach of some certain writers of the mentioned
era has been mainly affected by the social changes. The main aim is to study how these changes
influenced the poetry of T.S. Elliot; more specifically investigate the indications of that certain
state of mind embedded in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”.
As a focus, the research question of this essay suggests concentrating on the topic by
taking major themes, linguistics, structures, tone, atmosphere and setting of the poem into
consideration. All the mentioned points are discussed in a detailed way in order to determine and
comprehend the state of endurance and alienation of modern man. With the help of stylistic
devices, language and themes he uses, Elliot demonstrates how he is distressful about the
materialistic values of the Modern Era, as well as his personal suffering
T.S. Eliot : a bibliography of T.S. Eliot criticism, 1987-2013
Full text linkThis bibliography of scholarship related to the writer T.S. Eliot is arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year. This bibliography contains 1624 entries. Select entries have been annotated. Where available, annotations have been taken from the research database and are enclosed in brackets ([ ]). Annotations that have been taken from the works themselves are enclosed by asterisks. Annotations written by the author of this thesis have no special characters to distinguish them from other annotations. An annotated bibliography of Eliot criticism is essential to keep up with the recent resurgence in Eliot studies. The last bibliography published regarding Eliot's works was Sebastian Knowles and Scott A. Leonard's T.S. Eliot: Man and Poet, Volume 2: An Annotated Bibliography of a Decade of T.S. Eliot Criticism, 1977-1986. This new bibliography creates a central location for Eliot research for the years of 1987-2013
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In search of genius: T.S. Eliot as publisher
No full textThe article discusses about the literary style of the author T.S. Eliot. A systematic examination of T.S. Eliot's interactions as a publisher with almost every aspiring poet of his time is yet to be undertaken. Such an examination would be of interest for two reasons. It would reveal more about the creative and critical principles with which Eliot himself worked and it would give some indication of the manner in which he molded English literary culture by introducing and sponsoring younger poets
Higginbotham, T.S.
No full textPhoto of T.S. taking the annual class picture in 1923.https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/sewell_photos/1493/thumbnail.jp
Salix candida (Hoary Willow) : Hoary Willow
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Genus: Salix
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