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Music in words : the music of Anthony Burgess, and the role of music in his literature
No full textTheý principal focus of the thesis is Anthony Burgess, a prolific novelist whose first and
enduring creative passion was music in general and composition in particular. Burgess
criticism is limited and largely out-of-date, showing little recognition of the aural or musical
elements in his fiction, and virtually no specialist commentary on the music and its
relationships with the literature. The main aim of the thesis, therefore, is to demonstrate the
variety and strength of the widespread musical elements in Burgess's literature, including the
importance he attaches to the sonic basis of language, and to show that these are supported by
the musical sensibility and technical competence evident in his. compositions. It is suggested
that in the inevitable reassessmenot f his work following his death in 1993, the effects of his
musicianship on his literary work should play a greater part than hitherto, and the thesis makes
a contribution to this reassessmenbt oth through its original critical commentaries on his music
and through the music-orientated discussion of his literature.
After an introduction and literature review, the first chapter examines three examples of
Burgess's little-known music. All are associated with verbal texts, though the range is
otherwise wide, and through them it is possible to draw conclusions about the competence of
his handling of musical language and structure. The second and third chapters examine the
more familiar work of Burgess the acclaimed author, but from the unfamiliar viewpoint of its
musical content, including not only surface references but also hidden allusions and technical
puzzles aimed at the musician reader. Two instances of music serving as a structural template
for literature are analysed in detail, and attention is also drawn to Burgess's awareness of
musical elements in the content and language of the, work of some. of his predecessors. The
final core-chapter,e xamines the fusion of Burgess's literary and,m usical skills in the context of
his music and words for stage and radio.
What emerges is the clear intermeshing of his parallel careers;, and the production within his
distinctive literary output of work which, due to the radical extent of its musicalisation, has to
be viewed as musically-aware literature for specialised readers, at times evincing, it is
proposed, a logic which springs primarily from music
Activation volumes for peroxodisulfate oxidation of cobalt(iii), iron(ii) and nickel(ii) complexes
No full textDependences of rate constants on pressure (in aqueous solution up to 1.25 kbar) are reported for peroxodisulphate oxidation of hexacyanoferrate(TI), tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)iron(II), tris(l,10-phenanthroline)iron(II), bis(l,4,7-triazacyclononane)nickel(II) and bis(l,2-ethanediamine)cysteinatocobalt(III) and its thioglycollato-analogue, and for periodate oxidation of the two last-named complexes. Derived activation volumes are reported and discussed in terms of intrinsic and solvational contributions. Rate laws and pressure effects on reactivity are reported for the reaction of peroxodisulphate with pentacyanoferrates(II) containing N-alkylpyrazinium ligands.PT: J; CR: ALSHEHRI S, 1992, THESIS LEICESTER ALSHEHRI S, 1993, TRANSIT METAL CHEM, V18, P228 ASANO T, 1978, CHEM REV, V78, P407 BLUNDELL NJ, 1989, INORG CHIM ACTA, V155, P165 BURGESS J, UNPUB BURGESS J, 1966, J CHEM SOC A, P1772 BURGESS J, 1970, J CHEM SOC A, P2114 BURGESS J, 1980, J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM, P350 BURGESS J, 1982, INORG CHIM ACTA, V64, L71 BURGESS J, 1987, TRANSIT METAL CHEM, V12, P238 BURGESS J, 1992, PROGR REACT KINET, V17, P1 HAINES RI, 1981, COORDIN CHEM REV, V39, P77 HALLINAN N, 1987, J ORGANOMET CHEM, V333, P77 HERTING DL, 1978, INORG CHEM, V17, P1649 HOUSE DA, 1962, CHEM REV, V62, P185 IRVINE DH, 1958, J CHEM SOC, P2166 IRVINE DH, 1959, J CHEM SOC, P2977 MCAULEY A, 1984, INORG CHEM, V23, P1938 MILLERO FJ, 1971, CHEM REV, V71, P147 SLOAN CP, 1975, INORG CHEM, V14, P1481 TOMA HE, 1973, INORG CHEM, V12, P1039 VOLLAROVA O, 1983, J CHEM SOC DA, P2359 VOLLAROVA O, 1986, COLLECT CZECH CHEM C, V51, P1049 YEH A, 1985, J AM CHEM SOC, V107, P369; NR: 24; TC: 7; J9: TRANSIT METAL CHEM; PG: 4; GA: MK339Source type: Electronic(1
Fibre Stories: Episode 01 – Rethinking Fibre Futures with Rebecca Burgess and Emily Smith
No full textIn our inaugural episode of Fibre Stories, guests Rebecca Burgess and Emily Smith talk about new perspectives towards future fibre systems and how the Fibershed model offers a space to explore alternative economics and local production.
In this episode, we discuss: The formation of Fibershed, the Fibreshed Field School and the philosophy behind them; decolonizing education; an alternate look at universities as place-based knowledge institutions; regenerative fibre practices, comparing scale of traditional fibre systems to industrial fibre systems.
Episode Guests: Emily Smith is the creator of the Fibershed Field School and co-founder of the Vancouver Fibreshed. Rebecca Burgess is an author, the executive director of Fibershed and Board Chair of the Carbon Cycle Institute.
Keywords: Fibershed, Education, Local Economies of Production, Colonial & Decolonial Fibre Systems, Place-based KnowledgeCreated by Emily Smith, Fibreshed Field School investigated ecologically sensitive and economically viable methods of local textile production collaboratively with Fibershed, an international network founded by Rebecca Burgess. This program was co-designed by Emily Smith, Kate Armstrong, Cemre Demiralp, and Hélène Day Fraser and operated by the Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship in partnership with Aboriginal Gathering Place and Material Matters at Emily Carr University of Art + Design throughout 2020 – 2021
Kinetics of peroxodisulfate oxidation of low-spin iron(ii) complexes in binary aqueous mixtures
No full textPT: J; CR: ABRAHAM MH, 1969, CHEM COMMUN, P1307 ABRAHAM MH, 1969, CHEM COMMUN, P930 ABRAHAM MH, 1971, J CHEM SOC A, P1061 ADAMS DM, 1965, ADV PRACTICAL INORGA, P122 BALL DL, 1960, J ORG CHEM, V25, P1599 BLANDAMER MJ, 1976, J CHEM SOC DA, P1158 BLANDAMER MJ, 1976, J CHEM SOC DA, P606 BLANDAMER MJ, 1977, J CHEM SOC DA, P165 BLANDAMER MJ, 1977, J CHEM SOC DA, P60 BLANDAMER MJ, 1978, J CHEM SOC DA, P1001 BLANDAMER MJ, 1979, J INORG NUCL CHEM, V41, P258 BURGESS J, UNPUBLISHED BURGESS J, 1965, J CHEM SOC, P6061 BURGESS J, 1966, J CHEM SOC A, P1772 BURGESS J, 1968, J CHEM SOC A, P1085 BURGESS J, 1969, J CHEM SOC A, P1899 BURGESS J, 1970, J CHEM SOC A, P2111 BURGESS J, 1970, J CHEM SOC A, P2114 BURGESS J, 1970, J CHEM SOC A, P2351 CARRONDO MAA, 1977, J CHEM SOC DA, P2323 COOKSON PG, 1976, J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM, P1022 COX BG, 1979, JCS F1, P1780 DICKENS JE, 1957, J AM CHEM SOC, V79, P1286 GARDNER ER, 1964, INT J CHEM KINETICS, V6, P133 GILLARD RD, 1975, COORDIN CHEM REV, V16, P67 GORDON AJ, 1972, CHEM COMPANION HDB P GREEN AA, 1966, INORG CHEM, V5, P1858 HAINES RI, 1977, THESIS U LEICESTER HALPERN J, 1963, J AM CHEM SOC, V85, P680 HOUSE DA, 1962, CHEM REV, V62, P185 IRVINE DH, 1959, J CHEM SOC, P2977 JACKMAN FA, 1976, J SOLUTION CHEM, V5, P417 JINDAL VK, 1970, Z NATURFORSCH B, V25, P188 KAPOOR S, 1977, J INORG NUCL CHEM, V39, P1019 KOLTHOFF IM, 1953, J AM CHEM SOC, V75, P1439 KULIEV AM, 1976, KINETICA KATALIZ, V17, P1428 MOSS ML, 1942, IND ENG CHEM ANAL ED, V14, P931 OHASHI K, 1976, B CHEM SOC JPN, V49, P2440 RAMAN S, 1969, J INORG NUCL CHEM, V31, P1091 SAIPRAKASH PK, 1976, J INORG NUCL CHEM, V38, P880 SHAKHASHIRI BZ, 1969, J AM CHEM SOC, V91, P1103 SOROKINA MF, 1976, RUSS J PHYS CHEM, V50, P915 STALNAKER ND, 1977, J PHYS CHEM-US, V81, P601 SULFAB Y, 1977, INORG CHIM ACTA, V22, P35 TURNEY TA, 1965, OXIDATION MECHANISMS, P147 VANMETER FM, 1976, J AM CHEM SOC, V98, P1382; NR: 46; TC: 20; J9: J CHEM SOC DALTON TRANS; PG: 5; GA: KU279Source type: Electronic(1
Initial state and transition-state solvation effects in the cobaltotungstate oxidation of iodide in binary aqueous solvent mixtures
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Anthony Burgess and Science Fiction
No full textTHE MANCUNIAN POLYMATH John Anthony Burgess Wilson (1917-1993) had what might be best described as a reluctant relationship with science fiction. Famed as the author of one of the most famous dys-topias of 20th century literature, A Clockwork Orange, Burgess, who penned some 32 other novels as well as reams of non-fiction and musical compositions, found the notoriety of his most infamous work restricting, and regularly dismissed it as a jeu d’esprit which overshadowed his other achievements
Anthony Burgess and Science Fiction
No full textTHE MANCUNIAN POLYMATH John Anthony Burgess Wilson (1917-1993) had what might be best described as a reluctant relationship with science fiction. Famed as the author of one of the most famous dys-topias of 20th century literature, A Clockwork Orange, Burgess, who penned some 32 other novels as well as reams of non-fiction and musical compositions, found the notoriety of his most infamous work restricting, and regularly dismissed it as a jeu d’esprit which overshadowed his other achievements
Correction to: ‘Aboriginal Voices’: An overview of the methodology applied in the systematic review of recent research across ten key areas of Australian Indigenous education (The Australian Educational Researcher, (2019), 46, 2, (213-229), 10.1007/s13384-019-00307-5)
No full textIn the original publication of the article, the author name “Cathie Burgess” was inadvertently missed in the author group. The correct author group is “Kevin Lowe · Christine Tennent · John Guenther · Neil Harrison · Cathie Burgess · Nikki Moodie · Greg Vass”. Cathie Burgess coordinates Aboriginal Studies, Aboriginal Community Engagement and the Master of Education: Leadership in Aboriginal Education programs at the University of Sydney. Cathie’s research involves community-led initiatives positioning Aboriginal cultural educators as experts through projects such as Learning from Country in the City, Aboriginal Voices: Insights into Aboriginal Education and Redfern Cultural Program. The original article has been corrected
Music in Anthony Burgess' fiction
No full textTHESIS ABSTRACT Literature has been considered an ideal model for literature since Romanticism, however, some of the 20th -century authors have employed the analogy more precisely than the Romantics. Being a classical composer as well as an author of fiction, Anthony Burgess represents the perfect example of how the two arts influence each other. Music pervades a large portion of the author's prolific literary work, occurring in various forms. This thesis examines allusions to music, which offer insight into the psychology of characters in some texts and elucidates the context in others, as well as on the structural features of Burgess' works. Well acquainted with the technique of composing music, Burgess models some of his works on musical forms, or specific compositions and thus adds another layer to the connection between music and literature. Both of the aforementioned methods will be discussed first separately and then combined in a single novel. Burgess' short story "1889 and the Devil's Mode" (1989) will illustrate the use of music on a thematic level, the structural analogies to music will be examined in Burgess' experimental novel Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements (1974) and finally, the interplay of both methods will be discussed in Burgess' most-recognized novel A Clockwork Orange..
The real life of Anthony Burgess
No full textAnthony Burgess has always attracted acclaim and notoriety in roughly equal measure. He is admired for his literary novels, but known to a wider audience as the author of the ultra-violent shocker, A Clockwork Orange. Burgess was a brilliant polymath, a composer, and a man for whom chaos and creativity, fact and fiction, existed in a complex and unique balance. Drawing on his fraught relationships with publishers, friends and his first wife, as expressed in interviews, unpublished writings, letters and diaries, The Real Life of Anthony Burgess reveals both the professional writer and the private man as he has never been seen before
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