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Webb, Heather (2022). Dante, artist of gesture [Reseña de libro]
No full textReseña del libro: Webb, Heather (2022). Dante, artist of gesture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 208 pp. ISBN: 9780192866998 y 978019195920
Introduction
No full textAlthough scholars had suggested that there were correspondences between same-numbered cantos that begged to be explored, this approach had never been pursued in a systematic fashion across the poem. The introduction to the first volume sets out the novel project of 'vertical readings in Dante's Comedy', which involved an international team of thirty-four scholars. The introduction surveys the history of approaches of this kind, outlines some interpretative justifications for such a reading of the poem, and summarises some of the insights of the chapters in the volume
Introduction
No full textThe introduction to the second volume of Vertical Readings in Dante's 'Comedy' considers the variety of methodological approaches and interpretative insights which had emerged in the course of the thirty-three public lectures (2012-16) upon which the three published volumes are based. It also highlights how 'vertical readings' are proliferating outwith the bounds of the volume, evidence that this approach is already being adopted as part of the language of Dante Studies, as well as the influence of the research project on Dante pedagogy. Finally, it provides a synopsis of some of the particular insights of each of the eleven chapters in the volume
Introduction
No full textThe Introduction to the third and final volume of Vertical Readings in Dante's 'Comedy' assesses the 'vertical readings' project as a whole, and its potential influence of future modes of reading the poem. It then considers the particular contribution of the third volume, as well, to a wider reappraisal of Dante's theology. Finally, it provides a synopsis of some of the insights emerging from each of the eleven chapters in turn
Self-directed change or specialist help? Understanding the pathways to changing drinking in heavy drinkers
No full textThis article uses qualitative methods to compare two groups of heavy drinkers - those who had recently sought specialist help, and those who were currently 'self-directing' change in drinking. Thirty-six heavy drinkers, selected from a larger cohort in the English West Midlands, took part in semi-structured interviews on drinking change. Key themes for the 'self-directed change' group were: confidence in self-sufficiency to change, internalised social pressure for change, and social collaboration with other drinkers for changing drinking. In contrast, themes for the 'specialist help' group were: feeling 'out of control', lacking confidence in the decision to change drinking, external social pressure for change, and alienation from social collaboration in changing drinking. Results suggest that specialist help might exploit or develop opportunities for collaboration with others. To maintain change, specialist help may need to take more into account those social roles that appear to encourage the stabilisation of drinking in the long term
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Vertical Readings in Dante's Comedy. Volume 1
No full textVertical Readings in Dante's ‘Comedy' is a reappraisal of the poem by an international team of thirty-four scholars. Each vertical reading analyses three same-numbered cantos from the three canticles: Inferno i, Purgatorio i and Paradiso i; Inferno ii, Purgatorio ii and Paradiso ii; etc. Although scholars have suggested before that there are correspondences between same-numbered cantos that beg to be explored, this is the first time that the approach has been pursued in a systematic fashion across the poem. This collection - to be issued in three volumes - offers an unprecedented repertoire of vertical readings for the whole poem. As the first volume exemplifies, vertical reading not only articulates unexamined connections between the three canticles but also unlocks engaging new ways to enter into core concerns of the poem. The three volumes thereby provide an indispensable resource for scholars, students and enthusiasts of Dante
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