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Twentieth-century poetry and science : science in the poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid, Judith Wright, Edwin Morgan, and Miroslav Holub
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to arrive at a characterisation of twentieth century poetry and science by means of a detailed study of the work of four poets who engaged extensively with science and whose writing lives spanned the greater part of the period. The study of science in the work of the four chosen poets, Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 – 1978), Judith Wright (1915 – 2000), Edwin Morgan (1920 – 2010), and Miroslav Holub (1923 – 1998), is preceded by a literature survey and an initial theoretical chapter. This initial part of the thesis outlines the interdisciplinary history of the academic subject of poetry and science, addressing, amongst other things, the challenges presented by the episodes known as the ‘two cultures’ and the ‘science wars’. Seeking to offer a perspective on poetry and science more aligned to scientific materialism than is typical in the interdiscipline, a systemic challenge to Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) is put forward in the first chapter. Additionally, the founding work of poetry and science, I. A. Richards’s Science and Poetry (1926), is assessed both in the context in which it was written, and from a contemporary viewpoint; and, as one way to understand science in poetry, a theory of the creative misreading of science is developed, loosely based on Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence (1973). The detailed study of science in poetry commences in Chapter II with Hugh MacDiarmid’s late work in English, dating from his period on the Shetland Island of Whalsay (1933 – 1941). The thesis in this chapter is that this work can be seen as a radical integration of poetry and science; this concept is considered in a variety of ways including through a computational model, originally suggested by Robert Crawford. The Australian poet Judith Wright, the subject of Chapter III, is less well known to poetry and science, but a detailed engagement with physics can be identified, including her use of four-dimensional imagery, which has considerable support from background evidence. Biology in her poetry is also studied in the light of recent work by John Holmes. In Chapter IV, science in the poetry of Edwin Morgan is discussed in terms of its origin and development, from the perspective of the mythologised science in his science fiction poetry, and from the ‘hard’ technological perspective of his computer poems. Morgan’s work is cast in relief by readings which are against the grain of some but not all of his published comments. The thesis rounds on its theme of materialism with the fifth and final chapter which studies the work of Miroslav Holub, a poet and practising scientist in communist-era Prague. Holub’s work, it is argued, represents a rare and important literary expression of scientific materialism. The focus on materialism in the thesis is not mechanistic, nor exclusive of the domain of the imagination; instead it frames the contrast between the original science and the transformed poetic version. The thesis is drawn together in a short conclusion
Portrait of Young Edwin C. Fisher
No full textCropped copy-photograph of a boy identified as Edwin C. Fisher. He is standing next to an upright construction made from thin branches. He is wearing a dark suit and light neckerchief-like tie. He is leaning his left arm on the wooden item. He is holding a wide-brimmed hat in his right hand. According to accompanying information, he was an early settler of Portland, TX, born in 1873, who operated a duck hunting business
Barriers to sexual health services for young people in Nepal
No full textAlthough sexual and reproductive health education and services are provided to young people, current
rates of HIV infection and pregnancy are increasing in Nepal, indicating that young people do not always
use sexual health services. Health facilities have apparently failed to provide young people with specialized
sexual health education and services. This study explored the barriers to using sexual health services, including
condom-use among young people in Nepal. Participants from 10 focus groups and 31 in-depth interviews,
carried out by a same-sex researcher, reported many socioeconomic, cultural and physical
norms that impose barriers to accessing information on sexual health and relevant services. It is concluded
that the establishment of youth-friendly service centres in convenient places might help encourage young
people to use sexual health services
Edwin Harold Shryock, M.D.
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of Edwin Harold Shryock, MD. Dr. Shryock was a physician, medical educator, and college administrator at Loma Linda University. He was also well known as a prolific author, counselor and public speaker. He died on March 03, 2004. [Item note] Large crease on bottom right of photograph has been digitally removed.19 x 19 c
“Boys Remain Prestigious, Girls Become Prostitutes”: Socio-Cultural Context of Relationships and Sex among Young People in Nepal
No full textOne of the key characteristics of many developing countries compared to more developed countries is that their
population is relatively young, and a proportion of those young people are becoming sexually active each year.
The last two decades has seen a growing concern worldwide of the spread of HIV/AIDS, but, of course, young people face a range of socio-economic, cultural, psychological and sexual health-related problems at that time of their life. Very little research has been conducted in this area into Nepalese young people’s problems. Our qualitative study explores key problems faced by Nepalese youths with particular emphasis on sexual and reproductive health issues. The findings of ten focus group discussions with a total of 75 participants and 31 in-depth individual interviews indicated that many young people of Nepal face a range socio-economic, psychological, sexual and reproductive health-related problems. Unemployment, less opportunity for sex and entertainment, stress, curiosity, communication gap and poor sex education and sexual health services were frequently reported problems. In addition there was a gender difference around sex with young women (girls) having fewer opportunities and less freedom than young men (boys). In order improve young people’s sexual health, more attention needs to be given to rigorous research and the design and implementation of appropriate interventions. Young people’s ability to make informed choices about their own health and risk behaviour should be enhanced
Sexual and Reproductive Health Status among Young Peoples in Nepal: Opportunities and Barriers for Sexual Health Education and Services Utilization
No full textThis article attempts to summarise the situation of sexual and reproductive health among young people in Nepal.
Modernisation and social transformation are occurring rapidly in Nepalese society. Growing expansion of communication and transportation networks, urbanisation and in-migration of population to urban areas is creating a different sociocultural environment, which is conducive to more social interactions between young girls and boys in Nepal. Rising age at marriage has now opened a window of opportunity for pre-marital and unsafe sexual activity among young people in Nepal which creates risks of unwanted pregnancy, STIs/HIV and AIDS. Several socio-economic, demographic and cultural factors have been identifi ed as encouraging factors for risk taking behaviours among young people. Improving access to youth friendly services, implementing peer education programmes for school and out of school going adolescents, developing effective Information, Communication and Education (IEC) materials and curricula have been highly suggested to improve the existing young people’s sexual and reproductive health status
Brigham Young University - Faculty p.5
No full textImage shows the Brigham Young University faculty sometime before 1900. First Row (l to r): Jennie Brimhall Knight, Ella Larsen, Retta Young, Leah Dunford (Widtsoe), Alice Reynolds, Catherine Syndegaard (Frisbey), Mary Woodruff; Second Row (l to r): Anthony C. Lund, N. L. Nelson, George H. Brimhall, President Benjamin Cluff, Jr.; Joseph B. Keeler, Don Carlos Young, Walter M. Woolf, Edwin S. Hinckley; Third Row (l to r): Wilford M. McKendrick, Bryant S. Hinckley, Moses C. Davis, Maggie Peterson, Joseph Jensen, Miss Young, James L. Brown, O. W. Andelin, Dr. Jane Skolfield, Ernest Partridge; Back Row (l to r); Thomas S. Court, Caleb Tanner, Edwin H. Holt, John T. Miller, B. T. Higgs, Lester A. Stanley, Lars E. Eggertson, V. M. Prat
Contributions to Dynamic Behaviour of Materials Professor John Edwin Field, FRS 1936–2020
No full textProfessor John Edwin Field passed away on October 21st, 2020 at the age of 84. Professor Field was widely regarded as a leader in high-strain rate physics and explosives. During his career in the Physics and Chemistry of Solids (PCS) Group of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, John made major contributions into our understanding of friction and erosion, brittle fracture, explosives, impact and high strain-rate effects in solids, impact in liquids, and shock physics. The contributions made by the PCS group are recognized globally and the impact of John’s work is a lasting addition to our knowledge of the dynamic effects in materials. John graduated 84 Ph.D. students and collaborated broadly in the field. Many who knew him attribute their success to the excellent grounding in research and teaching they received from John Field.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Novel Aerospace Material
Edwin Harold Shyrock, MD
No full textBlack and white portrait of Edwin Harold Shyrock, MD. Dr. Shyrock was a respected physician, medical educator, college administrator, author, counselor, public speaker and family man. Harold grew up in Loma Linda, where his father, Alfred Q. Shyrock, MD became the sixth physician at the newly established College of Medical Evangelists (now Loma Linda University). Harold married Daisy Bagwell in 1929, after graduating from Pacific Union College and completed his medical training at CME in 1933. He was asked to teach at the college in 1936 and did so for more than 40 years. He served as dean of the Loma Linda University School of Medicine from 1951-1954 and chaired the department of anatomy from 1957-1959. He authored many magazine articles and 13 books. He may be best remembered among Adventists for the two volumes, "On Becoming a Man" and "On Becoming a Woman." He died on March 03, 2004.20.5 x 25 c
Boys of England and Edwin J. Brett, 1866-99
No full textBoys of England was a Victorian boys' periodical. It was published weekly by Edwin J. Brett from 1866 to 1899, initially from the Fleet Street offices of the Newsagents'
Publishing Company, and later from Brett's own `Boys of England Office'. It was the first periodical of its kind, and achieved a large sale amongst eager youngsters.
The purpose of this thesis is to provide a general history of BOE and Brett, neither of which has yet been attempted. More specifically, the thesis is intended to address
misconceptions regarding Brett and his work. Historians of boys' periodical literature have tended to portray Brett's papers as largely supportive of middle class hegemony. They
argue that they failed to connect with the lives of their upper working and lower middle class readers. However, this thesis contends that in actual fact BOE engaged closely with
the lives of its readership, comprised mainly of boys from the `respectable' working classes. Therefore, BOE should rightly be considered an important, indigenous component
of working class society and culture in mid to late Victorian Britain.
To provide as comprehensive an analysis as possible, the thesis is divided into three sections: `Paper and Proprietor'; `Content'; `Response'. These sections are divided into further chapters, each exploring a salient facet of BOE and Brett. Some of these engage with, and challenge, the existing historiography of boys' periodical literature. Others introduce historiographies previously remote from the study of boys' papers, widening the
remit of this relatively self-contained field. Some examine entirely unstudied, or largely understudied, subject matter.
Ultimately, this thesis is intended to make a valuable contribution not only to the historiography of boys' papers specifically, and children's literature in general, but also to the wider historiographies of Victorian social and cultural history and the Victorian working class
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