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Tennyson (Longman Critical Readers)
by Rebecca StottAlternative approaches have emerged which have radically altered our understanding of Tennyson's poetry and his relationship to the Victorian age. This text covers the most significant areas of new work on Tennyson, effectively linking feminist and gender studies with deconstructive, psychoanalytic and linguistic attention. The Introduction discusses ways in which orthodox critical approaches have dominated readings of Tennyson's poetry and provides a critical overview of the radical reappraisal of his work. It also provides a guide to the varied ways in which these new debates have shaped and are shaping themselves, with a final discussion of the future directions which Tennyson criticism is likely to take. The essays chosen cover and reflect a range of modes of critical enquiry compelling in themselves.
Tennyson and Geology: Poetry and Poetics (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)
by Michelle GericThis book offers new interpretations of Tennyson's major poems along-side contemporary geology, and specifically Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology (1830-3). Employing various approaches - from close readings of both the poetic and geological texts, historical contextualisation and the application of Bakhtin's concept of dialogism - the book demonstrates not only the significance of geology for Tennyson's poetry, but the vital import of Tennyson's poetics in explicating the implications of geology for the nineteenth century and beyond. Gender ideologies in The Princess (1847) are read via High Miller's geology, while the writings of Lyell and other contemporary geologist, comparative anatomists and language theorists are examined along-side In Memoriam (1851) and Maud (1855). The book argues that Tennyson's experimentation with Lyell's geology produced a remarkable 'uniformitarian' poetics that is best understood via Bakhtinian theory; a poetics that reveals the seminal role methodologies in geology played in the development of divisions between science and culture, and that also, quite profoundly, anticipates the crisis in language later associated with the linguistic turn of the twentieth century.
Tennyson and Mid-Victorian Publishing
by Jim CheshireThis book examines how Tennyson's career was mediated, organised and directed by the publishing industry. Founded on neglected archival material, it examines the scale and distribution of Tennyson's book sales in Britain and America, the commercial logic of publishing poetry, and how illustrated gift books and visual culture both promoted and interrogated the Poet Laureate and his life. Major publishers had become disillusioned with poetry by the time that Edward Moxon founded his business in 1830 but by the mid-1860s, his firm presided over a resurgence in poetry based on Tennyson's work. Moxon not only orchestrated Tennyson's rise to fame but was a major influence on how the Victorian public experienced the poetry of the Romantic period. This study reevaluates his crucial role, and examines how he repackaged poetry for the Victorian public.
Tennyson and the Fabrication of Englishness
by Marion SherwoodThrough an examination of Tennyson's 'domestic poetry' - his portrayals of England and the English - in their changing nineteenth-century context, this book demonstrates that many of his representations were 'fabrications', more idealized than real, which played a vital part in the country's developing identity and sense of its place in the world.
Tennyson and Victorian Periodicals: Commodities in Context (The Nineteenth Century Series)
by Kathryn LedbetterThis is the first book-length study of Tennyson's record of publication in Victorian periodicals. Despite Tennyson's supposed hostility to periodicals, Ledbetter shows that he made a career-long habit of contributing to them and in the process revealed not only his willingness to promote his career but also his status as a highly valued commodity. Tennyson published more than sixty poems in serial publications, from his debut as a Cambridge prize-winning poet with "Timbuctoo" in the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal to his last public composition as Poet Laureate with "The Death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale" in The Nineteenth Century. In addition, poems such as "The Charge of the Light Brigade" were shaped by his reading of newspapers. Ledbetter explores the ironies and tensions created by Tennyson's attitudes toward publishing in Victorian periodicals and the undeniable benefits to his career. She situates the poet in an interdependent commodity relationship with periodicals, viewing his individual poems as textual modules embedded in a page of meaning inscribed by the periodical's history, the poet's relationship with the periodical's readers, an image sharing the page whether or not related to the poem, and cultural contexts that create new meanings for Tennyson's work. Her book enriches not only our understanding of Tennyson's relationship to periodical culture but the textual implications of a poem's relationship with other texts on a periodical page and the meanings available to specific groups of readers targeted by individual periodicals.
Tennyson's Language
by Donald S. HairThe study of language was central to the thinking of Tennyson and his circle of friends. The period of his education was a time of interest in the subject, as a new form of philology became widely known and accepted in Britain. In this study, Donald S. Hair discusses Tennyson's own view of language, and sets them in the context of the language theories of his day.The scope of the book is broad. Hair draws upon a wide range of Tennyson's poetry, from a quatrain he wrote at the age of eight to an 'anthem-speech' he wrote at the age of eighty-two, and pays particular attention to two major works: In Memoriam and Idylls of the King.He explores these in relation to the two theoretical traditions Tennyson inherited. One is derived from Locke and the language theory set out in Book III of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, the other from Coleridge and the language theory of what Mill called the 'Germano-Coleridgian' tradition. He goes back to Plato's Cratylus and Aristotle's On Interpretation, and forward to the continental philology introduced into England by Tennyson's friends, Kemble and Trench, among others. Finally, he links Tennyson's language to thinkers such as Whewell, Hallam, and Maurice, who are not in themselves philologists but who make language part of their concerns--and Whewell was Tennyson's tutor, Hallam and Maurice his friends.Hair offers a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory in Britain while also providing some close readings of key passages of Tennyson's work and examinations of the poet's faith and views of society.
Tennyson's Maud: The Biographical Genesis
by Ralph W. Rader"This book was born out of the curiosity aroused in me by Tennyson's Maud and "Locksley Hall," ostensibly dramatic poems which were strangely flawed, I always felt, by some hidden emotional connection with the poet's own life. What was it? . . . The final result of my inquiry is this book." --From the Preface by the Author This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.
Tennyson's Name: Identity and Responsibility in the Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson (The Nineteenth Century Series)
by Anna BartonSeeking to understand Tennyson's poetry as the work of a man concerned with making and then living up to one of the most famous names in Victorian literature, Anna Barton offers close readings of Tennyson's major works. From his obscure beginning as 'A.T.', one of two anonymous brothers, to the height of his success, when he held the impressive title 'Alfred Lord Tennyson, DCL, Poet Laureate', the development of Tennyson's career took place in a period increasingly aware that a name could command considerable cultural capital. In the marketplace goods were sold on the strength of their brand name; in the press the battle for signed articles was fought and won; and in Victorian drawing rooms young ladies collected the autographs of family and friends and pasted them into scrap books. From his early lyrics to his Arthurian Idylls, Barton argues, the laureate's keen sense of professional identity forced him to grapple with modern concerns about the ethics of print in order to establish his own responsible poetic.
Tense in English: Its Structure and Use in Discourse (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language #9)
by Renaat DeclerckFirst published in 1991, this book looks at tense in English, one of the most controversial areas of grammar. Prior to the book’s original publication, the problems and interest in the subject had led to an impressive number of books and articles. Yet, despite the amount of work produced, nothing approaching a consensus had emerged, merely a series of conflicting theories and analyses. Here, Renaat Declerck provides a framework for a theoretical instrument which will enable the linguist to interpret the data correctly. The book is primarily theoretical in nature, but offers descriptive theory and a discussion of the various tenses which will make it a valuable tool for those teaching English. Theoretical and applied linguists will find this an important contribution to the debate on tense and a worthy starting point for future research. The book is not written from the viewpoint of any particular linguistic theory and does not presuppose any knowledge of tense theory, it is a readable and reliable guide to the area.
Tension and Contention in Language Education for Latinxs in the United States: Experience and Ethics in Teaching and Learning (Language Education Tensions in Global and Local Contexts)
by Glenn A. Martínez Robert W. TrainApplying a critical lens to language education, this book explores the tensions that Latinx students face in relation to their identities, social and institutional settings, and other external factors. Across diverse contexts, these students confront complex debates and contestable affirmations that intersect with their lived experiences and social histories. Martinez and Train highlight the pedagogic and ethical urgency of teacher responsibility, learner agency and social justice in critically addressing the consequences, constraints, and affordances of the language education that Latinx students experience in historically-situated and institutionally defined spaces of practice, ideology and policy. Reframing language studies to take into account the roles of power, inequality, and social settings, this book provokes dialogue between areas of language education that rarely interface. Through privileging the learner experience, the book provides a window to the contested spaces across language education and generates new opportunities for engagement and action. Offering nuanced and insightful analyses, this book is ideal for scholars, language researchers, language teacher educators and graduate students in all areas of language education.
Tensión y sentido
by Mariano Peyrou Tubert«Siempre que leemos un buen poema, por muy acostumbrados que estemos a leer poesía, sentimos esa tensión; podemos aprender a disfrutarla.» Este libro no es un manual, pero logra que el lector, de un modo natural, sutil y un tanto inesperado, descubra y aprenda a emplear sus propios recursos para abordar un poema (y se libere de ciertas trabas). Tampoco es una historia de la poesía, pero en él lo contemporáneo se conecta con una larga tradición que abarca diversas disciplinas artísticas, de modo que vemos con nuevos ojos tanto lo antiguo como lo moderno. ¿Qué ocurre cuando el sentido se abre, cuando conviven la precisión y la imprecisión, cuando irrumpe lo prosaico? ¿Cómo participan la ironía, la debilidad temática, las repeticiones, las imágenes o los símbolos en la construcción del sentido? Mariano Peyrou nos invita a disfrutar de la tensión de explorar un territorio extraño, a entregarnos a la fascinación que genera esa extrañeza y a encontrar un espacio desde el que leer, mirar y pensar de forma diferente. En el camino, una cuidada selección de poemas (de Baudelaire, Dickinson, Eliot, Stevens, Parra, Szymborska o Ullán, pero también de Shakespeare, Góngora o Blake) ilustra las distintas dimensiones exploradas. Pero los poemas, conectados con numerosos ejemplos provenientes de otras disciplinas (Duchamp, El Veronés, Beethoven, Stravinski, Darwin o Freud también están en estas páginas), son sobre todo el terreno ideal para que el lector se deleite estrenando su nueva mirada. Reseñas:«Libro a libro, ha renovado los modos del lenguaje y los enfoques de la mirada de una obra poética y narrativa tan personal como extrañamente prodigiosa.»Antonio Ortega, Babelia «Esas raras veces en que el ingenio se acompaña de sustancia, el resultado puede ser fascinante. En ese momento es cuando yo dejo de llamarlo "ingenio" y lo llamo "talento".»Sara Mesa, Estado Crítico «Su sentido del humor y su controlado gusto por la broma lingüística adquieren un feliz tono propio.»Nadal Suau, El Cultural «Innovador, ácido, lúdico, lúcido.»Ángeles López, La Razón «Uno de nuestros grandes poetas del lenguaje.»Vicente Luis Mora, Diario de Lecturas «Mariano Peyrou me parece un excelente escritor.»José María Guelbenzu «Una de las escrituras más personales y sorprendentes del panorama actual.»Luis Bagué Quílez, Babelia «Uno de los narradores españoles más inteligentes en el juego con el lenguaje.»Eugenio Fuentes, La Nueva España «Dan ganas de anunciarle al lector que esto no es una novela. ¿Y esto es bueno o malo? En el caso del autor madrileño, es bueno. Muy bueno. Endiabladamente inteligente.»J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, Babelia, sobre Los nombres de las cosas «Son muchas las cuestiones existenciales y artísticas que plantea De los otros. Impulsada por un estilo introspectivo, con derivas en el flujo de la conciencia y diálogos con frases inconclusas. Peyrou sobrecoge al lector.»Francisco Solano, Babelia «Peyrou da rienda suelta a su aventura lingüística sin que la vanguardia desemboque jamás en gratuidad.»Juan Andrés García Román, Babab «No es una novela de humor, y sin embargo es divertida como pocas que haya leído en los últimos años.»Juan Marqués, La Esfera de Papel, sobre Los nombres de las cosas
Tensions in World Literature: Between the Local and the Universal
by Weigui FangThis collection gives a diversified account of world literature, examining not only the rise of the concept, but also problems such as the relation between the local and the universal, and the tensions between national culture and global ethics. In this context, it focuses on the complex relationship between Chinese literature and world literature, not only in the sense of providing an exemplary case study, but also as an introspection and re-location of Chinese literature itself. The book activates the concept of world literature at a time when it is facing the rising modern day challenges of race, class and culture.
Tensions of Modernity: Las Casas and His Legacy in the French Enlightenment (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)
by Daniel R. BrunstetterPolitics today is marked by tension between claims of universal human rights and diversity. From the war on terror to immigration, one of the major challenges facing liberalism is to understand the scope of equality in a world in which certain peoples are perceived to reject and/or violently resist democratic principles. This book revisits Europe’s initial encounter with the Native Americans of the New World to shed light on how the West’s initial defense of so-called ‘barbarians’ has influenced the way we think about diversity today, and elucidate the arguments of exclusion that unconsciously permeate the moral world we live in. In doing so, Daniel R. Brunstetter traces Bartolomé de Las Casas’s oft heralded defense of the Native Americans in the sixteenth century through the French Enlightenment. While this defense has been rightly lauded as an early example of human rights discourse, tracing Las Casas’s arguments into the eighteenth century shows how his view of equality enabled arguments legitimizing the annihilation by ‘just’ war of those perceived to be ‘barbarians’. This philosophical narrative can be useful when thinking about concepts such as just war, multiculturalism, and immigration, or any area in which politics confronts radical difference.
The Tenth Muse: Essays in Criticism (Routledge Revivals: Herbert Read and Selected Works)
by Herbert ReadThis book, first published in 1957, is a collection of Herbert Read’s essays on various topics. The essays explore many different subjects and themes, including art, literature, religion and philosophy. This title will be of interest to a variety of readers.
El teólogo en la España de la temprana modernidad: Formas de vida seculares y espirituales. Impacto político, social y estético (Prolegomena Romanica. Beiträge zu den romanischen Kulturen und Literaturen)
by Christoph Strosetzki Isabel Hernando Morata Christian WehrEste volumen analiza el lugar y el perfil del teólogo en el Siglo de Oro español. Los capítulos que lo integran se centran no solo en los miembros del clero católico, sino también en los seguidores de corrientes religiosas como el recogimiento, el dejamiento, el alumbradismo y la devotio moderna. La figura del teólogo se aborda desde las perspectivas de los estudios literarios y culturales, la teología y la filosofía. Son objeto de atención la concepción que el teólogo tenía de sí mismo, su actitud, conocimiento, formación, influencias y actividades, que atestiguan los tratados, los textos ficcionales y la literatura religiosa del Siglo de Oro. Se plantean cuestiones como las consecuencias de la Reforma y la Contrarreforma en la imagen de los teólogos, sus relaciones familiares y económicas con otros miembros de la sociedad, y el importante papel que alcanzaron en este período como autores literarios.Dieser Sammelband analysiert den gesellschaftlichen Ort und das Profil des Theologen im Siglo de Oro, wobei auch Vertreter religiöser Lehren, die nicht dem katholischen Klerus angehörten, also Repräsentanten der Strömungen des recogimiento, dejamiento, alumbradismo oder der devotio moderna Berücksichtigung finden. Es kommen die Perspektiven vor allem von Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft, Theologie und Philosophie zu Wort. Analysiert werden Selbstverständnis, Haltung, Wissen und Ausbildung, Einflussbereich und Tätigkeitsfeld der Theologen, wie sie in Traktaten, fiktionalen Texten und religiöser Literatur bezeugt werden. Dabei werden Fragenkomplexe diskutiert wie z.B. die nach den Folgen von Reformation und Gegenreformation für das Selbstverständnis des Theologen, nach den familiären und wirtschaftlichen Bindungen der Theologen oder nach der bedeutenden Rolle von Theologen als Autoren in der Literatur der Zeit.
Teoría King Kong
by Virginie DespentesTeoría King Kong es uno de los grandes libros de referencia del feminismo y de la teoría de género, un incisivo ensayo en el que Despentes comparte su propia experiencia para hablarnos sin tapujos ni concesiones sobre la prostitución, la violación, la represión del deseo, la maternidad y la pornografía, y para contribuir al derrumbe de los cimientos patriarcales de la sociedad actual. «Escribo desde la fealdad, y para las feas, las viejas, las camioneras, las frígidas, las mal folladas, las infollables, todas las excluidas del gran mercado de la buena chica, pero también para los hombres que no tienen ganas de proteger, para los que querrían hacerlo pero no saben cómo, los que no son ambiciosos, ni competitivos, ni la tienen grande. Porque el ideal de la mujer blanca, seductora, que nos ponen delante de los ojos es posible incluso que no exista.» Críticas:«Despentes se ha convertido en una especiede heroína de culto, una santa patrona de las mujeres invisibles.»The New York Times «Pocas autoras nos sumergen como Virginie Despentes en el pantanal asfixiante en que se ha convertido nuestra época.»El País «Virginie Despentes es una de las escritoras francesas más incómodas.»Le Journal du Dimanche «Se atreve a atacar el estado actual del mundo, en constante evolución y difícil de comprender.»Radio Télévision Suisse Culture
Teoría novelada de mí mismo
by Sergio González RodríguezLa historia universal de una persona Este libro es un ensayo, una novela y una memoria. El tema es uno y múltiple: Sergio González Rodríguez. Más que una autobiografía, lo que el autor realiza aquí es una relectura, de lo vivido, lo escrito y lo soñado. Como en todo regreso a un libro entrañable, el lector/autor se encuentra con marcas y subrayados que delatan sus obsesiones. Las de Sergio González Rodríguez, relector de sí mismo, están todas presentes en estas páginas: los sueños, los fantasmas, la violencia, las habitaciones de hotel, el cine, los vínculos entre rock y literatura. Por ello, este libro es también una enciclopedia desbordante e íntima. Es la historia universal de una persona. "Ahora, desde el presente, soy un fantasma que transita entre la vida cotidiana, sus filos o goces, y los libros, las películas. Entre el mundo, el ultramundo y el asedio de las pesadillas compartidas. ¿En qué creo? Entre otras cosas, en la alteridad radical entrevista en lecturas, sueños, imágenes, fantasmas, intervenciones. O en el estudio del trance entre la grafía y la agrafía; entre el deseo y el sueño e, indefectiblemente siempre, frente a cada uno de nosotros la realidad. La escritura, el sueño, las imágenes, los fantasmas. La aptitud intrusiva de ellos en cada quien como sendero literario. Éste es el mío." Sergio González Rodríguez
Terapia literaria el libro: Manual de supervivencia para lectores
by Valentina Trava Maura GómezEn este libro aprenderás cómo: Disfrutar los libros Hacerte tiempo para leer Encontrar a tu comunidad lectora Comprender mejor lo que lees Y, básicamente, ¡amar la lectura! Valentina Trava y Maura Gómez son dos leyendas del mundo de los libros, sus recomendaciones literarias pesan y, me consta, basta una mención suya de un título para agotarlo en librerías. De manera ágil y liviana, no por ello menos profunda, nos asoman a los libros, a los autores, desmenuzan con elegancia los textos, desentrañan los párrafos, abren en canal las frases para incitarnos a leer, a adentrarnos en todos los mundos que traen detrás de sí los libros. Son incansables en su propósito de hacernos amar la lectura, y en este libro nos dan pautas para acercarnos, con más vigor y vitalidad, al acto de leer. Este libro es para ti, para mí, para todos, vale la pena acercarse a él Guillermo Arriaga, autor Premio Alfaguara de novela 2020
Teresa of Avila's Autobiography: Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-sixteenth Century Spain
by Elena CarreraThe Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila (1515-82), author of one of the most acclaimed early modern autobiographies (Vida, 1565), has generated a wealth of literary, historical and theological studies, yet none to date has examined the impact of textual models on Teresa's self-construction. In looking at the issue of the self, Carrera draws on revisions
Term Paper Resource Guide To African American History
by Caryn E. NeumannNeumann (history, Miami U. of Ohio) provides a supplemental text intended to provide high school and college students with compelling research topics for papers. It includes 100 of the most significant events in African American history, from the 16th century slave trade to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Each topic includes an overview, suggested term paper research questions, listings of primary and secondary sources, relevant Internet Web sites, and multimedia sources. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Term Paper Resource Guide to American Indian History
by Patrick LebeauMajor help for American Indian History term papers has arrived to enrich and stimulate students in challenging and enjoyable ways.
Term Paper Resource Guide To Colonial American History
by Roger M. CarpenterAs a starting point for students in high school and up writing term papers about colonial history, this reference presents 100 entries on important historical events during the period. Each entry provides a brief overview of the event, followed by a list of term paper suggestions, which are research questions that students may modify. There are also alternative paper suggestions for creating iMovies, PowerPoint presentations, podcasts, and other formats. Some suggestions ask students to assume the role of an advisor to a historical person, or to make a counterhistorical argument. Primary sources are listed, focusing on sources that students can find easily in most libraries or on the Web. Secondary sources, web sites, and multimedia sources are also listed.
Term Paper Resource Guide To Nineteenth-Century World History
by William T. WalkerWalker (history, Chestnut Hill College) provides a guide for students to writing term papers related to nineteenth-century world history. He lists chronologically 100 historically significant events that could be used as topics for papers, with an overview of the event, term paper suggestions, alternate formats like podcasts, journal entries, and news articles, and annotated lists of primary and secondary sources, websites, and multimedia sources. Events were chosen based on their historical significance, availability of source materials, and interest to students. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Term Rewriting and All That
by Franz Baader Tobias NipkowThis textbook offers a unified, self-contained introduction to the field of term rewriting. Baader and Nipkow cover all the basic material--abstract reduction systems, termination, confluence, completion, and combination problems--but also some important and closely connected subjects: universal algebra, unification theory, Gröbner bases, and Buchberger's algorithm. They present the main algorithms both informally and as programs in the functional language Standard ML (An appendix contains a quick and easy introduction to ML). Key chapters cover crucial algorithms such as unification and congruence closure in more depth and develop efficient Pascal programs. The book contains many examples and over 170 exercises. This is also an ideal reference book for professional researchers: results spread over many conference and journal articles are collected here in a unified notation, detailed proofs of almost all theorems are provided, and each chapter closes with a guide to the literature.
Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction
by Scott BukatmanScott Bukatman's Terminal Identity--referring to both the site of the termination of the conventional "subject" and the birth of a new subjectivity constructed at the computer terminal or television screen--puts to rest any lingering doubts of the significance of science fiction in contemporary cultural studies. Demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge, both of the history of science fiction narrative from its earliest origins, and of cultural theory and philosophy, Bukatman redefines the nature of human identity in the Information Age. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary theories of the postmodern--including Fredric Jameson, Donna Haraway, and Jean Baudrillard--Bukatman begins with the proposition that Western culture is suffering a crisis brought on by advanced electronic technologies. Then in a series of chapters richly supported by analyses of literary texts, visual arts, film, video, television, comics, computer games, and graphics, Bukatman takes the reader on an odyssey that traces the postmodern subject from its current crisis, through its close encounters with technology, and finally to new self-recognition. This new "virtual subject," as Bukatman defines it, situates the human and the technological as coexistent, codependent, and mutally defining.Synthesizing the most provocative theories of postmodern culture with a truly encyclopedic treatment of the relevant media, this volume sets a new standard in the study of science fiction--a category that itself may be redefined in light of this work. Bukatman not only offers the most detailed map to date of the intellectual terrain of postmodern technology studies--he arrives at new frontiers, providing a propitious launching point for further inquiries into the relationship of electronic technology and culture.