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Ulysses by Numbers
by Eric Jon BulsonUlysses has been read obsessively for a century. What if instead of focusing on the words to understand the structure, design, and history of Joyce’s masterpiece, we pay attention to the numbers?Taking a computational approach, Ulysses by Numbers lets us see the novel’s basic building blocks in a significantly new light—words, paragraphs, pages, and characters, as well as the original print run and the dates marking the beginning and end of its composition. Numbers provide access into Joyce’s creative process, enhanced by graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, and they also give us a startling new perspective on the proportions that continue to structure, organize, and pace the reading experience. Numbers are there to help us navigate the history of Ulysses from its earliest material beginnings, and they offer a concrete basis upon which we can explore the big questions about its length, style, origins, readership, and design.An innovative computational reading on both a micro and macro level, Ulysses by Numbers is a timely intervention into debates about the use and abuse of quantitative methods in literary analysis. Eric Bulson demonstrates how reading by numbers can bring us closer to the words of Ulysses, helping us rediscover a novel we thought we already knew.
Ulysses Explained: How Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare Inform Joyce’s Modernist Vision
by David WeirIn 1929, T. S. Eliot claimed that "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them; there is no third. " Ulysses Explained argues that James Joyce may now be numbered along with Dante and Shakespeare among the giants of Western literature whose stature and status as an artist of the modern world has been confirmed by tradition. But there is another who walks beside them, closer to Dante and Joyce, certainly, though he occasionally brushes up against Shakespeare as well: the ancient poet Homer. These three figures command attention in any reading of James Joyce's Ulysses: Homer because he provides the narrative, Shakespeare because he supplies the plot, and Dante because he inspires the structure. This book shows how Joyce adapts classical, medieval, and renaissance traditions in Ulysses to advance his own modernist agenda of fragmented narrative, experimental structure, and psychosexual complexity.
Ulysses, Film and Visual Culture
by Philip SickerAlthough Joyce was losing his sight when he wrote Ulysses, Stephen's and Bloom's visual experiences are extraordinarily rich and complex. Absorbing the influences of popular visual attractions such as dioramas, stereoscopes and mutoscopes, their perceptions of Dublin are shaped by what Walter Benjamin calls 'unconscious optics'. Analyzing closely the texture of their impressions and of Joyce's prismatic narrative styles, Philip Sicker explores the phenomenon of sight from a wide-ranging set of perspectives: eighteenth-century epistemology (Locke and Berkeley), theories of the flaneur (Baudelaire and Benjamin), Italian Futurist art (Marinetti and Boccioni), photography (Barthes and Sontag), and the silent films Joyce watched in Dublin and Trieste. The concept of 'spectacle' as a mechanically-constructed visual experience informs Sicker's examination of mediated perception and emerges as a hallmark of modernist culture itself. This study is an important contribution to the growing interest in how deeply the philosophy and science of visual perception influenced modernism.
Ulysses on the Liffey
by Richard EllmannThe author of modern biographies lucidly disentwines the narrative, ethical, aesthetic, and ultimate levels of James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses. Much of the evidence is internal, but he also makes the first use of some important indications by Joyce himself.
Ulysses S. Grant (SparkNotes Biography Guide)
by SparkNotesUlysses S. Grant (SparkNotes Biography Guide) Making the reading experience fun! SparkNotes Biography Guides examine the lives of historical luminaries, from Alexander the Great to Virginia Woolf. Each biography guide includes:An examination of the historical context in which the person lived A summary of the person&’s life and achievements A glossary of important terms, people, and events An in-depth look at the key epochs in the person&’s career Study questions and essay topics A review test Suggestions for further reading Whether you&’re a student of history or just a student cramming for a history exam, SparkNotes Biography guides are a reliable, thorough, and readable resource.
Um . . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
by Michael ErardIn this account of language in the wild, linguist and writer Michael Erard explains why our attention to some verbal blunders rises and falls. Why was the spoonerism named after Reverend Spooner and not some other absentminded person? Where did the Freudian slip come from? Why do we prize "umlessness" in speaking? And how do we explain the American presidents who are famous for their verbal blundering? You'll have new ways to listen to yourself and others once you've met the people who work with verbal blunders every day - journalists, transcribers, interpreters, police officers, linguists, and psychologists, among others - and once you've learned what verbal blunders tell us about who we are and what we want
Um Quarto Só Seu
by Virginia WoolfCONSIDERADO UM DOS TEXTOS MAIS IMPORTANTES DO SÉCULO XX, UM QUARTO SÓ SEU MARCA UM MOMENTO FUNDADOR DO FEMINISMO MODERNO. UM ENSAIO MARCANTE DE UMA AUTORA INCONTORNÁVEL DO PENSAMENTO MODERNO, VIRGINIA WOOLF, AGORA NOS PENGUIN CLÁSSICOS. COM PREFÁCIO DE ANA LUÍSA AMARAL. «Tranquem as vossas bibliotecas se quiserem; mas não há portão, não há cadeado, não há ferrolho com que possam prender a liberdade do meu espírito.» Em 1928, Virginia Woolf foi convidada pela Universidade de Cambridge a dar, nos colégios femininos da instituição, uma palestra sobre mulheres e ficção. Com a frontalidade que o tema exige, Woolf resolve, sem subterfúgios, a equação: para escrever ficção, «uma mulher tem de ter dinheiro e um quarto só seu». Dito de outro modo, tem de ser livre. Versando sobre as condições materiais e sociais necessárias para que uma mulher possa, se assim o desejar, escrever e criar, e explorando os efeitos da pobreza e do constrangimento sexual na criatividade feminina, Virginia Woolf ofereceu ao seu auditório e a todas as gerações que se seguiram uma reflexão provocadora e estimulante sobre a condição da mulher e a alienação social a que foi, desde a Antiguidade, sujeita num mundo dominado por homens. Considerado um dos textos mais importantes do século XX, Um Quarto Só Seu marca um momento fundador do feminismo moderno, que devolve à esfera política uma luta antiga e justa: a da igualdade.
Um...Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
by Michael ErardJournalist and language expert Erard argues that the secrets of human speech are present in our verbal blunders as he studies and interprets speech errors--hilarious bloopers, Spoonerisms, and malapropisms.
Umbral: El frío de una vida
by Anna CaballéCrónica de un dandy español en el 15 aniversario de su muerte. La publicación de El frío de una vida, en 2004, marcó un antes y un después en el dominio del género de la biografía española. La brillante y rigurosa interpretación que se hacía de la escritura umbraliana a partir de los obstáculos y dificultades reales que no dejaron de asediar al escritor a lo largo de su vida (1932-2007) -y que hasta entonces habían permanecido ocultos- supuso una novedad y también un desafío. Anna Caballé fijó las circunstancias en las que transcurrieron la infancia y adolescencia de Francisco Umbral y su llegada a Madrid. También analizó y contextualizó en profundidad su incansable labor como articulista y escritor y su relación con las mujeres y el poder, todo ello construido en el libro con una pasión contenida que, sin embargo, es siempre muy perceptible en el estilo de la autora. El resultado fue un libro iluminador, valiente y arriesgado que huía de los cumplidos para exponer los hechos más relevantes de la vida de Umbral, sin obviar tampoco una posible interpretación de los mismos. La biografía de un escritor vivo como no se había escrito hasta entonces en España. Casi veinte años después de aquella edición, se reedita revisada y con los imprescindibles ajustes que incluyen el cierre de los interrogantes que en la primera edición quedaron sin resolver.
Umm Kulthum: Artistic Agency and the Shaping of an Arab Legend, 1967–2007 (Music Culture)
by Laura LohmanHow an extraordinary woman shaped her career and legacy through war In 1967 Egypt and the Arab world suffered a devastating defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War. Though long past the age at which most singers would have retired, the sexagenarian Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum launched a multifaceted response to the defeat that not only sustained her career, but also expanded her international fame and shaped her legacy. By examining biographies, dramas, monuments, radio programming practices, and recent recordings, Laura Lohman delves into Umm Kulth m's role in fashioning her image and the conflicting ways that her image and music have been interpreted since her death in 1975.
Umma Ungka's Unusual Umbrella (Animal Antics A to Z)
by Barbara deRubertisUmma Ungka stumbles and bumbles. She trips and tumbles! The summer sun is making her feel dizzy and muddled! But Uncle Ungka might have just the solution to keep Umma cool as a cucumber all summer long.
Umrisse einer Dritten Kultur im interdisziplinären Zusammenspiel zwischen Literatur und Naturwissenschaft: Jahrbuch des Instituts für moderne Fremdsprachen an der Naturwissenschaftlich-Technischen Universität Norwegens (NTNU) in Trondheim (ELECTRISCHER PROMETHEUS. Umrisse einer Dritten Kultur im interdisziplinären Zusammenspiel zwischen Literatur und Naturwissenschaft)
by Bernd NeumannIn diesem Open-Access-band geht es um die Thematisierung des Verhältnisses zwischen den gegenwärtig getrennten „Zwei Kulturen“ und Umrisse ihrer neuen Synthese in Richtung auf eine zeitgenössische, auf Interdisziplinarität gegründeten „Dritten Kultur“ als Zusammenschau von Literaturwissenschaft, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaft. Dabei wird Kafka als ein Autor ernst genommen, dessen Nähe zu Autoren der Romantik (Kleist etwa als einer seiner „Blutsbrüder“) ihn dazu bestimmte, deren zentrales Interesse an der Elektrizität (in Form des Mesmerismus beispielsweise) zu teilen. Als eine Weiterführung hinein in die neueste Moderne gelangt Kafkas besondere Begegnung mit Einstein und dessen Relativitätstheorie zur Darstellung, deren Einwirkung insbesondere auf Kafkas Spätwerk dargelegt wird. Als moderne Spielform solch „electrisch“- transdisziplinär orientierten literarischen Schreibens wird diesen Ausführungen Botho Strauß` gegenwärtiges Novellenwerk zur Seite gestellt.
Un Dimanche à la Maison class 1 - MIE
by Par Hanna Khodabocus"Un Dimanche à la Maison" présente une journée dans la vie de Kevin, un jeune garçon, et de sa famille lors d'un dimanche ordinaire. Le récit débute par les salutations matinales de Kevin à sa mère et sa famille avant de commencer sa journée. Il décrit sa routine quotidienne, partageant ses moments passés avec son frère, sa sœur, son père devant la télévision, et avec son grand-père dans le jardin. Pendant ce temps, sa grand-mère et sa mère se reposent sur la terrasse. Le livre souligne les activités familiales, les interactions et les responsabilités quotidiennes tout en mettant en avant les moments de détente et de partage. À la fin de cette journée, Kevin se prépare pour la rentrée scolaire du lendemain. Ce livre, conçu pour les jeunes lecteurs, offre un aperçu de la vie domestique typique d'une famille, encourageant les enfants à identifier et à comprendre les activités quotidiennes et les relations familiales.
(Un)Doing History: Thinking with the European Middle Ages
by null Vanita SethAgainst the grain of much contemporary scholarship within medieval studies, this work emphasizes the radical alterity and historical rupture that the Middle Ages represents in European history.Through an engagement with three contentious debates in medieval studies – historiography, race and individuated subjectivity – Vanita Seth’s work employs postcolonial and postmodern theorizing to explore questions of ontology, epistemology, facial privileging, and emotion and identity in the European Middle Ages and early modern period. While the subject matter of this book is historical, the stakes are contemporary and political. Seth’s contention is that it is the very alterity that the medieval represents that enables contemporary scholars and activists to recognize as historical that which is so often posited as ‘natural.’ Writing a history of absence while also engaging radically different ways of being in the world, this book argues, helps to disrupt the self-evident naturalization of the face, to contest knee-jerk celebrations of individuality tethered to the human visage, and to recognize racism not as an age-old nemesis but as a distinctly modern form of organizing power.This work is interdisciplinary, engaging scholarship in science studies, philosophy, feminist theory, anthropology, race studies and literature, and postmodernand postcolonial theory. It presumes no prior specialized knowledge in medieval studies and/or history. This book is an essential reading for scholars and students in the fields of medieval and early modern history, race, historiography, identity and emotion studies.
(Un)Following in Winnetou’s Footsteps: Representations of North American Indigeneity in Central Europe
by Sanja Runtić Jana Marešová Klára KolinskáThis book examines the ways in which North American Indigenous identity has been (re)imagined, represented, and negotiated in German, Croatian, Italian, Polish, and Czech culture. Employing a cross-disciplinary and comparative approach and drawing on a range of media—from literature, comics, and film to photography, painting, and the performative arts—across different historical and cultural backgrounds, it aims to both contribute innovative scholarship on Indigenous studies in Europe and open a new avenue in the field by focusing on Central European settings that have received little or no critical attention to date. The book’s novelty also comes from its focus on the latest developments in the field, including the “Ravensburger/Winnetou controversy,” which swept across Europe in 2022, echoing the 2017 Canadian debate over Indigenous appropriation and free speech. It seeks to provide a sound reference and lay the groundwork for future scholarship by opening up a conversation on how Indigenous identities have been portrayed in Central European literature and media texts. To this end, it not only addresses generalized expectations about North American Indigenous people underlying (Central) European public discourse and imagination but also questions whether and to what extent some of the ingrained stereotypical views and practices, such as hobbyism, have been challenged in the face of Indigenous resurgence, rapidly changing media and information-sharing realities, and global cultural shifts. The closing interview with Métis playwright, actor, and director Bruce Sinclair underscores one of the book’s key goals—to spark an informed cross-cultural dialogue that will reveal the mechanisms of, as well as the contradictions and tensions inherent in, the politics of Indigenous representation in (Central) European cultural industries and encourage (Central) Europeans to confront their own cultural assumptions and attitudes.
Un historien dans la cité: Gaétan Gervais et l’Ontario français (Amérique française)
by François-Olivier DoraisÀ la fois témoin et acteur des grandes transformations socio-identitaires qui ont marqué l’Ontario français depuis la fin des années 1960, Gaétan Gervais est aussi connu à titre de créateur du drapeau franco-ontarien en 1975. Les divers lieux d’enracinement de sa pensée sont étudiés depuis le Sudbury français des années 1940 et 1950, en passant par le contexte de mutations culturelles, politiques et historiographiques des décennies d’après-guerre. L’étude s’étend au contenu des écrits de l’historien ainsi qu’à ses interventions dans les sphères publique et gouvernementale de l’Ontario et de la francophonie canadienne, notamment au regard de l’éducation postsecondaire. L’analyse fait ressortir les paramètres structurants de sa pensée et montre comment celle-ci opère dans l’espace propre au milieu minoritaire francoontarien. Elle fait apparaître l’historien comme l’une des principales figures énonciatrices d’une représentation identitaire axée sur une continuité référentielle avec la mémoire du Canada français historique.
The Un/making Of Latina/o Citizenship: Culture, Politics, And Aesthetics (Literatures Of The Americas Ser.)
by Ellie D. Hernández Eliza Rodriguez Y GibsonExamining a wide range of source material including popular culture, literature, photography, television, and visual art, this collection of essays sheds light on the misrepresentations of Latina/os in the mass media.
Un-Mapping the Global South (Transdisciplinary Souths)
by Gero Bauer Nicole Hirschfelder Fernando ResendeThis book offers new approaches and insights into the ongoing and topical discussions on the concepts and definitions of the global south. Instead of adding to the debates about how to properly define the "global south" as such, it aims at emphasising concrete experiences and accounts of (post-)colonial dislocation and disidentification as both a starting point and linchpin for the subsequent exploration. It brings into conversation theories and interrogations of the "global south" with specific local studies, without presenting them as the romanticised "other" or as "non-western" narratives. As a bold initiation of future conversations on issues that both directly and indirectly affect ideas about the global south, the volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of critical theory, literary and cultural studies, and global south studies.
UN/MASKED: Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour
by Donna KazUN/MASKED, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl On Tour! follows the surprising 25 year journey of a young, New York City actress swept off her feet by a rising movie star who carries her to Malibu and back for a three-plus year love affair that is both fantastical and physically dangerous. When Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are murdered in Brentwood she hears a bell go off, awakening her angry, activist spirit. Always an outsider, she takes one step further into invisibility and becomes a Guerrilla Girl, a feminist activist who never appears in public without wearing a rubber gorilla mask and who uses the name of a dead woman artist instead of her own. As a Guerrilla Girl, Aphra Behn creates comedic art and theater that blasts the blatant sexism of the theater world while proving feminists are funny at the same time.These two narratives-that of a young victim of domestic violence at the hands of a successful film actor and that of an artist so fed up with sexism in the theater world that she puts on a gorilla mask and takes the name of a dead woman artist to provoke change-have been lived by one woman. Donna Kaz offers her compelling firsthand account-illuminated by more than thirty behind-the-scenes photographs, stickers and posters -of her transition from a silent observer to an unapologetic activist.This is the memoir of a woman-turned-survivor-turned-radical-feminist who takes off her mask and, by merging her identities, reveals all.
Un-writing Interculturality in Education and Research (New Perspectives on Teaching Interculturality)
by Fred Dervin Hamza R’boulThis highly original and stimulating edited volume focuses on ways of un‑writing the polysemous, controversial and highly political notion of interculturality in research and education.The authors argue that no ‘critical’ perspective on interculturality can do without revising, exploring and creating ways of engaging with different and potentially new aspects and forms of inquiry of the notion in writing. They also claim that un‑writing interculturality can serve an emancipatory function towards an epistemic re‑appraisal of the mainstream(s) and the dominant(s). While critiquing problematic perspectives, as well as the ‘taken‑for‑granted’ and ‘things as usual’ within interculturality scholarship, writing about interculturality is epistemically significant and indicative of change in the ways the notion is used. Each chapter reflects on how to un‑write, un‑do and un‑learn interculturality in research and aims to provide some answers to the following questions: What could un‑writing interculturality mean? What are the pros and cons of un‑writing in research on intercultural communication education? and How does constant work on languaging around interculturality contribute to enriching the notion globally?The book is aimed at students and scholars who wish to push the boundaries of scholarly engagement with interculturality, especially in relation to their modalities of writing, reasoning and critiquing.
Una casa propia: Historias de mi vida
by Sandra CisnerosWinner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative NonfictionFrom Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has eluded her. In this jigsaw autobiography, made up of essays and images spanning three decades—and including never-before-published work—Cisneros has come home at last. Written with her trademark lyricism, in these signature pieces the acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street shares her transformative memories and reveals her artistic and intellectual influences. Poignant, honest, and deeply moving, A House of My Own is an exuberant celebration of a life lived to the fullest, from one of our most beloved writers.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Sylvia PlathThe complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath—essential reading for anyone who has been moved and fascinated by the poet's life and work."A genuine literary event.... Plath's journals contain marvels of discovery." —The New York Times Book Review Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published in 1982 in a heavily abridged version authorized by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes. This new edition is an exact and complete transcription of the diaries Plath kept during the last twelve years of her life. Sixty percent of the book is material that has never before been made public, more fully revealing the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced down her demons.
Unaccustomed as I am...: The Wedding Speech Made Easy
by Michael ParkerAll wedding types will be catered for: big, small, religious, second marriage, atheist, straight, same-sex, church, field... All speakers will be addressed: bride, groom, father, mother, best woman and literally everyone in between... All eventualities will be planned for: mic failures, drunk guests, missing brides, smashed glasses, weeping FOBs, forgotten words... All of which will be delightfully and wittily illustrated, with a mix of little-known wedding facts and a whole host of inspirational (or not) quotations.
Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere
by Christopher HitchensA celebration of Percy Shelley's assertion that 'poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world', these 35 essays on writers from Oscar Wilde to Salman Rushdie, dispel the myth of politics as a stone tied to the neck of literature.
Unamuno
by María ZambranoUna esclarecedora reflexión acerca de la obra de Miguel de Unamuno y de los aspectos filosóficos que ocuparon su pensamiento, de una de las más grandes pensadoras españolas de nuestro tiempo. Este libro recoge un largo y esclarecedor ensayo inédito de la escritora María Zambrano sobre la figura y la obra de don Miguel de Unamuno, escrito hacia 1940 en el exilio cubano de la autora y que, por diversas circunstancias, había permanecido extraviado hasta fechas muy recientes. Recoge también, bajo la atenta y cuidadosa edición de Mercedes Gómez Blesa, otros artículos de Zambrano acerca de determinados aspectos de la obra del autor de San Manuel Bueno, mártir que tan solo habían visto la luz en distintas revistas latinoamericanas. Escrito desde la más profunda admiración y empatía intelectual y estética, María Zambrano analiza, comenta e indaga en los pliegues más significativos del pensamiento unamuniano, haciendo aflorar sus vetas más relevantes. Ubica en primer lugar al autor dentro de las coordenadas históricas, culturales y filosóficas de su tiempo para detenerse después en algunas de las claves de su obra: las relaciones entre filosofía y religión, entre conocimiento y poesía, entre tragedia y existencia, o en las raíces de su original y singular entendimiento de «el ser de España» dentro de su obra. Reseña:«Más que un libro es un "inquietante diálogo entre Zambrano y Unamuno".»María José Díaz de Tuesta, El País