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Telling West Indian Lives: Life Narrative and the Reform of
Plantation Slavery Cultures 1804-1834 draws historical and literary
attention to life story and narration in the late plantation
slavery period. Drawing on new archival research, it highlights the
ways written narrative shaped evangelical, philanthropic, and
antislavery reform projects.
Despite the displacement of countless authors, frequent bans of
specific titles, and high-profile book burnings, the German book
industry boomed during the Nazi period. Notwithstanding the
millions of copies of Mein Kampf that were sold, the era's most
popular books were diverse and often surprising in retrospect,
despite an oppressive ideological and cultural climate: Huxley's
Brave New World was widely read in the 1930s, while Saint-Exupery's
Wind, Sand and Stars was a great success during the war years.
Bestsellers of the Third Reich surveys this motley collection of
books, along with the circumstances of their publication, to
provide an innovative new window into the history of Nazi Germany.
In November 2002, an international conference was held at the
Institute of Germanic Studies in London in order to commemorate the
125th anniversary of Hermann Hesse's birth. Twenty distinguished
speakers from North and South America, Russia, Switzerland, Germany
and the United Kingdom attended the three-day conference with the
specific aim of exploring the continuing importance of this widely
read German-language author. This volume brings together the
various responses to the complex challenge that Hesse, whose sheer
success is sometimes seen as detracting from his status, presents
to literary scholarship around the world. The author's current
image among readers and scholars is approached from several
distinct thematic and theoretical perspectives, with the objective
of providing a concise overview of current research. The volume
offers new readings of a number of Hesse's seminal works and makes
a significant contribution to academic research into his past and
present standing as a global icon. As the title suggests, the focus
is on 'Hermann Hesse Today'. The book investigates his current
significance for a modern readership, taking account of his
importance in the lecture theatre and classroom, the multi-facetted
applicability of his moral, ethical and aesthetic concerns in the
context of a fragmented world, and the continuing relevance of his
writings. With the ever-increasing importance of modern
preoccupations such as the ecological movement or the growth of the
internet, a fresh look at Hesse's works is long overdue. The most
obvious sign of this is the appearance of a definitive,
historical-critical edition of his works (prose, poetry, and
literary criticism), which will give access to much hitherto
unpublished material and stimulate fresh debates on an author who
ranks among the best-known and most influential figures of the
twentieth century. This volume will be of interest to teachers of
German in higher education and their students as well as
researchers and the general readership that continues to take an
interest in Hesse on both sides of the Atlantic.
*The most comprehensive up-to-date student-friendly guide to
translation tools and technologies *Translation Tools and
Technologies are an essential component of any translator training
programme, following European Masters in Translation framework
guidelines *Unlike the competition, this textbook offers
comprehensive and accessible explanations of how to use current
translation tools, illustrated by examples using a wide range of
languages, linked to task-oriented, self-study training materials
*The most comprehensive up-to-date student-friendly guide to
translation tools and technologies *Translation Tools and
Technologies are an essential component of any translator training
programme, following European Masters in Translation framework
guidelines *Unlike the competition, this textbook offers
comprehensive and accessible explanations of how to use current
translation tools, illustrated by examples using a wide range of
languages, linked to task-oriented, self-study training materials
This handbook addresses the methodological problems and theoretical
challenges that arise in attempting to understand and represent
humour in specific historical contexts across cultural history. It
explores problems involved in applying modern theories of humour to
historically-distant contexts of humour and points to the
importance of recognising the divergent assumptions made by
different academic disciplines when approaching the topic. It
explores problems of terminology, identification, classification,
subjectivity of viewpoint, and the coherence of the object of
study. It addresses specific theories, together with the needs of
specific historical case-studies, as well as some of the challenges
of presenting historical humour to contemporary audiences through
translation and curation. In this way, the handbook aims to
encourage a fresh exploration of methodological problems involved
in studying the various significances both of the history of humour
and of humour in history.
This book builds a case for how social norms are neither mere
conventions nor are they merely anthropological phenomena, which
are relativistic. In other words, it talks about how
socio-political norms are built out of our natural social behaviour
but at the same time also have objective normative validity. The
volume puts forth an alternative model called the recognitional
model which can help us address some of the socio-political
concerns we face in today's world. It addresses the problem with a
purely legalistic framework of addressing social injustice is that
law, due its universalistic assumptions, regarding human nature,
tends to glide over the particular differences that might exist
between people. This book discusses how we know that in our daily
lives, we value people not only because that person is a legal
human being but because that person is our father, mother, our
teacher etc. There is a whole network of acts of social respect
that we engage in with the other in our social sphere which the
legal framework can't quite capture. This volume sheds light on the
political consequence of legal reasoning is that it is formalistic
in the sense that legal relations can't successfully codify the
immediate epistemic context from which social identities emerge. An
introspective work, this book will be of great interest to scholars
and researchers of linguistics, political philosophy, law and human
rights, and social theory.
This volume addresses the implications that academic
interdisciplinarity in the field of English for Academic Purposes
(EAP) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has for research and
pedagogy with a global reach. The Editors present a coherent,
research-supported analysis of the influence of interdisciplinary
research and methods on the way academics collaborate on courses,
develop their careers, and teach students. The hitherto prevalence
of disciplinary silo-like approaches to academic and scientific
issues is increasingly ceding ground to an interdisciplinary
synergy of different methodological and epistemological traditions.
In the context of ongoing trends towards interdisciplinarity in
degree programmes and the increasing popularity of such degree
programmes with students (e.g., bioinformatics, computational
linguistics, psycholinguistics, neuropolitics, evolutionary
finance, global studies, and security studies), academics and
programme administrators need awareness of the skills needed to
operate in interdisciplinary contexts. Studies in this edited
volume examine interdisciplinary communication practices, and
identify how academic writing, teaching, language proficiency
assessment and degree programmes are responding to changes in the
broader social, institutional and political contexts of academia.
As authors in the volume demonstrate, the discursive features,
literacy practices and instructional modes, and the student
experience of these emerging interdisciplines deserve systematic
exploration. This insightful volume sheds light on contexts across
the globe and will be used by students studying EAP and ESP
pedagogy or practice; academics in the fields of applied
linguistics and higher education, as well as higher education
faculty and administrators interested in interdisciplinarity in
degree programmes.
Transmedia Character Studies provides a range of methodological
tools and foundational vocabulary for the analysis of characters
across and between various forms of multimodal, interactive, and
even non-narrative or non-fictional media. This highly innovative
work offers new perspectives on how to interrelate production
discourses, media texts, and reception discourses, and how to
select a suitable research corpus for the discussion of characters
whose serial appearances stretch across years, decades, or even
centuries. Each chapter starts from a different notion of how
fictional characters can be considered, tracing character theories
and models to approach character representations from perspectives
developed in various disciplines and fields. This book will enable
graduate students and scholars of transmedia studies, film,
television, comics studies, video game studies, popular culture
studies, fandom studies, narratology, and creative industries to
conduct comprehensive, media-conscious analyses of characters
across a variety of media.
This text presents a clear and philosophically sound method for
identifying, interpreting, and evaluating arguments as they appear
in non-technical sources. It focuses on a more functional,
real-world goal of argument analysis as a tool for figuring out
what is reasonable to believe rather than as an instrument of
persuasion. Methods are illustrated by applying them to arguments
about different topics as they appear in a variety of contexts -
e.g., newspaper editorials and columns, short essays, informal
reports of scientific results, etc.
This authoritative text of the first edition of John Milton's
Paradise Lost transcribes the original 10-book poem, records its
textual problems and numerous differences from the second edition,
and discusses in critical commentary the importance of these
issues.
* A clear and comprehensive overview of Italian linguistics, covers
all the core subtopics including an extra section on the history of
the language. * Written in English making it accessible to students
studying Italian or Romance linguistics but not proficient in the
language. * No previous knowledge of linguistics required,
technical terms are explained with the support of numerous
illustrative examples and a glossary of terms.
* A clear and comprehensive overview of Italian linguistics, covers
all the core subtopics including an extra section on the history of
the language. * Written in English making it accessible to students
studying Italian or Romance linguistics but not proficient in the
language. * No previous knowledge of linguistics required,
technical terms are explained with the support of numerous
illustrative examples and a glossary of terms.
The first book to provide a clear, accessible, user-friendly
introduction to the area of ethics in translation and interpreting
*ethics is widely taught within translation and interpreting
courses, being a key competence for the European Masters of
Translation framework and a vital aspect of professional practice
*carefully structured with a strong range of in-text and online
resources, ensuring it can be used in a wide range of contexts and
teaching environments, including online teaching
Ishikawa provides a practical and extensive guide for the
International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English (ICNALE),
a unique dataset including more than 15,000 samples of Asian
learners' L2 English speeches and essays. It offers approachable
introductions to a variety of corpus studies on the aspects of
Asian learners' L2 English. Key topics discussed in the book
include: * background, aims, and methods of learner corpus
research, * principles, designs, and applications of the ICNALE, *
vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics in Asian learners' L2 English,
and * individual differences of Asian learners and assessments of
their speeches and essays. With many case studies and hands-on
guides to utilise ICNALE data to the fullest extent, The ICNALE
Handbook is a unique resource for students, teachers, and
researchers who are interested in a corpus-based analysis of L2
acquisition.
Ishikawa provides a practical and extensive guide for the
International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English (ICNALE),
a unique dataset including more than 15,000 samples of Asian
learners' L2 English speeches and essays. It offers approachable
introductions to a variety of corpus studies on the aspects of
Asian learners' L2 English. Key topics discussed in the book
include: * background, aims, and methods of learner corpus
research, * principles, designs, and applications of the ICNALE, *
vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics in Asian learners' L2 English,
and * individual differences of Asian learners and assessments of
their speeches and essays. With many case studies and hands-on
guides to utilise ICNALE data to the fullest extent, The ICNALE
Handbook is a unique resource for students, teachers, and
researchers who are interested in a corpus-based analysis of L2
acquisition.
Offering a wealth of art-based practices, this volume invites
readers to reimagine the joyful possibility and power of language
and culture in language and literacy learning. Understanding art as
a tool that can be used for decolonizing minds, the contributors
explore new methods and strategies for supporting the language and
literacy learning skills of multilingual students. Contributors are
artists, educators, and researchers who bring together cutting-edge
theory and practice to present a broad range of traditional and
innovative art forms and media that spotlight the roles of artful
resistance and multilingual activism. Featuring questions for
reflection and curricular applications, chapters address
theoretical issues and pedagogical strategies related to arts and
language learning, including narrative inquiry, journaling, social
media, oral storytelling, and advocacy projects. The innovative
methods and strategies in this book demonstrate how arts-based,
decolonizing practices are essential in fostering inclusive
educational environments and supporting multilingual students'
cultural and linguistic repertoires. Transformative and engaging,
this text is a key resource for educators, scholars, and
researchers in literacy and language education.
Many writers dream of having their work published by a respected
publishing house, but don't always understand publishing contract
terms - what they mean for the contracting parties and how they
inform book-publishing practice. In turn, publishers struggle to
satisfy authors' creative expectations against the industry's
commercial demands. This book challenges our perceptions of these
author-publisher power imbalances by recasting the publishing
contract as a cultural artefact capable of adapting to the
industry's changing landscape. Based on a three-year study of
publishing negotiations, Katherine Day reveals how relational
contract theory provides possibilities for future negotiations in
what she describes as a 'post negotiation space'. Drawing on the
disciplines of cultural studies, law, publishing studies and
cultural sociology, this book reveals a unique perspective from
publishing professionals and authors within the post negotiation
space, presenting the editor as a fundamental agent in the
formation and application of publishing's contractual terms.
In many countries, movement parties have swayed large tracts of the
electorate. Contributions to this edited book reflect on the place
of movement parties in democratic politics through analyses of
their communication. Reviewing evidence from several countries
including cases from Europe, Australia and India where movement
parties have gained ground in politics, this book illuminates the
important role that communication has played in their rise as well
as the issues surrounding it. Movement parties have expressed
greater sensitivity to neglected issues, a commitment to renewing
links with marginalized social groups through more direct-chiefly
online-communication with them as well as an ambition to overhaul
both the party organization and the political system. In doing so,
they have signalled a desire to disrupt and reimagine politics.
Yet, the critical examination of their efforts-and of the
communication environment in which they operate-against questions
regarding the quality of democracy-throws into relief a mismatch
between a participation-oriented rhetoric and concrete democratic
practices. Accordingly, contributions draw attention to
disconnections between a professed need for more immediate and
greater participation in movement party organization and
policymaking, on the one hand, their organizational practices and
the communication of parties, leaders, and supporters, on the
other. This book was originally published as a special issue of the
journal, Information, Communication & Society.
This book imagines the ocean as central to understanding the world
and its connections in history, literature and the social sciences.
Introducing the central conceptual category of ocean as method, it
analyzes the histories of movement and traversing across connected
spaces of water and land sedimented in literary texts, folklore,
local histories, autobiographies, music and performance. It
explores the constant flow of people, material and ideologies
across the waters and how they make their presence felt in a
cosmopolitan thinking of the connections of the world. Going beyond
violent histories of slavery and indenture that generate global
connections, it tracks the movements of sailors, boatmen, religious
teachers, merchants, and adventurers. The essays in this volume
summon up this miscegenated history in which land and water are
ever linked. A significant rethinking of world history, this volume
will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of history,
especially connected history and maritime history, literature, and
Global South studies.
Offering a wealth of art-based practices, this volume invites
readers to reimagine the joyful possibility and power of language
and culture in language and literacy learning. Understanding art as
a tool that can be used for decolonizing minds, the contributors
explore new methods and strategies for supporting the language and
literacy learning skills of multilingual students. Contributors are
artists, educators, and researchers who bring together cutting-edge
theory and practice to present a broad range of traditional and
innovative art forms and media that spotlight the roles of artful
resistance and multilingual activism. Featuring questions for
reflection and curricular applications, chapters address
theoretical issues and pedagogical strategies related to arts and
language learning, including narrative inquiry, journaling, social
media, oral storytelling, and advocacy projects. The innovative
methods and strategies in this book demonstrate how arts-based,
decolonizing practices are essential in fostering inclusive
educational environments and supporting multilingual students'
cultural and linguistic repertoires. Transformative and engaging,
this text is a key resource for educators, scholars, and
researchers in literacy and language education.
This Pivot updates the ideas of the famous political philosopher
from the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli, for the 21st century,
using case studies from the West and from Kazakhstan to demonstrate
the utility of Machiavelli's ideas for contemporary political life.
In truth, Machiavelli's ideas have never lost their value. Although
"Machiavellian" as an adjective tends to describe amoral cynicism
in contemporary usage, Machiavelli's ideas were deeply ethical and
oriented towards achieving long-term goals. Contemporary readers
may be put off by medieval language and examples, misled into
believing Machiavelli speaks to a different age; and yet the author
here explores how Machiavellian strategy can be of value- ethical
as well as practical-in the 21st century.
The John Rylands Library houses one of the finest collections of
rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world. The collections
span five millennia and cover a wide range of subjects, including
art and archaeology; economic, social, political, religious and
military history; literature, drama and music; science and
medicine; theology and philosophy; travel and exploration. For over
a century, the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library has published
research that complements the Library's special collections. The
editors invite the submission of articles in these fields and
welcome discussion of in-progress projects. -- .
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