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Taken from the pages of "Science "and supplemented by contributions
from the magazine's editors, "State of the Planet 2008-2009 "offers
contemporary science writing that is sometimes provocative,
frequently enlightening, and always authoritative. Published by the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
"Science "is one of the most respected scientific magazines in the
world. With a readership of more than one million people, it offers
"hard science" from top scientists to both educated lay readers and
scientists alike.
The articles collected here are arranged thematically and each
section is introduced by a prominent scientist or science writer.
Donald Kennedy, who was Editor-in-Chief of "Science "when these
articles appeared in the magazine, contributes a preface and
several short essays. Focusing on issues of energy and
sustainability, sections of the volume are devoted to the prospects
of energy-sparing technologies and alternatives to fossil fuel use,
including ethanol and cellulosic digestion. Other sections center
on climate change, led by a comprehensive essay on the state of
scientific knowledge today and followed by contributions about the
Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, as well as the effects of
climate change that have been measured to date, including changes
in migration and breeding cycles of birds and flowering in plants,
changing patterns of hurricanes and extreme weather events, and
alterations in forest fire frequency.
Interspersed throughout the book are "Science "news pieces that
highlight particular issues and cases relevant to the main
scientific findings. A glossary of key terms and concepts helps
students and nonspecialists betterunderstand the terminology and
the issues.
Examining the origins of the Arthurian legend and major trends in the portrayal of Arthur from the Middle Ages to the present, the sixteen essays in this collection cover the search for the historical Arthur and the depiction of Arthur in medieval romances, nineteenth century art and stories and in twentieth century literature. Works discussed include those by Malory, Spenser, Tennyson and T. H. White.
Examining the origins of the Arthurian legend and major trends in
the portrayal of Arthur from the Middle Ages to the present, this
collection focuses on discussion of literature written in English,
French, Latin, and German. Its 16 essays, four published here for
the first time, deal with such matters as the search for the
historical Arthur; the depiction of Arthur in the romances "Erec"
and "Iwein" of Hartmann von Aue; the way Arthur is depicted in
19th-century art and the Victorian view of manhood; and conceptions
of King Arthur in 20th-century literature. Six of the essays,
originally published in French and German, are translated into
English especially for this book. Two essays have been
substantially revised. An introduction offers a general discussion
of the development of the legends in the countries of Europe.
Works discussed include medieval and Renaissance chronicles
(Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae," Wace's "Roman
de Brut," Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia, Scottish vernacular
and Latin chronicles), medieval romances (the "Lancelot en prose,"
the "Mort Artu," the Post-Vulgate "Roman du" "Graal," and works of
Chretien de Troyes, Hartmann von Aue, and Sir Thomas Malory),
Spenser's "Faerie Queene," Tennyson's "Idylls of the King," and
T.H. White's "Once and Future King." A bibliography lists selected
major secondary studies of King Arthur as well as major reference
works.
Edition, with facing translation, of chronicles from the late
medieval/early modern period, concerning the history of Scotland.
The seven chronicles edited here record Scottish history as it
circulated in the late fifteenth century and the early sixteenth
century in abbreviated and mostly vernacular texts, intended for a
broader, less educated audience than was served by the great Latin
chronicles of Fordun, Bower, Boece, and their successors. They
reflect the greatly expanded literacy of the end of the Middle
Ages, and the consequent necessity of educating a broader public in
theoutlines of Scottish history and contemporary Scottish politics.
They build their version of medieval events on Scotland's
foundation myths and exhibit a distinct anti-English bias - indeed,
the Scottis Originale began a type of Scottish anti-Arthurian
tradition. They thus present an alternative and distinctly
"Scottish" view of "history". The chronicles are presented here
with with comprehensive notes and glossaries. They are: La Vraie
Cronicque d'Escoce, The Scottis Originale, The Chronicle of the
Scots, The Ynglis Chronicle, Nomina Omnium Regum Scotorum, The
Brevis Chronica, The St Andrews Chronicle. Dan Embree is Emeritus
Professor of English, Mississippi State University; Edward Donald
Kennedy is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kathleen Daly
was formerly Senior Lecturer in History at the Open University, UK
The motif of death and dying traced through over a thousand years
of the English Arthurian tradition. It is arguably the tragic end
to Arthur's kingdom which gives the myth its exceptional resonance
and power. The essays in this volume explore the presentation of
death and dying in Arthurian literature and film produced in
Englandand America from the middle ages to the modern day. Authors,
texts and topics covered include Geoffrey of Monmouth, the
chronicle tradition, and the alliterative Morte Arthure; Gawain and
the Green Knight, Ywain and Gawain, the stanzaic Morte Arthur, and
Malory's Morte Darthur; Tennyson's Idylls, Pyle's retelling of the
myth for American children, David Jones, T.H. White, Donald
Barthelme, Rosalind Miles and Parke Godwin. Featured films include
Knight Rider, Excalibur, First Knight, and King Arthur.
CONTRIBUTORS: Sian Echard, Edward Donald Kennedy, Karen Cherewatuk,
Michael W. Twomey, K. S. Whetter, Thomas Crofts, MichaelWenthe,
Lisa Robeson, Cory James Rushton, Janina P. Traxler, James Noble,
Julie Nelson Couch, Samantha Rayner, Kevin J. Harty
A frequent writer on business and contemporary history, Holland (U.
of Virginia) interviewed his own father and other long-time
employees of the company to offer a very different view than it
promulgated when asking for government relief from foreign
competition in the early 1980s. The original titl
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Arthurian Literature XX (Hardcover)
Keith Busby, Roger Dalrymple; Contributions by Cyril Edwards, Dinah Hazell, Edward Donald Kennedy, …
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Studies of major Arthurian works and authors in Old French, Middle
High German, Middle English, and of one important novel by C. S.
Lewis. Arthurian Literature continues the policy of alternating
themed issues and miscellanies. This varied collection includes
studies of major Arthurian works and authors in Old French, Middle
High German, Middle English, and ofone important novel by C.S.
Lewis. A controversial textual crux in Chretien's Yvain, debated
vigorously by scholars in the late 1980s, is revisited, while the
narrative function of clothing in Chretien's romances comes under
review. An enigmatic and linguistically difficult passage from Der
jungere Titurel is translated and discussed, and an article on Der
arme Heinrich studies this pious tale in the context of its generic
affiliations: while not strictly speaking an Arthurian romance, it
deserves consideration here as a work of one of medieval Germany's
most significant writers of Arthurian romance. There is discussion
of Thomas Chestre's adoption of the lai as a vehicle for social
criticism in his Middle English adaptation of Marie de France's
Lanval; the evolution of Arthurian romance in medieval England is
also the primary concern in a study of The Awntyrs off Arthure. The
figure of Arthur himself is central to an examination of the Middle
English Prose Brut, and the delicate political implications of
Malory's Morte Darthur are explored. Finally, C.S. Lewis's
transformation and use ofthe figures of Uther Pendragon and Merlin
in That Hideous Strength is explored. Contributors: RICHARD BARBER,
JANE DEWHURST, TAMAR DRUKKER, CYRIL EDWARDS, DINA HAZELL, DONALD
KENNEDY, GERALD SEAMAN, KRISTA SUE-LO-TWU, JANINA P. TRAXLER,
MONICA L. WRIGHT.
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The Fortunes of King Arthur (Hardcover)
Norris J. Lacy; Contributions by Alan Lupack, Alison Stones, Caroline Eckhardt, Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, …
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An examination of both the role played by Fortune in Arthurian
literature and legend, and the fortunes of the legend itself. The
essays in this volume offer a general overview and a number of
detailed examinations of Arthur's fortunes, in two senses. First is
the role of Fortune itself, often personified and consistently
instrumental, in accounts of Arthur's court and reign. More
generally the articles trace the trajectory of the Arthurian legend
- its birth, rise and decline - through the middle ages. The final
essay follows the continued turning of Fortune's wheel,
emphasizingthe modern revival and flourishing of the legend. The
authors, all distinguished Arthurian scholars, illustrate their
arguments through studies of early Latin and Welsh sources,
chronicles, romances [in English, French, German, Italian, Latin
and Welsh], manuscript illustration and modern literary texts.
Contributors: CHRISTOPHER A. SNYDER, SIAN ECHARD, EDWARD DONALD
KENNEDY, W.R.J. BARRON, DENNIS H. GREEN, NORRIS LACY, CERIDWEN
LLOYD-MORGAN, JOAN TASKER GRIMBERT, ALISON STONES, NEIL THOMAS,
JANE H.M. TAYLOR, CAROLINE D. ECKHARDT, ALAN C LUPACK.
Essays on Arthurian themes, on Beowulf, Chaucer and Shakespeare,
and textual studies of Gower and others. These essays for Shunichi
Noguchi, by scholars from Britain, the USA and Japan, reflect his
approach to English studies and his wide range of interests from
Beowulf to Ulysses. The principal focus, however, is on medieval
and renaissance studies: nine of the essays are on Arthurian
themes, to which Professor Noguchi has devoted his academic life.
There are also essays on Beowulf, Chaucer, the York miracle plays,
and Shakespeare, as well as textual studies of Gower, Wulfstan,
Wycliffe and Caxton. Contributors: SHUICHI AITA, SHINSUKE ANDO,
DEREK BREWER, ANTONY DICKINSON, P.J.C. FIELD, KAZUO FUKUDA, EIICHI
HAYAKAWA, TADAHIRO IKEGAMI, MIKIKO ISHII, SOUJIIWASAKI, GREGORY K.
JEMBER, TOMOMI KATO, EDWARD DONALD KENNEDY,TADAO KUBOUCHI, JOHN
LAWLOR, KIYOKAZU MIZOBATA, GEORGE MOOR, TSUYOSHI MUKAI, YUJI NAKAO,
FUMIKO OKA, YUZUYO OKUMURA, ISAMU SAITO, SHIRO SHIBA, JAN SIMKO,
JUN SUDO, TAKASHI SUZUKI, TOSHIYUKI TAKAMIYA, RAYMOND P. TRIPP.
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Arthurian Literature VIII (Hardcover)
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Continuing its policy of publishing extended explorations of
Arthurian subjects, this eighth volume of Arthurian Literature
contains four articles. Elizabeth Archibald addresses the reasons
for the insertion of the story of Mordred's incestuous birth into
many versions of the Arthurian legend (including Malory's) from the
early 13th century on, and follows its development from the Vulgate
Cycle to later Arthurian narratives. The use of irony to point up
aspects of the Lancelot-Guinevere relationship in the prologue to
Le Chavalier de la Charrete is explored by Jan Janssens. The early
13th-century Romance of Fergus is introduced and translated by
D.D.R. Owen, who finds it of special interest not just because of
its uniquely Scottish setting, but also because its use of parody
foreshadows later medieval comedy; Scottish concerns also figure in
Edward Donald Kennedy's discussion of the 15th-century chronicler
John Hardyng's use of the story of Galahad's grail quest, and the
changes he made.
Taken from the pages of "Science "and supplemented by contributions
from the magazine's editors, "State of the Planet 2008-2009 "offers
contemporary science writing that is sometimes provocative,
frequently enlightening, and always authoritative. Published by the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
"Science "is one of the most respected scientifi c magazines in the
world. With a readership of more than one million people, it offers
"hard science" from top scientists to both educated lay readers and
scientists alike.
The articles collected here are arranged thematically and each
section is introduced by a prominent scientist or science writer.
Donald Kennedy, who was Editor-in-Chief of "Science "when these
articles appeared in the magazine, contributes a preface and
several short essays. Focusing on issues of energy and
sustainability, sections of the volume are devoted to the prospects
of energy-sparing technologies and alternatives to fossil fuel use,
including ethanol and cellulosic digestion. Other sections center
on climate change, led by a comprehensive essay on the state of
scientific knowledge today and followed by contributions about the
Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, as well as the effects of
climate change that have been measured to date, including changes
in migration and breeding cycles of birds and flowering in plants,
changing patterns of hurricanes and extreme weather events, and
alterations in forest fire frequency.
Interspersed throughout the book are "Science "news pieces that
highlight particular issues and cases relevant to the main
scientific findings. A glossary of key terms and concepts helps
students and nonspecialists betterunderstand the terminology and
the issues.
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