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John McPake, a former teacher, has a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Soon after his marriage fell apart he started hearing voices and
eventually moved into an Edinburgh hostel for men with enduring
mental health problems. An earlier obsession with the works of
Breughel develops into a full blown delusion, and he assumes the
personna of Johannes, a 16th century Dutch weaver who travels with
his friends, Balthazar and Cornelius, in pursuit of his son who has
been abducted by the Spanish mercenaries. This is an echo of John's
real life quest to be reunited with his brother. People with a
diagnosis of psychosis often hear multiple voices. To the hearer
the voices are as real as if they were listening to someone
standing next to them. The voices, often unpleasant, can have
completely different characters. John's voices jostle and bitch
with each other for the right to tell his story.
This anthology of Russian music criticism reveals the reactions of leading critics to new Russian music in the period 1880-1917. Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin were in their prime, and several new generations emerged: Rachmaninoff and Skryabin, Stravinsky and Prokoviev. Works reviewed range from In the Steppes of Central Asia and the Pathétique Symphony to The Golden Cockerel and The Rite of Spring.
The dynamics of immigration, international commerce and the
postcolonial world make it inevitable that much translation is done
into a second language, despite the prevailing wisdom that
translators should only work into their mother tongue. This book is
the first study to explore the phenomenon of translation into a
second language in a way that will interest applied linguists,
translators and translation teachers, and ESOL teachers working
with advanced level students. Rather than seeing translation into a
second language as deficient output, this study adopts an
interlanguage framework to consider L2 translation as the product
of developing competence; learning to translate is seen as a
special variety of second language acquisition. Through carefully
worked case studies, separate components of translation competence
are identified, among them the ability to create stylistically
authentic texts in English, the ability to monitor and edit output,
and the psychological attitudes that the translator brings to the
task. While the case studies mainly deal with Arabic speakers
undergoing translator training in Australia, the conclusions will
have implications for translation into a second language,
especially English, around the world. Translation into the Second
Language is firmly grounded in empirical research, and in this
regard it serves as a stimulus and a methodological guide for
further research. It will be a valuable addition for advanced
undergraduate and postgraduate students of applied linguistics,
translation theory, bilingualism and second language acquisition as
well as those involved in teaching or practicing translation at a
professional level.
Tchaikovsky not only composed, he also wrote about music. This
substantial anthology of Russian writing on Russian music features
the most influential critics of music in nineteenth-century Russia.
They wrote on the first two generations of Russian composers from
Glinka to Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. The volume
reveals through contemporary Russian eyes how the foundations of
the hugely popular Russian classical repertory were laid, providing
a vivid picture of the musical life of the opera house and the
concert hall from which this repertory sprang. Featuring most
extensively the critical writing of Odoyevsky, Serov, Cui and
Laroche, the volume contains the first authoritative review of key
works, such as Musorgsky's Boris Godunov, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and
Juliet and Rimsky-Korsakov's First Symphony.
The dynamics of immigration, international commerce and the
postcolonial world make it inevitable that much translation is done
into a second language, despite the prevailing wisdom that
translators should only work into their mother tongue. This book is
the first study to explore the phenomenon of translation into a
second language in a way that will interest applied linguists,
translators and translation teachers, and ESOL teachers working
with advanced level students. Rather than seeing translation into a
second language as deficient output, this study adopts an
interlanguage framework to consider L2 translation as the product
of developing competence; learning to translate is seen as a
special variety of second language acquisition. Through carefully
worked case studies, separate components of translation competence
are identified, among them the ability to create stylistically
authentic texts in English, the ability to monitor and edit output,
and the psychological attitudes that the translator brings to the
task. While the case studies mainly deal with Arabic speakers
undergoing translator training in Australia, the conclusions will
have implications for translation into a second language,
especially English, around the world. Translation into the Second
Language is firmly grounded in empirical research, and in this
regard it serves as a stimulus and a methodological guide for
further research. It will be a valuable addition for advanced
undergraduate and postgraduate students of applied linguistics,
translation theory, bilingualism and second language acquisition as
well as those involved in teaching or practicing translation at a
professional level.
Archaeological heritage legislation aims to ensure the best
possible protection for the archaeological heritage, yet it remains
the case that legislation can remain ineffective through other
practical considerations. Some consideration may be legal or
procedural, such as difficulties in enforcing legislation or in
preventing crimes or damage or archaeological monuments. However
other problems may be less obvious and harder to address, and
require solutions which go much further than the simple application
of the law. The aim of this volume is to address several issues
surrounding the management of archaeological heritage comparing and
contrasting which laws 'work' and which ones do not, and ignoring
other issues which might effectively present the transplantation of
an 'ideal system' to another country or political climate. Or the
cultural attitudes which might prevent a law working in the legal
system for which it was designed. The contributions are from
various international jurisdictions and address a variety of
subjects - from the protection of archaeological monuments to
dealing with and controlling chance finds made by members of the
public.
Although the ancient Near East has been studied by anthropologists,
archaeologists, philologists, and historians, no single work has
explored issues of gender and social identity across the broad
temporal and geographical range of Near Eastern civilizations.
Gender Through Time in the Ancient Near East thus makes a unique
contribution to gender studies. The volume's contributors an
international group of experts from Near Easern, European and
American institutions look at the archaeological and other evidence
to find out how gender roles were constructed in these ancient
worlds and what they meant to the men and women who assumed them.
This second anthology of Russian writing on Russian music begins in
1880 (where the first volume concluded) and ends in 1917. It brings
the thoughts of leading Russian music critics to an
English-speaking readership as they react to the Russian music that
is new to them, during a period when all aspects of musical life
were developing rapidly. Music criticism had become more
sure-footed, if no less opinionated. These reviews demonstrate
greater awareness both of music history and of contemporary music
abroad. The period covers the late careers of Tchaikovsky and
Rimsky-Korsakov as well as late works by Borodin and Balakirev, and
the emergence of Mussorgsky's compositions. Works by the
intervening generation, including Arensky, Glazunov and Lyadov, are
also reviewed and the book concludes with coverage of works by the
Moscow School, including Medtner, Rachmaninoff and Skryabin and the
early compositions of Stravinsky and Prokoviev.
Tchaikovsky not only composed, he also wrote about music. This
substantial anthology of Russian writing on Russian music features
the most influential critics of music in nineteenth-century Russia.
They wrote on the first two generations of Russian composers from
Glinka to Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. The volume
reveals through contemporary Russian eyes how the foundations of
the hugely popular Russian classical repertory were laid, providing
a vivid picture of the musical life of the opera house and the
concert hall from which this repertory sprang. Featuring most
extensively the critical writing of Odoyevsky, Serov, Cui and
Laroche, the volume contains the first authoritative review of key
works, such as Musorgsky's Boris Godunov, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and
Juliet and Rimsky-Korsakov's First Symphony.
Essays consider the changes and development of Scotland at a time
of considerable flux in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The
years between the deaths of King Mael Coluim and Queen Margaret in
1093 and King Alexander III in 1286 witnessed the formation of a
kingdom resembling the Scotland we know today, which was a full
member of the European club ofmonarchies; the period is also marked
by an explosion in the production of documents. This volume
includes a range of new studies casting fresh light on the
institutions and people of the Scottish kingdom, especially in
thethirteenth century. New perspectives are offered on topics as
diverse as the limited reach of Scottish royal administration and
justice, the ties that bound the unfree to their lords, the extent
of a political community in the time of King Alexander II, a view
of Europeanization from the spread of a common material culture,
the role of a major Cistercian monastery in the kingdom and the
broader world, and the idea of the neighbourhood in Scots law.
There are also chapters on the corpus of charters and names and the
innovative technology behind the People of Medieval Scotland
prosopographical database, which made use of over 6000 individual
documents from the period. Matthew Hammond is a Research Associate
at the University of Glasgow. Contributors: John Bradley, Stuart
Campbell, David Carpenter, Matthew Hammond, Emilia Jamroziak,
Cynthia Neville, Michele Pasin, Keith Stringer, Alice Taylor.
Daniel Defoe's Incredible Train Journey describes the odyssey
undertaken by two eccentric pensioners as they travel on every mile
of railway track in the UK. Surreal and poignant by turns, Stuart
Campbell describes the people they meet and the unwanted adventures
that befall them. He is aided and abetted by the ghost of Daniel
Defoe, writer, soldier, businessman and spy who completed his own
journey in the 1720s.
Archaeological heritage legislation aims to ensure the best
possible protection for the archaeological heritage, yet it remains
the case that legislation can remain ineffective through other
practical considerations. Some consideration may be legal or
procedural, such as difficulties in enforcing legislation or in
preventing crimes or damage or archaeological monuments. However
other problems may be less obvious and harder to address, and
require solutions which go much further than the simple application
of the law. The aim of this volume is to address several issues
surrounding the management of archaeological heritage comparing and
contrasting which laws 'work' and which ones do not, and ignoring
other issues which might effectively present the transplantation of
an 'ideal system' to another country or political climate. Or the
cultural attitudes which might prevent a law working in the legal
system for which it was designed. The contributions are from
various international jurisdictions and address a variety of
subjects - from the protection of archaeological monuments to
dealing with and controlling chance finds made by members of the
public.
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