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In the years since her tragic death in a car accident at age
thirty-two in 1967, Forough Farrokhzad has become a poet as iconic
and influential as Lorca or Akhmatova, celebrated as a pioneer of
modernist Iranian literature and as a leading figure of
contemporary world literature. Farrokhzad, as Elizabeth Gray writes
in the preface, "remains a beacon to artists, especially women and
marginalized artists, who seek freedom in all its forms." This
thoughtfully curated, deftly translated selection of Farrokhzad's
poems includes work from her whole writing life, early to late.
Readers will thoroughly treasure this expansive poet of the
quotidian; of longing, loss, and desire; of classical reinvention;
of lexical variation and sonic beauty; of terrifying wisdom, hope,
and grief.
This is the third volume to appear in an edition that will be the
first complete, critical, and annotated English translation of all
of Nietzsche's work. Volume 2: "Unfashionable Observations,"
translated by Richard T. Gray, was published in 1995; Volume 3:
"Human, All Too Human (I)," translated by Gary Handwerk, was
published in 1997. The edition is a new English translation, by
various hands, of the celebrated Colli-Montinari edition, which has
been acclaimed as one of the most important works of scholarship in
the humanities in the last half century.
The present volume provides for the first time English translations
of all of Nietzsche's unpublished notebooks from the summer of 1872
to the end of 1874. The major works published in this period were
the first three "Unfashionable Observations" "David Strauss the
Confessor and the Writer," "On the Utility and Liability of History
for Life," and "Schopenhauer as Educator." Translations of the
preliminary notes for these pieces are coordinated with the
translations of the published texts printed in Volume 2:
"Unfashionable Observations."
The content of these notebooks goes far beyond the notes and plans
for published and unpublished "Unfashionable Observations,"
encompassing numerous sketches related to Nietzsche's major
philological project from this period, a book on the pre-Platonic
Greek philosophers. The ideas that emerged from Nietzsche's
deliberations on these early Greek thinkers are absolutely central
to his thought from this period and contribute in significant ways
to the development of several of his major themes: the role of the
philosopher vis-a-vis his age and the surrounding culture; the
relationships among philosophy, art, and culture; the metaphorical
nature of language and its relationship to knowledge; the unmasking
of the modern drive for absolute "truth" as a palliative against
the horror of existence; and Nietzsche's "unfashionable" attack on
modern science and modern culture, especially on the Germany of the
Bismarck Reich. These notebooks represent important transitional
documents in Nietzsche's intellectual development, marking, among
other things, the shift away from philological studies toward
unabashed cultural criticism.
At a time when public attention is focused on the environment,
while simultaneously society is increasing at an ever-accelerating
rate its demand electrical power, the possibility of utilizing the
power of the oceans by for pollution free tidal power generation is
most attractive. Tidal power has been used to a limited extent over
several centuries but only recently has any sig nificant effort
been dedicated to realizing some of the vast potential. The first
pilot project at La Rance has now been operating successfully for
several years and the second experimental station using up-dated
construc tion techniques has been in operation at Kislaya Guba
since 1969. These projects have contributed valuable experience and
establish the technical feasibility of this important source of
electrical power, while providing guid ance in those areas
requiring further development to realize economic viability. More
than fifty sites can be readily identified around the world where
tidal power schemes could realistically be developed. With
improvements in technology, this number might well be extended by
utilization of a large number of river estuaries. Such developments
must be considered not only on the basis of the production of
electrical power but also in respect of associated benefits.
Considerable bodies of water would be partially confined, thereby
improving recreational facilities as has already been experienced
at La Rance."
New essays examining the complex period of rich artistic ferment
that was German literary Expressionism. More than any other
avant-garde movement, German Expressionism captures the aesthetic
revolution of 20th-century modernity in all its contrasts and
conflicts. In continuous eruptions from 1905 to 1925, Expressionism
upset reigningpractices in the arts, most vividly in painting and
the visual arts. In the literature, a heady intellectualism
combined with dramatic gesture, graphic visions, exuberant emotions
and urgent proclamations to forge forceful stylesof verbal
expression. Expressionism introduced into art both visual and
verbal a shockingly new intensity with many facets and many faces.
This volume presents the literature of German Expressionism, which
is far less known in the English-speaking world, with essays by
leading scholars on Expressionism's philosophical origins, its
thematic preoccupations, and its divergent stylistic manifestations
by writers whose common bond is intensity and whose lineson the
page read like the gouges of a woodcut: Georg Kaiser, Walter
Hasenclever, and Ernst Toller in drama; Gottfried Benn, Georg Heym,
Else Lasker-Schuler, and Georg Trakl in poetry; Alfred Doeblin,
Carl Einstein, and Carl Sternheim in prose, to name just a few.
Against the background of the journals, exhibitions, and
anthologies, the cafe meeting places and public life of
Expressionism, the volume's highly focused, intrinsic analyses of
texts and comprehensive overviews of extrinsic contexts (and of the
most up-to-date research) shows the fervor and complexity of the
period and its effulgent literary formations. Neil H. Donahue is
Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Hofstra
University.
Most studies of water scarcity in the Middle East conclude that
there is a significant risk of imminent conflict, even warfare,
between states in the region. This book demonstrates that the
evidence does not support this doom-laden prediction. Indeed, the
authors show that although water scarcity has occasionally played a
role in disputes in the Middle East, it has much more often
promoted co-existence between adversaries. The reasoning behind
this hypothesis is that water is too critical to be put at risk by
warfare.
The question of how genetic resources ought to be owned and
controlled has become a controversial international political
issue. The authors examine this issue from a normative perspective,
discussing the four principles that govern the debate over genetic
resource control. These four principles are proprietarian
intellectual property rights (the dominant principle, reflecting
Western influences); communitarian intellectual property rights (a
principle bound up with the rights of indigenous peoples); national
sovereignty (the principle at the heart of international law); and
common heritage of mankind (the most recent principle reflecting
Third World demands).
The study presents a thorough investigation of Kafka's aphoristic
writings, examining them in terms of the history of the aphorism in
Germany, and paying special regard to Kafka's contemporary Austrian
aphorists. Emphasis is placed on the role of the aphorism in the
development of Kafka's literary creativity. Aphoristic discourse
presented itself to Kafka as a possible manner of resolving
specific conflicts in his life and art, above all the crisis of
communication the individuality of the self. Aphoristic structure
provides the transitional link between Kafkas early perspectivistic
narratives and the parables of the later period."
New essays by leading scholars on the most perplexing of modern
writers, Franz Kafka. No other 20th-century writer of
German-language literature has been as fully accepted into the
canon of world literature as Franz Kafka. The unsettlingly,
enigmatically surreal world of Kafka's novels and stories continues
to fascinate readers and critics of each new generation, who in
turn continue to find new readings. One thing has become clear:
although all theories attempt to appropriate Kafka, there is no one
key to his work. The challenge to criticshas been to present a
strong point of view while taking account of previous Kafka
research, a challenge that has been met by the contributors to this
volume. Contributors: James Rolleston, Clayton Koelb, Walter H.
Sokel, Judith Ryan, Russel A. Berman, Ritchie Robertson, Henry
Sussman, Stanley Corngold, Bianca Theisen, Rolf J. Goebel, Richard
T. Gray, Ruth V. Gross, Sander L. Gilman, John Zilcosky, Mark
Harman James Rolleston is Professor Emeritus of German at Duke
University.
This new translation is the first to be published in a
twenty-volume English-language edition of "The Complete Works of
Friedrich Nietzsche," the first complete, critical, and annotated
translation of all of Nietzsche's work. The Stanford edition is
based on the Colli-Montinari edition, which has received universal
praise: "It has revolutionized our understanding of one of the
greatest German thinkers"; "Scholars can be confident for the first
time of having a trustworthy text."
Under the title "Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen," Nietzsche collected
four essays published separately between 1873 and 1876: "David
Strauss the Confessor and the Writer," "On the Utility and
Liability of History for Life," "Schopenhauer as Educator," and
"Richard Wagner in Bayreuth." The title, newly translated as
"Unfashionable Observations," spells out the common impulse linking
these essays: Nietzsche's inimical attitude toward his "time,"
understood broadly as all the mainstream and popular movements that
constituted contemporary European, but especially German, "culture"
in the wake of the Prussian military victory over the French in
1871.
The "Unfashionable Observations" are foundational works for
Nietzsche's entire philosophy, prefiguring both his characteristic
philosophical style and many of the major ideas he would develop in
his later writings. This is the first English translation to
include Nietzsche's variants to the published text.
In the foreword to her book-length poem, Salient, Elizabeth Gray
writes, "This work began by juxtaposing two obsessions of mine that
took root in the late 1960s: the Battle of Passchendaele, fought by
the British Army in Flanders in late 1917, and the choed ritual,
the core 'severance' practice of a lineage founded by Machik
Lapdroen, the great twelfth-century female Tibetan Buddhist saint."
Over the course of several decades, Gray tracked the contours and
traces of the Ypres Salient, walking the haunted battlefield ground
of the contemporary landscape with campaign maps in hand, reading
"not only history, poetry, and fiction, but also unit diaries;
contemporary reports and individual accounts; survey information
and maps of all kinds; treatises on aerial photography and
artillery tactics; and manuals on field engineering and tactical
planning." Out of this material, through a process of collage,
convergence, and ritual choed visualization, Gray has composed a
spare, fascinating lyrical engagement with The Missing, in shell
hole and curved trench, by way of amulets and obstacles. What is
salient rises from the secret signs in song, like a blessing,
protected from harm.
The intense temperature fields caused by heat sources in welding
frequently lead to distortions and residual stresses in the
finished product. Welding distortion is a particular problem in
fabricating thin plate structures such as ships. Based on
pioneering research by the authors, "Control of Welding Distortion
in Thin-Plate Fabrication" reviews distortion test results from
trials and shows how outcomes can be modeled computationally. The
book provides readers with an understanding of distortion
influences and the means to develop distortion-reducing
strategies.
The book is structured as an integrated treatment. It opens by
reviewing the development of computational welding mechanics
approaches to distortion. Following chapters describe the
industrial context of stiffened plate fabrication and further
chapters provide overviews of distortion mechanics and the modeling
approach. A chapter on full-scale welding trials is followed by
three chapters that develop modeling strategies through thermal
process and thermo-mechanical simulations, based on finite-element
analysis. Simplified models are a particular feature of these
chapters. A final sequence of chapters explores the simulation of
welding distortion in butt welding of thin plates and fillet
welding of stiffened plate structures, and shows how these models
can be used to optimize design and fabrication methods to control
distortion.
"Control of Welding Distortion in Thin-Plate Fabrication" is a
comprehensive resource for metal fabricators, engineering
companies, welders and welding companies, and practicing engineers
and academics with an interest in welding mechanics.
Allows practitioners in the field to minimize distortion during the
welding of thin platesProvides computational tools that can give
insight into the effects of welding and fabrication
proceduresDemonstrates how welding distortion in thin plate
fabrications can be minimized through design
A sociohistory of German bourgeois literature from 1770-1914 based
on detailed readings of six cononical literary texts.
Step-by-step videos and images, board-style review questions, and
coverage of new blocks make this highly respected title a must-have
reference for clinical practice. Written by Andrew T. Gray, MD,
PhD, one of the pioneers of the use of ultrasound to guide needle
placement, Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia, 3rd
Edition, shows you how to safely and effectively use the latest
methods and applications of this technique. Board-style review
questions found on the Expert Consult eBook version test your
knowledge and help you prepare for the ABA exam. Helps ensure
correct needle placement with numerous 3-D and long-axis views that
clearly depict surrounding structures. Includes coverage of 11 new
blocks: Adductor Canal, Posterior Femoral Cutaneous, Pectoral,
Quadratus Lumborum, Pudendal, Paravertebral, Transversus thoracis,
Supraorbital, Transtracheal, Greater Occipital and Lesser
Occipital. Features access to 20 author-narrated videos showing
proper placement of needles using ultrasound guidance, including 11
new videos: Forearm (ulnar, median and radial), Ankle (tibial,
saphenous, superficial peroneal, deep peroneal, sural),
Paravertebral, Adductor Canal, and Catheters. Presents several new
chapters, including Regional Anesthesia in Resource-Constrained
Environments and Safety of Ultrasound Guided Regional Blocks.
Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced
eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and
references from the book on a variety of devices.
Ghostwriting provides the first comprehensive analysis of the
fictional prose narratives of one of contemporary Germany's most
recognized authors, the emigre writer W. G. Sebald. Examining
Sebald's well-known published texts in the context of largely
unknown unpublished works, and informed by documents and
information from Sebald's literary estate, this book offers a
detailed portrait of his characteristic literary techniques and how
they emerged and matured out of the practices and attitudes he
represented in his profession as a literary scholar. The title
"Ghostwriting" signals the convergence in Sebald's works of a set
of diverse historical questions, philosophical views, and literary
practices. Many historical ghosts haunt Sebald's narratives on the
level of story. Moreover, Sebald's narrator plays the role of a
ghostwriter in the profound sense that his stories fictionally
re-enact the histories of obscure, but once-living individuals
whose lives they revitalize, and whose fates are tied up with the
most virulent historical conjunctures of the modern world. This
study thus seeks to comprehend the constitutive elements of
Sebald's "poetics of history," his implementation of literary tools
for effective historical memorializing.
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