Ned Schantz
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195335910
- eISBN:
- 9780199868902
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335910.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies, Women's Literature
This chapter pursues the problem of coincidence on the telephone in its greatest cinematic example—Sorry, Wrong Number—all the way to the ambivalent dream of telepathy, a major fantasy of novelistic ...
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This chapter pursues the problem of coincidence on the telephone in its greatest cinematic example—Sorry, Wrong Number—all the way to the ambivalent dream of telepathy, a major fantasy of novelistic culture and troubling concern for film. Telepathy then structures a sustained comparison between film and the novel in terms of access to characters’ minds, a comparison developed in an extended reading of Shadow of a Doubt. Hitchcock’s film finally represents a turning away from telepathy and female knowledge—the double—edged legacy of the novel—toward a cinema of female mobility and speed.Less
This chapter pursues the problem of coincidence on the telephone in its greatest cinematic example—Sorry, Wrong Number—all the way to the ambivalent dream of telepathy, a major fantasy of novelistic culture and troubling concern for film. Telepathy then structures a sustained comparison between film and the novel in terms of access to characters’ minds, a comparison developed in an extended reading of Shadow of a Doubt. Hitchcock’s film finally represents a turning away from telepathy and female knowledge—the double—edged legacy of the novel—toward a cinema of female mobility and speed.
Jakob Lothe
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198122555
- eISBN:
- 9780191671463
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198122555.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism, European Literature
This chapter argues that one of the chief narrative characteristics of The Shadow-Line, and hence a constituent element of Joseph Conrad's fictional achievement in this tale, is to be sought in the ...
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This chapter argues that one of the chief narrative characteristics of The Shadow-Line, and hence a constituent element of Joseph Conrad's fictional achievement in this tale, is to be sought in the reciprocal relationship between narrative distance and a striking immediacy sometimes approaching the lyric. The prominence of the narrator is central to Conrad's narrative method in The Shadow-Line. The narration is consistently personal throughout. The tale is the story of its narrator, at a particularly challenging and difficult point of life. The most important implications obviously result from a complex combination of the various constituent elements of the narrative, and thus cannot be fully appreciated until the text is finished.Less
This chapter argues that one of the chief narrative characteristics of The Shadow-Line, and hence a constituent element of Joseph Conrad's fictional achievement in this tale, is to be sought in the reciprocal relationship between narrative distance and a striking immediacy sometimes approaching the lyric. The prominence of the narrator is central to Conrad's narrative method in The Shadow-Line. The narration is consistently personal throughout. The tale is the story of its narrator, at a particularly challenging and difficult point of life. The most important implications obviously result from a complex combination of the various constituent elements of the narrative, and thus cannot be fully appreciated until the text is finished.
Assaf Razin
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262028592
- eISBN:
- 9780262327701
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262028592.003.0003
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, International
The 2008 global financial crisis thus was not just a garden-variety, white swan, business cycle event. It was a long time coming, and prospects for a repetition depend on whether underlying ...
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The 2008 global financial crisis thus was not just a garden-variety, white swan, business cycle event. It was a long time coming, and prospects for a repetition depend on whether underlying structural disequilibria, including political indiscipline, are redressed. Factors that either triggered the 2008 financial crisis or that reinforced its severity could be listed as follows: (1) an evolving deregulatory consensus, especially concerning financial institutions; (2) the notion that government insurance guarantees, off-budget unfunded obligations such as social security, and mandated preferences to savings and loan banks were innocuous, despite the savings and loan debacle of the late 1980–1990s; (3) an indulgent attitude toward destructive financial innovation apparent in the 1987 “program trading” and 2000–2002 “dot-com bubble” stock market crashes,5 as well as the 1998 Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund collapse6; (8) a permissive approach to financial auditing, including mark to face valuation for illiquid securities; (4) the creation of a one-way-street, too-big-to-fail mentality that transformed prudent business activity into a venal speculative game on Wall Street, main street, and in Washington; (5) the emergence of “institutional” bank runs, where financial and nonfinancial companies flee repurchase (repo) agreements; and more. The Chapter surveys the creation of the credit bubble and its sudden burst.Less
The 2008 global financial crisis thus was not just a garden-variety, white swan, business cycle event. It was a long time coming, and prospects for a repetition depend on whether underlying structural disequilibria, including political indiscipline, are redressed. Factors that either triggered the 2008 financial crisis or that reinforced its severity could be listed as follows: (1) an evolving deregulatory consensus, especially concerning financial institutions; (2) the notion that government insurance guarantees, off-budget unfunded obligations such as social security, and mandated preferences to savings and loan banks were innocuous, despite the savings and loan debacle of the late 1980–1990s; (3) an indulgent attitude toward destructive financial innovation apparent in the 1987 “program trading” and 2000–2002 “dot-com bubble” stock market crashes,5 as well as the 1998 Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund collapse6; (8) a permissive approach to financial auditing, including mark to face valuation for illiquid securities; (4) the creation of a one-way-street, too-big-to-fail mentality that transformed prudent business activity into a venal speculative game on Wall Street, main street, and in Washington; (5) the emergence of “institutional” bank runs, where financial and nonfinancial companies flee repurchase (repo) agreements; and more. The Chapter surveys the creation of the credit bubble and its sudden burst.
Stephen R. L. Clark
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198242369
- eISBN:
- 9780191680458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198242369.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
This chapter discusses the concepts of individuals and persons. Part of this discussion includes that of partial judgment and abstract argument, social relativism, and how living beings are ...
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This chapter discusses the concepts of individuals and persons. Part of this discussion includes that of partial judgment and abstract argument, social relativism, and how living beings are classified as non-alien or not. It is stated that most individuals, if not all, are groping for a convincing picture of the Shadow, the Self that they are not. They do this to find out what they are or what they hope to be.Less
This chapter discusses the concepts of individuals and persons. Part of this discussion includes that of partial judgment and abstract argument, social relativism, and how living beings are classified as non-alien or not. It is stated that most individuals, if not all, are groping for a convincing picture of the Shadow, the Self that they are not. They do this to find out what they are or what they hope to be.
Richard Hand
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780823234462
- eISBN:
- 9780823241255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823234462.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Mythology and Folklore
This chapter looks at a largely overlooked trove of zombie stories, those that were played on the air in the early days of horror radio. The chapter sketches an overview of the history of ...
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This chapter looks at a largely overlooked trove of zombie stories, those that were played on the air in the early days of horror radio. The chapter sketches an overview of the history of broadcasting tales of terror on the radio, which provides useful background for those who are unfamiliar with the history of radio more broadly. This chapter highlights several tales of the living dead, among them an offering from the long running radio show, The Shadow. Included in the examples it pulls out of the archives are both revenant-like creatures, come back from the dead to seek revenge on the living, and the more typical Voodoo zombie, as well as zombie-like beings. The chapter's discussion of the offerings of such shows as Inner Sanctum Mysteries and Lights Out reveals much about the formation of conventions of the horror genre in general; and this description of radio zombies gives us a more complete picture of the way the zombie was established in popular culture, as it was anchored in radio as well as fantastic literature and film.Less
This chapter looks at a largely overlooked trove of zombie stories, those that were played on the air in the early days of horror radio. The chapter sketches an overview of the history of broadcasting tales of terror on the radio, which provides useful background for those who are unfamiliar with the history of radio more broadly. This chapter highlights several tales of the living dead, among them an offering from the long running radio show, The Shadow. Included in the examples it pulls out of the archives are both revenant-like creatures, come back from the dead to seek revenge on the living, and the more typical Voodoo zombie, as well as zombie-like beings. The chapter's discussion of the offerings of such shows as Inner Sanctum Mysteries and Lights Out reveals much about the formation of conventions of the horror genre in general; and this description of radio zombies gives us a more complete picture of the way the zombie was established in popular culture, as it was anchored in radio as well as fantastic literature and film.
Francio Guadeloupe
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520254886
- eISBN:
- 9780520942639
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520254886.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter takes a look at DJ Shadow, a member of one of the wealthiest local clans in SMX. The discussion introduces the One Love ideology, which is the assertion of a universal human identity and ...
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This chapter takes a look at DJ Shadow, a member of one of the wealthiest local clans in SMX. The discussion introduces the One Love ideology, which is the assertion of a universal human identity and a privileging of individuality above ethnic and national differences. It discusses Rastafari and the Rastafari message of egalitarianism, and even identifies the secrets of DJ Shadow's success. The chapter also introduces DJ Shadow's notion of Rastafari individuality, which is a way to promote an inclusive politics of belonging without explicitly addressing socioeconomic inequalities.Less
This chapter takes a look at DJ Shadow, a member of one of the wealthiest local clans in SMX. The discussion introduces the One Love ideology, which is the assertion of a universal human identity and a privileging of individuality above ethnic and national differences. It discusses Rastafari and the Rastafari message of egalitarianism, and even identifies the secrets of DJ Shadow's success. The chapter also introduces DJ Shadow's notion of Rastafari individuality, which is a way to promote an inclusive politics of belonging without explicitly addressing socioeconomic inequalities.
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804754903
- eISBN:
- 9780804772501
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804754903.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 18th Century and Early American Literature
This postscript is devoted to subcontinental portraits of national memory, mourning, and movement in Rushdie's The Satanic Verses (1988) and Ghosh's The Shadow Lines (1989). It considers the ...
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This postscript is devoted to subcontinental portraits of national memory, mourning, and movement in Rushdie's The Satanic Verses (1988) and Ghosh's The Shadow Lines (1989). It considers the possibilities of thinking the nation through the practice of fantasmatic cartography—the mapping of national and global territories of belonging through an analysis of the psychic work of longing.Less
This postscript is devoted to subcontinental portraits of national memory, mourning, and movement in Rushdie's The Satanic Verses (1988) and Ghosh's The Shadow Lines (1989). It considers the possibilities of thinking the nation through the practice of fantasmatic cartography—the mapping of national and global territories of belonging through an analysis of the psychic work of longing.
Alexa Alfer and Amy J. Edwards de Campos
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719066528
- eISBN:
- 9781781701751
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719066528.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This introductory chapter discusses A. S. Byatt, a writer with a personal and intellectual dislike of literary criticism that places a heavy emphasis on a writer's life. It first provides some ...
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This introductory chapter discusses A. S. Byatt, a writer with a personal and intellectual dislike of literary criticism that places a heavy emphasis on a writer's life. It first provides some background information on Byatt's early career as a writer and her debut novel, Shadow of a Sun. It studies her commitment to the mutually informative discourses of fiction and literary criticism and her popular reimaginings of the Victorian past. This chapter also studies some of Byatt's novels, which are discussed in detail in the following chapters.Less
This introductory chapter discusses A. S. Byatt, a writer with a personal and intellectual dislike of literary criticism that places a heavy emphasis on a writer's life. It first provides some background information on Byatt's early career as a writer and her debut novel, Shadow of a Sun. It studies her commitment to the mutually informative discourses of fiction and literary criticism and her popular reimaginings of the Victorian past. This chapter also studies some of Byatt's novels, which are discussed in detail in the following chapters.
Anshuman A. Mondal
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719070044
- eISBN:
- 9781781701102
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719070044.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This chapter discusses all of Ghosh's major works, such as The Hungry Tide. It focuses on Ghosh's engagement with history and historiography. It analyses how each of these major works deal and come ...
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This chapter discusses all of Ghosh's major works, such as The Hungry Tide. It focuses on Ghosh's engagement with history and historiography. It analyses how each of these major works deal and come to terms with the methodological, political, theoretical and ethical problems posed by historical knowledge and its different protocols. This chapter also studies In an Antique Land, The Shadow Lines and The Glass Palace.Less
This chapter discusses all of Ghosh's major works, such as The Hungry Tide. It focuses on Ghosh's engagement with history and historiography. It analyses how each of these major works deal and come to terms with the methodological, political, theoretical and ethical problems posed by historical knowledge and its different protocols. This chapter also studies In an Antique Land, The Shadow Lines and The Glass Palace.
Gabriel Riera
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823226719
- eISBN:
- 9780823235315
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823226719.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Language
This chapter discusses Emmanuel Levinas' criticism on the inhumanity of art in his essay “Reality and Its Shadow”. It explains that the il y a plays a central role in Levinas' ...
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This chapter discusses Emmanuel Levinas' criticism on the inhumanity of art in his essay “Reality and Its Shadow”. It explains that the il y a plays a central role in Levinas' thinking and in his determination of the nonethical nature of the work of art. Levinas places transitional layers between the anonymous rumbling of the il y a and the order of the world or totality, and considers the exposure of consciousness to the il y a as a horror that throws subjectivity into an impersonal vigilance.Less
This chapter discusses Emmanuel Levinas' criticism on the inhumanity of art in his essay “Reality and Its Shadow”. It explains that the il y a plays a central role in Levinas' thinking and in his determination of the nonethical nature of the work of art. Levinas places transitional layers between the anonymous rumbling of the il y a and the order of the world or totality, and considers the exposure of consciousness to the il y a as a horror that throws subjectivity into an impersonal vigilance.
