Ellen Wiles
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231173285
- eISBN:
- 9780231539296
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231173285.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Asian Politics
This introductory chapter gives an overview of this book; explains my methodology and ethnographic approach; describes my impressions of Yangon, my reasons for going to Myanmar, and my initial ...
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This introductory chapter gives an overview of this book; explains my methodology and ethnographic approach; describes my impressions of Yangon, my reasons for going to Myanmar, and my initial experiences and encounters with Burmese literary writers; and situates these writers and their literary work by providing a contextual overview of the political, social, legal, cultural and literary history during the repressive censorship era.Less
This introductory chapter gives an overview of this book; explains my methodology and ethnographic approach; describes my impressions of Yangon, my reasons for going to Myanmar, and my initial experiences and encounters with Burmese literary writers; and situates these writers and their literary work by providing a contextual overview of the political, social, legal, cultural and literary history during the repressive censorship era.
Jeremy J. Smith
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199291953
- eISBN:
- 9780191710568
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199291953.003.0002
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
This chapter addresses a key problem in the study of sound-change, viz. the nature of the evidence. The notion of ‘witness’ is interrogated, and then the chapter deals with four sources of witnesses ...
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This chapter addresses a key problem in the study of sound-change, viz. the nature of the evidence. The notion of ‘witness’ is interrogated, and then the chapter deals with four sources of witnesses traditionally distinguished for the study of past states of the sound-system of a language: writing-systems, verse practices, contemporary writers on language, and reconstruction.Less
This chapter addresses a key problem in the study of sound-change, viz. the nature of the evidence. The notion of ‘witness’ is interrogated, and then the chapter deals with four sources of witnesses traditionally distinguished for the study of past states of the sound-system of a language: writing-systems, verse practices, contemporary writers on language, and reconstruction.
John Kinsella
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719075582
- eISBN:
- 9781781701034
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719075582.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry
This book explores the author's contemporary poetics and pedagogy as it emerges from his reflections on his own writing and teaching, and on the work of other poets, particularly contemporary writers ...
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This book explores the author's contemporary poetics and pedagogy as it emerges from his reflections on his own writing and teaching, and on the work of other poets, particularly contemporary writers with whom he feels some affinity. At its heart is the author's attempt to elaborate his vision of a species of pastoral that is adequate to a globalised world (the author himself writes and teaches in the United States, the UK and his native Australia), and an environmentally and politically just poetry. The book has an autobiographical element, as the author explores the pulse of his poetic imagination through significant moments and passages of his life.Less
This book explores the author's contemporary poetics and pedagogy as it emerges from his reflections on his own writing and teaching, and on the work of other poets, particularly contemporary writers with whom he feels some affinity. At its heart is the author's attempt to elaborate his vision of a species of pastoral that is adequate to a globalised world (the author himself writes and teaches in the United States, the UK and his native Australia), and an environmentally and politically just poetry. The book has an autobiographical element, as the author explores the pulse of his poetic imagination through significant moments and passages of his life.
Joseph Brooker
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748633944
- eISBN:
- 9780748651818
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748633944.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This chapter discusses the literary establishment of the 1980s, observing the transition between generations of writers and closely examining some changes that occurred in the book business. It ...
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This chapter discusses the literary establishment of the 1980s, observing the transition between generations of writers and closely examining some changes that occurred in the book business. It studies the trend of the English novel, and tries to distinguish between ‘post-war’ and ‘contemporary’ writers.Less
This chapter discusses the literary establishment of the 1980s, observing the transition between generations of writers and closely examining some changes that occurred in the book business. It studies the trend of the English novel, and tries to distinguish between ‘post-war’ and ‘contemporary’ writers.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846311093
- eISBN:
- 9781846313332
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311093.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter studies one of the best-known Attic legends, the retold story of Philomela, and how it has been used as a paradigm for the retelling of colonial encounters in the works of several ...
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This chapter studies one of the best-known Attic legends, the retold story of Philomela, and how it has been used as a paradigm for the retelling of colonial encounters in the works of several contemporary postcolonial writers. The Philomela legend allowed these writers to transform imaginatively their past by giving them an alternative framework with which to express their otherwise censored history. Doubly important is the conversion in the legend of silence into song since this represents alternative, non-verbal codes that subvert or replace narratives of colonial encounter and, ironically, also shows how silence and music can become instruments of colonial domination. This chapter also focuses on postcolonial texts in which silence is converted into music in a regenerative process that transmutes history into an alternative pattern that allows it to be seen in terms other than those of repeated dispossession or defeat.Less
This chapter studies one of the best-known Attic legends, the retold story of Philomela, and how it has been used as a paradigm for the retelling of colonial encounters in the works of several contemporary postcolonial writers. The Philomela legend allowed these writers to transform imaginatively their past by giving them an alternative framework with which to express their otherwise censored history. Doubly important is the conversion in the legend of silence into song since this represents alternative, non-verbal codes that subvert or replace narratives of colonial encounter and, ironically, also shows how silence and music can become instruments of colonial domination. This chapter also focuses on postcolonial texts in which silence is converted into music in a regenerative process that transmutes history into an alternative pattern that allows it to be seen in terms other than those of repeated dispossession or defeat.
Andy Sawyer and David Seed (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780853238348
- eISBN:
- 9781781380741
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853238348.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This wide-ranging book explores the various dialogues that flourish between different aspects of science fiction: academics and fans, writers and readers; ideological stances and national styles; ...
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This wide-ranging book explores the various dialogues that flourish between different aspects of science fiction: academics and fans, writers and readers; ideological stances and national styles; different interpretations of the genre; and how language and voices are used in constructing science fiction. The chapters range from studies of writers such as Robert A. Heinlein, who are considered as the heart of the genre, to more contemporary writers such as Jack Womack and J. G. Ballard.Less
This wide-ranging book explores the various dialogues that flourish between different aspects of science fiction: academics and fans, writers and readers; ideological stances and national styles; different interpretations of the genre; and how language and voices are used in constructing science fiction. The chapters range from studies of writers such as Robert A. Heinlein, who are considered as the heart of the genre, to more contemporary writers such as Jack Womack and J. G. Ballard.
