Ronald E. Heine
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780199245512
- eISBN:
- 9780191600630
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199245517.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
It has long been known that Jerome depended on Origen to some extent in producing his own commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians. Several excerpts from Origen's commentary on Ephesians have ...
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It has long been known that Jerome depended on Origen to some extent in producing his own commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians. Several excerpts from Origen's commentary on Ephesians have been preserved in Greek. This book demonstrates the extent of Jerome's dependence on Origen by placing English translations of these excerpts from Origen's Commentary on Ephesians parallel to the English translation of Jerome's commentary on Ephesians. These parallels show that in every case where Jerome's commentary can be compared with Origen's, Jerome has followed Origen, either by translating his text or paraphrasing his thought. By this and other means, all the passages that can be attributed in some degree to Origen have been identified in Jerome's commentary in order to allow Origen's comments on Ephesians to be heard again, even if muffled at times, through the words of Jerome. This is important because Origen's commentary, in all probability, was the first complete commentary ever composed on the Epistle to the Ephesians. Origen's comments are sometimes philological, discussing the meaning of Greek words in the text and the syntax of the phrases in the Greek sentences of Paul. His comments deal also with theology, for Ephesians provided many texts that were key elements in some of his theological views, such as the pre‐existent church, the constitution of the foundation of the material world after the fall, God's foreknowledge, the unity of revelation based on the ancient prophets’ knowledge of God's future work in Christ, and the Christian struggle against hostile spiritual powers.Less
It has long been known that Jerome depended on Origen to some extent in producing his own commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians. Several excerpts from Origen's commentary on Ephesians have been preserved in Greek. This book demonstrates the extent of Jerome's dependence on Origen by placing English translations of these excerpts from Origen's Commentary on Ephesians parallel to the English translation of Jerome's commentary on Ephesians. These parallels show that in every case where Jerome's commentary can be compared with Origen's, Jerome has followed Origen, either by translating his text or paraphrasing his thought. By this and other means, all the passages that can be attributed in some degree to Origen have been identified in Jerome's commentary in order to allow Origen's comments on Ephesians to be heard again, even if muffled at times, through the words of Jerome. This is important because Origen's commentary, in all probability, was the first complete commentary ever composed on the Epistle to the Ephesians. Origen's comments are sometimes philological, discussing the meaning of Greek words in the text and the syntax of the phrases in the Greek sentences of Paul. His comments deal also with theology, for Ephesians provided many texts that were key elements in some of his theological views, such as the pre‐existent church, the constitution of the foundation of the material world after the fall, God's foreknowledge, the unity of revelation based on the ancient prophets’ knowledge of God's future work in Christ, and the Christian struggle against hostile spiritual powers.
William A. Johnson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195176407
- eISBN:
- 9780199775545
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195176407.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, European History: BCE to 500CE
Fronto was the teacher and friend of Marcus Aurelius. Fronto’s Letters show a man intent on constructing literary culture within the context of the contubernium, an ideal of close connection and ...
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Fronto was the teacher and friend of Marcus Aurelius. Fronto’s Letters show a man intent on constructing literary culture within the context of the contubernium, an ideal of close connection and friendship. His pupil Aurelius, however, shows a strong inclination toward reading habits that privileged the solitary, a set of habits that his contemporaries judged idiosyncratic. The chapter also focuses on the use of excerpts and excerpting in imperial reading culture.Less
Fronto was the teacher and friend of Marcus Aurelius. Fronto’s Letters show a man intent on constructing literary culture within the context of the contubernium, an ideal of close connection and friendship. His pupil Aurelius, however, shows a strong inclination toward reading habits that privileged the solitary, a set of habits that his contemporaries judged idiosyncratic. The chapter also focuses on the use of excerpts and excerpting in imperial reading culture.
Robert Wyatt and John Andrew Johnson
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195327113
- eISBN:
- 9780199851249
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195327113.003.0030
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
This chapter presents an excerpt from Allen Forte's 1990 book American Golden Ballads of the Golden Era, 1924–1950 focusing on George Gershwin's Broadway musical titled Oh, Kay!. The show premiered ...
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This chapter presents an excerpt from Allen Forte's 1990 book American Golden Ballads of the Golden Era, 1924–1950 focusing on George Gershwin's Broadway musical titled Oh, Kay!. The show premiered on November 6, 1926, and introduced Someone to Watch Over Me which became the best-known song from that musical. The song became so popular that it inspired numerous classical recordings including versions by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Teddy Wilson.Less
This chapter presents an excerpt from Allen Forte's 1990 book American Golden Ballads of the Golden Era, 1924–1950 focusing on George Gershwin's Broadway musical titled Oh, Kay!. The show premiered on November 6, 1926, and introduced Someone to Watch Over Me which became the best-known song from that musical. The song became so popular that it inspired numerous classical recordings including versions by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Teddy Wilson.
Richard Higgins and Robert D. Richardson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520294042
- eISBN:
- 9780520967311
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520294042.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 19th Century Literature
Thoreau and the Language of Trees is the first in-depth study of Thoreau’s passionate engagement with trees and his writing about them. It explores his keen eye for trees as a naturalist, his ...
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Thoreau and the Language of Trees is the first in-depth study of Thoreau’s passionate engagement with trees and his writing about them. It explores his keen eye for trees as a naturalist, his creative response to them as a poet, his philosophical understanding of them, the joy they gave him and the spiritual bond he felt with them. It includes excerpts from Thoreau’s extraordinary writing about trees from 1837 to 1861, illustrated with Higgins’s photography. The excerpts show his detailed observations on trees, his sense of loss at the ravaging of the forest during his life and the delight he took in the splendor of Concord’s woods and meadows. They also show his response to individual trees: an iconic Concord elm, a stand of old-growth oaks he discovered, his beloved white pines, trees made new by snow and trees as ships at sea. Higgins shows that Thoreau probed the complex lives of trees in the forest as a scientist and, as a poet and spiritual seeker, saw them as miracles that encapsulate all that is good about nature.Less
Thoreau and the Language of Trees is the first in-depth study of Thoreau’s passionate engagement with trees and his writing about them. It explores his keen eye for trees as a naturalist, his creative response to them as a poet, his philosophical understanding of them, the joy they gave him and the spiritual bond he felt with them. It includes excerpts from Thoreau’s extraordinary writing about trees from 1837 to 1861, illustrated with Higgins’s photography. The excerpts show his detailed observations on trees, his sense of loss at the ravaging of the forest during his life and the delight he took in the splendor of Concord’s woods and meadows. They also show his response to individual trees: an iconic Concord elm, a stand of old-growth oaks he discovered, his beloved white pines, trees made new by snow and trees as ships at sea. Higgins shows that Thoreau probed the complex lives of trees in the forest as a scientist and, as a poet and spiritual seeker, saw them as miracles that encapsulate all that is good about nature.
Clarence Major
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781469656007
- eISBN:
- 9781469658803
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469656007.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, African-American Literature
Clarence Major is one of America’s literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National ...
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Clarence Major is one of America’s literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. His work has been featured in many literary journals, newspapers, and magazines, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Ploughshares.
Whether you’ve known Major’s work for decades or are new to his singular style, The Essential Clarence Major offers a thrilling overview of an exceptional career, from his early groundbreaking fiction to his most recent poems. Included here are excerpts from Major’s best novels, a selection of his finest short stories and poetry, more than a dozen thought-provoking essays, a taste of his autobiography. Award-winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Kia Corthron introduces the collection, artfully illuminating Major’s importance as one of the foremost and original voices in contemporary American literature.Less
Clarence Major is one of America’s literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. His work has been featured in many literary journals, newspapers, and magazines, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Ploughshares.
Whether you’ve known Major’s work for decades or are new to his singular style, The Essential Clarence Major offers a thrilling overview of an exceptional career, from his early groundbreaking fiction to his most recent poems. Included here are excerpts from Major’s best novels, a selection of his finest short stories and poetry, more than a dozen thought-provoking essays, a taste of his autobiography. Award-winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Kia Corthron introduces the collection, artfully illuminating Major’s importance as one of the foremost and original voices in contemporary American literature.
John Kerrigan
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199248513
- eISBN:
- 9780191697753
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199248513.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
This chapter discusses Shakespeare and his works that border on the arts; mostly his artful sonnets that depict the famous pictures, statues, and poems of Petrarch and Michelangelo. The discussions ...
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This chapter discusses Shakespeare and his works that border on the arts; mostly his artful sonnets that depict the famous pictures, statues, and poems of Petrarch and Michelangelo. The discussions in this chapter also include a rather detailed examination of the different works of Michelangelo and Petrarch. A number of excerpts from their written works are included in the chapter to provide a clearer picture of the analysis presented.Less
This chapter discusses Shakespeare and his works that border on the arts; mostly his artful sonnets that depict the famous pictures, statues, and poems of Petrarch and Michelangelo. The discussions in this chapter also include a rather detailed examination of the different works of Michelangelo and Petrarch. A number of excerpts from their written works are included in the chapter to provide a clearer picture of the analysis presented.
John Kerrigan
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199248513
- eISBN:
- 9780191697753
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199248513.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
This chapter discusses Milton and his use of the nightingale in one of his sonnets. Previously, Shakespeare introduced a rather curious moment in his Sonnet 102, when a nightingale changed sex. In ...
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This chapter discusses Milton and his use of the nightingale in one of his sonnets. Previously, Shakespeare introduced a rather curious moment in his Sonnet 102, when a nightingale changed sex. In Milton's first sonnet, he is able to create some form of creative imbalance that gains fresh cogency when read in the light of Keats and Shakespeare. The discussion in this chapter also includes excerpts from the works of Milton which complement the topics being discussed.Less
This chapter discusses Milton and his use of the nightingale in one of his sonnets. Previously, Shakespeare introduced a rather curious moment in his Sonnet 102, when a nightingale changed sex. In Milton's first sonnet, he is able to create some form of creative imbalance that gains fresh cogency when read in the light of Keats and Shakespeare. The discussion in this chapter also includes excerpts from the works of Milton which complement the topics being discussed.
H. S. Harris
- Published in print:
- 1971
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198243588
- eISBN:
- 9780191680700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198243588.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
This chapter details Hegel's formative years from 1770 to 1788. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born at Stuttgart on 27 August 1770. He was the eldest son of Georg Ludwig Hegel, who was a minor ...
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This chapter details Hegel's formative years from 1770 to 1788. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born at Stuttgart on 27 August 1770. He was the eldest son of Georg Ludwig Hegel, who was a minor financial official in the court of the Duchy of Wurttemberg. Hegel's historical conception of human nature gradually emerged in the essay ‘On the religion of the Greeks and Romans’ which he wrote as a school task in August 1787.Less
This chapter details Hegel's formative years from 1770 to 1788. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born at Stuttgart on 27 August 1770. He was the eldest son of Georg Ludwig Hegel, who was a minor financial official in the court of the Duchy of Wurttemberg. Hegel's historical conception of human nature gradually emerged in the essay ‘On the religion of the Greeks and Romans’ which he wrote as a school task in August 1787.
Ann Moss
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198159087
- eISBN:
- 9780191673474
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198159087.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
The prescriptions for commonplace-books to be found in the works of Desiderius Erasmus, Philipp Melanchthon, and Juan Luis Vives were published together as excerpts in manuals De ratione studii. ...
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The prescriptions for commonplace-books to be found in the works of Desiderius Erasmus, Philipp Melanchthon, and Juan Luis Vives were published together as excerpts in manuals De ratione studii. Their presence there, together with other examples of good practice in the matter of education, points us to the schoolroom environment within which boys were conditioned to think in ways determined by the instrument they used to probe material they were set to study, store in their memory, and retrieve for reproduction, that is to say, by their commonplace-book. From now on, the history of the commonplace-book becomes an integral part of the history of Renaissance culture in general, because it is the history of its technical support system, and consequently of one of the most important factors contributing to its intellectual paradigms. From now on, also, the documentation of the history of the commonplace-book becomes enormous.Less
The prescriptions for commonplace-books to be found in the works of Desiderius Erasmus, Philipp Melanchthon, and Juan Luis Vives were published together as excerpts in manuals De ratione studii. Their presence there, together with other examples of good practice in the matter of education, points us to the schoolroom environment within which boys were conditioned to think in ways determined by the instrument they used to probe material they were set to study, store in their memory, and retrieve for reproduction, that is to say, by their commonplace-book. From now on, the history of the commonplace-book becomes an integral part of the history of Renaissance culture in general, because it is the history of its technical support system, and consequently of one of the most important factors contributing to its intellectual paradigms. From now on, also, the documentation of the history of the commonplace-book becomes enormous.
JOHN BAYLEY
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198117636
- eISBN:
- 9780191671036
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198117636.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
This chapter discusses the poems of Housman that deal with endings and death. Based on the number of excerpts and verses that are subsequently analysed, these kinds of poems show that Housman used ...
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This chapter discusses the poems of Housman that deal with endings and death. Based on the number of excerpts and verses that are subsequently analysed, these kinds of poems show that Housman used dialogue to dramatize the differences between jealousy in the dead or done for. The insensitivity of the strong and the living is also highlighted in these poems.Less
This chapter discusses the poems of Housman that deal with endings and death. Based on the number of excerpts and verses that are subsequently analysed, these kinds of poems show that Housman used dialogue to dramatize the differences between jealousy in the dead or done for. The insensitivity of the strong and the living is also highlighted in these poems.
Timothy H. Lim
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198262060
- eISBN:
- 9780191682292
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198262060.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies, Early Christian Studies
Paul lived at a time when the biblical text remained fluid. Textual variety and pluriformity characterized the scriptural scrolls that he consulted. He could quote from them or from one of the ...
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Paul lived at a time when the biblical text remained fluid. Textual variety and pluriformity characterized the scriptural scrolls that he consulted. He could quote from them or from one of the biblical excerpts that he presumably had before him. Sometimes, as in Galatians 3: 15, he insisted on a literal reading of the biblical passage, while on other occasions he could freely adapt his source. Still other times, it is thought that he produced a biblical proof-text from memory, the misremembering of which could account for variants and discrepancies. This latter suggestion, though plausible, is difficult to prove or even analyse, since the incorrect attribution of the biblical source can otherwise be explained by the existence of anthologies. ln any case, the postulate of pre-Pauline biblical excerpts does help in explaining some of the procedures which he was likely to have used.Less
Paul lived at a time when the biblical text remained fluid. Textual variety and pluriformity characterized the scriptural scrolls that he consulted. He could quote from them or from one of the biblical excerpts that he presumably had before him. Sometimes, as in Galatians 3: 15, he insisted on a literal reading of the biblical passage, while on other occasions he could freely adapt his source. Still other times, it is thought that he produced a biblical proof-text from memory, the misremembering of which could account for variants and discrepancies. This latter suggestion, though plausible, is difficult to prove or even analyse, since the incorrect attribution of the biblical source can otherwise be explained by the existence of anthologies. ln any case, the postulate of pre-Pauline biblical excerpts does help in explaining some of the procedures which he was likely to have used.
C. Collard, M. J. Cropp, and K. H. Lee
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780856686191
- eISBN:
- 9781800342699
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9780856686191.003.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Plays and Playwrights: Classical, Early, and Medieval
This introductory chapter provides an overview of the fragmentary plays of Euripides. It begins by looking at some categories of evidence for the fragmentary plays. Euripides' own words, the primary ...
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This introductory chapter provides an overview of the fragmentary plays of Euripides. It begins by looking at some categories of evidence for the fragmentary plays. Euripides' own words, the primary evidence, survive in (1) papyrus or parchment fragments of single plays or of collected ‘editions’ of the plays; with these belong texts which were never complete but have survived as excerpts in now fragmentary anthologies; and in (2) the ‘book fragments’ — excerpts or quotations or references made by other ancient authors, anthologists, lexicographers and so on, almost all of them with their own manuscript traditions like that of Euripides' surviving and complete plays. Meanwhile, for Euripides, the secondary evidence — official records, scholarly information, description, allusion, anecdote and the like — is much more extensive than for the other tragedians, and in one respect above all. The chapter then considers the modern study of the fragmentary plays. This book presents each play with a summary bibliography and a discussion of the plot, the myth and its history, themes and characterisation, staging, date, and other dramatisations and later influence.Less
This introductory chapter provides an overview of the fragmentary plays of Euripides. It begins by looking at some categories of evidence for the fragmentary plays. Euripides' own words, the primary evidence, survive in (1) papyrus or parchment fragments of single plays or of collected ‘editions’ of the plays; with these belong texts which were never complete but have survived as excerpts in now fragmentary anthologies; and in (2) the ‘book fragments’ — excerpts or quotations or references made by other ancient authors, anthologists, lexicographers and so on, almost all of them with their own manuscript traditions like that of Euripides' surviving and complete plays. Meanwhile, for Euripides, the secondary evidence — official records, scholarly information, description, allusion, anecdote and the like — is much more extensive than for the other tragedians, and in one respect above all. The chapter then considers the modern study of the fragmentary plays. This book presents each play with a summary bibliography and a discussion of the plot, the myth and its history, themes and characterisation, staging, date, and other dramatisations and later influence.
Kia Corthron
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781469656007
- eISBN:
- 9781469658803
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469656007.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, African-American Literature
Part One of the book contains excerpts from six of Clarence Major’s novels: Reflex and Bone Structure, My Amputations, Such Was the Season, Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar, Dirty Bird Blues, and ...
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Part One of the book contains excerpts from six of Clarence Major’s novels: Reflex and Bone Structure, My Amputations, Such Was the Season, Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar, Dirty Bird Blues, and One Flesh. Reflex and Bone Structure (1975) is a narrative of subtle clues regarding Majors’s Manhattan characters; the story then shifts to a road trip. Painted Turtle is an examination of Zuni life from the perspective of the narrator, who meets the title character as an adult and, from the stories she has told him, pieces together her existence from childhood on. The novel incorporates cultural language, traditions, and mental illness linked to the legacy of attempted race extermination. My Amputations chronicles a fictional African American poet abroad in Nice and Oxford for conference and readings. One Flesh centers on John and Susie, a black painter and a Chinese American poet in San Francisco, who are considering marriage.Less
Part One of the book contains excerpts from six of Clarence Major’s novels: Reflex and Bone Structure, My Amputations, Such Was the Season, Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar, Dirty Bird Blues, and One Flesh. Reflex and Bone Structure (1975) is a narrative of subtle clues regarding Majors’s Manhattan characters; the story then shifts to a road trip. Painted Turtle is an examination of Zuni life from the perspective of the narrator, who meets the title character as an adult and, from the stories she has told him, pieces together her existence from childhood on. The novel incorporates cultural language, traditions, and mental illness linked to the legacy of attempted race extermination. My Amputations chronicles a fictional African American poet abroad in Nice and Oxford for conference and readings. One Flesh centers on John and Susie, a black painter and a Chinese American poet in San Francisco, who are considering marriage.
John J. McDermott (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780823224838
- eISBN:
- 9780823284887
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823224838.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, American Philosophy
This chapter presents an excerpt from Josiah Royce's book The Feud of Oakfield Creek: A Novel of California Life published in 1887.
This chapter presents an excerpt from Josiah Royce's book The Feud of Oakfield Creek: A Novel of California Life published in 1887.
Dirk Van Hulle
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032009
- eISBN:
- 9780813039657
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032009.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter discusses the decomposition of source texts in notebooks and notesheets. It looks at Joyce's reading notes as the starting point to try to retrace his reading process. These notes do ...
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This chapter discusses the decomposition of source texts in notebooks and notesheets. It looks at Joyce's reading notes as the starting point to try to retrace his reading process. These notes do give an insight into the way Joyce decomposed the texts he read during the composition of his last work, and excerpting from source texts was only one form of decomposition.Less
This chapter discusses the decomposition of source texts in notebooks and notesheets. It looks at Joyce's reading notes as the starting point to try to retrace his reading process. These notes do give an insight into the way Joyce decomposed the texts he read during the composition of his last work, and excerpting from source texts was only one form of decomposition.
Minrose Gwin (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469646800
- eISBN:
- 9781469646824
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469646800.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gay and Lesbian Studies
InNavis, an excerpt from the novel The Queen of Palmyra byMinroseGwin, Florence, a young White girl glimpses the racial tensions in her small town of Millville in a subtle but significant interaction ...
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InNavis, an excerpt from the novel The Queen of Palmyra byMinroseGwin, Florence, a young White girl glimpses the racial tensions in her small town of Millville in a subtle but significant interaction between her Mama and the customers of her cake business. Mama's insistence on referring to African-Americans as "Negroes" (a more respectful address, according to Mama's African-American acquaintances) instead of "colored" upsets some of her "Cake Ladies," as Florence calls them, but Mama is supported by her friend,Navis. When Florence asks whether Mama plans to make Florence's father say it, too, Mama slaps her and sends her to her room. Later, Florence sees her mother's upset reaction but doesn't quite understand it fully.Less
InNavis, an excerpt from the novel The Queen of Palmyra byMinroseGwin, Florence, a young White girl glimpses the racial tensions in her small town of Millville in a subtle but significant interaction between her Mama and the customers of her cake business. Mama's insistence on referring to African-Americans as "Negroes" (a more respectful address, according to Mama's African-American acquaintances) instead of "colored" upsets some of her "Cake Ladies," as Florence calls them, but Mama is supported by her friend,Navis. When Florence asks whether Mama plans to make Florence's father say it, too, Mama slaps her and sends her to her room. Later, Florence sees her mother's upset reaction but doesn't quite understand it fully.
Toni Newman (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469646800
- eISBN:
- 9781469646824
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469646800.003.0005
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gay and Lesbian Studies
In Sissy Boy, an excerpt from Toni Newman's memoir I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman, recounts her journey from her hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina, where from an early age she knew ...
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In Sissy Boy, an excerpt from Toni Newman's memoir I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman, recounts her journey from her hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina, where from an early age she knew she was "a different bird born in the wrong body." The excerpt follows her through childhood as a "sissy boy," her identification with female students in school, travails in high school and college, her first time loving a man, her decision to study sociology instead of medicine, her entry into the world of drag clubs, her secret relationship with a male friend of her football-player roommate, to finally her interactions with the transsexual streetwalkers that ultimately inspired her own transformation.Less
In Sissy Boy, an excerpt from Toni Newman's memoir I Rise: The Transformation of Toni Newman, recounts her journey from her hometown of Jacksonville, North Carolina, where from an early age she knew she was "a different bird born in the wrong body." The excerpt follows her through childhood as a "sissy boy," her identification with female students in school, travails in high school and college, her first time loving a man, her decision to study sociology instead of medicine, her entry into the world of drag clubs, her secret relationship with a male friend of her football-player roommate, to finally her interactions with the transsexual streetwalkers that ultimately inspired her own transformation.
Parker Michael (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469646800
- eISBN:
- 9781469646824
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469646800.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gay and Lesbian Studies
In Pete and Daniel, an excerpt from Michael Parker's novel Virginia Lovers, two semi-estranged teenage brothers, Pete and Daniel, talk about Daniel's homosexuality and what really happened the night ...
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In Pete and Daniel, an excerpt from Michael Parker's novel Virginia Lovers, two semi-estranged teenage brothers, Pete and Daniel, talk about Daniel's homosexuality and what really happened the night of a party when a gay classmate was killed.Less
In Pete and Daniel, an excerpt from Michael Parker's novel Virginia Lovers, two semi-estranged teenage brothers, Pete and Daniel, talk about Daniel's homosexuality and what really happened the night of a party when a gay classmate was killed.
Garrard Conley (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469646800
- eISBN:
- 9781469646824
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469646800.003.0012
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gay and Lesbian Studies
In Self Portrait, an excerpt from his memoir, Boy Erased, Garrard Conley describes his preparation for attending the Love In Action (LIA) gay conversion therapy during his freshman year of college. A ...
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In Self Portrait, an excerpt from his memoir, Boy Erased, Garrard Conley describes his preparation for attending the Love In Action (LIA) gay conversion therapy during his freshman year of college. A romantic encounter with Caleb, a senior art student, gives him a new perspective on things.Less
In Self Portrait, an excerpt from his memoir, Boy Erased, Garrard Conley describes his preparation for attending the Love In Action (LIA) gay conversion therapy during his freshman year of college. A romantic encounter with Caleb, a senior art student, gives him a new perspective on things.
Markus Krajewski and Peter Krapp
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262015899
- eISBN:
- 9780262298216
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262015899.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Two lines of development in the second half of the eighteenth century differentiated the previously closely related functions of librarian and scholar. One points directly to the education of ...
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Two lines of development in the second half of the eighteenth century differentiated the previously closely related functions of librarian and scholar. One points directly to the education of professional librarians, who regard the production of indexes as an inherent part of their occupation. A second path is an aesthetic of learned production, the active discussion of principles for ordering excerpts. This chapter traces the divergence and increasing disparity of the two indexical situations. It proposes a genealogy that ranges from liberal praise for assembling excerpts (J. J. Moser), to the poetic and poetological extension of the technique (J. P. F. Richter), and to its peculiar culminating in its characteristic silence (G. W. F. Hegel).Less
Two lines of development in the second half of the eighteenth century differentiated the previously closely related functions of librarian and scholar. One points directly to the education of professional librarians, who regard the production of indexes as an inherent part of their occupation. A second path is an aesthetic of learned production, the active discussion of principles for ordering excerpts. This chapter traces the divergence and increasing disparity of the two indexical situations. It proposes a genealogy that ranges from liberal praise for assembling excerpts (J. J. Moser), to the poetic and poetological extension of the technique (J. P. F. Richter), and to its peculiar culminating in its characteristic silence (G. W. F. Hegel).
