Recovery and Transgression
Memory in American Poetry
This collection is devoted to the ways in which poetic texts shape, and are shaped by, personal and collective memory. It looks at the techniques through which the past is recovered and repurposed in poetry, using poems by T.S. Eliot and Susan Howe, among others, as examples.
This collection is devoted to the ways in which poetic texts shape, and are shaped by, personal and collective memory. It looks at the techniques through which the past is recovered and repurposed in poetry, using poems by T.S. Eliot and Susan Howe, among others, as examples.
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Management Information Systems for Microfinance
Catalyzing Social Innovation for Competitive Advantage
The essays in this book explore the metrics required for success in the field of microfinance, using case studies on open-source and cloud-based software. Contributors include business executives and consultants, in addition to academics.
The essays in this book explore the metrics required for success in the field of microfinance, using case studies on open-source and cloud-based software. Contributors include business executives and consultants, in addition to academics.
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This study focuses on the lyric and narrative verse of a problematic poet who might have served as a missing link between Keats and Tennyson, an area which is under-represented in current scholarship on Beddoes.
This study focuses on the lyric and narrative verse of a problematic poet who might have served as a missing link between Keats and Tennyson, an area which is under-represented in current scholarship on Beddoes.
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Mobile Participation
Access, Interaction and Practices
This collection of proceedings from the fourth conference on “Mobile Communications for Development” provides empirical evidence and analysis of the opportunities and limitations of mobile technologies’ contributions to development in areas ranging from literacy to governance.
This collection of proceedings from the fourth conference on “Mobile Communications for Development” provides empirical evidence and analysis of the opportunities and limitations of mobile technologies’ contributions to development in areas ranging from literacy to governance.
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Museums beyond the Crises
CIMAM 2012 Annual Conference Publication
The predominant model of the museum is collapsing. The old paradigm is being replaced by a new one that still needs to be defined. This book investigates what such a new paradigm may entail and its consequences for the preservation of heritage.
The predominant model of the museum is collapsing. The old paradigm is being replaced by a new one that still needs to be defined. This book investigates what such a new paradigm may entail and its consequences for the preservation of heritage.
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Work-Life Balance and the Economic Crisis
Some Insights from the Perspective of Comparative Law (Volume I
Contemporary society and international organisations are giving increasing consideration to the issue of reconciling work and private life. Following on from this, these volumes provide a detailed analysis of work-life balance and its regulation in a number of EU countries.
Contemporary society and international organisations are giving increasing consideration to the issue of reconciling work and private life. Following on from this, these volumes provide a detailed analysis of work-life balance and its regulation in a number of EU countries.
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Work-Life Balance and the Economic Crisis
Some Insights from the Perspective of Comparative Law (Volume II
Contemporary society and international organisations are giving increasing consideration to the issue of reconciling work and private life. Following on from this, these volumes provide a detailed analysis of work-life balance and its regulation in a number of EU countries.
Contemporary society and international organisations are giving increasing consideration to the issue of reconciling work and private life. Following on from this, these volumes provide a detailed analysis of work-life balance and its regulation in a number of EU countries.
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Offering perspectives from under-discussed linguistic contexts, including Spain and Austria, in addition to more prominent countries such as the UK, this title explores tensions between the local and the global in education, investigating its increasing commodification.
Offering perspectives from under-discussed linguistic contexts, including Spain and Austria, in addition to more prominent countries such as the UK, this title explores tensions between the local and the global in education, investigating its increasing commodification.
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This collection investigates Portuguese presence in Guinea, Cape Verde, Angola, São Tomé, Brazil and Goa, and the resultant formation of mixed or creole communities which were influenced culturally both by Portugal and indigenous societies.
This collection investigates Portuguese presence in Guinea, Cape Verde, Angola, São Tomé, Brazil and Goa, and the resultant formation of mixed or creole communities which were influenced culturally both by Portugal and indigenous societies.
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Chowaniec offers the first systematic overview of Poland’s literary and cultural environment since 1989 from the perspective of women’s writing, surveying the political and social transformations of this period through a close reading of prominent Polish female novelists.
Chowaniec offers the first systematic overview of Poland’s literary and cultural environment since 1989 from the perspective of women’s writing, surveying the political and social transformations of this period through a close reading of prominent Polish female novelists.
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This volume addresses language change and standardization in postcolonial settings. Experts discuss the emergence of new varieties of English, illuminating issues of language contact, diversification, and standardization from different perspectives.
This volume addresses language change and standardization in postcolonial settings. Experts discuss the emergence of new varieties of English, illuminating issues of language contact, diversification, and standardization from different perspectives.
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Performative Plautus
Sophistics, Metatheater and Translation
Containing a foreword and preface by Barbara Cassin and Florence Dupont, this book provides a theoretical and philosophical framework for the analysis of Plautus within a performative and philosophical perspective on language and theatrical performance.
Containing a foreword and preface by Barbara Cassin and Florence Dupont, this book provides a theoretical and philosophical framework for the analysis of Plautus within a performative and philosophical perspective on language and theatrical performance.
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This collection explores the relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein’s “analytic stance” towards philosophy and the inherently apophatic nature of his epistemology. This is the first publication to thoroughly explore this subject through this particular hermeneutical lens.
This collection explores the relationship between Ludwig Wittgenstein’s “analytic stance” towards philosophy and the inherently apophatic nature of his epistemology. This is the first publication to thoroughly explore this subject through this particular hermeneutical lens.
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The Chinese Language Demystified explores the unique features of Mandarin Chinese. While discussing aspects that make it seem ‘mysterious,’ the book investigates how it is used by the Chinese people despite its lack of formal grammatical structure.
The Chinese Language Demystified explores the unique features of Mandarin Chinese. While discussing aspects that make it seem ‘mysterious,’ the book investigates how it is used by the Chinese people despite its lack of formal grammatical structure.
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A translator of Arabic medical texts into Latin, Constantinus Africanus made a substantial contribution to the understanding of fields such as anatomy and surgery. This edition of his work is accompanied by an introduction, a linguistic analysis of the text, and a glossary.
A translator of Arabic medical texts into Latin, Constantinus Africanus made a substantial contribution to the understanding of fields such as anatomy and surgery. This edition of his work is accompanied by an introduction, a linguistic analysis of the text, and a glossary.
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Operetta
A Sourcebook, Volumes I and II
From 19th-century Paris to Broadway, this source book surveys operetta's international schools and principal composers. It offers a chronology, biographical material, selected synopses, a discography, and a comprehensive index.
From 19th-century Paris to Broadway, this source book surveys operetta’s international schools and principal composers. It offers a chronology, biographical material, selected synopses, a discography, and a comprehensive index.
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For centuries, critics have failed to define Menippean satire. This book reveals a potent new method: the satire does what a Cynic would. This approach explains the fluid, polymorphous form in any medium and ends with a litmus test for its detection.
For centuries, critics have failed to define Menippean satire. This book reveals a potent new method: the satire does what a Cynic would. This approach explains the fluid, polymorphous form in any medium and ends with a litmus test for its detection.
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Growing Up a Woman
The Private/Public Divide in the Narratives of Female Development
The contributions to this volume explore contemporary transformations of the female Bildungsroman, highlighting the continuing relevance of the intersection of the genre and gender brought to critical attention in the context of second wave feminism.
The contributions to this volume explore contemporary transformations of the female Bildungsroman, highlighting the continuing relevance of the intersection of the genre and gender brought to critical attention in the context of second wave feminism.
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Origins of the Alphabet
Proceedings of the First Polis Institute Interdisciplinary Conference
Writing has arisen many times, but the alphabet was invented only once. Why did it come about? This volume brings together leading experts for an interdisciplinary debate, revealing an emerging consensus on the factors and circumstances surrounding the birth of the alphabet.
Writing has arisen many times, but the alphabet was invented only once. Why did it come about? This volume brings together leading experts for an interdisciplinary debate, revealing an emerging consensus on the factors and circumstances surrounding the birth of the alphabet.
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Heritage and Exchanges
Multilingual and Intercultural Approaches in Training Context
This bilingual text represents the proceedings of a seminar held at the University of La Reunion in 2014, and offers a reflection on scholarship and plural identity constructions, with a specific focus on the Indian Ocean area, an unexplored region in current scholarship.
This bilingual text represents the proceedings of a seminar held at the University of La Reunion in 2014, and offers a reflection on scholarship and plural identity constructions, with a specific focus on the Indian Ocean area, an unexplored region in current scholarship.
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