Hours Like Bright Sweets In A Jar

Author : Sonia Front,Alicja Bemben
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443869188

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"Hours like bright sweets in a jar" by Sonia Front,Alicja Bemben Pdf

The papers gathered in the present collection investigate time and temporality from a number of interdisciplinary perspectives: literary or film studies, postcolonial theory, physics, philosophy, psychology, urban studies, history and gender studies. This wide spectrum of scholarly approaches encompasses chapters dealing with the convergences of time and the human psyche; time and the body; time and memory; time and trauma; time and change; time and cultural reproduction; time and language; time and the city; and time and identity. It transpires that the imaginary refigurations of time more often than not constitute resistance against the linearity of chronometric time, represented by institutions, capitalism, government and power, and attempts to colonize the human psyche. In attempting to assault this hegemony of linear time, literary, cinematographic and cultural practice enacts exploding temporalities to reflect the multifacetedness and multidirectionality of the human experience of time.

Author : Sonia Front
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443882033

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Shapes of Time in British Twenty-First Century Quantum Fiction by Sonia Front Pdf

This book addresses the notion of time and temporality and its various conceptualizations in the theories of the new physics, utilized as a thematic and formal framework in the British novel of the twenty-first century. As the Newtonian conception of reality does not provide a reliable framework within which to situate human experience and generate meaning, fiction writers have recognized quantum mechanics as a potent source from which to draw in search of new metaphors. The quantum has become a part of the understanding of reality, and its concepts and assumptions have been absorbed into the textual structure and content of literary fiction. Shapes of Time in British Twenty-First Century Quantum Fiction examines human temporality as mediated by the timeshapes imagined within the context of the new physics, and explores the philosophical implications for human temporality and identity of situating an individual within the realm of physical time. Its chapters deal with various concepts of the new physics connected with temporality, and their appropriation in a selected novel: parallel universes in Andrew Crumey’s Sputnik Caledonia (2008), eternal recurrence and Poincaré’s theorem in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas (2004), chaos theory in Samantha Harvey’s The Wilderness (2009), and the end of time in Scarlett Thomas’s The End of Mr. Y (2006). Each of them corresponds to a different conceptual shape of time: tree, concertina, spiral and snapshot, respectively, which is enacted on the formal level. Analyzing the new time constructs in a narrative, this book thus uncovers passages between scientific and humanistic standpoints, and reveals quantum fiction to be an effective tool for visualizing the subjective non-homogenous experience of private time.

Author : Cameron Hindrum
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040024607

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Curated Fiction by Cameron Hindrum Pdf

Curated Fiction presents a new theory and methodology for developing, drafting and refining creative writing. At the intersection of literary studies and creative writing, this book develops a new theory for analysing how novelists use narrative point-of-view to direct readers’ trust. The book defines the parameters and practice of one possible approach to the creative development of a work of long-form fiction. The value underpinning this approach will be drawn from the theories that inform it, such as Irene Kacandes’s work on Talk Fiction, Bakhtinian concepts of polyphony and Gerald Prince’s concept of the Disnarrated. Offering critical analyses of existing literary works, such as Waterland and As I Lay Dying, Curated Fiction will afford examination of theory in practice, in differing literary forms and contexts before making practical connections with the craft of writing through the analysis of an original short story, 'Foxes'.

Author : Katarzyna Nowak McNeice
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429655319

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California and the Melancholic American Identity in Joan Didion’s Novels by Katarzyna Nowak McNeice Pdf

California and the Melancholic American Identity in Joan Didion’s Novels: Exiled from Eden focuses on the concept of Californian identity in the fiction of Joan Didion. This identity is understood as melancholic, in the sense that the critics following the tradition of both Sigmund Freud and Walter Benjamin use the word. The book traces the progress of the way Californian identity is portrayed in Joan Didion’s novels, starting with the first two in which California plays the central role, Run River and Play It As It Lays, through A Book of Common Prayer to Democracy and The Last Thing He Wanted, where California functions only as a distant point of reference, receding to the background of Didion’s interests. Curiously enough, Didion presents Californian history as a history of white settlement, disregarding whole chapters of the history of the region in which the Californios and Native Americans, among other groups, played a crucial role: it is this reticence that the monograph sees as the main problem of Didion’s fiction and presents it as the silent center of gravity in Didion’s oeuvre. The monograph proposes to see the melancholy expressed by Didion’s fiction organized into four losses: of Nature, History, Ethics, and Language; around which the main analytical chapters are constructed. What remains unrepresented and silenced comes back to haunt Didion’s fiction, and it results in a melancholic portrayal of California and its identity – which is the central theme this monograph addresses.

Author : Penelope Lively
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197375

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Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively Pdf

“A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past.” —The Boston Globe Winner of the Man Booker Prize Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she’s carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia’s personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia’s impact on their world. “Emotionally, Moon Tiger is kaleidoscopic, deeply satisfying. The all too brief encounter between Claudia and Tom will surely rate as one of the most memorable of contemporary fictional affairs. This is one of the best novels I have read for years.” —The London Sunday Telegraph “It pulls us in; it engages us and saddens us. It is also unexpectedly funny . . . It leaves its traces in the air long after you’ve put it away.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the very best Booker winners . . . it asks hard questions about memory and history and personal legacy; it’s stylistically demanding and inventive . . . a wonderful book.” —The Guardian

Author : Molly Hurley Moran
Publisher : New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015033102677

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Penelope Lively by Molly Hurley Moran Pdf

Lively's fiction - particularly Moon Tiger, winner of the prestigious Booker Prize in 1987, and City of the Mind, published in 1991 - "belies the conventional view that the postwar British novel has reacted against the experimentation of the modernist period," Moran writes. The surface quaintness of Lively's novels, which are infused with her passion for architectural and colloquial history and can be reminiscent of "the village and vicars" school of British novelists, can be peeled back to reveal a fictional world laden with the psychological complexities of modern life: agnosticism and existential anxiety, lack of belief in an objective reality, consciousness of the tenuous nature of such constructs as language and linear time. Key to the thematic and technical composition of Lively's work, Moran argues, is her view of the subjective nature of reality and the fluidity of time, particularly the way individual memory can permeate the present.

Author : Winnifred M. Bogaards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canadian literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021645838

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Literature of Region and Nation by Winnifred M. Bogaards Pdf

Author : Shaina Olmanson
Publisher : Harvard Common Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781558327993

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Desserts in Jars by Shaina Olmanson Pdf

Some desserts in jars are baked or otherwise prepared right in the jar, while others are spooned into jars. Either way, the sparkling and pretty vessel and the appealing treat it holds make for a beautiful presentation. Olmanson's clever and cute desserts are at once playful and well-crafted, appropriate for a kids' birthday one weekend (Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes) and a grown-up gathering, the next (Neapolitan Cakes). The book includes chapters on cakes, pies, crumbles and cobblers, quick breads and frozen indulgences like Strawberry Lemonade Granitas. Desserts in jars are fun to make and, of course, to eat, and they are especially suited for gift-giving. They store, travel and stay fresh well, and even can be delivered with a lid on the jar and with gift tags, ribbons, and other embellishments. Olmanson devotes a special chapter to as-yet-unbaked mixes, with the flour, brown sugar, and so on attractively layered in the jar, a timeless idea now undergoing its own revival.

Author : Amelia Jeanroy,Karen Ward
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-13
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780470555460

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Canning and Preserving For Dummies by Amelia Jeanroy,Karen Ward Pdf

Everything you need to know to can and preserve your own food With the cost of living continuing to rise, more and more people are saving money and eating healthier by canning and preserving food at home. This easy-to-follow guide is perfect for you if you want to learn how to can and preserve your own food, as well as if you're an experienced canner and preserver looking to expand your repertoire with the great new and updated recipes contained in this book. Inside you'll find clear, hands-on instruction in the basic techniques for everything from freezing and pickling to drying and juicing. There's plenty of information on the latest equipment for creating and storing your own healthy foods. Plus, you'll see how you can cut your food costs while controlling the quality of the food your family eats. Everything you need to know about freezing, canning, preserving, pickling, drying, juicing, and root cellaring Explains the many great benefits of canning and preserving, including eating healthier and developing self-reliance Features new recipes that include preparation, cooking, and processing times Amy Jeanroy is the Herb Garden Guide for About.com and Karen Ward is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals If you want to save money on your grocery bill, get back to basics, and eat healthier, Canning & Preserving For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your ideal resource!

Author : esq Henry Jenkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600074314

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Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins by esq Henry Jenkins Pdf

Author : P.E. Din
Publisher : tredition
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783347355668

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Do All Sailors Lie? by P.E. Din Pdf

A mystery based in Cornwall, UK. Some carousels don't stop turning. Close your eyes, and you may miss more than you think. Keep them open, and you may see too much. Maeve is on a much-anticipated family holiday to a small sleepy fishing village. She is drawn into a series of mysterious events and discovers things are not always what they seem. She meets a young and troubled trawlerman and these two enigmas are drawn together. Can they avert a tragedy and solve a bigger riddle? Are they able to stop the carousel from turning?

Author : Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : PRNC:32101076185394

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : Maturia Murray Ballou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015105186210

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Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-room Companion by Maturia Murray Ballou Pdf

Author : Lisa Yockelson
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0525242554

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Glorious Gifts from Your Kitchen by Lisa Yockelson Pdf

Author : Melina Hammer
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781984859716

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A Year at Catbird Cottage by Melina Hammer Pdf

100 recipes for seasonal, locally sourced, and foraged dishes from the owner of the idyllic Catbird Cottage B&B in upstate New York. “Melina Hammer shows us that there is beauty all around us when we cook seasonally. . . . A joyful, inspiring book for cooks, bakers, artists, and dreamers.”—Amanda Hesser, founder and CEO, Food52 ONE OF FOOD52’S MOST ANTICIPATED COOKBOOKS OF 2022 At the foot of the Shawangunk Mountain Ridge lies the hamlet of Accord, New York, dotted with orchards and farms, population 562. There, Melina Hammer welcomes guests from near and far to stay and eat at Catbird Cottage, a B&B run out of her charming home. Her eclectic table is set with meals that showcase stories and ingredients from her own garden, New York’s wild landscape, and her travels around the globe. In her debut cookbook, Melina shares the beloved recipes from this special place, all presented seasonally just like the meals at Catbird Cottage. These recipes are organized by season, since the seasons dictate what’s on the Catbird Cottage table. Whether it’s Wild Salmon Gravlax, Scallop-Shiso Ceviche, Buttery Scrambled Eggs and Chanterelles, Sour Cherry Pie, or a fall-apart persimmon served with triple-cream cheese and freshly baked sourdough bread, Melina’s food is deeply satisfying and sustaining—and emphasizes cooking and living in a more connected and joyful way. Melina also shares her foraging and preserving know-how, allowing readers to stock their pantries, cupboards, and freezers. But these recipes don’t require you be a fully-fledged homesteader, expert forager, or connoisseur of global flavor. The book takes the foundations of these sustainable practices and integrates them into an accessible kitchen vernacular of complete nourishment. The food of Catbird Cottage is community on a plate—grown, harvested, persevered, and presented with love—and shared with cherished companions.