Source d’étude mais également d’inspiration, l’Orient a influencé de nombreux penseurs, historiens et écrivains anglais du XVIIIe siècle, dont les textes ont contribué au développement d’une véritable mode orientale en Angleterre. Mais parmi ces représentations de l’Orient se confondent ouvrages érudits et fictifs, connaissance et imagination.Relisant un corpus de romans dits pseudo-orientaux à partir de leur intertexte savant, Claire Gallien met en évidence la déconstruction des frontières entre textes fictifs et non-fictifs. Si le roman s’inspire de l’érudition orientaliste, celle-ci emploie des techniques de vulgarisation propres à l’écriture romanesque.Dans L’Orient anglais C. Gallien examine le lien qui unissait une mode à un système de connaissance, et permet de voir le rôle d’une culture étrangère dans la constitution d’une littérature nationale.
Peut-on se contenter d’un triomphalisme des Lumières pour penser nos liens sociaux aujourd’hui? Ne faut-il pas réfléchir sur un art d’hériter qui réglerait la passion démocratique du neuf? La culture de la perte naît autour du ‘moment 1800’ – la formule, de Marcel Gauchet, désigne l’époque où une nouvelle appréhension de l’historicité émerge. Souvent négligée mais néanmoins devenue une composante permanente de notre conscience historique, l’expérience de la perte contribue à ce que la démocratie se garde du présentisme en se remémorant l’héritage qui la fait vivre.Philip Knee examine cette expérience chez quelques auteurs attentifs au destin du legs religieux après la Révolution. Il rappelle comment Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal et Rousseau envisagent l’autorité avant 1789, puis aborde quatre facettes de la perte: la dynamique de rupture qui procède de la Révolution et le désarroi qu’elle engendre (Jouffroy); l’impératif de résister à cette dynamique en redonnant vie à l’ordre perdu (Maistre, Bonald); l’effort de repenser la continuité de la tradition chrétienne après les Lumières (Lamennais, Chateaubriand); la tentative de ruser avec la perte pour assurer à la liberté l’autorité dont elle a besoin (Tocqueville).Philip Knee se fait l’écho de ces écrivains qui, obligés de se regarder eux-mêmes comme des acteurs du temps et d’admettre, fût-ce à contrecœur, l’actualité des valeurs d’égalité et de liberté, insistent sur l’héritage d’une éducation chrétienne séculaire sans laquelle ces valeurs, et la question démocratique elle-même, ne se seraient pas imposées.
L’Orient joue un rôle essentiel dans l’histoire urbaine de Vienne au dix-huitième siècle: c’est une route commerciale, une communauté marchande et un outil de gestion administrative. Comment agit-il sur la transformation de la ville, de sa population et de son économie?David Do Paço analyse ici la place centrale qu’occupent les marchands et les diplomates ottomans dans la ville. Il adopte une approche administrative, sociale et urbaine qui replace les étrangers dans la diversité de leurs conditions sociales et de leurs identités religieuses. Rompant avec l’étude des diasporas et des différences, il privilégie l’analyse des interactions et de la continuité. Il montre comment les marchands ottomans parviennent à briser le monopole commercial de la bourgeoisie viennoise et à bénéficier du soutien des diplomates ottomans, devenus eux-mêmes acteurs à part entière de la cour impériale viennoise. Il dévoile aussi la guerre à mort livrée au sein d’une nouvelle élite de gouvernement pour le contrôle des ‘affaires turques’ et l’accès aux ressources offertes par le monde ottoman. Les oppositions entre la cour et la ville, le centre et les périphéries, les sujets naturels et les étrangers, se trouvent bouleversées. En pratiquant une histoire urbaine globale, David Do Paço démontre que la présence ottomane installe Vienne au centre de l’Europe du dix-huitième siècle.
François Zanetti s’intéresse ici à une pratique médicale peu explorée par les historiens: l’utilisation de l’électricité. La transformation du fluide électrique en un médicament à part entière apparaît au milieu du XVIIIe siècle comme une nouveauté fascinante qui donne à voir les mystères et les merveilles de la nature. Remède employé dans le traitement de maladies chroniques ou nerveuses, suscitant espoirs et déceptions, l’électricité est associée aux bouleversements culturels et sociaux qui animent le monde médical et qui cristallisent les tensions sociales et politiques à la fin de l’Ancien Régime. Analysant de nombreux témoignages de médecins et de patients, François Zanetti montre comment l’électricité acquiert peu à peu sa légitimité, pour aboutir aux trois procédés devenus canoniques à la fin des années 1770 – le bain électrique, l’électrisation par étincelles et la commotion. Il souligne que l’électricité médicale, qui marque l’entrée des machines dans l’espace thérapeutique, réconcilie les philosophies naturelle et morale. Au temps de la sensibilité et des philanthropes, elle devient un traitement réservé aux pauvres. Elle témoigne aussi de l’autonomie des patients dans l’interprétation de leurs maux et dans la construction de leur itinéraire thérapeutique, entre médecine officielle et praticiens irréguliers.Dans une approche renouvelée de la médecine du XVIIIe siècle, François Zanetti met en relation des champs généralement envisagés de manière séparée, qui constituent la richesse et la complexité du monde des Lumières: recherches savantes des institutions académiques et des encyclopédies, préoccupations politiques des ministres et des administrations, et aspirations du peuple à l’amélioration des conditions de vie.
'In this insightful and practical exploration of female young adulthood, Madonna offers a remarkable way of understanding and sharing the realities of growing up for so many of our daughters.' - Dr Justin CoulsonA must-read guide for parents of teenage girls that explores what our girls need us to know in order to support them through the unprecedented pressures of growing up in today's world.The world is a very different place from two years ago. And the impact on our 16-, 17- and 18-year-old girls is huge. At one of the most critical times in their development - an age when they're ready to spread their wings and look to the future - they have had to deal with enormous disruption and dislocation, and come to terms with living life from their bedrooms. The long stints of remote learning and the anxiety of at-home exams has compounded with the ever-present pressure of the ATAR and worries around friendships and relationships, who they want to be, gender identity, alcohol, vaping, and sex, body image and mental health. Self-harm and eating disorders have risen dramatically. For school-leavers, the uncertainty around university study and the jobs market only adds to the heavy toll.To support our girls, we need to understand the pressures this generation is under by listening to what worries them and what they need - and journalist and social commentator Madonna King has done just that. Having consulted 1000 young women, along with parents, senior educators, and health care professionals in her research for this book, L Platers delivers the answers we need as parents to help our girls on the road to adulthood.'Madonna tells us the truth about what Australian tween and teen girls are feeling and thinking. Best of all, she equips parents with useful tips on what our girls need from us and wish we knew.' - Rebecca Sparrow, author of Ask Me Anything
Interest in chemical entities capable of blocking or modifying cell metabolism ultimately goes back to the discovery of the structure of DNA in the 1950s. Understanding of the biochemical processes involved in cell metabolism rapidly led to the idea that compounds could be designed which might interfere with these processes, and thus could be used in the treatment of the diseases caused by viral infection. Since then, several classes of drugs have been discovered which depend for their effect on modification of the proper functioning of nucleic acids and, with the introduction of acyclovir for the treatment of Herpes infections, nucleoside analogues have become the cornerstone of antiviral chemotherapy. The success of the early nucleoside agents, the toxicity and metabolic instability of many nucleoside analogues, and the effects of viral pathogens on public health are driving the design, synthesis and evaluation of new nucleoside analogues, with much attention turning to nucleosides containing `non natural' sugar analogues. This book focuses on the development of these agents, and draws together all the available material in an easily consulted form, which at the same time guides the reader into the research literature on the subject. Written primarily for the medicinal chemist, coverage includes both synthetic strategies and outline guidance on the main trends in biological activity. Particular attention is drawn to the comparison of synthetic routes to compounds with their natural analogues. Finally, the important antiviral activities of the compounds are treated, including anti-retrovirus, anti-hepadnavirus and anti-herpes virus properties. Written mainly for medicinal chemists in the pharmaceutical industry and synthetic organic chemists in academe, this book will also be attractive to researchers in institutions focusing on cellular metabolism. Advanced students of organic chemistry will find the clear discussion of the synthetic strategies adopted in the development of these compounds a useful introduction to this exciting and challenging area.
Always an unlucky company, Compagnie de Navigation Sud Atlantique were often at the forefront of ship design and passenger amenities, but were never able to profit from their decisions. In 1928 the directors took the bold step of ordering the largest, most luxurious liner yet seen on the Europe-South America service - L'Atlantique. A successful maiden voyage in September 1931 was followed by a further nine uneventful crossings. Then tragedy struck again: in January 1933, while on her way to the Le Havre for an overhaul, L'Atlantique caught fire in the English Channel. Adrift and abandoned, she was gutted by fire but stayed afloat, and was subsequently towed to Cherbourg. After several years of acrimonious litigation with the insurers, L'Atlantique was finally scrapped in February 1936.
L.A. Stories describes the experiences of a university instructor teaching English to culturally diverse students. It uses excerpts from student essays to demonstrate the emotional connections communicated by writers drawing on the wealth of their own experiences. For many of these students, English is a second language, and many others have had little opportunity to develop their writing skills. Therefore, the excerpts illustrate the varying degrees of success the writers achieved. Carol Clark Ottesen reflects on the journey of a teacher attempting to guide these students in improving these skills. The voices she presents speak of the lives of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and others. Otteson seeks to expose the importance of the recognition of diversity and the effective communication of it in an increasingly integrated society. She accomplishes this not only by presenting writing samples, but through descriptions of the unification between cultures as they shared experiences in the classroom. This book serves not only to represent the outcomes of openly expressing diversity, but to guide those teaching many different cultures through a learning experience of their own, while maximizing the achievement of their students.
This important study brings to light a little known but essential moment in the relations between Islam and Christianity: the history of the 1542 publication of the Quaran (Koran), in Latin, in Venice and Basel and the controversy surrounding the emergence of this work in religious reform circles. This research relates the origins of European attitudes of tolerance to the Reformation and the reformers specific interest in non traditional religious theology and secular philosophy. The Koran proved to be a major though overlooked element in this movement toward cultural heterodoxy. (TEXT IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUMMARIES)
Over 190 illustrations from original L.G. Wright Glass Company catalogs display thousands of glassware sold by this New Martinsville, West Virginia, marketing company from c. 1937 to 1999. Among their wide-ranging wares are Early American Pattern Glass goblets, animal covered dishes, Opalescent, Carnival, Cased, Custard, Moon & Star, and Art glass, pressed patterns, and novelties. They were made by many of the best American glass companies, such as Beaumont, Cambridge, Fenton Art Glass, Fostoria, Morgantown Glass, Viking and Westmoreland Glass. The text includes original pattern names, line or piece numbers, and current market values. Glass collectors will want this primary source material to accurately identify their items.
The collection of 59 short works known as "L'Organiste" was written by Cesar Franck in 1889 and 1890 for the harmonium and is most often played on organ. This score is an exact reprint of the original edition published by Enoch (Paris) in 1892.
I heartily recommend this translation and edition of the two works by Jacques Du Bosc. The introduction provides a solid, erudite entry to Du Bosc and his world, with a clear emphasis on the gender issues central to the Other Voice. Especially good is the detailed study ofthe reception of these works. Moreover, the translation is clear and readable. A great deal of work was required to transform the periodic sentences and paragraphs of seventeenthcentury French prose into an English work that is so readable and lucid for a contemporary reader who is not a specialist in the field. The long, informative titles to the essays and letters (already transparent in the table of contents) further situate material that can seem obscure to a contemporary reader. The informative notes, especially the biographical tags and the excellent use of Furetière to explore ambiguous or archaic phrases, illuminate a world that would otherwise seem opaque to many contemporary readers.—Reverend John J. Conley, SJKnott Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Maryland
Le 19 septembre 1960, le jour du debut des classes a l'Universite Laurentienne, on discutait, dans les pages du Sudbury Star, de ce que le journal avait nomme " la plus grande experience entreprise dans le cadre de l'enseignement superieur canadien ". Etant donne le mandat bilingue et triculturel de la nouvelle universite, ainsi que ses complexites religieuses, le Star predit qu'il y aurait inevitablement des tensions et des contretemps mais que, grace a la cooperation, la bonne volonte et la bonne entente, il y aurait aussi des accomplissements majeurs. L'Universite Laurentienne : une histoire, l'oeuvre de cinq membres de la faculte Laurentienne (quatre historiens et un sociologue), explore les maintes facons que la realite a reflete les predictions du Star. Ce livre marque le cinquantieme anniversaire de la fondation de l'Universite Laurentienne. Il trace les racines historiques de l'Universite dans le Nord de l'Ontario et examine six principaux themes : la gouvernance universitaire; l'evolution academique; le bilinguisme et le triculturalisme; les etudiants; l'association des professeures et professeurs; le role des femmes. L'exploration de ces themes, lesquels sont les elements de basee de l'experience de la Laurentienne, illumine le caractere unique et le succes de cette institution. Cette premiere histoire detaillee de l'Universite Laurentienne permet egalement une comprehension plus approfondie des developpements et des changements au sein de l'education postsecondaire canadienne au cours des cinquante dernieres annees.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) and Anne of Green Gables will always be associated with Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's childhood home and the setting of her most famous novels. Yet, after marrying Rev. Ewan Macdonald in 1911, she lived in Ontario for three decades. There she became a mother of two sons, fulfilled the duties of a minister's wife, advocated for copyright protection and recognition of Canadian literature, wrote prolifically, and reached a global readership that has never waned. Engaging with discussions on both her life and her fiction, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys explores the joys, sorrows, and literature that emerged from her transformative years in Ontario. While this time brought Montgomery much pleasure and acclaim, it was also challenged and complicated by a sense of displacement and the need to self-fashion and self-dramatize as she struggled to align her private self with her public persona. Written by scholars from various fields and including a contribution by Montgomery's granddaughter, this volume covers topics such as war, religion, women's lives, friendships, loss, and grief, focusing on a range of related themes to explore Montgomery's varied states of mind. An in-depth study of one of Canada's most internationally acclaimed authors, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys shows how she recreated herself as an Ontario writer and adapted to the rapidly changing world of the twentieth century. Contributors include Elizabeth Waterston (Guelph), Mary Beth Cavert (Independent), Margaret Steffler (Trent), Laura M. Robinson (Royal Military College), Caroline E. Jones (Austin Community College), William V. Thompson (Grant MacEwan University), Melanie J. Fishbane (Humber College), Katherine Cameron (Concordia University College), Emily Woster (Minnesota-Duluth), Natalie Forest (York), E. Holly Pike (Memorial-Grenfell), Linda Rodenburg (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Sutherland (York), Lesley D. Clement (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Macdonald Butler (Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.).
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) and Anne of Green Gables will always be associated with Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's childhood home and the setting of her most famous novels. Yet, after marrying Rev. Ewan Macdonald in 1911, she lived in Ontario for three decades. There she became a mother of two sons, fulfilled the duties of a minister's wife, advocated for copyright protection and recognition of Canadian literature, wrote prolifically, and reached a global readership that has never waned. Engaging with discussions on both her life and her fiction, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys explores the joys, sorrows, and literature that emerged from her transformative years in Ontario. While this time brought Montgomery much pleasure and acclaim, it was also challenged and complicated by a sense of displacement and the need to self-fashion and self-dramatize as she struggled to align her private self with her public persona. Written by scholars from various fields and including a contribution by Montgomery's granddaughter, this volume covers topics such as war, religion, women's lives, friendships, loss, and grief, focusing on a range of related themes to explore Montgomery's varied states of mind. An in-depth study of one of Canada's most internationally acclaimed authors, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys shows how she recreated herself as an Ontario writer and adapted to the rapidly changing world of the twentieth century. Contributors include Elizabeth Waterston (Guelph), Mary Beth Cavert (Independent), Margaret Steffler (Trent), Laura M. Robinson (Royal Military College), Caroline E. Jones (Austin Community College), William V. Thompson (Grant MacEwan University), Melanie J. Fishbane (Humber College), Katherine Cameron (Concordia University College), Emily Woster (Minnesota-Duluth), Natalie Forest (York), E. Holly Pike (Memorial-Grenfell), Linda Rodenburg (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Sutherland (York), Lesley D. Clement (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Macdonald Butler (Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.).
War marked L.M. Montgomery's personal life and writing. As an eleven-year-old, she experienced the suspense of waiting months for news about her father, who fought during the North-West Resistance of 1885. During the First World War, she actively led women's war efforts in her community, while suffering anguish at the horrors taking place overseas. Through her novels, Montgomery engages directly with the global conflicts of her time, from the North-West Resistance to the Second World War. Given the influence of her wartime writing on Canada's cultural memories, L.M. Montgomery and War restores Montgomery to her rightful place as a major war writer. Reassessing Montgomery's position in the canon of war literature, contributors to this volume explore three central themes in their essays: her writing in the context of contemporaneous Canadian novelists, artists, and poets; questions about her conceptions of gender identity, war work, and nationalism across enemy lines; and the themes of hurt and healing in her interwar works. Drawing on new perspectives from war studies, literary studies, historical studies, gender studies, and visual art, L.M. Montgomery and War explores new ways to consider the iconic Canadian writer and her work.
War marked L.M. Montgomery's personal life and writing. As an eleven-year-old, she experienced the suspense of waiting months for news about her father, who fought during the North-West Resistance of 1885. During the First World War, she actively led women's war efforts in her community, while suffering anguish at the horrors taking place overseas. Through her novels, Montgomery engages directly with the global conflicts of her time, from the North-West Resistance to the Second World War. Given the influence of her wartime writing on Canada's cultural memories, L.M. Montgomery and War restores Montgomery to her rightful place as a major war writer. Reassessing Montgomery's position in the canon of war literature, contributors to this volume explore three central themes in their essays: her writing in the context of contemporaneous Canadian novelists, artists, and poets; questions about her conceptions of gender identity, war work, and nationalism across enemy lines; and the themes of hurt and healing in her interwar works. Drawing on new perspectives from war studies, literary studies, historical studies, gender studies, and visual art, L.M. Montgomery and War explores new ways to consider the iconic Canadian writer and her work.
L.M. Montgomery's writings are replete with enchanting yet subtle and fluid depictions of nature that convey her intense appreciation for the natural world. At a time of ecological crises, intensifying environmental anxiety, and burgeoning eco-critical perspectives, L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) repositions the Canadian author's relationship to nature in terms of current environmental criticism across several disciplines, introducing a fresh approach to her life and work. Drawing on a wide range of Montgomery's novels as well as her journals, this collection suggests that socio-ecological relationships encompass ideas of reciprocity, affiliation, autonomy, and the capacity for transformation in both the human and more-than-human worlds, and that these ideas are integral to Montgomery's vision and her literary legacy. Framed by the twin themes of materiality and interrelationships, essays by scholars of literature, law, animal studies, anthropology, and ecology examine place, embodiment, and difference in Montgomery's works and embrace the multiplicities embedded in the concept of nature. Through innovative critical approaches, L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) opens up conversations about humans' interactions with nature and the material environment.
