This collection of essays represents some of the best critical thinking on Pope in recent years. Professor Hammond examines the main issues in the debate, in particular why Pope's writing has been so resistant to modern methodologies, such as deconstruction.The essays focus on particular poems or themes and exemplify different theoretical perspectives, both traditional and modern. The editor's notes clarify the differences that exist, and what those differences can teach the student about theory in practice.
Professional Imaginative Writing in England, 1670-1740 sets out to provide an overview of the social, political, economic, and institutional context within which imaginative writing developed during the late 17th and 18th century. It was in this period that such writing became a widely-consumed commodity, as literacy improved, women entered the literary workplace in considerable numbers, newspapers and periodicals emerged as distinct forms, and the novel became a recognized literary form.
Professor Hammond's succinct yet wide-ranging account of the 'Golden Age' of satire, 1660-1750, critically explores its dominant literary forms and examines the work of its outstanding practitioners.
Professor Hammond's succinct yet wide-ranging account of the 'Golden Age' of satire, 1660-1750, critically explores its dominant literary forms and examines the work of its outstanding practitioners.
This book advances a new cultural reading of the formation of the British novel. Rejecting a teleological narrative of the genre's 'rise' and through close analysis of key texts, the authors present a dynamic picture of the emergence of the novel, which focuses upon formal innovation, social engagement, and artistic and commercial competition.
This book advances a new cultural reading of the formation of the British novel. Rejecting a teleological narrative of the genre's 'rise' and through close analysis of key texts, the authors present a dynamic picture of the emergence of the novel, which focuses upon formal innovation, social engagement, and artistic and commercial competition.
This succinct authoritative book offers readers an overview of the origins, characteristics, and changing status of tragicomedy from the 17th century to the present. It explores the work of some of the key English and Irish playwrights associated with the form, the influence of Italian and Spanish theorist-playwrights and the importance of translations of Pierre Corneille’s Le Cid. At the turn of the 17th century, English dramatists such as John Marston, John Fletcher, and William Shakespeare began experimenting with plays that mixed elements of tragedy and comedy, producing a blended mode that they themselves called ‘tragicomedy’. This book begins by examining the sources of their inspiration and the theatrical achievement that they hoped to gain by confronting an audience with plays that defied the plot and character expectations of ‘pure’ comedy and tragedy. It goes on to show how, reacting to French models, John Dryden, Shakespeare ‘improvers’ and other English playwrights developed the form while sowing the seeds of its own vulnerability to parody and obsolescence in the eighteenth century. Discussing nineteenth-century melodrama as in some respects a resurrection of tragicomedy, the final chapter concentrates on plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, and Beckett as examples of the form being revived to create theatrical modes that more adequately represent the perceived complexity of experience.
This succinct authoritative book offers readers an overview of the origins, characteristics, and changing status of tragicomedy from the 17th century to the present. It explores the work of some of the key English and Irish playwrights associated with the form, the influence of Italian and Spanish theorist-playwrights and the importance of translations of Pierre Corneille’s Le Cid. At the turn of the 17th century, English dramatists such as John Marston, John Fletcher, and William Shakespeare began experimenting with plays that mixed elements of tragedy and comedy, producing a blended mode that they themselves called ‘tragicomedy’. This book begins by examining the sources of their inspiration and the theatrical achievement that they hoped to gain by confronting an audience with plays that defied the plot and character expectations of ‘pure’ comedy and tragedy. It goes on to show how, reacting to French models, John Dryden, Shakespeare ‘improvers’ and other English playwrights developed the form while sowing the seeds of its own vulnerability to parody and obsolescence in the eighteenth century. Discussing nineteenth-century melodrama as in some respects a resurrection of tragicomedy, the final chapter concentrates on plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, and Beckett as examples of the form being revived to create theatrical modes that more adequately represent the perceived complexity of experience.
Even though Rob and Bose Whitman are identical twins and leading- edge baby boomers, everything for them is not ditto.Bose sprints through high school athletics, DJs a program called "Blues Before Breakfast" on the campus radio station and takes part in the protests against the war in Vietnam during the day. Rob is crazy about baseball, has an interest in psychology, and meets Rochelle in a journalism class. Her family runs a dog kennel and it is no surprise that she becomes a legal advocate against the cruelty to animals used in laboratory testing. In 1969, after receiving a letter that Bose is missing in action in southeast Asia, Rob and his parents are thrown into turmoil. It just did not make sense.Rob's life moves toward increasing stability, as he becomes a licensed psychologist in Wisconsin, marries, and begins a family. Bose's fate is still in limbo, and why is Atsuko crying during the ride home? Arguing over whether the Sixties actually comes to an end in 1974, or how todefine yuppiedom, and why punks have wrapped the rally cry of peace, love, and harmony all in black, seems of little consequence or consolation to Rob who feels like his life has been bisected with his twin brother's disappearance.The theme of divergent paths, midlife crisis, and the quest for reconciliation and convergence weaves its way through fifty years of life in America.
'A Starving Artist' is Bryan Allen Hammond's second collection of poetry. Once again, he shows his most vulnerable side, just as he did in, 'Pathetic But Poetic', his debut collection. Different than before, he shares more lengthy and story telling words that will range from topics of: finding, losing, and discovering love of all kinds, and life's struggles through balance of life and passion.
This book presents the basic theory and application of the Monte Carlo method to the electronic structure of atoms and molecules. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject, only a knowledge of molecular quantum mechanics at the first-year graduate level. A working knowledge of traditional ab initio quantum chemistry is helpful, but not essential.Some distinguishing features of this book are:
This book presents the basic theory and application of the Monte Carlo method to the electronic structure of atoms and molecules. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject, only a knowledge of molecular quantum mechanics at the first-year graduate level. A working knowledge of traditional ab initio quantum chemistry is helpful, but not essential.Some distinguishing features of this book are:
Rui Diogo; Brian Shearer; Josep M. Potau; Juan F. Pastor; Felix J. de Paz; Julia Arias-Martorell; Cassandra Turcotte; Ashley Hammond; Evie Vereecke; Marie Vanhoof; Sandra Nauwelaerts; Bernard Wood
Chimpanzees, including bonobos and common chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives. However, surprisingly, the information about the soft tissues of bonobos is very scarce, making it difficult to discuss and understand human evolution. This book, which is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of bonobos (Pan paniscus), adopts the same format as the photographic atlases of other apes previously published by the same authors. These books are part of a series of monographs that will set out the comparative and phylogenetic context of the gross anatomy and evolutionary history of the soft tissue morphology of modern humans and their closest relatives. The present atlas, which includes detailed high quality photographs of the musculoskeletal structures from most anatomical regions of the body as well as textual information about the attachments, innervation, function and weight of the respective muscles, is based ondissections of seven bonobos, including adults, adolescents, infants and fetuses, and males and females, and on an extensive review of the literature for comparisons with common chimpanzees. It therefore provides an updated review of the anatomical variations within chimpanzees as well as an extensive list of synonyms used in the literature to designate the structures covered here. Moreover, contrary to the previous photographic atlases of apes, it also provides details on neurovascular structures such as the brachial and lumbrosacral plexuses. The book will therefore be of interest to students, teachers and researchers focusing on primatology, comparative anatomy, functional morphology, zoology, and physical anthropology and to medical students, doctors and researchers who are curious about the origin, evolution, homology and variations of the musculoskeletal and neurovascular structures of modern humans.
"Earnest . . . Compelling . . . successfully captures the anger, frustration, and freedom of kids on the brink of adulthood." -Kirkus Reviews, Recommended ReviewA group of troubled but charismatic boys in a tough Buffalo, NY neighborhood play basketball at a local park and dream of winning a state high school championship. Driven by raw talent and killer instinct, they dominate the court, but everywhere else, they feel like losers.Hammond is told through the eyes of James Lombardi, a precocious but mentally ill boy who believes winning a championship will ease his "Evil Thoughts" and save his family, long haunted by generations of substance abuse, uncontrollable rage, and suicide.A dark but humorous coming-of-age novel, Hammond offers a poetic and disturbing look inside the complex mind of an adolescent boy as he slowly learns that having the heart of a champion can sometimes be more burden than blessing.*Hammond is the first novel in a loosely-linked series with The Summer of Crud, Understanding the Alacr n, and Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story as books two, three, and four, respectively.
The definitive text on Jazz Organ bass line walking and grooving by a master educator and performer. Eddie Landsberg, a protege of the late great Big John Patton and Shirley Scott, original Nord Electro factory demonstrator, and creator of "The Seven Secrets of Jazz and Soul" improv message method teaches you the basics of bass line construction and performance as only Eddie Landsberg can. Based on the theory that a Jazz organist isn't a keyboardist who happens to play bass, but rather a bass player who happens to play keyboard, the author proceeds to create the definitive text to applied Hammond organ bass counterpoint. By the time you finish the book, you WILL be able to get your groove on and apply it to a wide array of repertoire. --Experience Jazz Organ bass burning THE SECRETS WAY (Note: This is a slightly revised version of "Keyboard and Jazz Organ Bass Lines DEMYSTIFIED" -- Please do not purchase both books. Contents are almost the same.)
(Berklee Guide). Build your Hammond chops The secret to creating funky sizzles and classic Hammond sounds is mastering the combined use of the drawbars, expression pedal, and the Leslie speaker speed switch. Sound complicated and intimidating? It doesn't have to be This hands-on guide takes you step-by-step through the techniques of playing the drawbar organ, one skill at a time. Whether you're comping a rock tune or playing lead in a jazz trio, command of the Hammond organ will make you a sought-after player. Groove with this fun and comprehensive Hammond method Learn to: play gospel, R&B, jazz, blues, funk, and rock with an authentic Hammond feel; Improve your playing skills with hands-on exercises. The accompanying recordings include 21 exercises, plus performance demonstrations of eight songs with minus-organ versions so you can play along; Achieve special effects used by the great Hammond organists, including unique tips and tricks for all drawbar instruments; Understand all the parts of the organ and how to use them, including percussion, expression pedal, vibrato, chorus, and the Leslie speaker; and much more Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
The Hammond B-3 organ has been growling its way through gospel, R&B, rock, pop, blues, and jazz since the first one was built in 1954. This book celebrates the rich history and potent influence of the Hammond B-3 and its right-hand man, the whirling Leslie speaker - the instrumental paring that changed organ music forever. The book explains the tone-wheel system that renders the famous Hammond sound, and reveals the secrets behind the B-3s drawbars, presets, pedalboard, percussion, and other features that made Hammond organs unique. Packed with photos of the top musicians and all the key models, The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B also features a discography that guides you to a wide range of must-hear Hammond recordings, from stars such as Jimmy Smith, Keith Emerson, Paul Shaffer, Tom Coster, Booker T. Jones, Sly Stone, and many others. For players there are tips on buying and maintaining Hammonds and Leslies. The book also features "25 licks you must know," plus performance techniques from the masters of the B-3.
