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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465630903321

Autore

Redfern W. D

Titolo

French laughter [[electronic resource] ] : literary humour from Diderot to Tournier / / Walter Redfern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-152870-6

9786611341657

1-281-34165-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

840.917

Soggetti

French literature - History and criticism

Humor in literature

Laughter in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Promises, Promises; 1. The Laughing Philosopher: Diderot; Riff on Laughter; 2. The Question of Humourlessness (Rousseau, Sade, God, and Brisset); Riff on Dreams; 3. Huysmans: Back-to-Front, and Backpacking; 4. A Little Bird Tells Us: Parrots in Flaubert, Queneau, Beckett (and Tutti Quanti); 5. Blague Hard! Vallès; Riff on Black Humour; 6. Upping the Anti/e: Exaggeration in Céline and Vallès; Riff on Politics; 7. Drôle de philosophie: Sartre; 8. Bad Jokes and Beckett; Riff on Taste; 9. Approximating Man: Michel Tournier's Play with Language; Inconclusion; Notes

BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The culmination of a lifetime's fascination with humour, Walter Redfern's book treats major French writers from the 18th to the 20th centuries as humorists, including Diderot, Rousseau, Sade, Huysmans, Flaubert, Beckett, and Tournier. He considers irony, hyperbole, wordplay, jokes, dialogue, humour as philosophical speculation, and plagiarism. - ;The culmination of a lifetime's fascination with humour in all its forms, this book is the first in any language to embrace such an



impressive span of authors and such a broad range of topics in French literary humour.  In nine wide-ranging chapters W

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450719503321

Autore

Kornexl E

Titolo

Science and Skiing [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

9786610049776

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (641 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MullerE

RaschnerC

SchwamederH

Disciplina

796.93015

Soggetti

Skis and skiing - Congresses

Sports sciences - Congresses

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Science and Skiing; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Biomechanics of Skiing; 1 Ski-jumping take-off performance: Determining factors and methodological advances; 2 Load on the locomotor system during skiing. A biomechanical perspective; 3 Biomechanics of ski-jumping-scientific jumping hill design; 4 Joint power production in take-off action during ski-jumping; 5 Inter- and intra-individual variability of the ski-jumper's take-off; 6 Inverse dynamic analysis of take-off in ski-jumping; 7 Effects of 50 km racing on ski skating kinematics in the falun world championship 1993

8 Management of the sport training process with cross-country ski runners through modern apparatus methods and means9 A mathematical method for the analysis of trajectories in giant slalom; 10 Simulation techniques applied to skiing mechanics; 11 Turning the skis without 'mechanisms of turning'; 12 Muscle activity of the inside and outside leg in slalom and giant-slalom skiing; 13 The effect of different uses of the upper limb on body coordination during rhythmic parallel



turning

14 Pressure distribution measurements for the alpine skier-from the biomechanical high tech measurement to its application as SWINGBEEP-feedback system15 Skiing technique in swing turns: Distribution of stress on the hip-joint articular surface; 16 Sensor plates designed for measuring forces between ski and binding-a developmental summary; 17 Different possibilities of measuring force transmission between ski and binding; 18 Ground-reaction forces in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and ski jumping

19 Constraint forces may influence the measurement of vertical ground reaction forces during slalom skiing20 Structural dynamic analysis of alpine skis during turns; Part Two: Fitness Testing and Training in Skiing; 21 Evaluation and planning of conditioning training for alpine skiers; 22 Kinematic and kinetic analysis of slalom turns as a basis for the development of specific training methods to improve strength and endurance; 23 Types of muscle action of leg and hip extensor muscles in slalom; 24 Predicting skiing performance in 14-18 year old competitive alpine skiers

25 Validity of sport-specific field tests for elite and developing alpine ski racers26 Relationship of anaerobic performance tests to competitive alpine skiing events; 27 Aspects of technique-specific strength training in ski-jumping; 28 Programme for the objectivization of sportspecific performance preconditions, in the long-term development of performance of cross-country skiers; Part Three: Movement Control and Psychology in Skiing; 29 Movement regulation in alpine skiing; 30 The technique of gliding in alpine ski racing-safety and performance

31 A profile of sensorimotor balance of alpine skiers

Sommario/riassunto

The first International Congress on Science and Skiing was held in Austria in January 1996. The main aim of the conference was to bring together original key research in this area and provid an essential update for those in the field. The lnk between theory and practice was also addressed, making the research more applicable for both researchers and coaches.This book is divided into five parts, each containing a group of papers that are related by theme or disciplineary approach. They are as follows: Biomechanics of Skiing; Fitness testing and Training in Skiing; Movement Control and P