1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454167403321

Autore

Gregson Ian

Titolo

Character and Satire in Post War Fiction [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006

ISBN

1-282-02446-9

9786612024467

1-4411-3000-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Collana

Continuum Literary Studies

Disciplina

823.920927

823/.9140927

Soggetti

American fiction

Caricature in literature

Character in literature

Electronic books

English fiction

Satire, American

Satire, English

World War, 1939-1945

English

Languages & Literatures

English 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 contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Subverting Racist Caricature: Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison; 2 Joseph Heller's Allegories of Money; 3 Philip Roth's Vulgar, Aggressive Clowning; 4 Joyce Carol Oates's Political Anger; 5 Muriel Spark's Puppets of Thwarted Authority; 6 Magic Realism As Caricature: Angela Carter and Salman Rushdie; 7 The Caricaturist As Celebrity: Martin Amis and Will Self; 8 Caricature Versus Character: The Self As Cartoon; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W



Sommario/riassunto

This monograph analyses the use of caricature as one of the key strategies in narrative fiction since the war. Close analysis of some of the best known postwar novelists including Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Angela Carter and Will Self, reveals how they use caricature to express postmodern conceptions of the self. In the process of moving away from the modernist focus on subjectivity, postmodern characterisation has often drawn on a much older satirical tradition which includes Hogarth and Gillray in the visual arts, and Dryden, Pope, Swift and Dickens in literature. Its key

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795339703321

Autore

Abu-Isa Janine

Titolo

The Craniotomy Atlas / / by: Raabe, Andreas, Meyer, Bernhard, Schaller, Karl, Vajkoczy, Peter, Winkler, Peter A.

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : , : Thieme, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

3-13-258178-X

3-13-205801-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 pages)

Disciplina

617.514

Soggetti

Skull base - Surgery

Atlas

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basics -- Landmarks -- Convexity Craniotomies -- Midline Craniotomies -- Skull Base Craniotomies -- Skull Base Extensions -- Transsphenoidal Approach -- Decompressive Hemicraniectomy -- Approaches to the Orbita.

Sommario/riassunto

"This atlas is a comprehensive compilation of common and frequently used craniotomies and includes all essential details for the training of neurosurgeons. Each craniotomy is described step-by-step in intraoperative color photographs and corresponding drawings, showing all details and landmarks mentioned in the text. The corresponding



text gives technical instructions as well as detailed descriptions. The same structure will be used for the description of each craniotomy"--Provided by publisher.