1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457471903321

Autore

Thomas M. Wynn

Titolo

Transatlantic Connections [[electronic resource] ] : Whitman U.S., Whitman U.K

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Iowa Whitman Series

Disciplina

811.3

811/.3

Soggetti

National characteristics, American, in literature

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- England

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- United States

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence

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; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; Preface; Whitman U.S.; One. A Tale of Two Cities; Two. The New Urban Politics; Three. Leaves of Grass and The Song of Hiawatha; Four. The Dreams of Labor; Five. Fratricide and Brotherly Love; Six. Weathering the Storm; Whitman U.K.; Seven. The English Whitman; Eight. Lawrence's Whitman; Nine. "What a Welshman You Would Have Been"; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this series of textual readings and cultural comparisons, M. Wynn Thomas explores Whitman's amazing ability to appeal across distances and centuries. The book's contrasting sections reflect the two locations studied: the first shows Whitman in his time and place, while the second repositions him within the cultures of England and Wales from the late 19th to the late 20th century. In the opening chapter he is placed against the vivid, outrageous background of the New York of his time; the second finds evidence in his poetry of a critique of the new urban politics of the emerging city boss; t



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996202091403316

Titolo

Mucus and mucosa [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman

Newark, N.J., USA, : Distributed in North America by Ciba Pharmaceutical Co., 1984

ISBN

0-212-79783-2

1-280-78416-4

9786613694553

0-470-72090-5

0-470-71860-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 109

Disciplina

611/.0187

Soggetti

Mucous membrane

Mucus

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Mucus and mucosa; Contents; Introduction; Regulation of secretion from serous and mucous cells in the trachea; Discussion; Regulation of intestinal goblet cells in situ, in mucosal explants and in the isolated epithelium; Discussion; Airway mucus: composition and regulation of its secretion by neuropeptides in vitro; Discussion; Acute and chronic models for hypersecretion of intestinal mucin; Discussion; Proteinases release mucin from airways goblet cells; Discussion; General Discussion Regulation of mucus secretion; Some characteristics of duodenal epithelium; Discussion

Fluid transport across airway epitheliaDiscussion; Some non-mucin components of mucus and their possible biological roles; Discussion; Mucus glycoprotein structure, gel formation and gastrointestinal mucus function; Discussion; Macromolecular properties and polymeric structure of mucus glycoproteins; Discussion; Effects of the anti-oestrogens, clomiphene and tamoxifen, on the cervical factor in female infertility; Terminal glycosylation in human cervical mucin; Discussion of the two preceding papers; Comparative studies of mucus and mucin



physicochemistry; Discussion

Hydration kinetics of exocytosed mucins in cultured secretory cells of the rabbit trachea: a new modelDiscussion; Final general discussion Mucus swelling, secretion and effects on cilia; Epithelial preparations; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index