1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461747903321

Autore

Kendall Judy

Titolo

Edward Thomas : the origins of his poetry / / Judy Kendall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-299-20104-0

0-7083-2452-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Writing Wales in English

Disciplina

820.93217340904

Soggetti

Pastoral poetry, English - History and criticism

Soldiers' writings, English - History and criticism

English poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text and Abbreviations; Introduction: Studying the Composing Process; Starting Points - How Poems Emerge; Poetry and Oral Literature; Ellipses and Aporia; Gaps; Unfinishedness . . .; Temporal Dislocation; Dislocating Thought; Divagations; Appendices; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Edward Thomas: The Origins of his Poetry builds a new theoretical framework for critical work on imaginative composition through an investigation of Edward Thomas's composing processes, on material from his letters, his poems and his prose books. It looks at his relation to the land and landscape and includes detailed and illuminating new readings of his poems. It traces connections between Thomas's approach to composition and the writing and thought of Freud, Woolf and William James, and the influence of Japanese aesthetics, and draws surprising and far-reaching conclusions for the study of p



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786441903321

Autore

Olimat Muhamad

Titolo

China and the Middle East : from Silk Road to Arab Spring / / Muhamad S. Olimat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-10221-X

0-203-07312-6

1-283-86063-5

1-135-10222-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

382.0951/056

Soggetti

Arab Spring, 2010-

China Foreign economic relations Middle East

Middle East Foreign economic relations China

Silk Road

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; China and the Middle East; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviation; Introduction; 1 Sino-Middle East relations: an overview; 2 A five-dimensional paradigm: energy, trade, arms sales, cultural relations and political co-operation; 3 Walking on thin ropes: a tridimensional perspective; 4 China's reaction to the Arab Spring; 5 China and Israel: the Jewish presence in China; 6 China and Saudi Arabia; 7 China and Iran; 8 China and the United Arab Emirates; 9 China-Algeria Relations; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This manuscript examines relations between China and the Middle East in historical context. It highlights some of the most important events that characterize the ties between China and the Middle East, and examines their relationship in key areas that include energy, trade, arms sales, culture and politics. The centre of China's relations with Israel is arms sales and advanced technology, while the core of Sino-Saudi relations is oil. Iran and China are tied with deep historical, civilizational, cultural and political relations, but China's current



interests in Iran cen