After Montaigne : contemporary essayists cover the essays / / edited by David Lazar and Patrick Madden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461143603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Athens : , : University of Georgia Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-8203-4817-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MontaigneMichel de <1533-1592.>
• Disciplina: 814/.6
• Soggetti: American essays - 21st century; 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: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. To the Reader, Sincerely; 2. Of Liars; 3. Of the Education of Children; 4. Of Prayers; 5. Of Thumbs; 6. Of Smells; 7. Of Cannibals; 8. How the Soul Discharges Its Emotions Against False Objects When Lacking Real Ones; 9. Of Constancy; 10. Of Giving the Lie; 11. Of Friendship; 12. Of Idleness; 13. Against Idleness; 14. Of the Affection of Fathers for Their Children; 15. Of Wearing My Red Dress [after "Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes"]; 16. Of the Power of the Imagination; 17. That Our Mind Hinders Itself; 18. Of Books and Huecos; 19. Of Diversion20. Of Sex, Embarrassment, and the Miseries of Old Age [after "On Some Verses of Virgil"]; 21. Of Sleep; 22. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness; 23. Of Solitude; 24. Of Age; 25. Of Practice; 26. The Ceremony of the Interview of Princes; 27. We Can Savour Nothing Pure; 28. Experience Necessary; Notes; A Note on the Translations; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533-92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne -a collection of twenty-four new personal essays intended as tribute- aims to correct this collective lapse of memory and introduce modern readers and writers ; to their stylistic forebear. Though it's been over four hundred years since he began writing his essays, Montaigne's writing is still fresh, and his use of the form as a means of self-explora

IEEE geoscience and remote sensing magazine

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910626155703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• ISSN: 2473-2397
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 621
• Soggetti: Earth sciences - Remote sensing; Periodicals.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico
• Note generali: Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Caring for someone with Alzheimer's Bathing tips [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910699193703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Bethesda, Md.] : , : National Institutes of Health, , [between 2000 and 2009?]
• Altri autori (Persone): SteeleCynthia <1947->
• Soggetti: Alzheimer's disease - Patients - Care; Baths; Documentary films.; Streaming videos.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Videoregistrazione
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Available as both streaming video (47 sec., WMV file, sd., col.) and downloadable video (47 sec., WMV file, sd., col.) files.; Title from NIH SeniorHealth Videos table of contents page (viewed Oct. 6, 2009).; Accompanied by transcript in HTML format.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cynthia D. Steele, RN, MPH, Johns Hopkins University Alzheimer's Disease Center, describes techniques for bathing Alzheimer's patients.