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UNINA9910777053603321 |
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Autore |
Gilmore John <1956-> |
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Titolo |
The poetics of empire [[electronic resource] ] : a study of James Grainger's The sugar-cane / / John Gilmore |
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London ; ; New Brunswick, NJ, : Athlone Press |
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Somerset, N.J., : Distributed in the U.S. by Transaction Publishers, 2000 |
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1-281-29178-1 |
9786611291785 |
1-84714-382-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GraingerJames <1721?-1766.> |
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Disciplina |
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Didactic poetry, English - History and criticism |
Plantation life in literature |
Sugarcane industry |
Imperialism in literature |
Agriculture in literature |
Plantation life |
Imperialism |
Sugarcane |
Caribbean Area In literature |
Caribbean Area Poetry |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes to Introduction; The Sugar-Cane: A Poem; Appendix I: ""Great Homer deignd to sing of little Mice""; Appendix II: Bryan and Pereene; Appendix III: Colonel Martin's directions for planting and sugar-making; Appendix IV: Ramsay's account of a plantation day; Additional Notes to The Sugar-Cane; Bibliography; Index |
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First published in 1764, The Sugar-Cane is a major work in the history of Anglophone Caribbean literature. It is the only poem written in the Caribbean before the Twentieth Century to achieve a place in the Western 'canon'. Grainger sought to interpret his personal experience |
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of the Caribbean through his wide and deep reading in literature, from the Greeks to Milton. Grainger wrote a 'West India Georgic', challenging assumptions about poetic diction and the proper subject matter of poetry, and boldly asserting the importance of the Caribbean to the Eighteenth Century British empire.. This is t |
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UNINA9910791774903321 |
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Autore |
Kerins Mark |
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Beyond Dolby (stereo) [[electronic resource] ] : cinema in the digital sound age / / Mark Kerins |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010 |
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0-253-00485-3 |
1-282-97580-3 |
9786612975806 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Computer sound processing |
Sound motion pictures |
Sound - Recording and reproducing - Digital techniques |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Production and style. Cinema's hidden multi-channel history and the origins of digital surround -- The sound of 5.1 : aural aesthetics -- The look of 5.1 : visual aesthetics -- Decoding the digital surround style -- Using the digital surround style -- Analysis. Studying multi-channel soundtracks -- Studying image/sound interactions -- Theory. Body and voice -- Apparatus theory -- The real and the symbolic -- Conclusion : media and media studies in the digital surround age. |
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