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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777053603321

Autore

Gilmore John <1956->

Titolo

The poetics of empire [[electronic resource] ] : a study of James Grainger's The sugar-cane / / John Gilmore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New Brunswick, NJ, : Athlone Press

Somerset, N.J., : Distributed in the U.S. by Transaction Publishers, 2000

ISBN

1-281-29178-1

9786611291785

1-84714-382-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GraingerJames <1721?-1766.>

Disciplina

811

Soggetti

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

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 (p. 313-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791774903321

Autore

Kerins Mark

Titolo

Beyond Dolby (stereo) [[electronic resource] ] : cinema in the digital sound age / / Mark Kerins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-253-00485-3

1-282-97580-3

9786612975806

Descrizione fisica

ix, 378 p. : ill

Disciplina

791.4302/4

Soggetti

Computer sound processing

Sound motion pictures

Sound - Recording and reproducing - Digital techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.