1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777988603321

Autore

O'Hara Daniel T. <1948->

Titolo

Empire burlesque [[electronic resource] ] : the fate of critical culture in global America / / Daniel T. O'Hara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-282-92066-9

9786612920660

0-8223-8466-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (387 p.)

Collana

New Americanists

Disciplina

801/.95/097309045

Soggetti

Criticism - United States - History - 20th century

American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Mass media and culture - United States

Journalism - United States

United States Civilization Foreign influences

United States Civilization 1970-

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. [357]-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Edward W. Said and the fate of critical culture -- Why Foucault no longer matters -- Lentricchia's frankness and the place of literature -- Redesigning the lessons of literature -- The return to ethics and the specter of reading -- Class in a global light : the two professions -- Transference and abjection : an analytic parable -- Ghostwork : an uncanny prospect for new Americanists -- Specter of theory : the bad conscience of American criticism -- Empire baroque : becoming other in Henry James -- Planet buyer and the catmaster : a critical future for transference.

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses the effects of globalization on the field of literary studies and the formation of a critical identity in America.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910831179003321

Autore

Davis Jonathan

Titolo

Templeton's way with money [[electronic resource] ] : strategies and philosophy of a legendary investor / / Jonathan Davis, Alasdair Nairn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

1-118-23921-0

1-119-20300-7

1-280-58913-2

9786613618962

1-118-22591-0

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Classificazione

BUS036000

Altri autori (Persone)

NairnAlasdair G. M

Disciplina

332.6092

332.6322

Soggetti

Capitalists and financiers - United States

Investments

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

Templeton's Way with Money: Strategies and Philosophy of a Legendary Investor; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Man and His Life; Chapter 2: Investment Counsel; Chapter 3: Fund Manager; Chapter 4: Philosophy in Action; Chapter 5: Why the Templeton Method Works; Chapter 6: Past, Present, and Future; Appendix: John Templeton's Advice to Investors; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The enduring legacy of a legendary investor Called the ""greatest stock picker of the century"" by Money magazine, legendary fund manager Sir John Templeton is remembered as one of the world's foremost investors, known for his pioneering insights and phenomenal investment performance over a professional career which spanned more than half a century. Templeton's Way with Money provides a unique, professional 21st century appraisal of what made this formidable investor the success he was-and why his methods remain as valid today as they were during his long and successful lifet