1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786846903321

Autore

Day Cyrus Lawrence <1900-1968.>

Titolo

Knots and splices [[electronic resource] /] / Cyrus L. Day ; revised and photographed by Colin Jarman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Camden, ME, : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2006

ISBN

1-4081-5625-3

1-4081-4629-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JarmanColin

Disciplina

623.88

623.88/82

623.8882

Soggetti

Knots and splices

Ropework

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously published as "The art of knotting and splicing."

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the 2nd Edition; Glossary; 1 Basic knots; 2 Bends; 3 Loops; 4 Hitches and similar knots; 5 Belaying or cleating; 6 Whipping; 7 Seizing; 8 End or stopper knots; 9 Turk's Head; 10 To weight a heaving line; 11 A selection of useful knots; 12 Splicing; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Knots and Splices , first published in 1953, has been used by many thousands of sailors all over the world. The new edition of this much loved reference has now been completely revised to bring it up to date with modern developments. - Superb full colour photographs show the formation of each knot. - Refers to modern materials and their properties. - Covers knots, bends, hitches, loops, whippings, seizings and much more. A comprehensive pocket guide designed for anyone wanting to work with rope.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780694403321

Autore

Cruz Anne J.

Titolo

Discourses of poverty : social reform and the picaresque novel in early modern Spain / / Anne J. Cruz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

1-282-03706-4

9786612037061

1-4426-7395-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

University of Toronto Romance Series

Disciplina

860.9/355

Soggetti

Picaresque literature, Spanish - History and criticism

Spanish fiction - Classical period, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Poverty in literature

Poor in literature

Social problems in literature

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Charity, Poverty, and Liminality in the Lazarillo -- 2. The Poor in Spain: Confinement and Control -- 3. The Picaresque as Pharmakos -- 4. Textualizing the Other’s Body -- 5. From Picaro to Soldier -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this ground-breaking study, Anne Cruz examines the treatment of poverty, prostitution, war, and other social concerns in the cultural and literary discourses of early modern Spain. This book investigates the polemics on poor relief through religious charity and secularized reform articulated not only in the Spanish picaresque canon - Lazarillo de Tormes, Guzm¯n de Alfarache, El busc3/4n - but also in female picaresque narratives and soldiers' tales. Emphasizing Bakhtin's notion that discursive practices must be assessed as they intersect and become textualized in history, the book also looks at this literature in relation to normative writings such as royal decrees, regulations,



economic proposals, synods, and sermons. Through these discourses, authors and authorities alike debated their theories of poor assistance for both men and women, from the critique of unregulated prostitution in works such as La lozana andaluza to the control of impoverished youths through military conscription as in Alonso de Contreras and Estebanillo Gonz¯lez. The rupture of the feudal system and the economic devastation of the country precipitated a dramatic rise in the number of poor, who were increasingly perceived as delinquents by an anxious populace. The book employs Foucault's paradigms of confinement and control to study the various suggestions for the social containment of Spain's marginalized elements. Positing that the literary p¦caros and p¦caras assume the role of scapegoats for this disenfranchised social Other, Cruz further argues that the picaresque novels respond dialectically to the growing demonization of the poor in early modern Spanish culture.