1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789372903321

Autore

Baer Ulrich

Titolo

The rilke alphabet / / Ulrich Baer ; translated by Andrew Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8232-5631-6

0-8232-5629-4

0-8232-5632-4

0-8232-6133-6

0-8232-5630-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

831.912

Soggetti

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in German as: Das Rilke-Alphabet. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface: ‘‘The Whole Dictation of Existence’’ -- Acknowledgments -- A for Ashanti -- B for Buddha -- C for Circle -- D for Destiny Disrupted -- E for Entrails -- F for Frogs -- G for God -- H for Hair -- I for Inca -- J for Jew Boy -- K for Kafka and King Lear -- L for Larean -- M for Mussolini -- N for Nature -- O for O -- P for Proletarian -- Q for Quatsch -- R for Rose -- S for Stampa -- T for Tower -- U for Un- -- V for Vagabond, or Being Outside -- W for Worm -- X for Xaver -- Y for Y -- Z for Zero -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The enduring power of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry rests with his claim that all we need for a better life on earth is already given to us, in the here and now. In twenty-six engaging and accessible essays, Ulrich Baer’s The Rilke Alphabet examines this promise by one of the greatest poets in any tradition that even the smallest overlooked word may unlock life’s mysteries to us. Fueled by an unebbing passion and indeed love for Rilke’s poetry, Baer examines twenty-six words that are not only unexpected but also problematic, controversial, and even scandalous in Rilke’s work. In twenty-six mesmerizing essays that



eschew jargon and Teutonic learnedness for the pleasures and risks of unflinchingly engaging with a great artist’s genius, Baer sheds new light on Rilke’s politics, his creative process, and his deepest and enduring thoughts about life, art, politics, sexuality, love, and death. The Rilke Alphabet shows how Rilke’s work provides an uncannily apt guide to life even in our vexingly postmodern condition. Whether it is a love letter to frogs, a problematic brief infatuation with Mussolini, a sustained reflection on the Buddha, the evasion of the influence of powerful precursors, or the unambiguous assertion that freedom must be lived in order to be known, Rilke’s writings pull us deeply into life. Baer’s decades-long engagement with Rilke as a scholar, translator, and editor of Rilke’s writings allows him to reveal unique aspects of Rilke’s work. The Rilke Alphabet will surprise and delight Rilke fans, intrigue newcomers to his work, and deepen every reader’s sense of the power of poetry to penetrate the mysteries and confusions of our world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910566481403321

Autore

Huang Chao

Titolo

Advanced Sensing and Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Soggetti

History of engineering & technology

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are a transformative technology that is expected to change and improve the safety and efficiency of mobility. As the main functional components of CAVs, advanced sensing technologies and control algorithms, which gather



environmental information, process data, and control vehicle motion, are of great importance. The development of novel sensing technologies for CAVs has become a hotspot in recent years. Thanks to improved sensing technologies, CAVs are able to interpret sensory information to further detect obstacles, localize their positions, navigate themselves, and interact with other surrounding vehicles in the dynamic environment. Furthermore, leveraging computer vision and other sensing methods, in-cabin humans' body activities, facial emotions, and even mental states can also be recognized. Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue has been to gather contributions that illustrate the interest in the sensing and control of CAVs.