1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822892803321

Titolo

Alan Hollinghurst : writing under the influence / / edited by Michèle Mendelssohn and Denis Flannery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5261-3428-4

1-5261-1520-4

1-5261-0035-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Disciplina

823.92

Soggetti

Literature

Literature & Literary Studies

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Literature: history & criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a dialogue on influence / Michèle Mendelssohn and Denis Flannery -- Abjuring innocence : Hollinghurst's poetry / Bernard O'Donoghue -- The touch of reading in Hollinghurst's early prose / Angus Brown -- Poetry, parody, porn and prose / Michèle Mendelssohn -- Race, empire and The Swimming-Pool Library / John McLeod -- The Stranger's Child and The Aspern Papers : queering origin stories and questioning the visitable past / Julie Rivkin -- Ostentatiously discreet : bisexual camp in The Stranger's Child / Joseph Ronan -- Hollow auguries : eccentric genealogies in The Folding star and The Spell / Robert L. Caserio -- Some properties of fiction : value and fantasy in Hollinghurst's house of fiction / Geoff Gilbert -- Cinema in the library / Alan O'Leary -- Using Racine in 1990 ; or, translating theatre in time / Denis Flannery -- 'Who are you? What are you doing here?' : queer debates and contemporary connections / Kaye Mitchell -- What can I say? : secrets in fiction and biography / Hermoine Lee interviews Alan Hollinghurst.

Sommario/riassunto

This cross-generic collection considers the entire breadth of Alan



Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning writing. Focused through the concept of influence, it addresses critical issues surrounding the work of Britain's most important contemporary novelist. It encompasses provocative and timely subjects ranging from gay visual cultures and representations, to Victorian, modernist and contemporary literature, as well as race and empire, theatre and cinema, eros and economics.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910863160703321

Titolo

Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer / / edited by Sanchia S. Goonewardene, Raj Persad, Karen Ventii, David Albala, Declan Cahill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Springer International Publishing, 2021

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-57181-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 266 p. 20 illus.)

Disciplina

616.99463

Soggetti

Urology

Cancer - Treatment

Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy

Salvage Therapy

Prostatectomy

Cancer Therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Systematic Review of Open, Laparoscopic and Robotic Salvage Radical Prostatectomy -- Salvage Prostatectomy for Radio-recurrent Prostate Cancer -- Salvage Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Recurrent Localized Prostate Cancer after Radiation Therapy- Pre-operative Assessment, the contribution of Robotics and Outcomes -- Disease Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy -- Salvage Therapy in Prostate Cancer- Predictors of Recurrence -- The Role of MRI in Recurrent Prostate Cancer -- Clinical Staging/Diagnostic Imaging -- Imaging for



Salvage Therapy in Recurrent Prostate Cancer -- The Role of PET in Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer -- Salvage Radiotherapy -- Salvage Cryotherapy in Prostate Cancer -- Salvage Treatment after Focal Therapy -- Salvage Re-Irradiation after Locoregional Failure with Primary Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer -- Salvage Brachytherapy- Outcomes from Low and High dose Brachytherapy in Prostate Cancer -- Salvage Brachytherapy after Primary Brachytherapy in Recurrent Prostate Cancer -- Focal Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer Recurrence after Primary Radiotherapy -- Salvage Lymph Node Dissection -- Salvage Re-irradiation Therapy after Loco-regional Failure for Radiotherapy -- Role of Metastasectomy in Prostate Cancer Patients following Primary Treatment -- Incontinence of Urine after the Treatment of Prostate Cancer -- Erectile Dysfunction in Salvage Prostate Cancer Therapies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book comprehensively covers application of salvage therapy in reuccurrent prostate cancer. Chapters focus on specific issues associated with a range of surgical and oncological management techniques and strategies including hormone therapy, lymphnode dissection, robotic prostatectomy and salvage reirradiation after locoregional failure. Learning objectives, and definitions of keywords are provided to aid the reader develop a thorough understanding of the topic and reinforce the key points covered in each chapter. Salvage Therapy for Prostate Cancer provides a detailed practically applicable guide on how salvage therapy can be utilised in the treatment of prostate cancer. It represents a valuable resource for trainee and practicing urologists, oncologists, and specialist nurses.