Faces of displacement [[electronic resource] ] : the writings of Volodymyr Vynnychenko / / Mykola Soroka

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785902603321
• Autore: Soroka Mykola
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-7735-8768-3; 1-283-83486-3; 0-7735-8767-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 891.7933
• Soggetti: Exile (Punishment) in literature; Emigration and immigration in literature; Travel in literature; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Politics in literature; Ukraine In literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. First displacement, 1907-1951 -- pt. 2. Second displacement, 1920-1951.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Whom do our people read? Vynnychenko. Whom do people talk about if it concerns literature? Vynnychenko. Whom do they buy? Again, Vynnychenko." So wrote Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky about the young Volodymyr Vynnychenko. An innovative and provocative writer, Vynnychenko was also a charismatic revolutionary and politician who responded to the dramatic upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century by challenging old values and bringing forward new ideas about human relationships. Despite his inseparable association with Ukraine, what is often overlooked is the fact that Vynnychenko wrote the majority of his works outside his native land following his flight from Tsarist and Soviet tyranny. In this ground-breaking study, Mykola Soroka draws on contemporary theories of displacement to show how Vynnychenko's expatriate status determined his worldview, his choice of literary devices, and his attitudes toward his homeland and ; hostlands. Soroka considers concepts of identity to study the intertwined experiences of the writer - as an exile, émigré, expatriate, traveler, and nomad - and to demonstrate how these experiences invigorated his art and left a lasting impact on his work. The first book-length study in English on Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Faces of Displacement is an insightful examination of an exiled writer that sheds new light on the challenges faced by the displaced.

The Comstocks of Cornell-The Definitive Autobiography : The Definitive Autobiography / / Anna Botsford Comstock; Karen Penders St. Clair

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955851003321
• Autore: Comstock Anna Botsford
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• ISBN: 9781501716287; 150171628X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 595.7092; B
• Soggetti: Women wood-engravers - New York (State) - Ithaca; College teachers - New York (State) - Ithaca; Entomologists - New York (State) - Ithaca; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Dedication in the 1953 edition of The Comstocks of Cornell. -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- For the Reader -- Editor's Commentary -- I. The Boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849-1865 -- II. A Sailor and a Scholar -- III. Undergraduate Days at Cornell, 1870-1874 -- IV. Anna Botsford Comstock-Childhood and Girlhood -- V. A University Professorship and Marriage, 1876-1879 -- VI. Entomologist to U. S. Department of Agriculture (Life in Washington as United States Entomologist, 1879-1881) -- VII. Return to Cornell -- ; VIII. The Year 1888-1889; With a Winter in Germany -- IX. California and Stanford University -- X. The Nature Study Movement at Cornell University; A Journey South to Study Spiders -- XI. "How to Know Butterflies" and the "Confessions to a Heathen Idol" -- XII. A Sabbatical Year Abroad-Egypt and Greece -- XIII. Italy, Switzerland, and Home -- XIV. Chapter 15: 1908-1912, Cornell's New Quarters for Entomology and Nature Study -- XV. The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress -- XVI. The 65th Milestone and Retirement -- XVII. Florida and Retirement -- XVIII. The Toronto Meeting of the A. A. A. S. 1922. A surprising election and a voyage westward -- XIX. Honolulu and Happiness, a Voyage to Europe -- XX. Mentone -- Editor's Epilogue -- Appendix A: Original Preface for The Comstocks of Cornell. Written by Simon Henry Gage in 1938 -- Appendix B: Original Foreword for The Comstocks of Cornell. Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition -- Appendix C: An Epilogue Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition -- Appendix D: Memorial Statements for Anna Botsford Comstock Issued by Cornell University and Ithaca Daily Journal News -- Appendix E: Memorial Statements for John Henry Comstock Issued by Cornell University -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Comstocks of Cornell is the autobiography written by the naturalist educator Anna Botsford Comstock about her life and that of her husband, the entomologist John Henry Comstock-both prominent figures in the scientific community and in Cornell University history. A first edition was published in 1953, but it omitted key Cornellians, historical anecdotes, and personal insights. In this twenty-first-century edition, Karen Penders St. Clair restores the author's voice by reconstructing the entire manuscript as Anna Comstock wrote it-and thereby preserves Comstock's memories of the personal and professional lives of the couple as she originally intended. The book includes an epilogue documenting the Comstocks' last years and fills in gaps from the 1953 edition. Described as serious legacy work, this book is an essential part of the history of both Cornell University and its press.