Middle English / / edited by Paul Strohm

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957080603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 9780191792137; 9780191537004; 0191537004
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 521 pages : illustrations
• Collana: Oxford handbooks online.; Oxford twenty-first century approaches to literature
• Disciplina: 820.9/001
• Soggetti: English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism; Handbooks and manuals.; England Intellectual life 1066-1485
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: CONDITIONS AND CONTEXTS -- 2 Manuscript Matrix, Modern Canon -- 3 Multilingualism -- 4 Multilingualism on the Page -- 5 Translation -- 6 Aurality -- 7 Books -- Part II: VANTAGE POINTS -- 8 Temporalities -- 9 Symbolic Economies -- 10 Authority -- 11 Institutions -- 12 Form -- 13 Episodes -- 14 Beauty -- 15 Imaginative Theory -- 16 Feeling -- 17 Conflict -- Part III: TEXTUAL KINDS AND CATEGORIES -- 18 Genre without System -- 19 Liturgy -- 20 Vision, Image, Text -- 21 Saintly Exemplarity -- 22 Speculative Genealogies -- 23 Incarnational (Auto)biography -- 24 Drama as Textual Practice -- 25 Vernacular Theology -- 26 Heresy and Humanism -- Part IV: WRITING AND THE WORLD -- 27 Authorial Work -- 28 Learning to Live -- 29 Gossip and (Un)official Writing -- 30 The Poetics of Practicality -- Index of Medieval Authors and Titles -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V ; -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Instead of summarising existing knowledge after the fashion of the now-ubiquitous literary 'companions', these essays aim at opening fresh discussion; instead of emphasising settled consensus they direct their readers to areas of enlivened and unresolved debate. Although 'major authors' such as Chaucer and Langland are richly represented, many little-known and neglected texts are considered as well. Analysis is devoted not only to self-sufficient works, but to the general conditions of textual production and reception.

Stochastic dynamics of structures / / Jie Li and Jianbing Chen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020028503321
• Autore: Li Jie <1957 Oct.->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-38216-0; 9786612382161; 0-470-82426-3; 0-470-82425-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Altri autori (Persone): ChenJianbing
• Disciplina: 624.1/71; 624.171
• Soggetti: Structural dynamics - Mathematics; Stochastic processes
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In "Stochastic Dynamics of Structures," Li and Chen present a unified view of the theory and techniques for stochastic dynamics analysis, prediction of reliability, and system control of structures within the innovative theoretical framework of physical stochastic systems. The authors outline the fundamental concepts of random variables, stochastic process and random field, and orthogonal expansion of ; random functions. Readers will gain insight into core concepts such as stochastic process models for typical dynamic excitations of structures, stochastic finite element, and random vibration analysis. Li and Chen also cover advanced topics, including the theory of and elaborate numerical methods for probability density evolution analysis of stochastic dynamical systems, reliability-based design, and performance control of structures. "Stochastic Dynamics of Structures" presents techniques for researchers and graduate students in a wide variety of engineering fields: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace and aeronautics, marine and offshore engineering, ship engineering, and applied mechanics. Practicing engineers will benefit from the concise review of random vibration theory and the new methods introduced in the later chapters. "The book is a valuable contribution to the continuing development of the field of stochastic structural dynamics, including the recent discoveries and developments by the authors of the probability density evolution method (PDEM) and its applications to the assessment of the dynamic reliability and control of complex structures through the equivalent extreme-value distribution."--A. H-S. Ang, NAE, Hon. Mem. ASCE, Research Professor, University of California, Irvine, USA "The authors have made a concerted effort to present a responsible and even holistic account of modern stochastic dynamics. Beyond the traditional concepts, they also discuss theoretical tools of recent currency such as the Karhunen-Loeve expansion, evolutionary power spectra, etc. The theoretical developments are properly supplemented by examples from earthquake, wind, and ocean engineering. The book is integrated by also comprising several useful appendices, and an exhaustive list of references; it will be an indispensable tool for students, researchers, and practitioners endeavoring in its thematic field."--Pol Spanos, NAE, Ryon Chair in Engineering, Rice University, Houston, USA