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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973788703321

Autore

Davies Robin H

Titolo

The European Nabokov web, classicism and T.S. Eliot : a textual interpretation of Pale fire / / Robin H. Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2011

ISBN

1-61811-131-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Studies in Russian and Slavic literatures, cultures and history

Classificazione

HM 2455

HU 4575

KK 6091

Disciplina

891.7342

Soggetti

Classicism 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

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Lingua Franca and Topsy-turvical Coincidence -- II. In Search of Horace and a Web of Sense -- III. Héraclius, Hamlet and Genealogy -- IV. Zembla - "How Farce and Epic Get a Jumbled Race" -- V. Hamlet Unrestored: Sémiramis and the Royal Tomb -- VI. Classical Affinities I : A Modern Aeneas -- VII. Classical affinities II: An Ancient Nisus -- VIII. The Browning Version and Contemporary Reality -- IX. Corn, Cuckoldry, and the Amazonian Chin -- X. Toile d'Eliot or Combinational Delight -- XI. Phoenician Metamorphoses: Myth and Reality -- XII. Varia - Selenography, Kinbote/Botkin, Glaucus, Fénélon -- XIII. Murderous Intrigues -- XIV. Tragedy and the Stagyrite -- XV. Dramatic Poetry, Regicide, and Poetic Drama -- XVI. Germanitas and Les Germains -- XVII. Deus in Machina -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Robin Davies here demonstrates that Nabokov's Pale Fire has a classical unity and represents a direct attack on T.S. Eliot's philosophical position, particularly as given in The Waste Land and as represented by Eliot's later tendency for conservatism in literature, politics, and religion. After Nabokov was forced into exile from Germany and then France in the 1930's with his young son and Jewish wife, Eliot's passivism must have seemed to him the very antithesis of survival. The enigmatic Pale Fire and its surface triviality suggested that there could



be self-consistent logic within the obvious commentary of Charles Kinbote and John Shade's poem. Davies places this work in its vast European context, forming a bridge between Russian and European literature which will be appreciated by scholars of both.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963958903321

Autore

Morley Louise <1954->

Titolo

School effectiveness : fracturing the discourse / / Louise Morley and Naz Rassool

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Falmer Press, 1999

ISBN

1-135-70848-7

0-203-16346-X

0-203-48705-2

1-135-70849-5

1-280-31657-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Master classes in education series

Altri autori (Persone)

RassoolNaz <1949->

Disciplina

379.1/58

Soggetti

Educational evaluation - Great Britain

School improvement programs - Great Britain

Education - Standards - Great Britain

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 (p. 136-150) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction: Shaping the Debate; Manufacturing the Crisis: The Social Construction of Quality and Standards in Contemporary Education; Towards the Japanization of Education in England and Wales; Managing School Effectiveness: New Managerialism, Change and the Reconfiguration of Power; Systems Maintenance: The New School Improvement Paradigm; The Irrationality of School Effectiveness in Developing Countries; Equity and Effectiveness: The Dissonance of Difference; Conclusion: Redefining Change; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How have the school effectiveness and school improvement movements arrived where they are today? Over the past three decades there has



been a great deal of development, from the 1960's when debates arose regarding equality of opportunity, to the 1980's when market concepts came into play. This book contrasts current thinking on educational standards with prevailing thought from prior decades, and tackles difficult questions of quality and educational outcomes. Anyone wishing to improve their understanding of school effectiveness will find this book interesting and highly informative.