04502nam 2200685 450 991045627760332120200520144314.01-281-99458-897866119945871-4426-8285-X10.3138/9781442682856(CKB)2430000000001890(EBL)4672205(SSID)ssj0000312220(PQKBManifestationID)11242212(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312220(PQKBWorkID)10331571(PQKB)11255951(CaBNvSL)thg00600983 (MiAaPQ)EBC3257937(MiAaPQ)EBC4672205(DE-B1597)465070(OCoLC)1013941216(OCoLC)944177351(DE-B1597)9781442682856(Au-PeEL)EBL4672205(CaPaEBR)ebr11257883(OCoLC)958559020(EXLCZ)99243000000000189020160923h20032003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUncommon readers Denis Donoghue, Frank Kermode, George Steiner and the tradition of the common reader /Christopher J. Knight2nd ed.Toronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2003.©20031 online resource (522 p.)Studies in Book and Print CultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-8798-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Denis Donoghue -- Frank Kermode -- George Steiner -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- BackmatterImpressive in scope and erudition, Christopher Knight's Uncommon Readers focuses on three critics whose voices - mixing eloquence with pugnacity - stand out as among the most notable independent critics working during the last half-century. The critics are Denis Donoghue, Frank Kermode, and George Steiner, and their independence - a striking characteristic in a time of corporate criticism - is reflective of both their backgrounds (Donoghue's Catholic upbringing in Protestant-ruled Northern Ireland; Kermode's Manx beginnings; and Steiner's Jewish upbringing in pre-Holocaust Europe) and their temperaments. Each represents a party of one, a fact that has, on the one hand, made them the object of the occasional vituperative dismissal and, on the other, contributed to their influence and remarkable longevity.Since the 1950s, Steiner, Donoghue, and Kermode have each maintained a highly public profile, regularly contributing to such influential publications as Encounter, New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and the London Review of Books. This aspect of their work receives particular attention in Uncommon Readers, for it illustrates a renewed interest in the role of the public critic, especially in relation to the genre of the literary-review essay, and signals a sustained conversation with an educated public - namely the common reader.Knight makes the argument for the review essay as a serious and still viable genre, and he examines the three critics in light of this assumption. He expounds upon the critics' separate interests - Kermode's identification with discussions of canonicity, Steiner's with cultural politics, and Donoghue's with the persistent claims of the imagination - while also revealing the ways in which their work often reflects theological interests. Lastly, he attempts to adjudicate some of the conflicts that have arisen between these critics and other literary theorists (especially the post-structuralists), and to discuss the question of whether it is still possible for critics to work independently. Original and deliberative, Uncommon Readers presents a renewed defense of the tradition of the common reader.CriticismHistory20th centuryBook reviewingHistory20th centuryElectronic books.CriticismHistoryBook reviewingHistory801.950922Knight Christopher J.1952-896917MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456277603321Uncommon readers2472417UNINA02044nam 2200577Ia 450 991045135120332120200520144314.01-281-22489-897866112248990-7486-3118-6(CKB)1000000000404970(EBL)332617(OCoLC)213352379(SSID)ssj0000163950(PQKBManifestationID)11170299(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163950(PQKBWorkID)10118194(PQKB)10076804(MiAaPQ)EBC332617(Au-PeEL)EBL332617(CaPaEBR)ebr10435304(CaONFJC)MIL122489(EXLCZ)99100000000040497020071016d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA glossary of the European Union[electronic resource] /Alistair JonesEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (177 p.)Politics glossariesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-2576-3 0-7486-2575-5 COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary of the European UnionThis A-Z guide will explain the key concepts and institutions linked to the European Union, along with brief biographies of the leading figures related to the foundation and development of the EU. This will allow students to relate some of the theoretical concepts with the people who introduced them.Politics glossaries.International economic integrationElectronic books.International economic integration.341.242203Jones Alistair861643MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451351203321A glossary of the European Union1922751UNINA04498nam 2200457 450 991079465660332120220705001528.01-77170-191-91-77170-148-X(CKB)4100000011946959(MiAaPQ)EBC6632416(Au-PeEL)EBL6632416(OCoLC)1255221918(EXLCZ)99410000001194695920220705d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConversations about Physics /edited by Howard Burton[Place of publication not identified] :Open Agenda Publishing,[2021]©20211 online resource (294 pages)Ideas Roadshow Collections ;v.111-77170-149-8 Intro -- Textual Note -- Preface -- Indiana Steinhardt -- And the Quest for Quasicrystals -- A conversation with Paul Steinhardt -- Introduction -- I. Introducing Quasicrystals -- II. Building Models -- III. Out of the Blue -- IV. Competing Explanations -- V. Looking to Nature -- VI. New Year's Delight -- VII. Confronting the Impossible -- VIII. Tracking Khatyrkite -- IX. Kamchatka -- X. Passing It On -- Continuing the Conversation -- Cryptoreality -- A conversation with Artur Ekert -- Introduction -- I. Beginnings -- II. Cryptographic Essentials -- III. Public Key Cryptosystems -- IV. Harnessing Interference -- V. Quantum Sociology -- VI. Quantum Metaphysics -- VII. The Joy of Questioning -- The Physics of Banjos -- A conversation with David Politzer -- Introduction -- I. The Feynman Experience -- II. Love at First Sound -- III. The Holy Grail -- IV. The Ocarina Effect -- V. Hearing Pitch -- VI. Relative Strengths -- VII. Transient Growth -- VIII. The Working Physicist -- IX. The Journey Continues -- The Problems of Physics, Reconsidered -- A conversation with Tony Leggett -- Introduction -- I. Back to the Future -- II. The Very Small -- III. The Very Large -- IV. A Glassy Digression -- V. The Very Complex -- VI. Understanding -- VII. Different Regimes -- VIII. Schrödinger's Cat -- IX. The Slings and Arrows of Time -- X. The Anthropic Principle -- XI. The Future of Physics -- Continuing the Conversation -- The Power of Principles -- Physics Revealed -- A conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed -- Introduction -- I. Physics Time Management -- II. The Problem with Popularization -- III. In Feynman's Footsteps -- IV. Describing Reality -- V. A Timeless Community -- VI. Against Relativism -- VII. Strongly Constrained -- VIII. In Search of a Formula -- IX. A Principled Example -- X. Supersymmetry -- XI. Reacting Precipitously -- XII. Tangled Pillars.XIII. The Pull of the Truth -- XIV. Choosing a Better Description -- XV. Beyond Space-Time.Conversations About Physics, Volume 1, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading researchers with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Nima Arkani-Hamed, faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton;2. Artur Ekert, Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford and Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies and Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore;3. Tony Leggett, Physics Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics, University of Illinois;4. David Politzer, 2004 Nobel Laureate and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech;5. Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.Ideas Roadshow CollectionsPhysicsMiscellaneaPhysics405Burton HowardMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794656603321Conversations about Physics3845635UNINA