Author: Amir Eshel File Type: pdf When looking at how trauma is represented in literature and the arts, we tend to focus on the weight of the past. In this book, Amir Eshel suggests that this retrospective gaze has trapped us in a search for reason in the madness of the twentieth centurys catastrophes at the expense of literatures prospective vision. Considering several key literary works, Eshel argues in Futurity that by grappling with watershed events of modernity, these works display a future-centric engagement with the past that opens up the present to new political, cultural, and ethical possibilitieswhat he calls futurity. Bringing together postwar German, Israeli, and Anglo-American literature, Eshel traces a shared trajectory of futurity in world literature. He begins by examining German works of fiction and the debates they spurred over the future character of Germanys public sphere. Turning to literary works by Jewish-Israeli writers as they revisit Israels political birth, he shows how these stories inspired a powerful reconsideration of Israels identity. Eshel then discusses post-1989 literaturefrom Ian McEwans Black Dogs to J. M. Coetzees Diary of a Bad Yearrevealing how these books turn to events like World War II and the Iraq War not simply to make sense of the past but to contemplate the political and intellectual horizon that emerged after 1989. Bringing to light how reflections on the past create tools for the future, Futurity reminds us of the numerous possibilities literature holds for grappling with the challenges of both today and tomorrow. **

Author: Harryette Mullen File Type: pdf The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullens own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, womens voices, and the future of poetry. Together, these essays and interviews highlight the impulses and influences that drive Mullens work as a poet and thinker, and suggest unique possibilities for the future of poetic language and its role as an instrument of identity and power. **Review An absolutely stellar collection of writings and interviews offering insight into the context and history of African American innovative poetry and art (including Harryettes own poetry). From the introduction by Hank Lazer, author of The New Spirit and Lyric and Spirit Selected Essays 19962008 This collection will be the first full book of critical and occasional pieces by Harryette Mullen and is a long-anticipated event in literary publishing likely to find a deeply appreciative audience. It will not only enlighten readers as to Mullens thinking, but will make important contributions to scholarship in the areas of poetics, African American literature, and the arts in contemporary America.Aldon Lynn Nielsen, author of Black Chant Languages of African-American Postmodernism and coeditor of Every Goodbye Aint Gone An Anthology of Innovative Poetry by African Americans About the Author Harryette Mullen teaches American poetry, African American literature, and creative writing at UCLA. She is the author of several poetry collections, most recently Recyclopedia Trimmings, SPeRMKT, and Muse & Drudge, winner of a PEN Beyond Margins Award. Her book Sleeping with the Dictionary was a finalist for a National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her poems have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Polish, German, Swedish, Turkish, and Bulgarian. The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullens own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, womens voices, and the future of poetry.Together, these essays and interviews highlight the impulses and influences that drive Mullens work as a poet and thinker, and suggest unique possibilities for the future of poetic language and its role as an instrument of identity and power.**

Author: Gerald Ratner File Type: pdf In 1991 Gerald Ratner was booked to make what should have been an everyday speech at the Institute of Directors. Should have been. When the words total crap come out of his mouth in connection with a decanter and glasses set sold by his company, H. Samuel, it all turned out slightly different. The Rise and Fall... And Rise Again tells the full story, in Gerald Ratners own words, of what lead him to that point at the IoD, the horror of what happened in the immediate aftermath, the fallout and the comeback. This is the first time Gerald Ratner has given his side of the story. And what a story it is. Youll find out* How he wiped 500m off the value of his own company virtually overnight* All the details about the initial gaffe and how he compounded it by remarking that some of the earrings were cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but probably wouldnt last as long* How doing a Ratner has entered into the vocabulary of British business* The wilderness years sitting glued to the sofa in front of Countdown* How he has bounced back, rediscovering his entrepreneurial sparkby building up a health club business and, more recently, the immensely successful online jewellery retailer Geraldonline.com* The storys not over yet...

Author: Thucydides File Type: pdf The greatest historian that ever lived. Such was Macaulays assessment of Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta that lasted for twenty-seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. A participant in the war himself, Thucydides brings to his history an awesome intellect, brilliant narrative, and penetrating analysis of the nature of power, as it affects both states and individuals. Of the prose writers of the ancient world, Thucydides has had more lasting influence on western thought than all but Plato and Aristotle. This new edition combines a masterly new translation by Martin Hammond with comprehensive supporting material, including summaries of individual Books textual notes a comprehensive analytical index an appendix on weights, measures and distances, money, and calendars ten maps an up-to-date bibliography and an illuminating introduction by P.J. Rhodes.About the Series For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Review[Hammonds] new translation of Thucydides is a triumph. Fluent yet sinewy, it responds brilliantly to the historians challenging prose. It is both accurate and lucid. Indeed, its only possible flaw is that it can at times be rather more comprehensible than Thucydides himself! -Journal of Classical TeachingA substantial work, but with wonderful readabilityand lightness of touch. The book is excellent value for money and the obvious choice for any reader of Thucydides.-The Anglo-Hellenic ReviewThe most accurate and readable [translation] we now have. -ARIONAbout the AuthorMartin Hammond has published translations of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. P. J. Rhodes is the author of numerous books and articles, including A History of the Classical Greek World, 478-323 BC.