Author: Dennis Sobolev File Type: pdf For the first time in almost half a century, the world of Hopkins is examined as an indivisible whole. The Split World of Gerard Manley Hopkins is a synthetic study of Hopkinss writings, written within a framework of semiotic phenomenology. It analyzes the general configuration of meanings found in Hopkinss writings as an oeuvre, including their theological, as well as existential, aspects. With an eye on this general structure, the book addresses (and reassesses) all of the central issues of Hopkinss poetry from ontological questions and theological complexities to the representation of existence in its facticity and the orders of desire. The problems of poetic forms and techniques are analyzed in detail in all those cases when they become relevant to the questions of poetic meaning. After explaining the books theoretical approach in the introduction, chapter 1 addresses Hopkinss representation of ontological problems in their relation to aesthetic contemplation, on the one hand, and mystical experience, on the other. In addition, it analyzes the diverse semiotic -- both allegorical and typological -- structures of Hopkinss poetic universe. Chapter 2 discusses his representation of the supposedly universal aspects of human existence from mortality to sexual desire. Chapter 3 examines Hopkinss representation of being in culture the subversive use of political discourse, his struggle with the anxiety of poetic influence, and the images of metaphysical indeterminacy. Finally, chapter 4 focuses on poetic strategies that create a discontinuity between the theological and the existential realms, or between the poetic and scholastic modalities of discourse. The conclusion exemplifies the possibilities of synthetic readings of his poems, which are carried out with close attention to all the elements discussed previously. These readings highlight the complexity of Hopkinss texts, the counterplay of different semantic elements, their complex and ambivalent philosophical statements, and their exceptional artistic virtuosity.ABOUT THE AUTHORDennis Sobolev, literary scholar and writer, is associate professor of comparative literature at the University of Haifa. He is the author of six books and fifty essays on literature and culture, published in eight countries. Among his publications are Jerusalem, which was shortlisted for the 2006 Russian Booker Prize, and The Concepts Used to Analyze Culture. Additionally he has published *An Anthology of Israeli Poetry. *PRAISE FOR THE BOOKThe Split World of Gerard Manley Hopkins is a brilliant new reading of Hopkinss work. This distinguished book uses a highly original methodology to investigate the way Hopkinss poems are split between their theological and existential registers. The heart of this book is the admirably detailed analysis of irreconcilable verbal complexities in Hopkinss poems and prose. This occurs in the light of comprehensive references to previous critics work.--J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Research Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California at Irvine A fascinating, in-depth reading of Hopkinss multi-layered vision of the world and its imagined possibilities. Sobolevs careful philosophical and theological meditation adds to the available stock of reality we now possess of one of the most original and profound voices of the past 100 years.--Paul Mariani, Professor of English, Boston College Brilliantly supported by theory, Dennis Sobolevs thought-provoking analysis of Hopkinss split world illuminates the still-unresolved tension in the poets language between intellect and existence. The creative effects of this tension are skillfully illustrated by Sobolev, whose work avails the reader an exciting intellectual experience.--Mariaconcetta Costantini, Associate Professor of English Literature, G**

Author: John Dominic Crossan File Type: epub John Dominic Crossan explores the lost years of earliest Christianity, the years immediately following Jesus execution. He establishes the contextual setting through a combination of literary, anthropological, historical and archaeological approaches. He challenges the assumptions about the role of Paul and the meaning of resurrection, and forges a new understanding of the birth of the Christian church. Here is a vivid account of early Christianitys interaction with the world around it, and of the new traditions and communities established as Jesus companions continued their movement after his death.

Author: Francesca Franco File Type: pdf p Segoe UIIn this unique book the author explores the history of pioneering computer art and its contribution to art history by way of examining Ernest Edmonds art from the late 1960s to the present day. Edmonds inventions of new concepts, tools and forms of art, along with his close involvement with the communities of computer artists, constructive artists and computer technologists, provides the context for discussion of the origins and implications of the relationship between art and technology. Drawing on interviews with Edmonds and primary research in archives of his work, the book offers a new contribution to the history of the development of digital art and places Edmonds work in the context of contemporary art history.p Segoe UI**h3 Segoe UIReviewp Segoe UII consider this book to be an important contribution to the field of media art history and in particular to that of generative and interactive art.hr Segoe UIp Segoe UIFrank Popper,Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art, University of Paris VIII, Parisp Segoe UIThis book provides a long overdue in-depth study of the work of one of the pioneers of digital art. Drawing upon Edmonds original projects, his notes and statements, as well as documentation and exhibition catalogues, Francesca Franco traces the works evolution from figurative art to colour abstraction and computer-based experimentation. The authors detailed analysis not only creates a deeper understanding of Edmonds body of work but also functions as media archaeology, referencing exhibition histories that are often overlooked and outlining intersections between Constructivism, Systems Art and the digital art of the 21st century, as well as their concepts, tools, and forms.hr Segoe UIp Segoe UIChristiane Paul,Associate Professor, School of Media Studies, The New School, New Yorkp Segoe UIOf all those who signposted the road of interaction, systems, colocation and the new geometries of space and communication, from Fluxus to ubiquitous networks, Ernest Edmonds has been among the most connected, prolific and influential. Francesca Franco elaborates his rich, diverse and endlessly invigorating practice in relation to art movements and institutional evolutions in an imaginative and immaculate work of art historical scholarship. Still perplexing even in the digital era, this story of digital arts origins and trajectories will inspire new generations of artists, scholars and thinkers in the dense interweavings of art, science and technology.hr Segoe UIp Segoe UISean Cubitt,Professor of Film and Television and co-Head of Department of Media and Communications Goldsmiths, University of London.p Segoe UIAn insightful and rich source of information about Ernest Edmonds art practice this book offers multifaceted observations about the context, connections and development of his generative art.p Segoe UIp Segoe UI**p Segoe UIp Segoe UIMelanie Lenz,Curator, Digital Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londonh3 Segoe UIAbout the Authorp Segoe UIFrancesca Francois a Venetian-born art historian based in the UK.The central theme of Francescas research is the history of art and technology and the pioneers of computer art. It concerns issues of generative and interactive art and the connections between Constructivism and Systems art in early computational art. A major focus has been the history of the Venice Biennale culminating in a series of publications in books, academic journals and art magazines, which have been translated into various languages.

Author: Plutarch File Type: pdf Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45-120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daughter and four sons. He appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned.Plutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular have always been the 46 Parallel Lives, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman), though the last four lives are single. All are invaluable sources of our knowledge of the lives and characters of Greek and Roman statesmen, soldiers and orators. Plutarchs many other varied extant works, about 60 in number, are known as Moralia or Moral Essays. They are of high literary value, besides being of great use to people interested in philosophy, ethics and religion.The Loeb Classical Library edition of the Lives is in eleven volumes.(source Bol.com)