Finally outright contradictions and antagonistic meanings are deployed by the author - which, Empson argues, via Freud, is an indication of a split in the author’s consciousness. In the sixth, irrelevance constitutes the ambiguity and the reader has to make a choice. In the fifth type, there is some confusion that the author has discovered as he went along, and is the result of the author not being able to “hold” the entire work in his head while composing. In the fourth, alternative meanings combine to confuse interpretation. In the third type, two seemingly unconnected words are given together. In the second type, two meanings merge into one. He begins with words that seem to mean several things at once due to similar sounds. Empson’s argument underlies the claim that “the mechanisations of ambiguity are among its very roots.” The book treats poetry from Chaucer to TS Eliot, but its most famous examples are from the 17th century: Shakespeare ( Macbeth), Donne ( A Valediction Forbidding Mourning) and Herbert ( Sacrifice).Įmpson’s taxonomy of ambiguity moved from simple ambiguity such as double meaning to outright contradictions. The purpose of the “seven types” taxonomy is clarity of thought and not rigidity of classification. Empson, a student of IA Richards, in (1930) promulgates a radically new approach to the language of poetry – to the multiple semantic possibilities of individual words, and to the frequent openness of English syntax to more than one construction.
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5/30/2023 0 Comments The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonHowever, they also threatened to destroy London’s population of humans by spreading cholera through water and food supplies during a heat wave in 1854.Īs is the case with all societies, there were classes in London as well. Also, in nature, microbes recycle waste so that life can continue. In the Middle Ages, farmers recycled waste to help their soil grow better plants and food. The city was filled with people who sorted through trash at night because it was profitable to do so they had become an important part of society for disposing garbage. In short, the scavengers lived in a world of excrement and death. Pure finders made their living collecting dog excrement while bone pickers picked meat off thrown away carcasses. There were three kinds of scavengers: pure-finders, toshers and bone-pickers. In the 19th century, there were a lot of poor people in London who survived by going through trash. 1-Page Summary of The Ghost Map Overall Summary Chapter 1 5/30/2023 0 Comments Watchers by dean koontzTravis starts to realize the dog is extraordinary and decides to keep it. Meanwhile, Travis finds the dog in the back of his car and a military/police force is sweeping the area for the escapees. Tracey discovers the beast and screams, summoning her father who is attacked. Thinking it is her father, Travis leaves. In the barn, Travis Cornell is with his girlfriend Tracey. The dog outruns it and the OXCOM hides in a barn. A mutated monster known as the OXCOM (Outside Experimental Combat Mammal) escapes and chases a golden retriever from the same lab, through the surrounding woods. Koontz.Īn explosion occurs in a classified research laboratory, causing an intense fire. It is loosely based on the 1987 novel Watchers by Dean R. Watchers is a 1988 science fiction horror film directed by Jon Hess and starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams and Lala Sloatman. 5/30/2023 0 Comments Regeneration hawkenThis means we must address current human needs, not future existential threats, real as they are, with initiatives that include but go well beyond solar, electric vehicles, and tree planting to include such solutions as the fifteen-minute city, bioregions, azolla fern, food localization, fire ecology, decommodification, forests as farms, and the number one solution for the world: electrifying everything. Regeneration describes how an inclusive movement can engage the majority of humanity to save the world from the threat of global warming, with climate solutions that directly serve our children, the poor, and the excluded. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world. Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown 5/30/2023 0 Comments Naomi novik spinning silver reviewNeither of them particularily strong or beautiful or inherently superspecial, but they all try to make the best of what they can do. Irina, a daugher of a local duke without much control over her life. Wanda, a farmgirl who’s much smarter than she looks. Miryem, the fiercely pragmatic moneylender. Especially the main three female characters. They would have devoured my family and picked their teeth with the bones, and never been sorry at all.Įasily the best part besides the atmosphere (nailed, of course) and beautiful writing are the characters. They had wanted me to go be a beggar in my grandfather’s house, and leave the rest of my life a quiet mouse in the kitchen. They had wanted to bury my mother and leave my father behind to die alone. I wasn’t sorry they didn’t like me, I wasn’t sorry I had been hard to them. I loved nothing about the town or any of them, even now when it was at least familiar ground. It also touches upon medieval antisemitism, the position of women in their society without denying them agency, family, all in a way that makes sense within the story. Novik takes a fairytale and makes in complex, shot through with realism, but no less magical for that. And it’s a lovely, wintry tale subversive yet true to its origins. I was a huge fan of Uprooted, so of course I had to pick this up in hardcover as soon as it came out and read it as soon as I could. 5/30/2023 0 Comments Rules of prey seriesHe's also the author of two non-fiction books, one on plastic surgery and one on art. From 1990 to the present he has written thriller novels. Paul Pioneer-Press from 1978-1990 in 1980, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and he won the Pulitzer in 1986 for a series of stories about a midwestern farm crisis. He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Army from 1966-68, worked as a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian from 1968-1970, and went back to the University of Iowa from 1970-1971, where he received a master's degree in journalism. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 5/30/2023 0 Comments The miniaturist goodreadsIn the programme, Nella actually explores and finds her way into the living area above the miniaturist’s shop and once she realises the miniaturist lady is there, they have a conversation. Between Nella and him they piece together the mystery and Nella gets to hear a bit about this mysterious lady sending her these spine-tingling figures. When Nella finally manages to get a response at The miniaturists shop, in the book, it is an elderly fellow who turns out to be the lady’s father. She’s someone who reappears every so often and then disappears without a trace however, in the programme she has far more of a prominent role within Nella’s life. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Elevation stephen king reviewIf you just want to get to my rating, scroll to the bottom! Without further ado, lets get elevated. “Elevation” makes you think of his Richard Bachman story, “Thinner,” and it feels like it belongs in “Different Seasons.” For a short, somewhat spoilery synopsis, keep reading. I did enjoy this novel, my rating at the end may not reflect that, but in general terms it was a good story, it just had a few moments that left me shaking my head and other moments where I know King could have done things differently. A sense you had gone beyond yourself and could go further still.” “Not a wind, not even a high exactly, but an elevation. “Elevation” is a touching story of acceptance and King shows how much it means to be selfless… especially in the divisive world we live in today. Go in with an open mind, however, and you will probably end up enjoying this one.Ī short and truly beautiful little tale that leaves your heart feeling full and a smile on your face. This novella is vastly different from King’s other works and if you go into it expecting his usual stuff, you will be disappointed. “Elevation,” weighing in at only 146 pages, tackles themes of the more real-life horrors in today’s society. The plays were originally published anonymously the 1601 quartos lack any attribution of authorship on their title pages. Leake's 1601 quartos employ a blackletter or Gothic typeface for the speeches in the plays, with a Roman font used for stage directions and speech prefixes. The 1601 quartos were the only editions in the era of English Renaissance theatre the plays would not be reprinted until the nineteenth century. Publication īoth plays were entered into the Stationers' Register on 1 December 1600, and were printed in separate quartos in the next year by stationer William Leake. Munday has been credited as the first person to identify Robin Hood with the Earl of Huntingdon. Scholars and critics have studied the plays for their place in the evolution of the Robin Hood legend. They are among the relatively few surviving examples of the popular drama acted by the Admiral's Men during the Shakespearean era. The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntingdon and The Death of Robert Earl of Huntingdon are two closely related Elizabethan-era stage plays on the Robin Hood legend, that were written by Anthony Munday (possibly with help from Henry Chettle) in 1598 and published in 1601. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Laid Out by Sidney HalstonAnd yet his most grueling combat training is no match for Violet’s killer curves, hot touch, and suggestive glances. As a private mercenary and a mixed martial arts fighter, he could never let such an innocent soul into his world. His work is dangerous, and his hobbies are downright deadly. Of course, Violet’s all grown up, too, and she’s ready to surrender to his every command.Ĭain knows he’s bad for Violet. Tall, with striking blue eyes and impossibly blond hair, he’s a modern-day Viking warrior. Now Cain Sorensen is all grown up, hardened by years in special ops and always looking for a good fight. He even insisted that he should be her first kiss. But in the eyes of her best friend, she could do no wrong. Perfect for fans of Katy Evans and Sarah Castille, Sidney Halston’s scorching new MMA romance proves there are no holds barred when it comes to seduction.Īs an Army brat, Violet Channing could never meet her dad’s high expectations. |