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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Digression"”.
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Marino Faliero : the function of digression.
Byron has long been labeled a digressive poet, a designation that has been accepted by most structural, psychological, and linguistic critics without much argument. This thesis takes issue with this assessment on the grounds that in his plays, Byron's lengthy speeches always serve specific …
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Deciphering the Arabesque: Genre Mixture and Formal Digression in the Early Romantic Piano Concerto
… arabesque to analyze genre mixture and formal digression in the early Romantic piano concerto. Drawing on both John Daverio’s adaptation of the arabesque for nineteenth-century music (1987;1993) and contemporary theories of musical form (Caplin, 1998; Hepokoski and Darcy, 2006; Vande Moortele, …
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On algebraic singularities, finite graphs and D-brane gauge theories : a string theoretic perspective -- with a digression on string field theory
… will also be considered. As a final digression, the author's work in Witten's cubic bosonic open string field theory, will also be included.
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The Digressive Structure of Beppo
… plot. These take the form of simple or elaborate digressions, analyses of ideas which often need no explanation, and even the elaboration of trivialities. I shall attempt to show how careful Byron was to link the digressive passages: first of all, to the text as he breaks away from the narrative; …
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Mrs. Robinson revisited
… of an industry. This study re-examines these digressions and seeks to provide the student of economics with a clearer understanding and appreciation of the tools Robinson uses, but at the same time it expands the analysis into additional situations faced by competitive firms. In the digression …
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Aspects of branes and orbifolds in string theory
… branes and orbifolds in string theory, with some digression towards other directions in the final chapters. After reviewing background material on D-branes and orbifolds, along with some mathematical fundamentals, I describe the following results. First, a classification of discrete torsion for a …
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Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Couples
… has been advanced, frequently mixing expository digression, intertextuality, Wolfram's Selbstaussagen, and information provided by specific characters. The stipulation of unifying purpose and concepts such as courtly love has resulted in a selective and restricted approach to "minne" in Wolfram's …
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DECUS POSTERITAS REPENDIT: Reevaluating Cremutius Cordus in Tacitus' Annals
… depiction of Cordus follows directly after a digression in which Tacitus discusses his own historiographical and political views, and I point out that elements of this digression and of the account of Cordus can be compared to show significant differences between the two historians.
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Dysregulated DJ1-Mediated Translation in Alzheimer's Disease
… that disrupted calcium signaling may cause the digression from healthy memory to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and eventually AD; and the search for the source of calcium dyshomeostasis continues still. The goal of this thesis is to take a bottom up approach to understanding the role of …
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The effects of motivation and progress framing on goal pursuit
… types of reports lead to goal commitment or digression? Does progress feedback focused on past progress, such as, ""you have completed 50%"" affect behavior differently than feedback focused on what remains to be done, such as, ""you have 50% remaining""? People can feel achievement and …
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Theaetetus and the Making of a Philosopher: Character and the Nature of Philosophical Discussion in Plato's Theaetetus
… of the dialogue, including the so-called “Digression” of 172c-177c, do not appear to be concerned with knowledge at all, but with the nature of the philosopher and the activity the philosopher engages in, i.e. philosophical discussion. I offer a reading of the Theaetetus that proceeds from …
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The role of the myth in Plato's Statesman.
… that this return to cosmic beginnings is not a digression but rather essential to the question at hand; in order to know the statesman, one must know the place of human beings in the whole.
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A translation and commentary on Claudius Marius Victor's Alethia 3.1-326
… death, the poet inserts a long, extrabiblical digression on the gradual corruption of knowledge, the development of mantic and magic arts, and (with the exception of the Jews), mankind’s descent into idolatry. There follows God’s punishment at Babel and, finally, the Jews’ embrace of idolatry. …
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Managing public perceptions : reading success in Agamemnon's diapeira
… to control Achilles in Iliad 1. In the Narrative Digression, a genealogy of Agamemnon’s skeptron illustrates the ease with which chiefly power can be transferred and foreshadows his temporary bestowal of his power on Odysseus. In Narrative Section 2, Agamemnon presents himself to the boule of …
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“I Will Take Your Answer One Way or Another”: The Oscar Wilde Trial Transcripts as Literary Artefacts
… concept of paratexts, there will be a short digression by having a look at Wilde’s ‘autobiography’ De Profundis. The intention of this paper is to depict the relevance of the trials in the context of understanding Wilde’s work. Limited in its volume, this paper will obviously fail to give …
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Holiness and humanism: a comparative-religions commentary on book 2 of Cicero’s laws, with special reference to Confucianism and Chinese thought
… justice and religious rites (12), Cicero's digression on a turf-war between augurs and pontifices and priestly responsibility for religious law alone (13), the rites of death (14), and the prospect of immortality (15). Excursuses within the commentary include: holy reason as imago Dei in …
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Covariant thermodynamics & relativity
… Lagrangian densities. For completeness, a brief digression on a consistent (stable and causal) `first-order' model is also included. Finally, the road to follow is laid by posing some physical applications together with some future perspectives and closing remarks. To sum up, the variational …
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Byron and 'the Barbarous . . . Middle Age of Man': Youth, Aging, and Midlife in Don Juan
… a change in Byron. They show an increase in digression and Byron's intrusion into the narrative. As he makes his way through his midlife crisis, the task of reliving his youth through Juan loses importance and the plot takes on a supporting role. As early as Canto VII Byron begins to speak of …
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THE THEORY OF COMBINATORY DIFFERENTIATION AND LOCALITY IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
… initial guess. This project was started as a digression from another project that extends the selected columns of the density matrix (SCDM) algorithm to localize the virtual orbitals. We never returned to writing up the original project even though many questions has been answered.
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