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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Empson"”.
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The value of literature: the disparity between 'Practical Criticism' and 'Modern Literary Theory' with a case study of Thomas Hardy
… camps, namely, T. S. Eliot, William Empson, F. R. Leavis, and I. A. Richards (‘Practical’, or ‘New’, Criticism); Homi K. Bhabha (postcolonialism); Terry Eagleton (Marxism); J. Hillis Miller (deconstruction); and Elaine Showalter (feminism). In the process, the thesis also investigates …
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Empty caves
… Why of Course: The Lonely Larkin" and 'William Empson : His Modem Escape". The first concerns Philip Larkin's uncanny ability to create a beauty out of irony, isolation, and desolation, his achievement of transcendence from entrapment. The second essay deals with William Empson's unique poetic …
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Court politics and government in England 1509-1515
… in administration. Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson felt the wrath of a monarch anxious to clear the air at the start of the reign and stamp his own brand of kingship on the court. Their associate Thomas Lovell continued and prospered under a king with no intention of embarking on a purge. …
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The psychological contract of solicitors and the impact of promotion to partnership
… professionals. The legal profession is changing (Empson, 2007a) due to the increasing size of firms and the changing aspirations of those entering the profession. A mixed method approach to researching these issues was adopted. The research was conducted in two stages. Stage One comprised …
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Exploring the Mathematical Thinking of Bilingual Primary-Grade Students: CGI Problem Solving From Kindergarten Through 2nd Grade
… Franke, 1996; Carpenter, Fennema, Franke, Levi & Empson, 1999; Fennema, Franke, Carpenter & Carey, 1993; Turner, Celedón-Pattichis & Marshall, 2008), data were collected on students developing abilities to solve CGI problems and explain their thinking about their solutions. An expanded notion of …
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The killer shepherds: hunters as pastoral figures in the Early National period
… by integrating theories presented by William Empson and Paul Alpers in their landmark works Some Versions of Pastoral and What Is Pastoral?, respectively. This framework asserts that works in the pastoral mode are characterized not by the presence of an idyllic setting, but instead by the …
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A kinetic study of the transfer of acetone between toluene and water phases
The purpose of this investigation was to apply the techniques of chemical kinetics to the transfer of acetone between water and toluene phases, and thereby attempt to develop mechanisms and evaluate resistances to such transfer. An extraction cell was constructed which consisted of a 20-liter glass …
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Developing a Living Composite Ligament by Combining Prolotherapy and Nanoparticles as Treatment for Damaged Connective Tissue
Significant cost and debilitation results from connective tissue injury and disease every year. Prolotherapy is an effective medical treatment used to increase joint stability. However, most associated studies are retrospective or case studies, rather than comprehensive laboratory investigation …
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The Indeterminacy of Longform Poetics in John Cage and Charles Olson
… as exemplified in I.A. Richards and William Empson. It then recounts the developing discourse around poetic indeterminacy as it emerged through Roman Ingarden, Wolfgang Iser, Marjorie Perloff and Charles Altieri, and how that discourse increasingly configures the question of indeterminacy …
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Family carers and mental health : the role of self-compassion
The self-conscious emotions of guilt and shame are often experienced by family members who care for a relative with a mental health difficulty. This may drive certain behaviours, characterised as emotional overinvolvement (EOI). EOI is consistently associated with poorer outcomes among people …
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Dylan Thomas and the experiences of reading
… possibility of new readerly perception. William Empson’s formative work on ambiguity is critical across my thesis, for the ways in which he describes ambiguity being generated and perceived, but also for his suggestion that readers must ‘honestly consider what seems important’ in reading …
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The Spirit of Exemplarity: The Role of Example in Lyric Studies
Recent work in lyric studies has been dominated by two opposing camps: the historicism of the ‘New Lyric Studies’ and the attempt to defend a trans-historical category of lyric, most notably by Jonathan Culler. This thesis begins by claiming that these two camps have something in common: their …