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Showing 1 to 20 of 236 for “"The Waves"”.
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Calming The Waves Double Wind Orchestra
This composition portrays through music the artistic conception found in the Chinese writer Su Shi’s (1037-1101) poem “Calming the Waves.” The poem speaks of the weather in nature as ordinary and indistinguishable, and how the political situation, honor and disgrace, and gain and loss in social …
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Go through the waves : a novel
Set in 1952 rural Wales, Go Through the Waves is an exploration of three generations of women. There is the grandmother, Gwyn Thomas, who continuously builds statues to communicate with unseen people, and who drowns in her search for them. Then there is Jane Evans who volunteers in the Korean War, …
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The Philosophy of Time in Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, and The Waves
… considers various philosophies of time as they are represented in the writing of Virginia Woolf. The project frames the discussion with the idea that Woolf’s work embodies these pre-existing theories in revolutionary ways. The three specific texts examined for this research are Mrs. …
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The common reader and the modernist Bildungsroman : Virginia Woolf's The Waves
… critical studies of Virginia Woolf's The Waves (1931) that focus on ideas of imperialism, empire and subject-making practices in the novel by arguing for a revisionist reading of The Waves as a Bildungsroman. Unlike the Bildungsroman of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, which …
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On the waves of language: Electrophysiological reflections on semantic and syntactic processing
Contains fulltext : Thesis_MiriamKos.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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The nightingale sings anew: The appropriation of antiquity in Virginia Woolf's "The Waves"
This thesis considers the impact of classical antiquity on the literary aesthetic of Virginia Woolf by focusing on the educational and theoretical assumptions that allowed Woolf to create her most experimental work, The Waves. Inspired by her brother Thoby Stephen and her tutor Janet Case, Woolf …
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Keeping above the waves? The response of coastal freshwater peatlands to sea-level rise
… but limited attention has been focused on the impacts of SLR on coastal freshwater systems such as peatlands. Peatlands are significant ecosystem service providers: storing carbon, attenuating floods, improving water quality, and enhancing biodiversity. This thesis aims to improve our …
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"One world, one life" : the politics of personal connection in Virginia Woolf's The waves
… Woolf introduces Rhoda in her opening to The Waves. But almost immediately, this sound is transformed: " 'The birds sang in chorus first,' said Rhoda. 'Now the scullery door is unbarred. Off they fly. Off they fly like a fling of seed. But one sings by the bedroom window alone' " (10-11). …
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Above the surface, beneath the waves : contesting ecologies and generating knowledge conversations in Lamberts Bay
… over two months in 2010 in Lamberts Bay on the west coast of South Africa where the cold Benguela Currrent asserts its presence in water and wind, this dissertation aims to describe the ways that people come to know fish and the sea differently.
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The waves of the hills: community and radio in the everyday life of a Brazilian favela
This thesis is a study of the everyday listening to community radio by residents of Pau da Lima, a working class neighbourhood with several favela areas, located in Salvador, Brazil. Drawing from ethnographic data, this project aims at exploring residents’ listening experiences of community radio, …
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Riding the Waves: A Case Study of Learners and Leaders in Library and Information Science Education
The final section of the study proposes a model of learning and leading based on LEEP student experiences. This results in the development of new questions for future exploration.
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Riding the Waves: A Case Study of Learners and Leaders in Library and Information Science Education
This study examines learners and learning in the context of an established, multimodal graduate degree program originally developed as a distance education option. It is a learner-centered inquiry, building on Deweyan understanding, considering processes of individual and collective transformation …
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A formative evaluation of the development and implementation of the waves for change coach training programme
… reports on a formative evaluation of the initial implementation of the Waves for Change coach training programme. Waves for Change is a NPO that combines the sport of surfing with youth care work (what the organisation terms surf therapy) to provide psychological support to at-risk …
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There is Always a Deep Below: Reality and Moments of Being in Virginia Woolf's The Waves
… Virginia Woolf's reality through her 1932 novel The Waves. In the novel, Woolf traces the lives of her six characters from childhood to adulthood. As children, the characters experience moments of revelation or what Woolf refers to as moments of being. These moments allow them to see "]some real …
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Good Phrases Shining, One Wave After Another : A Look at Virginia Woolf's Creative Process and The Waves
… not included]</strong></p> <p><strong>The purpose of this thesis is first to understand the nature of Virginia Woolf's creative process and second to show that the writing of The Waves is illustrative of the maturity of that process. </strong></p>
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Breaking cycles of violence, one wave at a time : a formative evaluation of the Waves for Change Surf Therapy programme
This dissertation was a formative evaluation of the Waves for Change Surf Therapy Programme, and included both a process evaluation and an outcome evaluation. Waves for Change used surfing as a means of engaging children and adolescents thought to be at risk of long-term social exclusion. This …
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