The Individual in the Economy. By S. E. G. Lea, R. M. Tarpy and P. Webley. (Pp. 630; illustrated; £13.95 pb, £39.50 hb.) Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 1987.

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 780-781 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Individual

A Handbook to Eddic Poetry: Myths and Legends of Early Scandinavia, ed. Carolyne Larrington, Judy Quinn, and Brittany Schorn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016, xii, 413 pp., 12 b/w ill.

Mediaevistik ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 366-366
Author(s):  
Albrecht Classen
Keyword(s):  
Old Norse ◽  
Entire Volume ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Made In ◽  
Scandinavian Literature

Eddic poetry constitutes one of the most important genres in Old Norse or Scandinavian literature and has been studied since the earliest time of modern-day philology. The progress we have made in that field is impressive, considering the many excellent editions and translations, not to mention the countless critical studies in monographs and articles. Nevertheless, there is always a great need to revisit, to summarize, to review, and to digest the knowledge gained so far. The present handbook intends to address all those goals and does so, to spell it out right away, exceedingly well. But in contrast to traditional concepts, the individual contributions constitute fully developed critical article, each with a specialized topic elucidating it as comprehensively as possible, and concluding with a section of notes. Those are kept very brief, but the volume rounds it all off with an inclusive, comprehensive bibliography. And there is also a very useful index at the end. At the beginning, we find, following the table of contents, a list of the contributors, unfortunately without emails, a list of translations and abbreviations of the titles of Eddic poems in the Codex Regius and then elsewhere, and a very insightful and pleasant introduction by Carolyne Larrington. She briefly introduces the genre and then summarizes the essential points made by the individual authors. The entire volume is based on the Eddic Network established by the three editors in 2012, and on two workshops held at St. John’s College, Oxford in 2013 and 2014.

Book Review: The Judicial Process: Realism, Pragmatism, Practical Reasoning and Principles

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Bevan Marten
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Practical Reasoning ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Judicial Decision ◽  
Judicial Process ◽  
Judicial Decision Making ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual

This article is a book review of E W Thomas The Judicial Process (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005) (414 + xxvi pages) Hardback NZ$180. In his belief that too many judges are simply 'muddling along' without a sound conception of what their role entails, Justice Thomas (a retired judge) has written a book putting forward a theory of judicial decision-making. The book represents the development of Thomas' thinking since an earlier monograph on the subject, but the two pillars on which he bases his theory remain unchanged: that the demands of justice in the individual case, and the requirement that the law meets society's reasonable needs, be at the forefront of every judgment. Marten notes that the book is deliberately pitched at a level that many people can read and enjoy. On the whole, Marten states that the book is a well-written and engaging book by one of New Zealand's most distinctive judges.

Pit Alignments in the Milfield Basin, and the Excavation of Ewart 1

1981 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 137-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Miket
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Preceding Paper ◽  
Aerial Survey ◽  
The South ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Marked Elevation ◽  
Present Distribution ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Sand And Gravel ◽  
Newcastle Upon Tyne

The pit alignment at Milfield North, discussed in the preceding paper, is one of six alignments revealed in the Milfield Basin within the last decade. All discoveries have so far been confined to the sands and gravels of the former delta surface, and whereas additional examples, as well as their extension onto the heavier loams overlying the sandstone series, remain to be found, so crisp has been the definition by means of intensive aerial survey in this valley, that only a limited enlargement of the present distribution pattern by this means is anticipated. The characteristics of the individual alignments are as follows:1. Ewart 1. NT95343209 to NT96103162An irregular line of closely spaced pits that for most of its observable course follows the crest of a gentle but marked elevation in the sand and gravel-terrace. Two interruptions are visible towards its eastern end before it angles southwards to disappear into a wood. Observed over 1100 m.Source: Cambridge University Collection. BDE35, BDE36, BKC40.Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne. A1656–1662.2. Ewart 2. NT95353165 to NT95803159Lying to the south of Ewart 1 and running broadly parallel to it. The pit sizes and spacing is similar to Ewart 1 although their inter-relationship is obscured at their eastern end by a plantation. Ewart 2 fades away at its western extremity. Observed over 300 m.Source: Cambridge University Collection. BDE35, BDE36.

Body Language, the Idea of the Actress, and Some Nineteenth-Century Actress-Heroines

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (31) ◽  
pp. 226-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Hankey
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Physical System ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Richard Iii ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Daniel Deronda ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Moral Attitudes

The actor, as a reminder of personal mutability, has always provoked the condemnation of absolutist philosophers and churchmen. Historically, this anti-theatrical prejudice has pressed even harder on the actress, for in her case ‘personal’ connotes sexual mutability. In Victorian times, when purity was enjoined on Woman for Man's sake as well as her own, the actress's situation was further complicated. In the following article, Julie Hankey examines the treatment of actress-characters in certain novels of the nineteenth century – Wilkie Collin's No Name, Geraldine Jewsbury's The Half-Sisters, George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, and Henry James's The Tragic Muse, among others – exploring in particular their peculiarly physical system of representation, a system which reproduced the social and moral attitudes of the day on a more visceral level of irrational prejudice. Irrespective of their artistry or sympathies, authors were remarkably consistent in their use of the same relatively narrow but at the same time powerful range of signals – dress, pose, interiors, gardens, flowers, and so on – clearly confident that by this means the actress could be adequately expressed. Julie Hankey is presently co-editor of the ‘Plays and Performance’ series, now published by Cambridge University Press, and has herself prepared the individual volumes on Richard III and Othello.

scholarly journals Two Ideas of Human Nature: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Thomas à Kempis

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Edward MacGrath
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Imitation Of Christ ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Mind

One of the questions that many people contemplate in their lifetime is the idea of human nature. In this essay I will seek to examine and compare the idea of human nature in the minds of Christian humanists during the Renaissance to that of late Medieval Christian mystics. The Oration on the Dignity of Man, written by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (Pico) provides an insight into the mind of a Renaissance humanist, while The Imitation of Christ, written by Thomas à Kempis illustrates the thought process that was characteristic of a late Medieval Christian mystic. Pico believed that humans are a great miracle and it is within their nature and capabilities to become something great in the world, something just below the level of God.[1] à Kempis held the belief that human nature, like the idea found in Genesis, was corrupted by the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. It can be found in his writings that he believed that human nature is something that is detrimental to the individual and should be controlled by calling on the grace of God.[2] The different points of view found in the writing of Pico and à Kempis can be traced to the sources of their inspiration. In writing The Imitation of Christ, à Kempis drew his inspiration only from the Bible. Pico, like many other Renaissance humanists, looked for truth about human nature not only in the Bible but also by studying other classical works such as the ancient Greeks and Arabs. [1] Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012). [2] Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (Chicago: Moody Press, 1958).

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