Innocents Abroad? Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill Overseas

2019 ◽  
pp. 294-306
Author(s):  
Ben Leubner
Keyword(s):  
Strong Sense ◽  
Elizabeth Bishop ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
James Merrill ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
As If

This chapter investigates the ways in which both Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill acknowledged their complicity in cultural erosions that they wished to see forestalled in Brazil and Greece, respectively. As Robert von Hallberg has noted, what often renders the genre of the ‘protest poem’ so two-dimensional is the lack of any sense of complicity in what is being protested, as if the poet was unwilling or unable to see his/her own role in the events and processes that the poem decries. Neither Bishop nor Merrill suffered from this kind of shortcoming of vision. At the heart of many of their poems which lament a given state of affairs is a strong sense that they are in part responsible for that state of affairs, and this makes these poems not weaker, as a result of an embedded hypocrisy, but stronger, as a result of an unwillingness to succumb to the delusion that oneself could possibly be free of blame.

Visualization of changes in ciliary tip configuration caused by sliding displacement of microtubules in macrocilia of the ctenophore Beroe

1985 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.L. Tamm ◽  
S. Tamm
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dense Material ◽  
Bend Angle ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Electron Dense Material ◽  
Central Pair ◽  
Rest Position ◽  
Recovery Stroke ◽  
Dimensional Models ◽  
As If

Macrocilia from the lips of the ctenophore Beroe consist of multiple rows of ciliary axonemes surrounded by a common membrane, with a giant capping structure at the tip. The cap is formed by extensions of the A and central-pair microtubules, which are bound together by electron-dense material into a pointed projection about 1.5 micron long. The tip undergoes visible changes in configuration during the beat cycle of macrocilia. In the rest position at the end of the effective stroke (+30 degrees total bend angle), there is no displacement between the tips of the axonemes, and the capping structure points straight into the stomach cavity. In the sigmoid arrest position at the end of the recovery stroke (−60 degrees total bend angle), the tip of the macrocilium is hook-shaped and points toward the stomach in the direction of the subsequent effective stroke. This change in tip configuration is caused by sliding displacement of microtubules that are bound together at their distal ends. Electron microscopy and two-dimensional models show that the singlet microtubule cap acts as if it were hinged to the ends of the axonemes and tilted to absorb the microtubule displacement that occurs during the recovery stroke. The straight and hooked shapes of the tip are thought to help the ctenophore ingest prey.

IMPACT OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE REGION ON THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL TENSION

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
A.A. ALEKSEYENOK ◽  
◽  
Yu.V. KAIRA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Social Tension ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Correlation Tables

The purpose of the article is to determine the influence of the socio-economic and socio-political situation in the Orel region on the level of social tension. The research methodology is a sociological analysis of the respondents' answers about the socio-economic and socio-political situation in the region, as well as the level of social tension using two-dimensional analysis and correlation tables. As a result, the importance of conducting monitoring sociological studies of the main indicators of the social development of the region has been substantiated. It was revealed that the population of the region believes that the state of affairs in the economic sphere in the region is much worse than in the country as a whole. Despite the fact that the majority of respondents note an improvement in the political situation in the region, the fact that every third resident of the region declares that it has deteriorated is quite alarming. The authors come to the conclusion that dissatisfaction with the socio-political and socio-economic situation directly affects the civic position of the population, affects the growth of social tension. It is summarized that social tension is a complex multifactorial phenomenon that cannot be interpreted unambiguously. Therefore, to monitor it, constant research should be carried out.

Sequel Reminders

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-145
Author(s):  
Lee Clark Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Detective Fiction ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
As If

The fifth chapter switches to a different, structural issue: that of sequels, which have always appealed to authors of detective fiction. What does returning to an inaugural character require to revive interest in fresh adventures? In turn, how might a single sequel become a larger series, transforming the second novel into a succession of more or less ordered books that avoid simply starting over again, each as if anew? What instead does it take to weave together an enriched, intertwined history for a central detective, even one initially imagined as relatively two-dimensional? Exploring how subsequent novels cement reader loyalty by either addressing or sidestepping earlier episodes, this chapter looks at the stylistic stitching needed to integrate back-stories with more recent episodes. And it takes up the idiosyncratic strategies authors select to fuse memories and flashbacks together with psychological patterns, shaping the sum of individual parts into a more unified portrait.

Saint Louis' Involvement with the Friars

1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lester K. Little
Keyword(s):  
Saint Louis ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Mendicant Orders ◽  
As If ◽  
Louis Ix

The literature popular among students at Paris in the 1260's included a series of poems lamenting the ascendant role in society of the new mendicant orders. The Dominicans are so shrewd, said one of these poems, that they control both Paris and Rome, they are both king and apostle. The blame for this state of affairs was being placed squarely on Louis IX. The king favors the mendicants, read a second poem, yet ill-treatrs his knights, as if the friars could do anything useful for the defense of his kingdom.

Planning and Economic Progress in France

1957 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-382
Author(s):  
Wallace C. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Normal State ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
As If

FRANCE, it is said these days, is the “sick man of Europe,” a dubious honor once bestowed on the crumbling Ottoman Empire. To the outside observer it seems as if crisis following crisis is the “normal” state of affairs in France. Within France, the illusion that the post-Liberation social order would somehow be fundamentally different from that of the prewar regime is no more; politically, economically, and socially France today seems distressingly similar to the France of yesterday.Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

scholarly journals ESKATOLOGI ISLAM SHIA: ESKATOLOGI DUA DIMENSI | SHIA ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY: A TWO DIMENSIONAL ESCHATOLOGY

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Justin L Wejak
Keyword(s):  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
As If

<b>Abstract</b> This paper explains an Islamic eschatology according to Shia, and suggests that []Shia eschatology always has two dimensions – religion and politics – and the two dimensions are inseperable. Discussion surrounding Shia eschatology in this paper is particularly focused on the Mahdism concept and the figure of Mahdi. This paper is thus not intended to make a generalisation about ‘Islamic eschatology’ as if there were only one type of Islam with a single understanding of eschatology. Most Indonesian Muslims are of Sunni type of Islam, and may not share the viewpoint of Shia at all concerning eschatology. The key purpose of this paper is rather to explore one version of understanding of eschatology within Islam in order to provoke further reflection on other perspectives on eschatology. <b>Keywords:</b> Eschatology, Islam, Politics, Religion, Shia, Sunni, Prophet Muhammad, Mahdism, Mahdi <b>Abstrak</b> Tulisan ini menjelaskan sebuah eskatologi Islam menurut Shia, dan mengusulkan bahwa versi eskatologi Shia selalu memiliki dua dimensi – agama dan politik – dan keduanya tak terpisahkan. Pembahasan mengenai eskatologi Shia dalam tulisan ini khususnya berfokus pada konsep Mahdisme dan figur Mahdi, menurut versi Islam Shia. Maka tulisan ini tak dimaksudkan untuk membuat generalisasi mengenai ‘eskatologi Islam’ seolah ada hanya satu jenis Islam dengan pemahaman tunggal mengenai eskatologi. Kebanyakan kaum Muslim Indonesian adalah penganut Sunni, dan barangkali samasekali tak sependapat dengan pandangan Shia tentang eskatologi. Tujuan utama tulisan ini sebetulnya untuk menjelaskan satu versi pemahaman eskatologi dalam Islam agar memprovokasi refleksi lebih lanjut tentang perspektif-perspektif lain terkait eskatologi. <b>Kata-Kata Kunci:</b> Eskatologi, Islam, Politik, Agama, Shia, Sunni, Nabi Muhammad, Mahdisme, Mahdi.

Love As If

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Shand ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Love ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
As If

The primary focus here is romantic love, but it may be applied to other cases of love such as those within a family. The first issue is whether love is a non-rational occurrence leading to a state of affairs to which the normative constrains of reason do not apply. If one assumes that reasons are relevant to determining love, then the second issue is the manner in which love is and should be reasonable and governed by the indications of reason. It is contended that our conception of love is inherently contradictory. Depending on circumstances, we want love to be both a non-rational occurrence beyond reason and something normative such that the indications of reasons are relevant to determining and assessing it. We alternate between the two treatments of love and in so doing love can function in our lives. The incoherence is accommodated by each treatment or view of love being one of as if. This allows us to live with love in a manner whereby we do not have to definitively commit to either alternative, so we have a dipolar as if concept of love. Sometimes we view love as if reasons were beside the point and at others we view love as if it were rightly subject to the indications of reason.

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