From the embers
Extraits
Beaux arts
Borderland. Stories from Donbas
Borderland : Stories from Donbas est une co-édition publiée par ESSARTER Editions (France) et Impressions Gallery (UK). Sa sortie coïncide avec la première exposition solo de Christopher Nunn en octobre 2019. Cette publication regroupe le texte (traduit en anglais, français et russe) et les photographies de Christopher Nunn. "Réalisé sur une période de six ans, Borderland : Stories from Donbas offre un aperçu rare sur la vie quotidienne dans la région du Donbas. Située à l'extrême Est de l'Ukraine, près de la frontière russe, elle est aussi la seule zone de guerre active en Europe". "Tout le monde avait une histoire à raconter. J'en ai entendu des centaines, des plus tragiques aux plus hilarantes. Le Donbas est, pour moi, magnifique et brutal ; un endroit de comédie et de douleur" Anne McNiell, directrice et commissaire, Impressions Gallery Christopher Nunn
10/2019
Science-fiction
Postcard from a ghost
A postcard will be sent from beyond the grave.A destiny will change...Will there be a nice encounter ?
06/2019
Non classé
From Scarcity to Sustainability
For futures studies and environmentalism the late 1960s and early 1970s were a heyday period of great publicity, and much scientific interest was devoted to them. The study 'Limits to Growth', commissioned by the Club of Rome, has played an important role for the further advancement of these fascinating fields. Each of them in its own way deals with the long term prospects of humankind and desirable future paths of humanity and the globe. This investigation illustrates a very important phase in the development of these two areas and writes a history of ideas and a history of impact of the Limits to Growth debate and other activities of the Club of Rome. It includes information that has so far only been known to a very limited number of directly involved individuals and looks into very recent stages of the sustainable development debate and newest developments of more pragmatic and critical futures studies. For the purpose of this study some 100 interviews have been made worldwide with very well known and often influential individuals. Among them are : Sicco Mansholt, Alexander King, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Jungk, Saburo Okita, Lord Kennet, Johan Galtung, Barry Commoner and Philip de Seynes.
12/1991
Comics Indépendants
Halo : Tales from Slipspace
De nouvelles histoires inédites dans cette anthologie de comics HALO essentielle pour les fans !
01/2023
Littérature française
From Jackie with love
Icône à l'élégance intemporelle, figure emblématique des années 1960, Jackie Kennedy a toujours offert au monde une image irréprochable. Charismatique, intelligente et drôle, elle se cache derrière un masque, celui d'une femme inébranlable qui a su imposer ses règles et renouveler le rôle de Première dame, tout en soutenant indéfectiblement son premier mari lors des crises politiques majeures du xxe siècle. Mais au-delà de l'image qu'elle a si soigneusement façonnée, Jacqueline Kennedy est aussi une femme durement touchée par le deuil, d'un enfant d'abord, puis de son époux, assassiné sous ses yeux... Et qui a su malgré tout protéger sa famille et se reconstruire après ces drames. Dans ces mémoires fictives et richement documentées, Hermine Simon nous offre un point de vue intimiste sur la vie de l'ex-Première dame, une femme extraordinaire qui, bien qu'elle soit présente dans tous les esprits, reste une personnalité pleine de mystères...
06/2021
Shonen/garçon
Back from Hell T06
Après avoir été trahi par son roi, le sage Dwight Harvelt, accompagné de la guerrière Claire Baton, est éxécuté publiquement. Refusant d'accepter son sort, Dwight se réincarne en Liche, un squelette doté d'immenses pouvoirs. Il se jure alors d'exaucer le souhait de Claire : ramener la paix dans le monde. Mais pour cela, il va lever une armée de squelettes et devenir le nouveau roi des démons.
10/2023
Romans noirs
Pulsions II, from Hell
Cayenne. Capitale guyanaise étalant ses merveilles entre l'océan Atlantique et la plus hostile forêt au monde. Mais depuis plusieurs semaines, le danger sévit en son coeur. Des meurtres d'une rare sauvagerie sont perpétrés par une âme sombre. Le sang innocent de jeunes femmes tapisse les rues et l'ambiance mortifère sème la terreur chez la gent féminine. Le couple Josh et Audrey se rend sur place. Leur enquête les amènera jusqu'au pire de l'esprit humain, au-delà du naturel, au-delà du réel. Ils vont devoir affronter le mal en personne, non sans une aide précieuse et inopinée. Ils ne pourront plus compter sur leur esprit cartésien totalement soufflé par l'ineffable.
12/2021
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
From Hell to Love
Elle est sauvage, insaisissable et solitaire. Il est têtu, insolent... et il adore les défis. Nouveau pays, nouvelle langue, nouveaux potes. On peut dire que c'est l'année du changement pour Ethan... Fini les conneries, il va devoir assurer s'il veut se faire une place dans cette école de cinéma parisienne. Mais, dès le premier cours, il a eu la mauvaise idée de s'asseoir à côté d'elle... Léa. Avec son regard foudroyant, son ton agressif et son allure provocante, cette nana est à la fois un grand bol d'air frais et une claque en pleine figure. Depuis, Ethan ne pense plus qu'à apprivoiser sa bouche pulpeuse et explorer son corps svelte. Car, derrière la colère, il a vu dans les yeux de cette fille une lueur sauvage, puissante. Celle du désir. Alors, même si elle est sans doute une bombe à retardement, Ethan a déjà fait son choix : il mettra tout en oeuvre pour la désamorcer... au risque d'exploser avec elle.
01/2022
Littérature érotique et sentim
From Aspen to love
Dans sa vie, Lya a une passion, organiser des mariages. Pour autant elle n'arrive pas à trouver l'amour. Durant les fêtes de fin d'année elle part à Aspen pour assister à une cérémonie et y fait la rencontre inattendue de Lorenzo, un bel italien au caractère bien trempé. Entre rapprochements improbables des sentiments naissants, Lya se bat avec elle-même pour ne pas accepter ce qu'elle ressent vraiment. Si Lorenzo à un caractère grincheux, il n'en est pas moins un très bel homme. Ne pouvant retenir son attirance pour Lya, il fera tout pour la conquérir. Que leur réserve ce voyage à Aspen ? se laisseront-ils bercer par la magie de Noel ?
01/2020
Non classé
From Regularity to Anomaly
This book discusses the removal of i-umlaut alternations from the inflectional system of Middle English. After presenting the scope and nature of the process in Germanic languages, it offers a detailed investigation into its lexicalisation in main dialects of Middle English. The observed developments are viewed as an interplay of four main factors : the degree of optimal patterning, type frequency, language contact and paradigmatic pressure.
09/1997
BD tout public
From black to white
Curtis grandit à Harlem avec sa famille dans l'Amérique noire des années 1970. Dans ce coin ravagé de New York rien n'est donné, tout se gagne durement ou s'acquiert violemment. Fasciné par Michael Jackson, Curtis développe un don pour la danse qui l'amène bientôt à considérer une autre vie. Mais la star peut-elle rester son unique modèle alors que le hip hop prête sa voix au mécontentement des noirs ? Tiraillé entre ses idoles, sa carrière et son combat pour les droits des noirs, Curtis doit choisir : ignorer sa différence ou l'affirmer pour exister. Tandis que l'époque brise les barrières des discriminations et que la jeunesse lutte pour de nouvelles valeurs, son histoire se rythme sur fond de bandes son rageuses et subversives.
10/2018
Indépendants
From Eggman to Eggman
Eggman repeint le paysage afin qu'il soit conforme au tableau. Eggman se cogne au plafond de la case. Eggman laisse sa place à une mouche sur un banc public. L'oiseau laisse sa branche à Eggman. Les dés à jouer perdent leurs points. Eggman change sa fenêtre de place pour profiter d'une autre vue. Les chaises se déplacent, et des branchages poussent du bois dont elles sont constituées... Après I am the Eggman, l'attachant petit bonhomme à la forme d'oeuf revient pour de nouvelles facéties visuelles, à la fois douces et absurdes. Entre les dessins à la ligne claire, s'intercalent d'énigmatiques peintures bleutées dont Eggman est, là encore et à son insu, le héros. A mettre dans toutes les poches et entre toutes les mains !
09/2022
Romance et érotique LGBT
Le garçon from LA
L'amour sous fond de fin du monde. Christian est californien. Christian est blond et beau comme le soleil, vit sans filtre et rêve de la France. Il traverse l'océan Atlantique qui le sépare de l'Europe pour être assistant d'anglais dans un lycée français. Jonathan est français ; il accumule les plans d'un soir, les amours éphémères et traîne sa vie. Un soir gris et pluvieux d'octobre, les deux garçons se croisent sur une place désertée. Quelque chose arrive, quelque chose de grave, sublime et qui prend la forme d'une obsession de la part du Français pour l'Américain. Jusqu'où ira cette dépendance ? Qu'adviendra-t-il de lui si son Christian, né sur un continent si éloigné du sien, décide de repartir ? Quelle sera l'issue pour eux alors que les hommes se meurent ? Le garçon from L.A, empreint d'une forte influence américaine, révèle une construction narrative éclatée qui fait écho aux sentiments du narrateur. Divisé en trois parties, la première et la dernière possèdent des caractéristiques scénaristiques alors que la partie centrale, fragmentée en 65 moments, mêle prose poétique et lyrisme.
03/2022
Non classé
«America's my Home»- Interviews with Young Blacks from Georgia
This book presents six interviews with young, upwardly mobile blacks from the state of Georgia, USA, as a contribution to American oral history and culture. The time span covered comprises the years 1960 to 1975, a period which marked a transitional phase in race relations. The interviewees state their experiences with and feelings on desegregation, their political and ethnic loyalties, their aspirations in life, and their value systems. Despite a varied socio-economic background, they show a heightened sense of racial and cultural identity and an integrationist orientation with Martin Luther King as a culture hero.
12/1983
Littérature française
What Pig Are You Feeding?
Hello and welcome to this nice journey, More than anything I want the journey to show how easy and sane humor & fun are, they very often give us relief from the burden of Blessedness and Ugliness. We should laugh at the absurdity of it all. I'm afraid this book does not offer concrete solutions. However, I'm quite sure these nice reflections would help you spotting amazing cases and strange situations whenever you want to laugh at everything, whenever you want some relief, whenever you want humor... It's always worthwhile to wear a smile. All the best SalmaMichele
10/2016
Animaux, nature
D'un continent à l'autre. Portraits animaliers, Edition bilingue français-anglais
Partir en voyage et explorer de nouvelles contrées sauvages, c’est la certitude de vivre des expériences inoubliables. Ce livre est la concrétisation d’un rêve ; il est à notre image …. Tel un Conte de Fées, d’un Continent à l’Autre, une aventure au milieu des grands espaces naturels de notre Planète. Dans les airs, sur la terre, sur les océans, partout la vie animale ne cesse de nous surprendre et de nous émerveiller, mais il faut prendre le temps de s’arrêter, de contempler, et il faut être là au bon moment pour en photographier chaque instant. Loin de la frénésie des hommes, les Grues, les Oies, les Cygnes, sillonnent le ciel de notre Planète depuis des millions d’années, répétant inlassablement leurs longues migrations, parfois d’un pôle à l’autre, comme les Sternes Arctiques qui traversent chaque année le globe, du Nord au Sud (32.000 km aller-retour). Sur les océans, il faut s’en remettre au bon vouloir de la mer, partir en bateau, suivre l’itinéraire des grands voyageurs et des premiers marins explorateurs, afin d’apercevoir de temps en temps la queue d’une Baleine émergeant des profondeurs océanes, ou approcher d’une colonie de Lions de Mer. Et au bout de chaque traversée en bateau, il y a toujours une nouvelle terre, une nouvelle aventure, un nouveau Continent, des espèces animales inattendues. Les saumons remontent le cours des rivières afin de retourner frayer sur leurs lieux de naissance ; les Grizzlis les attendent au passage ; et tout au Nord sur la banquise en perpétuelle évolution, l’Ours Polaire règne encore en maître sur les étendues gelées de l’Océan Arctique. De l’autre côté de l’océan, sur le Continent Africain, la nature nous donne rendez-vous avec une débauche de couleurs et de démesure. Assister au lever du soleil sur les hauts plateaux de la Vallée du Rift, descendre à l’intérieur du Cratère du Ngorongoro, c’est la promesse d’observer la grande faune d’Afrique : Lions, Guépards, Eléphants, Girafes, Hippopotames, Zèbres et Gazelles. D’un Continent à l’Autre, ce livre de photographies animalières est un hommage à la Nature et à la diversité de la vie sur notre Planète. Chaque photo est en elle-même une nouvelle histoire à découvrir. Travelling, it is the best opportunity to live some unforgettable experiences. This book is the accomplishment of our dream …. Like a Fairy Tale, from Continent to Continent, an adventure in the wild places of the Planet. In the air, on earth, inside the oceans, everywhere the wildlife is surprising us, but you need to take your time and look with your kid’s eyes, you need to be here at the good moment for catching every movements of the nature. Far away from the busy life of humans, the cranes, the geese, the swans, are flying in the sky of our Planet since millions of years, going for their long migrations, sometimes from Pole to Pole like the Arctic Terns that are crossing the complete globe from North to South (20.000 miles back and forth each year). If you want to find the marine’s fauna, to see the tale of the whale coming from the deep mysterious waters, or approaching the Sea Lions colonies, you need to take a boat, to accept the conditions of the sea, to follow the itinerary of the first sailors going to discover the world. At the end of each boat’s trip, there is a new land, a new adventure to come, a new Continent, some unexpected animal’s species. Salmons are swimming against the rivers for going back to the place where they were born ; Grizzly Bears are waiting for them on the way ; and in the North on the frozen ice, the Polar Bears are still the kings of the Arctic Ocean. On the other side of the ocean, the African’s Continent is showing us a rainbow of colors and diversity. Early in the morning, looking at the sunrise waking up the savannah, or going down inside the Ngorongoro Crater, gives you the opportunity to meet Lions, Cheetahs, Elephants, Giraffes, Hippopotamus, Zebras and Gazelles. From Continent to Continent, this book of wildlife photography is a wonderful tribute to Nature and to the diversity of the life on our Planet. Each picture itself is a little story, a little fairy tale.
09/2013
Spiritisme
Orion Recall - Version anglaise
"Greetings, beloved peoples of the One. Welcome to the sacred and consecrated space from which I now address you : the space where the 12 An Master Crystals of Orion reside. The time has come for you to remember who you are and learn about your galactic heritage. Many of you have fought in the great wars that began on Orion. That's why you need to learn the truth-so you can free yourselves from the past and turn your full attention to the Plan that brought you here to this planet called Earth. These Memoirs will help you understand". Are you one of the volunteers living on this magnificent planet working to bring an end to the great conflicts between the evolved and devolved forces-conflicts that originated in Orion's solar systems and converged to Earth millenniums ago ? Find out how it all began, from when a Messenger from the 24 Elders first gave instructions to the High Council of Sirius to the moment when Plan Earth Rising was put into action. The path you take matters now more than ever because your conscious choices determine how your individual and collective solar beings are integrated. This integration is the key to activating your beloved planet as one of the twelve galactic libraries, the one on which everything depends. This book is a summons to the volunteer souls : Remember Mintaka. Remember the reason you are here at the start of a major new evolutionary cycle-for your sphere of life and for the entire Galactic Federation.
10/2022
Littérature française
Roza the amazon. Roza l'amazone
Rosine Dubois est une mère célibataire de quarante-sept ans qui a survécu à un cancer du sein et qui a été abandonnée par son mari pendant le traitement. Les médecins ont été obligés de lui enlever la totalité du sein droit pour éviter qu'elle meure. Deux ans plus tard, elle tente de retrouver une vie normale, mais elle a du mal à supporter la pression que son entourage et la société font peser sur elle pour qu'elle ait de nouveau un corps normal. Son quotidien est chamboulé lorsqu'elle vient en aide à une jeune fille détenant un objet magique qui est poursuivie par une créature dangereuse. L'artefact choisit Rosine et la transforme en super-héroïne en lui donnant la force et les armes d'une guerrière amazone. Rosine Dubois is a forty-seven-year-old single mother who survived breast cancer and was dumped by her husband during treatment. Doctors were forced to remove her entire right breast to prevent her from dying. Two years later, she is trying to get her life back to normal, but she finds it difficult to cope with the pressure from people around her and from society to have a normal body again. Her life is turned upside down when she rescues a young girl with a magical object who is being chased by a dangerous creature. The artifact chooses Rosine and transforms her into a superhero, giving her the strength and weapons of an Amazon warrior.
11/2022
Littérature étrangère
The unparalleled invasion / Une invasion sans précédent / La invasión sin paralelo. A political anticipation short story from Jack London (1910) / Une nouvelle d'anticipation politique de Jack London (1910), Edition français-anglais-espagnol
The Unparalleled Invasion is a rare political anticipation short story written by Jack London and first published in McClure's in July 1910 and later in the book The Strength of the Strong (New York, Macmillan, 1914). The story begins in 1910s China. Under the influence of Japan, China modernizes and has its own Meiji Reforms. In 1922, China breaks away from Japan and fights a brief war that culminates in the Chinese annexation of the Japanese possessions of Korea, Formosa, and Manchuria. Over the next half century, China's population steadily grows, and eventually migration overwhelms European colonies in Asia. The United States of America and the other Western powers launch a biological warfare campaign against China, resulting in the decimation of China's population. China is then colonized by the Western powers.
03/2017
Economie
Arguing about justice. Essays for Philippe Van Parijs
"A book of quick and sharp thoughts on a grand theme is a novel way of paying tribute to a leading philosopher. But it has worked beautifully here, both as a stimulating book of ideas on justice, and as a fitting recognition of the intellectual contributions of Philippe Van Parijs, who is one of the most original and most creative thinkers of our time". Amartya Sen, Harvard University, 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences This book brings together fifty of today's finest thinkers. They were asked to let their imaginations run free to advance new ideas on a wide range of social and political issues. They did so as friends, on the occasion of Philippe Van Parijs's sixtieth birthday. Rather than restricting themselves to comments on his numerous writings, the authors engage with the topics on which he has focused his attention over the years, especially with the various dimensions of justice, its scope, and its demands. They discuss issues ranging from the fair distribution of marriage opportunities to the limits of argumentation in a democracy, the deep roots of inequality, the challenges to basic income and the requirements of linguistic justice. They provide ample food for thought for both academic and general readers.
01/2011
Histoire internationale
Literary Journalism and Africa's Wars. Colonial, Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives, Textes en français et anglais
This collection of essays explores ways in which early and late examples of literary journalism from England, France, Spain, Portugal and the United States interpolate the aesthetics of war reporting on various fronts and at divergent times in Africa's history, both reproducing and deconstructing the widespread colonial discourse that lies behind nearly every war, campaign, coup, assassination and pogrom that has scarred the continent over the past century. Although often a product of that colonial discourse, the literary journalism examined in this collection was motivated at least in part by the desire to expose the power imbalances that upheld it. Among the primary sources included in this volume are texts by Henry Morton Stanley, Ramón J. Sender, Martinho Simões, Frederick Forsyth, Kurt Vonnegut, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Philip Gourevitch, Jean Hatzfeld and a host of foreign correspondents from Le Monde. Incorporating a wide range of international critical perspectives, this book assesses the impact literary journalism has had on various nations' literary war reporting emanating from colonialist and postcolonialist conflicts and how those stories might help to reconfigure certain historical legacies, journalistic heuristics and literary representations of Africa in the 21st century. By presenting excerpts from several primary sources alongside a contextual gloss and a scholarly essay, the collection highlights the varied effects produced when literary techniques were fused with factual war reporting.
03/2019
Littérature française
XUEXI PU SONGLING (en Chinois)
Editor's Choice Nobel Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 11th Chinese author Mo Yan 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Commission said that Mo Yan combination of reality and fantasy. historical and social perspective. He created the world reminiscent of the works of Faulkner and Marquez fusion while to find a point of departure in traditional Chinese literature and oral literature. Summary Pu Songling's hometown Zibo and Mo Yan's hometown density very close from. Mo Yan is to listen to the story of Purkinje child grew up. Pu Songling fantasy style to Mo Yan's fiction writing brought a very big impact. but also achievements in the magical style of Mo Yan. Learn Pu Songling is selected from the group consisting of Mo Yan two more than thirty ghost stories. ghost legend. and some weird God God Buddies ghost novels. with high-density the flapping gray Year pictures unique. to bring people look good. magical shock strong visual impact. Mo Yan (1955 catalog learning Pu Songling adventure night fishing genius good doctor iron child flying odor tribe carpenter the dog sandals scenting sub sins the the airship Zaomu stool motorcycle the three horses hype gale five pastry dry river Baekgu Swing frame of February 17 -). formerly known as tube mo. born in Gaomi County. famous contemporary Chinese writers. Honorary Doctor of the Open University of Hong Kong. visiting professor at Qingdao University of Science and Technology. His rise since the mid-1980s to a series of local works. filled with nostalgia and blame Township complex emotional. are classified as Seeking literary writers. The works are influenced by magic realism. to write out a legend in the of Gaomi northeast Township. Mo Yan subjective feeling of the world in his novel structure unique to dream-like narrative. unfamiliar process. shaping the mysterious transcendental object world. with Pioneer color. In August 2011. Mo Yan With novel frog was the eighth Mao Dun. October 11. 2012. won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
11/2012
Non classé
Towards a Cross-Linguisitic Assessment of Speech Production
The contributions to this volume by H.W. Dechert, A.K. Fathman, F. Grosjean, D.C. O'Connell, M. Raupach, K. Sajavaara/J. Lehtonen, H.W. Seliger and R. Wiese all deal with speech data from native speakers of different languages, or native speakers and language learners of the same language, or speakers in their native and their second languages. They are the results of various methodological attempts to assess speech using a cross-linguistic approach and represent an area of research which may be called "Contrastive Psycholinguistics".
12/1980
Paris - Ile-de-France
Grand Paris. Greater Paris. Paris - Hauts-de-Seine - Seine-Saint-Denis - Val-de-Marne, Edition bilingue français-anglais
From the quays of the Seine to the Butte-aux-Cailles, Canal de l'Ourcq, Ile de la Jatte, Vitry-sur-Seine street art and the Saint-Ouen docks, visit cool eateries, urban wastelands, designer's stores and open-air cafés : explore Greater Paris with Cartoville ! - A unique concept : detailed foldable maps for each area - The maps feature unmissable sights, visits, restaurants and outings - Ideas and walks to discover the city in a new way Our authors have tested everything to ensure you get the most from visiting Greater Paris !
04/2024
Non classé
Accent and metre in French
There is currently no generally accepted theory of metre in French poetry. The aim of this book is to propose one which will be practically useful to readers and analysts of French verse. This theory relates metre to the accentual structure of different registers of spoken and written Modern French. It also addresses problems in the history of French metre by examining language texts from the Old French epic to the lyrics of Verlaine, as well as musical texts from the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.
11/1999
Religion
Metaphor and God-talk
This volume contains a selection of the papers originally delivered at the 25th LAUD-symposium on 'Metaphor and Religion'. The essays in this volume analyse the metaphorical nature of religious language from a variety of perspectives. The concept of metaphor has been developed by the sustained attention of theologians, philosophers, linguists and literary theorists for more than two millennia. The last twenty years have witnessed a renewed and intensified interest in this powerful dynamism of thought. The present contributions offer a survey of the most adhered-to theories of metaphor. They elaborate on their significance for religious language : next to analogy as a philosophical and theological tool, interactionist, pragmatist and cognitivist theories are used to shed light on the peculiarity of human efforts to talk and think about the transcendent.
11/1999
Sciences politiques
An International Bibliography of Computer-Assisted Language Learning with Annotations in German
This bibliography is a sequel to volume I of the International Bibliography of Computer Assisted Language Learning compiled by the Senior Editor and published in 1988. The roughly 2000 entries mainly cover the period from 1987 to 1991. Together, the 3051 entries in volumes I and II constitute a fairly comprehensive picture of CALL around the world. This bibliography is not restricted to English as a first, second or foreign language. The articles indexed - some 600 of them have annotations in German - report on the teaching of Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Thai as target languages. A German and an English subject index help to locate entries.
09/1993
Mouvements artistiques
Look Close, Think Far. Art at the Ackland
This richly illustrated volume introduces one of America's finest university art museums - one whose directors, curators, donors, and patrons have left a remarkable legacy, a museum collection that encourages us all to "look close, think far. " The selection of over 280 highlights is presented with brief commentaries and an essay that traces the growth of the Ackland Art Museum's outstanding collection. The Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the United States' most distinguished public university art museums. Founded in 1958, it now houses over 20, 000 works of art, covering some 5, 000 years of cultures from around the globe. "Look Close, Think Far" is the tagline of the Ackland, informing everything from the dynamic and varied program of special exhibitions to ambitious interpretation, education, and outreach activities. It applies especially strongly to the museum's extensive permanent collection. Although an integral part of the oldest public university in the United States, the Ackland is a relatively young institution. Now approaching its sixty-fifth year, it has become the proud steward of over 20, 000 works of art from an impressively broad range of world cultures and time periods. The Museum is known for its special strengths in art of the European tradition, with very strong holdings in prints and drawings ; the arts of Asia, and especially China, Japan, and India ; a small but fine collection of classical art from Africa ; and recent and contemporary art. This publication showcases a cross-section though the diverse collection, with 283 works, giving an impression of the Ackland's permanent collection that is true to its character, representative of its breadth, and indicative of its quality. The essay gives special attention to the early stages and the less obvious, more idiosyncratic moments that have contributed to the Ackland's personality and individuality. The approach taken by the editor Peter Nisbet, deputy director for curatorial affairs at the Ackland, differs from most conventional volumes of museum collection highlights in several refreshing ways. Instead of separating works along the lines of curatorial departments, the arrangement emphasizes the unity of the collection by merging works from different cultures. These are presented in a largely chronological sequence, but one that surprises by starting with the present and extending back in time. Within this order, works of art are deliberately paired across individual page openings, to stimulate visual attention, reflective thinking, and sometimes maybe just a smile.
08/2022
Non classé
The Painful Chrysalis
This collection of 12 essays offers detailed and varied studies of the unique problematic construction of contemporary identities from a literary and cultural perspective. The Painful Chrysalis covers transcendental, relevant and polemic topics like the difficulty of growing up, classist and interracial struggles, narratives of displacement and exile, queering the world, power politics and the individual, troubling poetics of the self, politically contesting documentaries, or boredom and male anorexia. It ranges from British authors of very different origin (such as David Lodge, Radclyffe Hall, Paul Golding, Zadie Smith or Abdulrazak Gurnah) to Canadian and American women writers (such as P.K. Page, Lalitha Gandbhir, Anita Rau Badami, Chitra Bannerji Divakaruni, Denise Levertov, Audre Lorde, Linda Hogan, Janice Mirikitani, or Gloria AnzaldGloria Anzaldúa). The heterodoxy in the critical approaches, together with the diversity of the contents offered, serve to trace an ample mosaic of the urges and drives of artists living in modern multicultural societies and suffering from specific traumatic experiences. Ultimately, their disturbances and fractures help us elucidate the way in which human fragility is transformed into cathartic creativity.
09/2011
Sciences politiques
Narratives of French Modernity
Inspired by the work of their colleague David Gascoigne, a group of scholars from the UK and France examine in this book the narrative strategies of some of the most interesting and important French writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Stretching chronologically from 1905 to 2005, the volume examines a wide variety of prose genres, from pornography to Bildungsroman to magic realism, as well as poetry. Michel Tournier figures in several of the contributions, emerging as something of a touchstone for many of the thematic preoccupations that are common throughout the period : values and authority, self and other, identity, spirituality, migration and exile, sexuality, the body, violence and war, and language. The authors also examine the flourishing of intertextuality, as well as the use of traditional forms, such as mythical structures and the ‘robinsonade', to undermine authoritative ‘métarécits'. Probing these themes and forms, and their metamorphoses across 100 years, the essays demonstrate a striking degree of continuity, linking writers as different as Apollinaire and Houellebecq or Valéry and Fleutiaux, and highlight the difficulty of dividing the period neatly into chronologically ordered categories labelled ‘modern' or ‘postmodern'.
03/2011
