In this useful guide, Leah Scragg indicates some of the ways in which meaning is generated in Shakespearian drama and the kinds of approaches that might lead to a fuller understanding of the plays. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of the dramatic composition, such as verse and prose, imagery and spectacle, and the use of soliloquy, and explores how this contributes to the overall meaning. Written in a clear and helpful style, Discovering Sha...
∗ This book examines the debates around modernity and postmodernity from the viewpoint of feminist theory. ∗ The author assesses classical social theory, theories of the Enlightenment and the more recent modernity/postmodernity debates arguing that at each stage, social theory has failed to give enough attention to questions of gender.
The objective of this book is two-fold. Firstly, it is aimed at bringing to gether key research articles concerned with methodologies for knowledge discovery in databases and their applications. Secondly, it also contains articles discussing fundamentals of rough sets and their relationship to fuzzy sets, machine learning, management of uncertainty and systems of logic for formal reasoning about knowledge. Applications of rough sets in differ...
In Momentaufnahmen, fragmentarischen Geschichten, Augenblicken des Erkennens und Verlierens, in immer neuen Ansätzen aus wechselnden Perspektiven wird »das, was uns fügt und wieder löst«, zu benennen versucht. Die von Botho Strauß erprobte Form der erzählten Beobachtung, die Denkbild und Einfühlung zugleich ist, wird hier noch einmal konzentriert.
Autobiographische Schriften: Kunst und Altertum am Rhein und Mayn · Sanct Rochus-Fest zu Bingen · Im Rheingau · Herbsttage · u.a. · Reden · Schriften zur Literatur: Des Epimenides Erwachen · Über das deutsche Theater · Shakespear und kein Ende! · Shakspear als Theaterdichter · Proserpina. Melodram von Goethe, Musik von Eberwein · Über die Entstehung des Festspiels zu Ifflands Andenken · Ankündigung einer neuen Ausgabe von Goethes Werken · West...
An in-depth treatment of the transient stability problem, its physical description and formulation. Discusses methods for transient stability analysis, sensitivity assessment and control. Considers conventional and non-conventional techniques including direct and artificial intelligence, system theory, load modeling, evaluation of machine parameters, saturation effects and pattern recognition approaches. Features practical examples and simulat...
Immunology: A Comparative Approach discusses the immunological features of a wide range of living organisms. It considers the merits of the laboratory mouse as an immunological representative, opportunities for bypassing technical obstacles in one model by using another, the immunological implications of changes in overall structure, physiology and way of life, and progress made in the study of defence mechanisms in animals and plants of comme...
This book aims to address the most pertinent issues, and includes a comprehensive review of selected topics, case studies, and theoretical discussions, divided into seven sections each preceded by a brief introduction.
With the end of the Cold War, many nations have set about cutting their military spending, and visions of a large `peace dividend' have emerged. Yet, even today, the arms race remains one of the major projects of humankind, and one of the most unproductive. The Wages of Peace explores some of the consequences and opportunities stemming from the resulting peace dividend.
This book charts a middle course between extravagant claims about the imp...
