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The first in-depth analysis of Lydia Davis's translations and writing.

The Many Voices of Lydia Davis shows how translation, rewriting and intertextuality are central to the work of Lydia Davis, a major American writer, translator and essayist. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013, Davis writes innovative short stories that question the boundaries of the genre. She is also an important translator of French writers such as Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris, Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert. Translation and writing go hand-in-hand in Davis's work. Through a series of readings, this study investigates how Davis's translations and stories relate to each other, finding that they are inextricably interlinked. It explores how Davis uses translation - either as a compositional tool or a plot device - and other instances of rewriting in her stories, demonstrating that translation is central for understanding her prose. Understanding how Davis's work complicates divisions between translating and other forms of writing highlights the role of translation in literary production.

• The first monograph on this key contemporary writer that analyses texts from throughout her career
• A series of analyses of Davis's major translations and how her work interacts with them
• A rethinking of the role of translation in literary production and the boundaries between translating and writing

Literary criticism / feminist. --- Hervertalen. --- Intertekstualiteit --- Vertalen (literatuur). --- Davis, Lydia, --- Translating and interpreting. --- Interpretation and translation --- Interpreting and translating --- Language and languages --- Literature --- Translation and interpretation --- Translating --- Translators --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Literaire vertaling.

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Consciousness. --- Critical thinking. --- Reasoning (Psychology). --- Thought and thinking. --- Cognitive psychology

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Many readers drawn into the heroic tales of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginary world of Middle-earth have given little conscious thought to the importance of the land itself in his stories or to the vital roles played by the flora and fauna of that land. As a result, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion are rarely considered to be works of environmental literature or mentioned together with such authors as John Muir, Rachel Carson, or Aldo Leopold. Tolkien's works do not express an activist agenda; instead, his environmentalism is expressed in the form of literary fiction. Nonetheless, Tolkien's vision of nature is as passionate and has had as profound an influence on his readers as that of many contemporary environmental writers. The burgeoning field of agrarianism provides new insights into Tolkien's view of the natural world and environmental responsibility. In Ents, Elves, and Eriador, Matthew Dickerson and Jonathan Evans show how Tolkien anticipated some of the tenets of modern environmentalism in the imagined world of Middle-earth and the races with which it is peopled. The philosophical foundations that define Tolkien's environmentalism, as well as the practical outworking of these philosophies, are found throughout his work. Agrarianism is evident in the pastoral lifestyle and sustainable agriculture of the Hobbits, as they harmoniously cultivate the land for food and goods. The Elves practice aesthetic, sustainable horticulture as they shape their forest environs into an elaborate garden. To complete Tolkien's vision, the Ents of Fangorn Forest represent what Dickerson and Evans label feraculture, which seeks to preserve wilderness in its natural form. Unlike the Entwives, who are described as cultivating food in tame gardens, the Ents risk eventual extinction for their beliefs. These ecological philosophies reflect an aspect of Christian stewardship rooted in Tolkien's Catholic faith. Dickerson and Evans define it as "stewardship of the kind modeled by Gandalf," a stewardship that nurtures the land rather than exploiting its life-sustaining capacities to the point of exhaustion. Gandalfian stewardship is at odds with the forces of greed exemplified by Sauron and Saruman, who, with their lust for power, ruin the land they inhabit, serving as a dire warning of what comes to pass when stewardly care is corrupted or ignored. Dickerson and Evans examine Tolkien's major works as well as his lesser-known stories and essays, comparing his writing to that of the most important naturalists of the past century. A vital contribution to environmental literature and an essential addition to Tolkien scholarship, Ents, Elves, and Eriador offers both Tolkien fans and environmentalists an understanding of Middle-earth that has profound implications for environmental stewardship in the present and the future of our own world.

Environmental literature --- Ecocriticism. --- Environmentalism. --- Middle Earth (Imaginary place) --- Human ecology in literature. --- Nature in literature. --- Ecology in literature. --- Imaginary places --- Ecological literary criticism --- Environmental literary criticism --- Criticism --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Nature in poetry --- History and criticism. --- Tolkien, J. R. R. --- Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel, --- Tolkin, Dzh. R. R. --- Толкин, Дж. Р. Р. --- Tolkin, Dzhon Ronalʹd Ruėl, --- Ṭolḳin, Dzshey. R. R., --- טולקין, ג׳.ר.ר --- טאלקין, דשיי. ר. ר., --- 톨킨, J. R. R, --- Tʻolkʻin, Jon Ṛonald Ṛuel, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Knowledge --- Environmental sciences. --- Greenwashing

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This is an expanded version of the third Dirac Memorial Lecture, given in 1988 by the Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam. Salam's lecture presents an overview of the developments in modern particle physics from its inception at the turn of the century to the present theories seeking to unify all the fundamental forces. In addition, two previously unpublished lectures by Paul Dirac, and Werner Heisenberg are included. These lectures provide a fascinating insight into their approach to research and the developments in particle physics at that time. Nonspecialists, undergraduates and researchers will find this a fascinating book. It contains a clear introduction to the major themes of particle physics and cosmology by one of the most distinguished contemporary physicists.

Elementary particles --- Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics) --- Quantum theory --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Grand unification theories (Nuclear physics) --- GUT (Nuclear physics) --- Unification of fundamental particle interactions (Nuclear physics) --- Unified theories --- Gauge fields (Physics) --- Nuclear reactions --- Supergravity --- Supersymmetry --- Unified field theories --- Quantum theory. --- Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics).