Queering Modernist Translation explores translations by Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, and H.D. through the concept of queering translation. As Bancroft argues, queering translation is an intersectional lens for gleaning identity and socio-cultural issues in translation, such as gender, sexuality, diaspora, and race. Using theories espoused by Jack Halberstam, José Esteban Muñoz, Elizabeth Grosz, Sara Ahmed, and Rinaldo Walcott as foundations for his arguments, Bancroft demonstrates that queering translation offers more expansive ways of imagining the relationship between translation and the identities, cultures, and societies that produce them. Intervening in new Modernist studies and translation studies, Queering Modernist Translation furthers contemporary conversations regarding Modernism and its lasting importance in the twenty-first century.
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Why read about Lot? Just mention his name and most people think only of fire and brimstone. Sodom's destruction is so cinematic, its story line so intense, that we assume there's nothing else to learn. Lot's address so overshadows his life that we lose sight of who he was. Fire and brimstone was Sodom's story. Not Lot's. If Lot was no more than a person living in the wrong place at the wrong time, then the writer of 2 Peter wouldn't have dedicated three verses to talking about Lot and his righteousness. Why was Lot's life important enough to be remembered honorably 2,000 years later in the New Testament? Why did God protect and preserve Lot? How does Lot's life apply to us? Those questions and more make Lot worth learning about. As we peel away the fire and brimstone event, we learn who Lot is as a person. We see him weather four major crossroads of life. We feel his isolation and desperation during very dark times. We hear Lot's responses and God's promises. Lot's crossroads, the choices they present, and God's specific messages at each juncture are full of universal truths for everyone. God views crossroads differently than we do. When we see them through His eyes, our view--and our response--shifts. Be prepared to be surprised--in a good way--as you read Lot's story.
God lovingly gave his Word to inform us of his plan. God, the absolute author, wrote his love letter to humankind with many hands and many quills. He eloquently wrote the past and the future using metaphor, simile, personification, and antithesis. His book is history, geography, muniment, ancestry, biography, drama, romance, mystery, and instruction. In Connecting the Dots, a collection of devotionals weaves together Old Testament prophecy and New Testament fulfillment of prophecy concerning our Messiah and Redeemer. These devotionals highlight the important last-minute instructions from Jesus to the group of men he chose to take the gospel to the world. These are lessons taken from the Last Supper, the Garden of Gethsemane, and the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Christ. Every detail of these lessons is pertinent to Christians who are committed to the Great Commission, and it challenges today’s believers concerning our responsibilities as disciples. The Holy Spirit of God, who was present at the creation and the immaculate conception of Jesus, not only lives in the hearts of those redeemed but also lives in the words of God’s book. It is He who quickens alive this Word in our hearts as we read and experience weeping turning to laughter, and conviction turning to joy.
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Friend, the Lord has spoken better things of you. Don't settle at the plain, go further with the Lord. There is more to God than speaking in tongues. You are eligible to experiencing these over-flows. Consider the mighty experiences of the men of faith, yet they didn't finish their divine proportion of grace. Refuse to end the journey with premature satisfaction like Noah. Lay aside every past experience that wants to hold you back from these encounters. Prepare your heart as you make a journey with the Lord 'behind the veil'. There is a plan of regulation and ordinances but the divine law states that if anyone is dissatisfied with the plan then they must go up.
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