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Juvenal’s Tenth Satire

By: Professor Paul Murgatroyd

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This is not a commentary on Juvenal Satire 10 but a critical appreciation of the poem which examines it on its own and in context and tries to make it come alive as a piece of literature, offering one man’s close reading of Satire 10 as poetry, and concerned with literary criticism rather than philological minutiae. In line with the recent broadening of insight into Juvenal’s writing this book often addresses the issues of distortion and problematizing and covers style, sound and diction as well. Much time is also devoted to intertextuality and to humour, wit and irony. Building on the work of scholars like Martyn, Jenkyns and Schmitz, who see in Juvenal a consistently skilful and sophisticated author, this is a whole book demonstrating a high level of expertise on Juvenal’s part sustained throughout; a long poem (rather than intermittent flashes). This investigation of 10 leads to the conclusion that Juvenal is an accomplished poet and provocative satirist, a writer with real focus, who makes every word count, and a final chapter exploring Satires 11 and 12 confirms that assessment. Translation of the Latin and explanation of references are included so that Classics students will find the book easier to use and it will also be accessible to scholars and students interested in satire outside of Classics departments.

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Liverpool University Press

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1786948362

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Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

By: Professor William Washabaugh

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Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

By: Professor William Washabaugh

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain explores the efforts of the current government in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and marker of cultural identity. Further, it aims to demonstrate that these Andalusian efforts form part of the ambitious project of rethinking the nation-state of Spain, and of reconsidering the nature of national identity. A salient theme in this book is that the development of notions of style and identity are mediated by social institutions. Specifically, the book documents the development of flamenco's musical style by tracing the genre's development, between 1880 and 1980, and demonstrating the manner in which the now conventional characterization of the flamenco style was mediated by krausist, modernist, and journalist institutions. Just as importantly, it identifies two recent institutional forces, that of audio recording and cinema, that promote a concept of musical style that sharply contrasts with the conventional notion. By emphasizing the importance of forward-looking notions of style and identity, Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain makes a strong case for advancing the Spanish experiment in nation-building, but also for re-thinking nationalism and cultural identity on a global scale.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409495264

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9781409495260

Sacred Passions : The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla

The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla

By: Carol A. Hess Assistant Professor of Music Bowling Green State University

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Sacred Passions : The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla

The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla

By: Carol A. Hess Assistant Professor of Music Bowling Green State University

The work of composer Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) ranges from late-romantic salon pieces to evocations of flamenco to stark neoclassicism. Yet his music has met with conflicting reactions, depending on the audience. In his native Spain, Falla is considered the most innovative composer of the first half of the twentieth century. Likewise, in the United States, Falla enjoyed a strong following in the concert hall. But many of his works, especially some of the "colorful" or "exotic" dances from The Three-Cornered Hat and El Amor Brujo, were taken up during the Latin music craze of the 1930s and 40s and appeared in everything from jazz and pop arrangements to MGM musicals. Similarly enigmatic are the details of Falla's life. He never sustained a lasting, intimate relationship with a woman, yet he created compelling female roles for the lyric stage. Although he became incensed when publishers altered his music, he more than once tinkered with Chopin and Debussy. Despite insisting that he was apolitical, Falla ultimately took sides in the Spanish Civil War, initially allying himself rather half-heartedly with Franco's Nationalists but later rejecting the honors they proffered. All his life, his rigorous brand of Roman Catholicism brought him both solace and agony in his quest for spiritual and artistic perfection. In Sacred Passions: The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla, Carol A. Hess explores these contradictions and offers a fresh understanding of this fascinating composer. Building on over a decade of research, Hess examines Falla's work in terms of musical style and explores the cultural milieus in which he worked. During a seven-year sojourn to Paris just pior to World War I, Falla associated with composers Dukas, Stravinsky, Ravel, and the rest of the group known as les Apaches. Later, back in Spain, he played a pivotal role in the remarkable cultural renaissance known as the "Silver Age," during which Lorca, Bunuel, Dali, Unamuno-and of course Falla himself-made some of their boldest artistic statements. Hess also explores a number of myths cultivated in earlier biographies, including Falla's supposed misogynistic tendencies and accusations of homosexuality, which have led some biographers to consider him a saint-like ascetic. She offers a balanced view of his behavior during the Spanish Civil War, a wrenching event for a Spaniard of his generation, and one that Falla biographers have left largely untouched. With superb analysis of his music and enlightening detail about its critical reception, Hess also examines Falla's status in some circles as little more than a high-class pop composer, given the mass appeal of much of his music. She incorporates recent research on Falla, draws upon untapped sources in the Falla archives, and reevaluates his work in terms of current issues in musicology. Ultimately, Hess places Falla's variegated ouevre, which straddles popular and serious idioms, securely among the best of his better-known European contemporaries. What emerges is a gracefully written, balanced portrait of a man whose lofty spiritual values inspired singular musical utterances but were often at odds with the decidedly imperfect world he inhabited.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199724288

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Struggle Against the State

Social Network and Protest Mobilization in India

By: Professor Ashok Swain

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Struggle Against the State

Social Network and Protest Mobilization in India

By: Professor Ashok Swain

Many developing countries pursue policies of rapid industrialization in order to achieve faster economic growth. Some policies cause displacement forcing many individuals to take up a fight against the state. Interestingly some of these dissenting individuals are more successful in organizing their protests than others. In this book, Ashok Swain demonstrates how displaced people mobilize to protest with the help of their social networks. Studying protests against large industrial and development projects, Swain compares the mobilization process between a traditionally protest rich and a protest poor region in India to explain how social network structures are a key component to understand this variation. He reveals how improved mobilization capability coincides with their evolving social network structure thanks to recent exposure to external actors like religious missionaries and radical left activists. The in-depth examination of the existing literature on social mobilization and extensive fieldwork conducted in India make this book a well-organized and useful resource to analyze protest mobilization in developing regions.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409499928

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9781409499923

A Bouquet of Business Case Studies

By: Prof J.A.Kulkarni Associate Professor ASM Group Of Institutes PuneDr. Sandeep Pachpande Chairman ASM Group of Institutes,Prof. J.A.Kulkarni Associate Professor ASM.

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A Bouquet of Business Case Studies

By: Prof J.A.Kulkarni Associate Professor ASM Group Of Institutes PuneDr. Sandeep Pachpande Chairman ASM Group of Institutes,Prof. J.A.Kulkarni Associate Professor ASM.

Business Case Studies and Their Relevance to Management Education Many B-schools outside India have adopted the case study methodology for teaching almost in all branches of management studies. This trend has been seen in India also, many premier B schools have implemented case study–based methodology as an important pedagogical tool in management education. However there is a severe shortage in Indian case studies through which the B-schools can provide an industry insight to its students. Objectives of use of case study methodology The main objectives of using case-based teaching as a major pedagogical tool in B- schools are as follows: 1. To facilitate students’ concept development capabilities through exposure to real-life problems in Industries 2. To enable students to correlate theoretical topics with the techniques used in analysing complex issues in business situations 3. To develop skills using which students can develop application matrix for the theoretical topics for real-life problem analysis and resolution techniques The present environment The academic environment across the world to is facing a major disruption on account the global pandemic COVID 19 compelling switching over to online/blended versions of teaching and learning process. The main drivers will be use of tools such as case methodology and simulation exercises for ensuring experiential learning ASMs Initiative Realizing this requirement ASM Group with nearly 250 business Case Studies developed by its faculty takes pleasure in offering these cases by publishing in case volumes The case studies in this book are appropriate for the courses in management studies ASM group of Institutes is certain that this book ‘A Bouquet of Business Case Studies’ published by Become Shakespeare.com will receive excellent response from the faculty , students and industry executives in India and abroad.

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9390543363

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9789390543366

Exercise

A Scientific and Clinical Overview

By: Dr Hugh J.N. Bethell,Professor David Brodie

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Exercise

A Scientific and Clinical Overview

By: Dr Hugh J.N. Bethell,Professor David Brodie

This book is about exercise - what it is, how it affects the individual, how it is measured and most of all what benefits it brings. Beginning with an introduction to the history and biology of exercise, the authors review the interactions between exercise and specific diseases, such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer and many more, before considering exercise in a wider health context. With comprehensive and clear explanations based on sound science, yet written in an approachable and accessible style, this book is a valuable resource for students of medicine, public health, physiotherapy, sports science, coaching and training.

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CABI

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1800621833

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9781800621831

Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 1187–1291

By: Professor Denys Pringle

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Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 1187–1291

By: Professor Denys Pringle

This book presents new translations of a selection of Latin and French pilgrimage texts - and two in Greek - relating to Jerusalem and the Holy Land between the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 and the loss of Acre to the Mamluks in 1291. It therefore complements and extends existing studies, which deal with the period from Late Antiquity to Saladin's conquest. Such texts provide a wealth of information not only about the business of pilgrimage itself, but also on church history, topography, architecture and the social and economic conditions prevailing in Palestine in this period. Pilgrimage texts of the 13th century have not previously been studied as a group in this way; and, because the existing editions of them are scattered across a variety of rather obscure publications, they tend to be under-utilized by historians, despite their considerable interest. For instance, they are often more original than the texts of the 12th century, representing first-hand accounts of travellers rather than simple reworkings of older texts. Taken together, they document the changes that occurred in the pattern of pilgrimage after the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, during its brief reoccupation by the Franks between 1229 and 1244, and during the period from 1260 onwards when the Mamluks gradually took military control of the whole country. In the 1250s-60s, for example, because of the difficulties faced by pilgrims in reaching Jerusalem itself, there developed an alternative set of holy sites offering indulgences in Acre. The bringing of Transjordan, southern Palestine and Sinai under Ayyubid and, later, Mamluk control also encouraged the development of the pilgrimage to St Catherine's monastery on Mount Sinai in this period. The translations are accompanied by explanatory footnotes and preceded by an introduction, which discusses the development of Holy Land pilgrimage in this period and the context, dating and composition of the texts themselves. The book concludes with a comprehensive list of sources and a detailed index.

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1409483118

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Sacred Passions : The Life and Music of Manuel de Falla

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A Bouquet of Business Case Studies

A Bouquet of Business Case Studies

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Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 1187–1291

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