The Shawshank Experience
The Shawshank Experience

Author: Maura Grady

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1137531657

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This book features an in-depth analysis of the world’s most popular movie, The Shawshank Redemption, delving into issues such as: the significance of race in the film, its cinematic debt to earlier genres, the gothic influences at work in the movie, and the representation of Andy’s poster art as cross-gendered signifiers. In addition to exploring the film and novella from which it was adapted, this book also traces the history of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, which served as the film’s central location, and its relationship to the movie’s fictional Shawshank Prison. The last chapter examines why this film has remained both a popular and critical success, inspiring diverse fan bases on the Internet and the evolution of the Shawshank Trail, fourteen of the film’s actual site locations that have become a major tourist attraction in central Ohio.

Yvain
Yvain

Author: Chretien de Troyes

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1987-09-10

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0300187580

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The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.

Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church
Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church

Author: Bennett H Wall

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-10

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781015031500

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Decision Support Model for Assessing Archaeological Survey Needs for Bridge Replacement Projects in Iowa
Decision Support Model for Assessing Archaeological Survey Needs for Bridge Replacement Projects in Iowa

Author: Joe Alan Artz

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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To comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) are required to determine the effects of federally-assisted transportation undertakings, including bridge replacements, on archaeological sites. In the past 30 years, hundreds of archaeological surveys have been conducted for local- and primary-system bridge replacement projects. These surveys often require costly and time-consuming subsurface excavation to search for sites that may be deeply buried in thick deposits of alluvial (stream-deposited) sediments. An alternative approach would be to use knowledge gained from previous surveys to assess the archaeological potential of a proposed bridge replacement project before, and if possible instead of, committing resources to an archaeological survey. All the information needed to make such assessments, including archaeology, soils, geomorphology, and land-use history, can be assembled, viewed, and analyzed using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In this report, the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) explores the feasibility of using GIS data to evaluate archaeological survey needs for Iowa DOT bridge replacements. The resultant Bridges Decision Support Model integrates information on archaeological sites, surveys, bridges, and their geological contexts. The model will help streamline the Section 106 process by facilitating communication and information transfer; by providing consistent, well-informed, and uniformly-applied decision criteria; and by improving the cost-effectiveness of cultural resource compliance.