Hidden Topographies
Hidden Topographies

Author: Raphael Zähringer

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-04-24

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 3110535858

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This book examines dystopian fiction’s recent paradigm shift towards urban dystopias. It links the dystopian tradition with the literary history of the novel, spatio-philosophical concepts against the backdrop of the spatial turn, and systems-theory. Five dystopian novels are discussed in great detail: China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station (2000) and The City & The City (2009), City of Bohane (2011) by Kevin Barry, John Berger’s Lilac and Flag (1992), and Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson. The book includes chapters on the literary history of the dystopian tradition, the referential interplay of maps and literature, urban spaces in literature, borders and transgressions, and on systems-theory as a tool for charting dystopian fiction. The result is a detailed overview of how dystopian fiction constantly adapts to – and reflects on – the actual world.

Topographies
Topographies

Author: Joseph Hillis Miller

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780804723794

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This book investigates the function of topographical names and descriptions in a variety of narratives, poems, and philosophical or theoretical texts, primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries, but including also Plato and the Bible. Topics include the initiating efficacy of speech acts, ethical responsibility, political or legislative power, the translation of theory from one topographical location to another, the way topographical delineations can function as parable or allegory, and the relation of personification to landscape.

Gothic Topographies
Gothic Topographies

Author: Matti Savolainen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1317126033

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In demonstrating the global reach of Gothic literatures, this collection takes up the influence of the Gothic mode in literatures that may be geographically remote from one another but still share related issues of minor languages, nation building, place and race. Suggesting that there is a parallel between certain motifs and themes found in the Gothic of the North (Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Canada) and South (Australia, South Africa and the US South), the essays explore the transgressions and confusion of borders and limits, whether they be linguistic, literary, generic, class-based, gendered or sexual. The volume includes essays on a wide diversity of authors and topics: Jan Potocki, Gustav Meyrink, William Godwin, Alan Hollinghurst, Marlene van Niekerk, John Richardson, antislavery discourse and the Gothic imagination, the Australian aboriginal Gothic, vampires of Post-Soviet Gothic society, Danish, Swedish and Finnish fiction and film, and the Canadian female Gothic and the death drive. What distinguishes this book from other collections on the Gothic is the coverage of themes and literatures that are either lacking in the mainstream research on the Gothic or are referred to only briefly in other book-length studies. Experts in the Gothic and those new to the field will appreciate the book's commitment to situating Gothic sensibilities in an international context.

Psychic Topography
Psychic Topography

Author: Azhar ul Haque Sario

Publisher: epubli

Published: 2024-10-13

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 3759894763

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Embark on a journey through the mind's landscape with "Psychic Topography." Explore the Desert of Loneliness, the Forest of Intuition, and the River of Time. Confront fears in the Abyss of Fear, find peace in the Plains of Contentment, and make choices at the Cliff of Decision. Navigate the Labyrinth of Thoughts, endure the Tundra of Resilience, and cultivate relationships in the Garden of Relationships. Face anger in the Volcano of Anger, reflect at the Mirror Lake of Reflection, and uncover secrets in the Cave of Secrets. Cross the Bridge of Hope to reach the Ocean of Emotions and finally, the Castle of Dreams. This book is your guide to self-discovery.

WayPoems
WayPoems

Author: Allen Goddard

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-07-30

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 1666719110

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This book contains fragments of story, memory and everyday encounters with place. In this collection, South African poet Allen Goddard invites the reader on a sacred pilgrimage into delight, grief, lament, and hope.

A Topography of Confucian Discourse
A Topography of Confucian Discourse

Author:

Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 193190734X

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Throughout history, numerous scholars and intellectuals have tried to define Confucianism one way or another. Despite their efforts, the voices of those who claim to have found the essence of Confucianism are as much at odds as ever. A Topography of Confucian Discourse analyzes Confucian discussion in diverse historical settings, examining how Confucianism has served the different purposes of biased interpreters and how they have manipulated Confucian discourse. To explore their hidden desires, Lee Seung-hwan critically observes various historical contexts in which people interpreted Confucianism: in the heyday of the Jesuit Missionaries, the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, the period of Western Imperialism, late twentieth-century postmodern America, Tokugawa Japan, Choson Korea, China, Taiwan, South Korea, as well as Singapore. The author successfully historicizes Confucian discourse, explaining why, against a certain political background, a certain view on Confucianism has to arise. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lee Seung-hwan received his PhD from the University of Hawaii. A professor of philosophy at Korea University, Lee has authored several books including The Sociopolitical Re-illumination of Confucian Thought and The Exchange of E-Mail between the West and the East for 127 Days. Lee has been known as a progressive philosopher of Chinese philosophy and has dealt with the inherent conflicts in liberal political thought. ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR Jaeyoon Song is a PhD candidate at Harvard University and is interested in Chinese intellectual history and philosophy. He is currently working on Song discourse on government, especially the rise of a proto-constitutional debate in Southern Song China.

Topography
Topography

Author: Steve Krogh

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2019-12-23

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1973680467

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A pastor must pass over varied terrains as he treks from Sunday to Sunday through the hills, valleys, rocky paths and spring runoff streams of study, prayer, preaching, counsel, and administration. Equally significant are the roles of husband and father, which add the contour lines of provision, leadership and nurture. Such is the trail that Steve Krogh has traversed for over thirty years. This book is a curated collection written by Steve Krogh during his time as a pastor when he had six children sitting around the dinner table each evening. The significance of the pastoral role and the intimacy of his role as father often meet in his writings to reveal both wit and sentiment. His thoughts were never abstract but deeply interwoven to place and patterns. Summer backpacks, fall yard work, winter basketball, and spring cleaning projects. Within these articles written over thirteen years, Steve explores the eternal significance found in temporal places, everywhere from Niagara Falls to the Krogh family home. They represent the varied terrain of one pastor’s journey.