Wittgenstein's Mistress

Wittgenstein's Mistress
Author: David Markson
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1989
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Wittgenstein's Mistress is a novel unlike anything David Markson or anyone else has ever written before. It is the story of a woman who is convinced and, astonishingly, will ultimately convince the reader as well that she is the only person left on earth.

Converso Non-Conformism in Early Modern Spain

Converso Non-Conformism in Early Modern Spain
Author: Kevin Ingram
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2018-12-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 3319932365

This book examines the effects of Jewish conversions to Christianity in late medieval Spanish society. Ingram focuses on these converts and their descendants (known as conversos) not as Judaizers, but as Christian humanists, mystics and evangelists, who attempt to create a new society based on quietist religious practice, merit, and toleration. His narrative takes the reader on a journey from the late fourteenth-century conversions and the first blood purity laws (designed to marginalize conversos), through the early sixteenth-century Erasmian and radical mystical movements, to a Counter-Reformation environment in which conversos become the advocates for pacifism and concordance. His account ends at the court of Philip IV, where growing intolerance towards Madrid’s converso courtiers is subtly attacked by Spain’s greatest painter, Diego Velázquez, in his work, Los Borrachos. Finally, Ingram examines the historiography of early modern Spain, in which he argues the converso reform phenomenon continues to be underexplored.

The Getty Murua

The Getty Murua
Author: Thomas B. F. Cummins
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2008-09-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892368942

Here is a set of essays on Historia general del Piru that discuss not only the manuscript's physical components--quires and watermarks, scripts and pigments--but also its relation to other Andean manuscripts, Inca textiles, European portraits, and Spanish sources and publication procedures. The sum is an unusually detailed and interdisciplinary analysis of the creation and fate of a historical and artistic treasure.

The Spasm

The Spasm
Author: Guy De Maupassant
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2024-08-12
Genre:
ISBN:

Delve into the unsettling and suspenseful world of ""The Spasm"" by Guy De Maupassant. This gripping short story centers on a sudden and inexplicable spasm that disrupts the protagonist's life, exploring themes of fear, unpredictability, and the fragility of human existence. Maupassant’s narrative creates a tense and eerie atmosphere, highlighting the impact of sudden, uncontrollable events on individuals. De Maupassant masterfully builds suspense and psychological tension, using the spasm as a metaphor for the unpredictability of life and the vulnerability of the human condition. The story offers a compelling look at how fear and anxiety can affect one's perception of reality. ""The Spasm"" is perfect for readers who enjoy psychological thrillers and stories with a focus on suspense and tension. Ideal for those who appreciate Guy De Maupassant’s skill in creating gripping and thought-provoking narratives.

Affective Geographies

Affective Geographies
Author: Paul Michael Johnson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1487536402

For Miguel de Cervantes, to narrate a Mediterranean experience is to necessarily speak of an emotional experience. Affective Geographies takes as its point of departure the premise that literature is as influential in constructing the Mediterranean as are its geographic, climatic, or economic features. As the writer with the most vast and varied Mediterranean experience of his era, Cervantes is exceptionally well-suited for the critical task of recovering the literary Mediterranean. Engaging with the interdisciplinary fields of Mediterranean studies, affect theory, and the history of emotion, Paul Michael Johnson reads Cervantes’s texts alongside the affective structures that inscribe the Mediterranean as a space of conflict, commerce, expansion, and empire. In particular, he argues that Cervantes’s writing, with its uncommon focus on the Moorish, Islamic, and North African experience, can serve to realign misconceptions about the Mediterranean we have inherited today. Affective Geographies proposes that, with a more than four-hundred-year history of impacting the hearts and minds of readers, Cervantes’s works constitute a literary longue durée, ramifying beyond fiction to alter the popular imaginary and long-term cultural landscape.

Media and Religion

Media and Religion
Author: Stewart M. Hoover
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2021-07-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110496089

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Structure from Motion in the Geosciences

Structure from Motion in the Geosciences
Author: Jonathan L. Carrivick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118895827

Structure from Motion with Multi View Stereo provides hyperscale landform models using images acquired from standard compact cameras and a network of ground control points. The technique is not limited in temporal frequency and can provide point cloud data comparable in density and accuracy to those generated by terrestrial and airborne laser scanning at a fraction of the cost. It therefore offers exciting opportunities to characterise surface topography in unprecedented detail and, with multi-temporal data, to detect elevation, position and volumetric changes that are symptomatic of earth surface processes. This book firstly places Structure from Motion in the context of other digital surveying methods and details the Structure from Motion workflow including available software packages and assessments of uncertainty and accuracy. It then critically reviews current usage of Structure from Motion in the geosciences, provides a synthesis of recent validation studies and looks to the future by highlighting opportunities arising from developments in allied disciplines. This book will appeal to academics, students and industry professionals because it balances technical knowledge of the Structure from Motion workflow with practical guidelines for image acquisition, image processing and data quality assessment and includes case studies that have been contributed by experts from around the world.

El Primaleón y Juan del Encina

El Primaleón y Juan del Encina
Author: Govert Westerveld
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2013-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1291615806

Ya han pasado cuatro años desde la publicación de mi otro libro, en el cual anunciaba que la obra Primaleón podría haber sido escrita por Juan del Encina. Con esta idea tan fuera de "la realidad", se había iniciado un proceso de revisar todo lo que se creía y se aceptaba como la verdad. La teoría puede darnos una base para los estudios, pero debemos tener cuidado en no caer en la trampa de la teoría; es decir, en no pretender encontrar "otras verdades". Entre tanto parecen ser que los nuevos métodos estilísticos confirman mi hipótesis. Esto es el motivo de escribir este libro para reconfirmar mi punto de vista del año 2009, de que Juan del Encina es el autor de la obra Primaleón, esperando que se abra un nuevo camino en las investigaciones estilísticas.