Author: Ros Murray File Type: pdf Antonin Artaud is one of the most challenging and provocative figures in twentieth-century France. Hugely influential on critical theorists from the post-war period up to the present day, Artauds work continues to be discussed in theatre studies, critical theory, avant-garde art, performance practice and film studies. Taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, reading his work alongside Daniel Paul Schreber, Georges Bataille, Lewis Carroll, Germaine Dulac and Carl Theodor Dreyer, Antonin Artaud The Scum of the Soul delves into the heart of Artauds creative project, situating this at the level of the material object the paper on which he wrote, the space of performance, the film-strip and the tape recording. This illuminating book will be of major significance to readers interested in corporeal revolt and the power of gesture, shedding new light on established theories of media and performance and considering the unexplored complexities of Artauds work as it engages with matter.ReviewRos Murrays engaging book offers an excellent survey across significant aspects of Antonin Artauds ouevre, and outlines a clear set of principles that underpinned his creative energies. Starting with the premise that Artauds work attempted to locate the origins of thought in the body, and considering the implications of this for his art, Murray seeks to put different disciplinary approaches and perspectives in dialogue as she approaches his output in various media. With an eye always on how the body and the text interact, Artauds relationship with language is scrutinised, giving the reader a useful set of approaches to his activities that contextualises, clarifies and facilitates our continued engagement with that varied, challenging and expressive body of work. - Mark Taylor-Batty, University of Leeds, UKAbout the AuthorDr. Ros Murray is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the department of Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Author: Lanfranc Of Canterbury File Type: pdf The eucharistic crisis of the eleventh century posed the greatest challenge to the Churchs understanding of the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament until the Reformation. The eucharistic symbolism of Berengarius of Tours, which was at the heart of the controversy, was challenged first by Lanfranc of Canterbury and then by his student Guitmund of Aversa. Both authors countered with a vigorous defense of the Churchs traditional belief that the body of Christ in the Eucharist is the same body that was born of the Virgin Mary, now risen and in glory.In this first English translation of Lanfrancs De corpore et sanguine Domini adversus Berengarium, the reader learns firsthand both the history of the crisis and the doctrinal issues in question. Lesser known than Lanfrancs work, but of greater doctrinal significance, is Guitmunds De corporis et sanguinis Christi veritate in eucharistia. In Guitmunds work, one finds a treatment of the doctrinal issues involved that is not only more systematic than that of Lanfranc, but far more speculative in character, and one that presents a fascinating vision of the Eucharist as a continuation of Christs Easter appearances. Such a vision is one that the translator calls the species domini or an appearance of the Lord for it interprets the doctrine of the Real Presence in a way that identifies it as physical contact with the celestial Christ, of the same genre as the post-Resurrection appearances to his followers.The translations of both Lanfrancs and Guitmunds works, along with extensive commentary and notes, make this volume of the Mediaeval Continuation of the Fathers of the Church series an important study in the history of the development of eucharistic theology. ABOUT THE TRANSLATORMark G. Vaillancourt holds a Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University. He has been published in the Thomist and Homiletic and Pastoral Review and is an adjunct professor of theology at St. Johns University and the Institute of Religious Studies, Dunwoodie, New York. He is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York and currently the president of Kennedy Catholic High School. **

Author: Marcie Frank File Type: pdf Novelist, television personality, political candidate, and maverick social commentator, Gore Vidal is one of the most innovative, influential, and enduring American intellectuals of the past fifty years. In How to Be an Intellectual in the Age of TV, Marcie Frank provides a concise introduction to Vidals life and work as she argues that the twentieth-century shift from print to electronic media, particularly TV and film, has not only loomed large in Vidals thought but also structured his career. Looking at Vidals prolific literary output, Frank shows how he has reflected explicitly on this subject at every turn in essays on politics, his book on Hollywood and history, his reviews and interviews, and topical excursions within the novels. At the same time, she traces how he has repeatedly crossed the line supposedly separating print and electronic culture, perhaps with more success than any other American intellectual. He has written television serials and screenplays, appeared in movies, and regularly appeared on television, most famously in heated arguments with Norman Mailer on The Dick Cavett Show and with William F. Buckley during ABCs coverage of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.Frank highlights the connections between Vidals attitudes toward TV, sex, and American politics as they have informed his literary and political writings and screen appearances. She deftly situates his public persona in relation to those of Andy Warhol, Jacqueline Susann, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, and others. By describing Vidals shrewd maneuvering between different media, Frank suggests that his career offers a model to aspiring public intellectuals and a refutation to those who argue that electronic media have eviscerated public discourse. **

Author: Mike Elvin File Type: pdf From the Back CoverFinancial Risk Taking explores the complex relationship between human behaviour and the markets, offering the reader a context in which to assess their own strengths and weaknesses. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to invest in stocks and trade futures as part of a Self-Investment Pension or day trading business. Following years of trading and careful research the author has developed the comprehensive Model of Trading Competence that depicts the competences and competencies required to succeed.The book embraces some controversial issues and introduces the concepts ofullPerceptual Errors - how these negatively influence the trading process and how to overcome them through applying techniques such as analysis and refutation.llEmotions - are they enabling or disabling in the investmenttrading forum? Research showing that they are indispensible to the decision processes in trading and everyday lifeis discussed.llThe Paramouncy Principle - demonstrates that you are the most importan t variable in the trading equation.llSelf-Sabotaging Behaviours - what they are and how to overcome them.llLoss and Success Depression - what are success and failure|? How to overcome feeling of hopelessness if it all goes wrong.llStress - what it is and how to ameliorate its negative effects.lulEight Standards with relevant criteria are presented in the final chapter in the style of a work-book for readers and students to structure their personal learning. About the AuthorMike Elvin graduated in Psychology from the University of Sussex and subsequently received a scholarship from the Home Office to write a thesis at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He was employed as a psychologist by the renowned Professor RG Andry, at the University of London, undertaking research and practice in psychiatric therapeutic communities.For some years, D. Elvin managed Community Mental Health Services in London, UK, and was seconded to the University of Kingston Business School to study Business Administration. At that time, he was trading stocks and shares part time with considerable success. He resigned his management post o undertake employment as a full-time trader and to develop trading systems with Tom Williams at Genie Software Ltd. Dr. Elvin teaches and writes on the psychology of trading, behavioural finance, and technical analysis giving individual tuition and seminars. He wrote Financial Risk Taking following research over eight years, which included interviewing home and professional traders, mainly in the UK. He holds approved status as an expert witness in Sweet and Maxwells Law Directory of Experts and is developing a diploma course for traders in the UK.