Author: Wytse Keulen File Type: pdf This monograph presents an original portrait of the second-century miscellanist Aulus Gellius, based on a detailed reading of Attic Nights against its contemporary background. Highlighting Gellius use of humour and irony in his portrayals of controversial celebrities such as Favorinus and Herodes Atticus, this book provides a necessary corrective to interpretations of Gellius as an uncritical philhellene or an apolitical bookworm. Distinguishing Gellius various literary personae (the youthful sectator, the independent researcher, the mature writer and adviser), this book uncovers the many-layered sophistication of Gellius self-presentation. Noting previously unrecognised allusions to literary works and contemporary events, it offers a fresh perspective on Gellius as a satirical writer, whose Roman cultural programme reflects the ambiguities and complexities of Antonine intellectual life.About the AuthorWytse H. Keulen, Ph.D. (2003) in Classics, University of Groningen. His commentary on Apuleius Metamorphoses Book I appeared in 2007 (Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius) he is co-editor of The Ancient Novel and Beyond (Brill, 2003).

Author: Kelly Luckett File Type: pdf A Complete Guide to Building and Maintaining Green RoofsWritten by an industry expert in green roof design and installation, this GreenSource book presents all of the information you need to skillfully design, construct, and maintain green roofs. You will find a wealth of practical details gathered through real-world implementations and independent research.Green Roof Construction and Maintenance explains how to design a green roof, plan for irrigation and drainage, select and place soil and plants, and maintain the entire setup. The book also discusses return on investment, LEED design specifications, and the myriad short- and long-term environmental benefits of green roofs. Filled with step-by-step illustrations and full-color photographs, this is a valuable, hands-on guide to a rapidly emerging trend in the sustainability movement. Green Roof Construction and Maintenance includesullKey questions to ask at each stage of the green building processllTested tips and techniques for successful structural designllConstruction methods for new and existing buildingsllInformation on insulation, drainage, detailing, irrigation, and plant selection llDetails on optimal soil formulationllIllustrations featuring various stages of constructionllBest practices for green roof maintenancellA survey of environmental benefits, including evapo-transpiration, storm-water management, habitat restoration, and improvement of air qualityllTips on the LEED design and certification processllConsiderations for assessing return on investmentllColor photographs of successfully installed green roofsllUseful checklists, tables, and chartslulAbout the AuthorKelly Luckett, LEED AP, is president of Saint Louis Metalworks, a provider of sheet metal roof accessories and metal roofing. In 2004, his company launched the Green Roof Blocks product line and has since installed more than 50 green roofs, most notably at colleges and universities. He has published newsletter and magazine articles and is a member of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, a rapidly growing not-for-profit industry association working to promote green roofs throughout North America.

Author: Justin Bozung File Type: pdf The Cinema of Norman Mailer Film is Like Death not only examines the enfant terrible writers thoughts on cinema, but also features interviews with Norman Mailer himself. The Cinema of Norman Mailer also explores Mailers cinema through previously published and newly commissioned essays written by an array of film and literary scholars, enthusiasts, and those with a personal, philosophical connection to Mailer. This volume discusses the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and filmmakers six films created during the years of 1947 and 1987, and contends to show how Mailers films can be best read as cinematic delineations that visually represent many of the writers metaphysical and ontological concerns and ideas that appear in his texts from the 1950s until his passing in 2007. By re-examining Mailers cinema through these new perspectives, one may be awarded not just a deeper understanding of Mailers desire to make films, but also find a new, alternative vision of Mailer himself. Norman Mailer was not just a writer, but more he was one of the most influential Postmodern artists of the twentieth century with deep roots in the cinema. He allowed the cinema to not only influence his aesthetic approach, but sanctioned it as his easiest-crafted analogy for exploring sociological imagination in his writing. Mailer once suggested, Film is legitimately more interesting than books... and with that in mind, readers of Norman Mailer might begin to rethink his oeuvre through the viewfinder of the film medium, as he was equally as passionate about working within cinema as he was about literature itself. **Review this is an illuminating, long overdue reassessment of Mailers cinematic endeavors. - Shock Cinema Magazine You can bet there will never be another book on the films of Norman Mailer. This always intelligent look back at the despised movie career of this famously talented writer is made all the more astonishing by the collected essays honesty, respect and attempt at historical context. Reading about these movies is way more fun than actually seeing them and even Norman might agree. - John Waters, Director and Screenwriter, USA Bozungs collection represents a major advance in our understanding of Mailers filmstheir origins, creation, reception, relationship to his literary work, and enduring influence. His assiduous archival work, communication with almost everyone alive involved with Mailers filmmaking, the collection of previously published essays (including Mailers), and the commissioning of new ones, plus an extraordinary collection of photographs, makes The Cinema of Norman Mailer the definitive volume on Mailers film career. - J. Michael Lennon, author of Norman Mailer A Double Life (2013) and Emeritus Professor of English, Wilkes University, USA Because of this thorough, eclectic, and nuanced text, I now feel as if I could do a better job teaching Mailer as a filmmaker and communicate a more critical and contextualized understanding of Mailers process and product. Now, after reading this comprehensive collection of memoirs, essays, and interviewsone that, I might add, will appeal to the enthusiast as well as undergraduate and graduate studentsI feel as if I actually might be able to do Mailer justice as a filmmaker in the classroom. Now, instead of thinking about Mailer as a writer who pushed the boundaries of all the genres he worked in, thanks to Bozungs collection, I have a broader understanding of Norman Mailer and his cultural legacy. Norman Mailer Review About the Author Justin Bozung is a researcher, writer, and part-time archivist, residing in Georgia, USA. He was a featured contributor at Shock Cinema and Videoscope magazines from 2010 to 2014. He has contributed to two books about Stanley Kubrick 2001 The Lost Science (2013) and Studies in the Horror Film Stanley Kubricks The Shining (2015). Bozung serves on the board of the Norman Mailer Society and lectures about Mailers films.

Author: Emily Brady File Type: pdf Within philosophy, a new interest in aesthetics beyond the arts has encouraged the rapid growth of environmental aesthetics. Within this literature, however, less attention has been given to the spaces and places that emerge from various nature-culture interactions. This has meant the relative neglect of types of environments to which the majority of people have access, and interact with, in a sustained manner. In this respect, these are the environments in which many of us understand and value nature. Through a greater understanding of how humans interact with these environments and the types of relationships that emerge through this interaction, we address seek to address this gap. Between Nature and Culture provides a systematic, philosophical account of the main issues and problems that pertain to the aesthetics of modified environments, as well as new insights concerning the generation and appreciation of landscapes and environments that fall between (non-human) nature and (human) culture, including gardens, agricultural and ecologically restored landscapes, and land and ecological art works. **Review A welcome collaborative effort that examines both mainstream and quirky instances of modified natural environments, proposes proper modes of aesthetic appreciation for such sites, and urges an ethical stewardship that foregrounds caring for the natural world we inhabit. (Stephanie Ross, Professor of Philosophy, University of Missouri, St Louis) Until recently, environmental aesthetics was preoccupied with wild or unmodified nature. Since the environments we engage with most like gardens and farmland are decisively modified by cultural practices, a book on the aesthetics of such environments is especially welcome. The authors provide clear, informed and closely argued discussions of topics that range from topiary and monocultural farming to landscape restoration and environmental art. Their book will surely help to widen the horizons of environmental aesthetics. (David E. Cooper, Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy, Durham University) Between Nature and Culture The Aesthetics of Modified Environments is a masterpiece. Clear and well-expressed, the books philosophy is optimistic and admirable, and reminds me of the early writings of transcendentalists such as Henry David Thoreau. (Jai Syvitski, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder) This timely and carefully-argued book addresses the various ways that aesthetic value can be created by working with nature. In so doing, it sheds new light on the aesthetic and ethical significance of a wide range of practices, from topiary to stonewalling and from land art to the restoration of post-industrial landscapes. I highly recommend it. (Simon Paul James, Reader in Philosophy at Durham University Member of Durham Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences) In contrast to much of the major work in environmental aesthetics, Between Nature and Culture focuses on the aesthetic potential of modified environments, such as gardens and agricultural landscapes, where the land is intentionally modified to suit human needs and purposes. The book is an excellent introduction to this important area of research as well as a deep discussion of its major themes. It will be an essential source for scholars and a fascinating read for anyone interested in the aesthetic appreciation of the environments in which, as the authors note, most of us spend most of our lives. (Allen Carlson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta) About the Author Emily Brady is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University. She works in the areas of aesthetics and philosophy of art, environmental ethics, environmental humanities, and animal studies. She has published widely in aesthetics and environmental philosophy, and her most recent book is The Sublime in Modern Philosophy Aesthetics, Ethics and Nature (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Dr Isis Brook is Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer at Crossfields Institute International. She has held philosophy lectureships at Lancaster University, where she also served as a Faculty Teaching Dean, and the University of Central Lancashire. Her research and publications range across aesthetics, environmental ethics, and phenomenology. She is especially interested in responses to gardens and landscapes, and how these responses can be made more sensitive and ultimately shape who we are. Dr Jonathan Prior is Lecturer in Human Geography at Cardiff University. His research and publications take an interdisciplinary approach, spanning environmental philosophy, sound studies, and landscape research. He is interested in the relationship between environmental values and the production of environmental policies, as a means to understand what motivates and underpins different ways of conceptualising the more-than-human world when humans seek to implement conservation, ecological restoration, or environmental management strategies.