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Merle A. Williams
Bio: Merle A. Williams is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Populism & Foregrounding. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 14 publications receiving 27 citations.
Topics: Populism, Foregrounding, Democracy, Vision, Framing (construction)
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the significance of wounding in William Faulkner's Absalon, Absalom!. Drawing on the thought of the French phenomenologist, Maurice Merleau Ponty, wounds are shown to be imprinted in the very fabric of Southern life as they are impregnated in the fleshly tissue that chiasmatically intertwines the perceiver with the perceived world.
Abstract: Summary This article focuses on the significance of wounding in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!. Drawing on the thought of the French phenomenologist, Maurice Merleau Ponty, wounds are shown to be imprinted in the very fabric of Southern life, as they are impregnated in the fleshly tissue that chiasmatically intertwines the perceiver with the perceived world. At the same time, Faulkner's South is deemed to be haunted by the spectres of its violent past, as understood in terms of Jacques Derrida's Specters of Marx. The mutual enfolding of these two aspects of the novel produces the network of tensions informing the text. In their extended narrative, Quentin and Shreve seek to interpret Southern experience by recapturing the capacity for transcendent choice and action that might have shaped the seemingly impenetrable misfortunes of the Sutpen family. Quentin, in particular, also attempts to render justice to this dislocated history of suffering. However, the redemptive endeavour fails, and the novel re...
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TL;DR: The Bostonians (1886) as mentioned in this paper address notions of "the people,” popular movements, and socio-political reform, and foreground the position of women in the narrative searchingly, if...
Abstract: Unusually for Henry James, The Bostonians (1886) addresses notions of “the people,” popular movements, and socio-political reform. Foregrounding the position of women, the narrative searchingly, if...
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TL;DR: The Emancipation Proclamation as mentioned in this paper changed the focus of the Civil war -instead of fighting to restore the Union to the status-quo before the war, the Union was now fighting for a nation without slavery.
Abstract: On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the Civil war -instead of fighting to restore the Union to the status-quo before the war, the Union was now fighting for a nation without slavery. While the proclamation did not end slavery outright, it did set the nation on a path to end slavery. Below is a transcription of the Emancipation Proclamation delivered on January 1, 1863.
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TL;DR: Danow as discussed by the authors describes the thought of Mikhail Bakhtin from word to culture, from Word to Culture, 1991-2010. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
Abstract: The Thought of Mikhail Bakhtin: From Word to Culture. David K. Danow. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. 166 pp.
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