'A theatre of ruins'. Edward Bond & Samuel Beckett: theatrical antagonists

The playwright Edward Bond has long made known his antagonism to dramatists allied to Martin Esslin’s Theatre of the Absurd. The work of Samuel Beckett has come in for particular criticism by Bond. Using published writings (and unpublished correspondence between myself and Bond), I hope to trace the development of this antagonism between ‘Bondian’ and ‘Beckettian’ views of theatre. However, this article will also set out to argue that both early work such as The Pope’s Wedding (1962), and more recent work such as Coffee (1995), make use of motifs, characters and ideas from Beckett’s theatre. The article will set out provisional reasons why Bond, despite his misgivings, is not averse to incorporating elements from Beckett’s ‘theatre of ruins’, as he terms it, into his own work.

Interkulturellt synsätt i konflikt med konstruktionen av "De andra" : En textanalys av läroböcker i engelska för gymnasiet utgivna i Sverige under åren 1995-2003

Syftet med denna uppsats är att genom textanalys granska ett antal läroböcker i Engelska A för gymnasiet, utgivna i Sverige under tiden 1995-2003, för att därigenom utforska i vilken mån ett interkulturellt synsätt kommer till uttryck i dessa läroböcker. Slutsatserna som dras utifrån studien visar att ett interkulturellt synsätt betonar ett dynamiskt möte, där mötet leder till en djupare förståelse av sig själv och andra. För att mötet skall vara framgångsrikt förordas en plats utanför den egna och den andres kultur, vilken möjliggör ett utvidgande av den egna horisonten. Vidare visar textanalysen av läroböckerna att en vanligt förekommande skildring av kulturer i den övriga världen, är konstruktionen av ”de andra”, som skiljer sig mot hur den engelsktalande vita kulturen skildras som ”oss”. Den dolda värdering som konstruerar västvärlden till ”oss” och den övriga världen till ”dem”, är värderingar som inte medverkar till ett interkulturellt synsätt. De texter i läroböckerna som understödjer konstruktionen av ”de andra”, motverkar ett interkulturellt synsätt. Här skall också nämnas att ett icke omnämnande av andra kulturer än den vita västerländska och därutöver ett omnämnande av dessa i relation till problem och rasism, inte heller kan ses som medverkande till ett interkulturellt synsätt. Dock finns därutöver några texter i läroböckerna som nyanserat beskriver det mänskliga ”oss” och inte betonar ”vi och de andra”, och dessa kan sägas medverka till ett interkulturellt synsätt.

Review of <i> Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Worksi> by Leslie A. Duram

As an extension vegetable specialist with a strong interest in organic farming and in assisting farmers to make a living, I relished this book. Leslie Duram is a geographer at Southern Illinois University Carbondale who has her roots in Kansas and is motivated by a love for Plains agriculture. The book, which she describes as a piece of advocacy scholarship, is at once scholarly, informative, and entertaining. In six well-organized chapters Duram provides an overview of organic farming within the context of overall U.S. agriculture and society (with our growing demand for organic food), reviews research describing organic farms and farmers , presents and analyzes the stories of five successful organic family farms, and offers a vision of a future American agriculture based on medium-sized organic family farms.

Dr. Edward (Ted) Elliot Eulogy

Kathy and Susie, members of the faculty, and staff of the School of Natural Resource Sciences, ladies and gentlemen. There are some things in this world that, try as we may, just cannot be adequately accomplished. One of those things, for me at least, is to express adequately what I feel about the passing of Dr. Edward (Ted) Elliot. Ted came to this University of Nebraska a few months before I arrived, and it was my distinct honor to count him among my friends at this great University. Ted was a man of exceptional scientific standing and wisdom, and his loss leaves a void in all of our lives that will not be readily filled.

Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Alaska. XXII. <i>Paranoplocephala wigginsii> n. sp., a Cestode from an Arctic Ground Squirrel

During the summer of 1953, Mr. Edward T. Roche, of the Department of Zoology, University of Southern California, continued observations on the life history of the ground squirrel, Citellus undulatus barrowensis (Merriam), along the Meade River south of Point Barrow, Alaska. In the course of this work, 55 ground squirrels were examined for intestinal parasites, and were found commonly to harbor cestodes. Mr. Roche kindly offered a number of these cestodes to the writer for study, and they represent an undescribed species of Paranoplocephala Liihe, 1910. In appreciation of the generous cooperation extended to the personnel of this laboratory by Dr. Ira L. Wiggins, formerly Scientific Director of the Arctic Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, at Point Barrow, the name Paranoplocephala wigginsi n. sp. is proposed for this cestode.

<i>Mesodictyoni>, A New Fossil Genus of the Centric Diatom Family Thalassiosiraceae from the Miocene Chalk Hills Formation, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho

Three new centric diatom species assigned to a new genus are described from Miocene lacustrine deposits of Idaho. Species of the new genus, Mesodictyon, have the areola cribrum in the middle of the loculus, strutted processes and radiating, non-fasciculated striae. The strutted processes of M. magnum (diameter 60-150 μm) have long (2-3 μm) tubular extensions. The strutted processes of M. fovis (diameter 14-80 μm) are in distinct pits near the junction of the face and mantle. The valve face of M. undulatum (diameter 10-44 μm) is weakly tangentially undulate. Preliminary evidence indicates that Mesodictyon has a wide geographic distribution and may be a useful biostratigraphic marker.

Review of: Solving the Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls: New Light on the Bible, by Edward M. Cook

Edward M. Cook's new book makes an excellent addition to the growing list of "introductions" to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Aimed primarily at a Christian lay and clerical audience, it succeeds admirably in leading its readers through the labyrinthine world of Scroll scholarship and controversy. The book divides itself into two uneven parts. In the first part, chapters 1-4, Cook deals with the discovery of the Scrolls in 1947 and the subsequent history of their decipherment and (often delayed) publication. Cook's treatment of this controversial topic is the most fair and evenhanded I have ever read; he has done meticulous research, reading many accounts of the Scrolls, from Edmund Wilson's in the 1950's to the latest journal articles from 1993. The result is a highly readable account of the finding and purchase of the Scrolls, the appointment of an international team of scholars to decipher and publish them, the delays in publication (including the results of the Six Day War in 1967, when most of the Scroll fragments fell into Israeli hands), and the controversy surrounding then editor-in-chief John Strugnell and the release of the photographs in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Cook is objective and fair throughout, but particularly striking is his sympathetic portrayal of the original seven member editorial team.

Spontaneous onset of complex regional pain syndrome Type I in a woman infected with Bartonella koehlerae

After a short-term fever, complex regional pain syndrome, characterized by hyperalgesia, intermittent swelling, erythema and cyanosis of both feet, was diagnosed in a female veterinarian. The woman was infected with Bartonella koehlerae and she was also Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii seroreactive. Having failed other treatments, symptoms resolved following initiation of antibiotics.

Sugar concentration influences decision making in <i>Apis mellifera</i> L. workers during early-stage honey storage behaviour

Decision making in honeybees is based on in- formation which is acquired and processed in order to make choices between two or more al- ternatives. These choices lead to the expression of optimal behaviour strategies such as floral constancy. Optimal foraging strategies such as floral constancy improve a colony’s chances of survival, however to our knowledge, there has been no research on decision making based on optimal storage strategies. Here we show, using diagnostic radioentomology, that decision mak- ing in storer bees is influenced by nectar sugar concentrations and that, within 48 hours of col- lection, honeybees workers store carbohydrates in groups of cells with similar sugar concentra- tions in a nonrandom way. This behaviour, as evidenced by patchy spatial cell distributions, would help to hasten the ripening process by reducing the distance between cells of similar sugar concentrations. Thus, colonies which ex- hibit optimal storage strategies such as these would have an evolutionary advantage and im- prove colony survival expectations over less efficient colonies and it should be plausible to select colonies that exhibit these preferred traits.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 54 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit Jiri Veltruský (p. I 25, 242-321)

4 Briefe und 8 Beilagen zwischen Gerhard Tinter und Max Horkheimer, 1938; 1 Brief von Hans Tischler an Max Horkheimer, 08.12.1938; 4 Briefe zwischen Bernhard H. Titcomb und Max Horkheimer, 22.09.1935, 1935; 2 Briefe zwischen Paul Titus und Max Horkheimer, 07.06.1942, 09.06.1942; 1 Brief von Ferdinand Tönnies an Max Horkheimer, 17.10.1935; 1 Brief von Tonetti Juliette Favez, 21.11.1935; 1 Brief vom Treasury Department an Max Horkheimer, 11.02.1937; 1 Brief von Edith A. Trotter an Max Horkheimer, 13.02.1941; 2 Briefe zwischen The Twentieth Century Fund und Max Horkheimer, 22.12.1942, 02.01.1943; 4 Briefe zwischen Robert Ulich und F. Pollock, 1936, 10.04.1941, 1941; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an United States of America Commissioner for Immigration and Naturalisation, 01.11.1940; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an das United States of America Department of Agriculture, 15.01.1940; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an das United States of America Department of State, 07.10.1941; 1 Brief von Herbert Marcuse an das United States of America Department of State, 07.10.1941; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an das Universität Frankfurt Kuratorium der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, 05.07.1935; 1 Briefkopie von Max Horkheimer an die Universität Frankfurt, Der Rektor, 28.07.1933; 1 Brief und 1 Beilage von der University of Buffalo an Max Horkheimer, 06.03.1940; 5 Briefe zwischen der University of California Berkeley und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen der University of Colorado Libraries und Max Horkheimer, 17.10.1940, 25.10.1940; 3 Briefe zwischen der University of Newark und Max Horkheimer, 1935, 08.04.1938, 1938; 6 Briefe zwischen Jiri Veltruský und Max Horkheimer, 1948-1949; 1 Brief von Leon Verhille an Max Horkheimer, 19.12.1949; 5 Briefe zwischen Salka Viertel und Max Horkheimer, 1938, 1940; 1 Heiratsanzeige von Edward Walter Violin, 1949; 1 Notiz von Max Horkheimer an Edward Walter Violin; 1 Brief von Stitschan Voehard an Max Horkheimer, 03.01.1950;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 13 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit Familie Eder (p. I 7, 1-223)

7 Briefe zwischen Edward Mead Earle, American Committee for International Studies, Princeton N. J. und Max Horkheimer, 1940-1941; 3 Briefe zwischen Margaret Ebert und Margot von Mendelssohn, 1941, 28.08.1941; 6 Briefe zwischen C. C. Eckhardt und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 5 Briefe zwischen Kay Eckstein und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen George Eckstein und Max Horkheimer, 16.05.1939, 35.05.1939; 1 Brief von F. K. Eden an Max Horkheimer, 02.04.1944; 33 Briefe zwischen Leopold Eder, Frieda Eder, Ruth Eder und Max Horkheimer, 1937-1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Dale Edwards und Max Horkheimer, 16.07.1940; 1 Brief von Hedwig Ehrlich an Max Horkheimer; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Albert Einstein, 20.02.1935; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an W. Eisemann, 02.11.1939; 1 Brief von Else Eisner an Max Horkheimer, 09.12.1935; 2 Briefe zwischen Edit Elbogen und Max Horkheimer, 24.03.1942, 26.03.1942; 1 Brief von Käte von Hirsch an Max Horkheimer, 03.08.1941; 2 Briefe von Emmy Elbogen an Margot von Mendelssohn, 1945; 2 Briefe zwischen Paul Elbogen und Max Horkheimer, 02.06.1944, 09.06.1944; 4 Briefe zwischen Norbert Elias und Max Horkheimer, 1934-1935; 1 Brief von Werner B. Ellinger an Max Horkheimer, 16.12.1937; 19 Briefe zwischen dem Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars New York und Max Horkheimer, 1938-1944; 2 Briefe zwischen dem Emergency Rescue Committee New York und Max Horkheimer, 12.06.1941, 14.06.1941; 1 Brief von F.L. Neumann an Emhardt, 13.02.1939; 23 Briefe zwischen Alice Engel und Max Horkheimer, 1937-1941; 9 briefe zwischen Paul Doernberg, Sofie Doernberg und Max Horkheimer, 1940-1942; 3 Briefe zwischen der Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society New York und Max Horkheimer, 05.01.1942, 1942; 1 Brief von der Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, New York an Max Horkheimer, 18.08.1941; 2 Briefe zwischen R. Weissmann und Max Horkheimer, 09.01.1941, 03.02.1941; 5 Briefe zwischen Ernst Engelberg und Max Horkheimer, 1939-1940, 07.06.1939; 1 Brief von Fritz Epstein an Max Horkheimer, 10.04.1937; 1 Brief von Erika Ermel an Max Horkheimer, 15.09.1948; 2 Briefe zwischen Max Ernst und Max Horkheimer, 23.01.1936; 4 Briefe zwischen Margot Esser und Max Horkheimer, 1935-1936; 16 Briefe zwischen Rene Etiemble und Max Horkheimer, 1936-1938; 4 Briefe zwischen L.M. Ettlinger und Max Horkheimer, 1937; 8 Briefe zwischen Walter Fabien und Max Horkheimer, 1937-1941; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Henry Pratt Fairchild, 25.03.1941; 2 Briefe zwischen Marvin Farber und Max Horkheimer, 14.03.1940, 17.05.1940; 4 Briefe zwischen Walter Farley udn Max Horkheimer, 1935, 01.10.1935; 8 Briefe zwischen Alexander Farquharson und Max Horkheimer, 1935-1939;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 48 - Korrespondenzen u.a. an Thorsten Sellin (p. I 22, 227-395)

2 Briefe zwischen Luther L. Gobbel und Max Horkheimer, 28.09.1938, 03.10.1938; 2 Briefe zwischen Russell M. Story und Max Horkheimer, 15.03.1938; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Ralph E. Boothby, 14.03.1938; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Roswell G. Ham, 13.01.1938; 2 Briefe von Carl Schurz von der Memorial Foundation Philadelphia an Max Horkheimer, 1940; 7 Briefe zwischen Helen Schuster und Max Horkheimer, 1936, 1937, 1947-1948; 1 Brief von Liesel Schwaibold an Max Horkheimer, 19.01.1937; 6 Briefe zwischen Ph. Schwartz und Max Horkheimer, 1936-1937; 4 Briefe zwischen Ph. Schwart an Ludwig Jekels, 1936, 1937; 1 Brief von Ph. Schwartz an Karl Landauer,; 1 Brief von Eugen Schwarz an den Vater von Max Horkheimer, 08.12.1937; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Eugen Schwarz, 31.12.1937; 5 Briefe zwischen Olga Therese Schwarz und Max Horkheimer, 1942; 8 Briefe zwischen Alfred Schweizer und Max Horkheimer, 1940-1941; 1 Lebenslauf von Arthur Heinrich Schweitzer und 1 Bericht über Arthur Heinrich Schweitzer; 1 Brief von Josef Schwoner an Max Horkheimer, 20.06.1941; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an L. H. Seelye, 01.04.1935; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Dora Segall-Ziegellaub, 01.10.1935; 6 Briefe zwischen Matyes Seiber und Max Horkheimer, Juli 1936, 1936; 2 Briefe zwischen Alfred Seidenmann und Max Horkheimer, 29.02.1940, 12.03.1940 sowie Briefwechsel mit dem American Freinds Service Committee, Phiadelphia; 2 Briefe zwischen dem American Friends Service Committee und Max Horkheimer, 12.09.1940; 3 Rundschreiben von der Selbsthilfe Deutscher Ausgewanderter New York, 1937-1938; Antworten auf einen Fragebogen des Selective Service Occupational Questionnaire von Max Horkheimer, 27.10.1942; 1 Brief vom Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe an Margot von Mendelssohn, 22.12.1948; 8 Briefe zwischen Edwin R. A. Seligman und Max Horkheimer, 1938-1939; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Eustace Seligman, 11.03.1940; 1 Brief von Seligmann und Cia an Friedrich Pollock, 06.04.1936; 2 Brife zwischen Milton C. Seligman und Max Horkheimer, 1947; 1 Brief Stephen Schäfer an Thorsten Sellin, 07.02.1939; 17 Briefe zwischen Thorsten Sellin und Max Horkheimer, 1938-1941; 1 Brief von der Sherwin Cody School of English an Max Horkheimer, 06.02.1939; 3 Briefe und 1 Beilage zwischen Edward A. Shils und Max Horkheimer, 1938; 10 Briefe zwischen James T. Shotwell und Max Horkheimer, 01.07.1940-1941;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 17 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit M. Gosling (p. I 9, 1-159)

11 Briefe zwischen M. Gosling und Max Horkheimer, 1935-1938; 1 Brief von Ellen Gottschalk an 04.08.1936; 1 Brief von Brill an Max Horkheimer, 15.08.1936; 2 Briefe zwischen Louise Gottschalk und Max Horkheimer, 06.12.1937, 19.04.1937; 3 Briefe zwischen Max Gottschalk und Max Horkheimer, 1941, 23.01.1941; 2 Briefe zwischen Nemes Gottschalk und Max Horkheimer, 29.03.1939, 03.04.1939; 2 Briefe zwischen Lawrence Gould und Max Horkheimer, 12.01.1947, 04.01.1947; 4 Briefe zwischen Isaeque Graeber und Max Horkheimer, 20.07.1941, 1941; 4 Briefe zwischen Malborne W. Graham und Max Horkheimer, 17.10.1940, 1940; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an J. A. C. Grant, 23.10.1940; 2 Briefe zwischen dem Grant Grove Lodge Kings Canyon National Park California und Max Horkheimer, 30.09.1946, 04.10.1946; 4 Brefe zwischen Liesel Gras und Max Horkheimer, 1948, 02.04.1948; 2 Briefe zwischen Claire F. Gravel und 23.03.1942, 26.03.1942; 1 Brief und 4 Briefentwürfe von Max Horkheimer an Edward S. Greenbaum, 20.06.1940; 13 Briefe zwischen B. Groethuysen und Max Horkheimer, 1935-1937; 1 Hochzeitsanzeige von Isabelle Grossen, 26.11.1938; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Isabelle Grossen, 17.12.1938; 1 Brief von Kurt Grossmann an Max Horkheimer, 29.12.1939; 3 Briefe von Eva Grosz an Max Horkheimer, 1937; 5 Briefe zwischen Franz M. Groedel und Max Horkheimer, 1939, Oktober 1939; 7 Briefe zwischen Emil Grünberg und Max Horkheimer, 1935-1940; 1 Brief von B. M. Telders an Max Horkheimer, 27.09.1938; 3 Briefe zwischen dem Academic Assistance Council London und Max Horkheimer, 1935, 29.03.1935; 1 Briefentwurft von Max Horkheimer an Karl Grünberg, 07.02.1936; 1 Brief von Juliette Favez an Max Horkheimer, 07.02.1936; 3 Briefe zwsichen Martin Grünberg und Max Horkheimer, November 1938, 18.11.1938; 3 Briefe zwischen Alfred Grünebaum und Max Horkheimer, 10.01.1939, 1939; 2 Briefe zwischen D. E. Grünebaum und Max Horkheimer, 24.11.1940, 02.12.1940; 3 Briefe zwischen Richard Güldenstein und Max Horkheimer, August 1937, 17.08.1937; 1 Brief von Daniel Guérin an Max Horkheimer, 13.07.1947; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Guerro, 08.09.1936;