Incidente em Antares e O cão e Os caluandas : Literatura brasileira e angolana na perspectiva da sátira menipeia

Esta pesquisa estuda Incidente em Antares, de Erico Veríssimo, e O cão e os caluandas, de Pepetela, na perspectiva da sátira menipeia. Para além da biografia dos autores, busca-se discutir as origens do gênero da menipeia, recuperando o seu mais importante representante - Luciano de Samósata. É, porém, sob a teoria de Mikhail Bakhtin que se analisam as obras dos escritores brasileiro e angolano. Quer-se verificar a presença de específicas características da sátira menipeia, as quais são o carnaval e o riso ritual, a paródia, a liberdade imaginativa, o fantástico e seus desdobramentos, as cenas excêntricas, os contrastes, a polifonia, a utilização de gêneros intercalados e a chamada publiscística atualizada. No último capítulo há uma observação sociológica das obras, o que permite pensá-las como um retrato das sociedades a que os autores se referem. ABSTRACT: This research studies Incidente em Antares, by Erico Veríssimo, and O cão e os caluandas, by Pepetela, in the perspective of the menippean sati.re. Besides de authors' biography, it tries to discuss the origin of the genre, recovering its most important representative - Luciano de Samosata. However, the search analyses the works of the Brazilian and Angolan writers upon the theory of Mikhail Bakhtin. lt intends to verify the presence of the specific characteristics of the menippean satire, which are: carnival and the ritual Iaughting, parody, imaginative freedom, the fantastic and its unfolding, eccentric scenes, contrasts, polyphony, intercalary genres and the up-to-date publiscistic. ln the last chapter there is a sociologic observation concerning the works, which allow thinking about them as a portrait of the societies that the authors want to discuss.

Breaking New Ground: The First Generation of Women to Work as Professional Authors in English Canada (1880-1920)

In the later decades of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth, large numbers of Canadian women were stepping out of the shadows of private life and into the public world of work and political action. Among them, both a cause and an effect of these sweeping social changes, was the first generation of Canadian women to work as professional authors. Although these women were not unified by ideology, genre, or date of birth, they are studied here as a generation defined by their time and place in history, by their material circumstances, and by their collective accomplishment. Chapters which focus on E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake), the Eaton sisters (Sui Sin Far and Onoto Watanna), Joanna E. Wood, and Sara Jeannette Duncan explore some of the many commonalities and interrelationships among the members of this generation as a whole. This project combines archival research with analytical bibliography in order to clarify and extend our knowledge of Johnson’s and Duncan’s professional lives and publishing histories, and to recover some of Wood’s “lost” stories. This research offers a preliminary sketch of the long tradition of the platform performance (both Native and non-Native) with which Johnson and others engaged. It explores the uniquely innovative ethnographic writings of Johnson, Duncan, and the Eaton sisters, among others, and it explores thematic concerns which relate directly to the experiences of working women. Whether or not I convince other scholars to treat these authors as a generation, with more in common than has previously been supposed, the strong parallels revealed in these pages will help to clarify and contextualize some of their most interesting work.

Wine, women & waltz : a romantic biography of Johann Strauss, son and father /

Mode of access: Internet.

Evangelical biography; or, An historical account of the lives & deaths of the most eminent and evangelical authors or preachers, both British and foreign, in the several denominations of Protestants, from the beginning of the reformation to the present time ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Great men and famous women; a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history ...

--1,2. Soldiers and sailors. --3,4. Statesmen and sages. --5,6. Workmen and heroes. --7,8. Artists and authors.

The romance of biography; or, Memoirs of women loved and celebrated by poets, from the days of the troubadours to the present age; a series of anecdotes intended to illustrate the influence which female beauty and virtue have exercised over the characters and writings of men of genius,

First published under title: Loves of the poets. London, 1829.

A classical dictionary : containing an account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors, and intended to elucidate all the important points connected with the geography, history, biography, mythology, and fine arts of the Greeks and Romans, together with an acount of coins, weights, and measures, with tabular values of the same /

"List of works, exclusive of the classics ... which have been consulted ...": p. [1]-7.

A classical dictionary : containing an account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors and intended to elucidate all the important points connected with the geography, history, biography, mythology, and fine arts of the Greeks and Romans : together with an account of coins, weights, and measures, with tabular values of the same /

"Lists of works, exclusive of the classics ... which have been consulted for the ... present edition": p. [ix]-xv.

Biography and history of the Indians of North America, from its first discovery to the present time; comprising details in the lives of all the most distinguished chiefs and counsellors, exploits of warriors, and the celebrated speeches of their orators; also a history of their wars, massacres and depredations, as well as the wrongs ... which the Europeans and their descendants have done them; with an account of their antiquities, manners and customs, religion and laws; likewise exhibiting an analysis of the ... authors who have written upon ... the peopling of America.

First edition published under title: Indian biography ...

Biography and history of the Indians of North America; comprising a general account of them, and details in the lives of all the most distinguished chiefs, and others who have been noted, among the various Indian nations ... also, a history of their wars; their manners and customs; and the most celebrated speeches of their orators ... Likewise exhibiting an analysis of the ... authors who have written upon ... the first peopling of America.

First edition published under title: Indian biography ...

Classical biography: exhibiting alphabetically the proper names, with a short account of the several deities, heros, and other persons mentioned in the ancient classic authors; and a more particular description of the most distinguished characters among the Romans; the whole being interspersed with occasional explanations of words and phrases. Designed chiefly to contribute to the illustration of the Latin classics.

Mode of access: Internet.

The flowers of literature; consisting of selections from history, biography, poetry, and romance; jeux d'esprit, traditionary relics, and essays, with translations from approved authors.

"Though the present edition ... retains, in the title-page, the name of the original editor, it varies considerably from the first edition, and may, indeed, almost be regarded as a new selection - Advertisement.

Women's History month at City Hall in NYC. Dell Martin (left) and Phyllis Lyons are Lesbian authors

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Late-career international migration and reproductive work. A comparison between Peruvian and Ukrainian women in the Southern Europe

Research on the relationship between reproductive work and women´s life trajectories including the experience of labour migration has mainly focused on the case of relatively young mothers who leave behind, or later re-join, their children. While it is true that most women migrate at a younger age, there are a significant number of cases of men and women who move abroad for labour purposes at a more advanced stage, undertaking a late-career migration. This is still an under-estimated and under-researched sub-field that uncovers a varied range of issues, including the global organization of reproductive work and the employment of migrant women as domestic workers late in their lives. By pooling the findings of two qualitative studies, this article focuses on Peruvian and Ukrainian women who seek employment in Spain and Italy when they are well into their forties, or older. A commonality the two groups of women share is that, independently of their level of education and professional experience, more often than not they end up as domestic and care workers. The article initially discusses the reasons for late-career female migration, taking into consideration the structural and personal determinants that have affected Peruvian and Ukrainian women’s careers in their countries of origin and settlement. After this, the focus is set on the characteristics of domestic employment at later life, on the impact on their current lives, including the transnational family organization, and on future labour and retirement prospects. Apart from an evaluation of objective working and living conditions, we discuss women’s personal impressions of being domestic workers in the context of their occupational experiences and family commitments. In this regard, women report varying levels of personal and professional satisfaction, as well as different patterns of continuity-discontinuity in their work and family lives, and of optimism towards the future. Divergences could be, to some extent, explained by the effect of migrants´ transnational social practices and policies of states.