16 research outputs found
The Eternal Crossroads: The Art of Flannery O\u27Connor
Flannery O’Connor was a writer of extraordinary power and virtuosity. Her strong supple prose blends humor, pathos, satire, and grotesquerie which leads the reader to the evil at the center of the self’s labyrinth. There, she confronts that evil with originality and power, pulling the reader into consideration of the terrifying dependencies of love in the recesses of the heart.
This study focuses on Flannery O’Connor’s sense of the coincidence of the eternal and cosmic with worldly time and place—“the eternal crossroads”— and how that sense controls and infuses her fiction. From an examination of various influences upon Miss O’Connor’s work—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Mauriac, Nathaniel West, and Hawthorne—the authors consider her novels and stories, as well as several stories never collected. Their textual analysis shows that her structures, images, motifs, and symbols became vehicles for anagogical meaning as she progressed from early promise to artistic fulfillment.
Considering O’Connor’s own comments on her writing, the authors illuminate some frequently misunderstood features of her work, such as her “grotesques” and her stress on death and violence. In so doing they make an important contribution to our understanding of how Flannery O’Connor arrived at “the eternal crossroads.”
Leon V. Driskell teaches English at the University of Louisville, and Joan T. Brittain teaches English at Bellarmine- Ursuline College.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_english_language_and_literature_north_america/1023/thumbnail.jp
Scanning disk rings and winds in CO at 0.01-10 au: a high-resolution -band spectroscopy survey with IRTF-iSHELL
We present an overview and first results from a -band spectroscopic survey
of planet-forming disks performed with iSHELL on IRTF, using two slits that
provide resolving power R 60,000-92,000 (5-3.3 km/s). iSHELL provides
a nearly complete coverage at 4.52-5.24 m in one shot, covering
lines from the R and P branches of CO and CO for each of multiple
vibrational levels, and providing unprecedented information on the excitation
of multiple emission and absorption components. Some of the most notable new
findings of this survey are: 1) the detection of two CO Keplerian rings at
au (in HD 259431), 2) the detection of HO ro-vibrational lines at 5
m (in AS 205 N), and 3) the common kinematic variability of CO lines over
timescales of 1-14 years. By homogeneously analyzing this survey together with
a previous VLT-CRIRES survey of cooler stars, we discuss a unified view of CO
spectra where emission and absorption components scan the disk surface across
radii from a dust-free region within dust sublimation out to au. We
classify two fundamental types of CO line shapes interpreted as emission from
Keplerian rings (double-peak lines) and a disk surface plus a low-velocity part
of a wind (triangular lines), where CO excitation reflects different emitting
regions (and their gas-to-dust ratio) rather than just the irradiation
spectrum. A disk+wind interpretation for the triangular lines naturally
explains several properties observed in CO spectra, including the line
blue-shifts, line shapes that turn into narrow absorption at high inclinations,
and the frequency of disk winds as a function of stellar type.Comment: Accepted for publication on The Astronomical Journa
Warm Gas in the Inner Disks around Young Intermediate Mass Stars
The characterization of gas in the inner disks around young stars is of particular interest because of its connection to planet formation. In order to study the gas in inner disks, we have obtained high-resolution K-band and M-band spectroscopy of 14 intermediate mass young stars. In sources that have optically thick inner disks, i.e. E(K-L)>1, our detection rate of the ro-vibrational CO transitions is 100% and the gas is thermally excited. Of the five sources that do not have optically thick inner disks, we only detect the ro-vibrational CO transitions from HD 141569. In this case, we show that the gas is excited by UV fluorescence and that the inner disk is devoid of gas and dust. We discuss the plausibility of the various scenarios for forming this inner hole. Our modeling of the UV fluoresced gas suggests an additional method by which to search for and/or place stringent limits on gas in dust depleted regions in disks around Herbig Ae/Be stars
The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe
From around 2750 to 2500 bc, Bell Beaker pottery became widespread across western and central Europe, before it disappeared between 2200 and 1800 bc. The forces that propelled its expansion are a matter of long-standing debate, and there is support for both cultural diffusion and migration having a role in this process. Here we present genome-wide data from 400 Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age Europeans, including 226 individuals associated with Beaker-complex artefacts. We detected limited genetic affinity between Beaker-complex-associated individuals from Iberia and central Europe, and thus exclude migration as an important mechanism of spread between these two regions. However, migration had a key role in the further dissemination of the Beaker complex. We document this phenomenon most clearly in Britain, where the spread of the Beaker complex introduced high levels of steppe-related ancestry and was associated with the replacement of approximately 90% of Britain’s gene pool within a few hundred years, continuing the east-to-west expansion that had brought steppe-related ancestry into central and northern Europe over the previous centuries
GWAS meta-analysis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy implicates multiple hepatic genes and regulatory elements
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a pregnancy-specific liver disorder affecting 0.5–2% of pregnancies. The majority of cases present in the third trimester with pruritus, elevated serum bile acids and abnormal serum liver tests. ICP is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes, including spontaneous preterm birth and stillbirth. Whilst rare mutations affecting hepatobiliary transporters contribute to the aetiology of ICP, the role of common genetic variation in ICP has not been systematically characterised to date. Here, we perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and meta-analyses for ICP across three studies including 1138 cases and 153,642 controls. Eleven loci achieve genome-wide significance and have been further investigated and fine-mapped using functional genomics approaches. Our results pinpoint common sequence variation in liver-enriched genes and liver-specific cis-regulatory elements as contributing mechanisms to ICP susceptibility
The Eternal Crossroads The Art of Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor was a writer of extraordinary power and virtuosity. Her strong supple prose blends humor, pathos, satire, and grotesquerie which leads the reader to the evil at the center of the self's labyrinth. There, she confronts that evil with originality and power, pulling the reader into consideration of the terrifying dependencies of love in the recesses of the heart. This study focuses on Flannery O'Connor's sense of the coincidence of the eternal and cosmic with worldly time and place -- "the eternal crossroads" -- and how that sense controls and infuses her fiction. From an examination of various influences upon Miss O'Connor's work -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Mauriac, Nathaniel West, and Hawthorne -- the authors consider her novels and stories, as well as several stories never collected. Their textual analysis shows that her structures, images, motifs, and symbols became vehicles for anagogical meaning as she progressed from early promise to artistic fulfillment. Considering Miss O'Connor's own comments on her writing, the authors illuminate some frequently misunderstood features of her work, such as her "grotesques" and her stress on death and violence. In so doing they make an important contribution to our understanding of how Flannery O'Connor arrived at "the eternal crossroads.".Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE: The Eternal Crossroads -- CHAPTER TWO: Specific Influences: Mauriac, Hawthorne, & -- West -- CHAPTER THREE: 'Wise Blood' & -- What Came Before -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Expanded Vision: From the Tower of Babel to Vicarious Atonement -- CHAPTER FIVE: A Second Navel & -- Related Stories -- CHAPTER SIX: The Posthumous Collection -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- ZFlannery O'Connor was a writer of extraordinary power and virtuosity. Her strong supple prose blends humor, pathos, satire, and grotesquerie which leads the reader to the evil at the center of the self's labyrinth. There, she confronts that evil with originality and power, pulling the reader into consideration of the terrifying dependencies of love in the recesses of the heart. This study focuses on Flannery O'Connor's sense of the coincidence of the eternal and cosmic with worldly time and place -- "the eternal crossroads" -- and how that sense controls and infuses her fiction. From an examination of various influences upon Miss O'Connor's work -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Mauriac, Nathaniel West, and Hawthorne -- the authors consider her novels and stories, as well as several stories never collected. Their textual analysis shows that her structures, images, motifs, and symbols became vehicles for anagogical meaning as she progressed from early promise to artistic fulfillment. Considering Miss O'Connor's own comments on her writing, the authors illuminate some frequently misunderstood features of her work, such as her "grotesques" and her stress on death and violence. In so doing they make an important contribution to our understanding of how Flannery O'Connor arrived at "the eternal crossroads.".Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
IRTF/VLT M-band spectroscopic survey
VizieR online Data Catalogue associated with article published in journal Astronomical Journal (AAS) with title \u27Scanning Disk Rings and Winds in CO at 0.01-10au; A High-resolution M-band Spectroscopy Survey with IRTF-iSHELL\u27 (bibcode: 2022AJ....163..174B