Reading David Jones’s The Anathemata, William Carlos Williams’s Paterson, and Charles Olson’s The Maximus Poems as epics, this doctoral dissertation challenges the old but persistent notion that epic poetry ceased being written at a particular point in the past and instead examines the particular formal, philosophical and political difficulties writers of this genre had to confront in the second half of the twentieth century. Twentieth-century epic poetry will primarily be defined in terms of its purpose or function, which is the representation of the identity of a ‘community’, while the literary period beginning with the end of the Second World War will be defined as late modernism. Chiefly inspired by Anthony Mellors’s Late Modernist Poetics: From Pound to Prynne, late modernism will be discussed as an aesthetico-political challenge with which writers had to come to terms in the wake of twentieth-century European totalitarianism. Georges Bataille’s philosophy of community, it will be argued, paradigmatically illustrates these aesthetico-political difficulties in philosophical terms, and the discussions of the three epic poems are therefore preceded by an analysis of Bataille’s Summa Atheologica, which constitutes the core of his philosophy of community.

ABSTRACT Title: “Lifestyles come and go but your choices remain…” (“Livsstilar kommer och går, men valen består...”) Number of Pages: 42 (45 including enclosures) Author: Jenny Rydqvist Tutor: Göran Svensson Course: Media- and Communication Studies C Period: Autumn term 2007 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University Purpose/Aim: The aim of this essay is to make a study of how young adults between 19-25 years are influenced by commercials. Key Questions: How are students in Uppsala influenced by commercials? Do the commercials influence the consumptionbehaviour? Do the commercials influence the lifestyle? Do the influences of the commercial construct the individual lifestyle? In which extent is it social related? Material/Method: Together with literature studies, a qualitative method has been used with 5 interviews with young adults in the age of 19-25 in Uppsala. I have compared these five interviews with earlier results and research. Main Results: I have found out that these young adults don’t want to admit being influenced by commercials even if they know they are. These young adults have also formed consumptionbehaviour after the commercials, which they show in for example their way of shopping and their way of acting afterwards. The lifestyle is social related, but today we have a lot more choices to make. Today we tend to choose different then before, often because of the knowledge we got. Keywords: Lifestyle, influence, commercials, advertising, identities, choice, social related, Giddens, Paterson, Bjurström

Le comportement rhéologique de suspensions magmatiques synthétiques hydratées a été expérimentalement étudié en déformation coaxiale et en torsion à haute température et haute pression à l'aide d'une presse de type Paterson. Les résultats obtenus illustrent l'influence de la fraction cristalline et de la forme des cristaux sur la rhéologie et le développement des Orientations Préférentielles de Forme (OPF) des particules au sein des suspensions magmatiques. La formation d'une charpente cristalline, associée à une forte hausse de la viscosité, intervient pour des fractions solides comprises entre fs = 0,20 et 0,38 en relation avec le développement de fabriques de type pénétratif. En augmentant la fraction solide (fs = 0,50), le développement d'une fabrique pénétrative, couplé à des bandes de cisaillement bordées de gradients de déformation, engendre un adoucissement de la réponse rhéologique et une hausse moins importante de la viscosité. Pour fs = 0,58, des bandes de cisaillement de type cassant sans gradient de déformation, recoupant une suspension non déformée, apparaissent et contrôlent le fort adoucissement de la réponse rhéologique. La viscosité de la suspension n'augmente plus alors que légèrement. Au-delà de cette fraction cristalline, les suspensions étudiées montrent une forte réduction de la taille et du rapport de forme des cristaux se traduisant par une stabilisation de la réponse rhéologique en fonction de la déformation. Aucune OPF n'a pu être déterminée et une quasistabilisation de la viscosité est observée (comportement mécanique de solide). Toutes les suspensions étudiées se caractérisent par un comportement rhéologique non-Newtonien de type rhéofluidifiant. La dépendance entre le comportement rhéologique des suspensions magmatiques et le développement des microstructures doit être intégrée dans la modélisation de la mécanique des suspensions magmatiques.

Parmi les suspensions naturelles, les suspensions magmatiques sont directement impliquées dans des processus géologiques d'importance majeure tels que le volcanisme et la dynamique mantellique et crustale. Au cours du transfert et de la mise en place des magmas, l'influence de la déformation sur les mécanismes de cristallisation des liquides silicatés et sur l'interaction entre structures cristallines et propriétés rhéologiques reste un domaine largement inexploré. L'Orientation Préférentielle de Forme (OPF) des minéraux dans les magmas peut présenter des propriétés directionnelles homogènes à grande échelle. Ces dernières peuvent aussi varier localement en fonction de la rhéologie du magma et donc essentiellement de la fraction cristalline. En retour, le développement de structures localisées est susceptible d'influencer profondément les capacités de transfert et de mise en place.<br />Les premiers travaux de modélisation analogique et de simulation numérique menés en régime de cisaillement simple ont montré que, pour des fractions cristallines inférieures à 45%, l'OPF s'effectue selon deux stades successifs. Pour de faibles déformations, les fabriques minérales peuvent être décrites sur la base du modèle de Jeffery (1922). Pour de grandes déformations, les interactions entre particules et la distribution des rapports de forme des cristaux constituent les paramètres réglant le caractère alors stationnaire de l'OPF. <br />Afin d'accéder à la totalité du domaine de cristallisation et de mesurer in situ les propriétés dynamiques et structurelles des suspensions magmatiques, le projet de recherche développé depuis 2003 s'appuie sur l'approche expérimentale grâce à un autoclave à chauffage interne et pression gazeuse équipé de modules de déformation (presse Paterson). Les deux premiers axes développés sont l'étude des structures et de la rhéologie des suspensions magmatiques sur l'ensemble du domaine de cristallisation et la quantification de la fracturation intra-cristalline aux taux de déformation élevés en conditions tardi-magmatiques et subsolidus. Les premiers résultats de ces travaux permettent d'illustrer le potentiel de la presse Paterson pour la simulation des processus de transport magmatique.

Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosopy (PhD) / An environmental history approach is used in this thesis as a foundation for the analysis of the social and environmental changes that have occurred from the ancient past to the present within the Paterson Valley in New South Wales, Australia. The study examines the biophysical basis of the valley’s ecological processes and then describes the influence of the activities of Aboriginal peoples and subsequent European colonisation on the landscape. The study makes use of the various methodologies within social and ecological systems to assist with the analysis. It demonstrates the value of concepts such as complex adaptive systems, the adaptive cycle, panarchy and ecosystem health as ways of conceptualising complex transdisciplinary issues to reach conclusions based on temporal and spatial evidence. The complex relationships that the Aboriginal peoples had with the environment are compared with the various and rapid phases of colonial influences and processes. The social dimension of the changes over time is examined particularly with respect to the Indigenous and European institutions and infrastructure that influence the landscape. A significant issue identified in the study was the changing influence of Western institutions on the ecosystem health of the Valley; from local to global. The implications of this on ecosystem health are discussed. The Valley’s landscapes are divided into alluvial and non-alluvial, with the latter receiving the most attention in the study primarily due to its more extant nature whereas the alluvial rainforest has been virtually eliminated through extensive land clearing. The analysis of the non-alluvial landscape shows how important the Indigenous land management practices were in the maintenance of a complex mosaic of vegetation types specifically influenced by fire. The impact of the removal of the Indigenous influences on the landscape and the imposition of European practices and processes have seen a major reduction in the Valley’s ecological complexity. The study identified processes and factors external to the Valley which are increasingly influencing it. Not all of these are detrimental but they result in the Valley’s ecosystem health being more dependent on global events and processes. The study demonstrates the value of the ecosystem health framework for conceptualising the Valley’s ecosystems and the adaptive cycle for analysing and understanding their changes over time. These approaches provide an opportunity to identify pathways for future management of the Valley’s resources.

Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosopy (PhD) / An environmental history approach is used in this thesis as a foundation for the analysis of the social and environmental changes that have occurred from the ancient past to the present within the Paterson Valley in New South Wales, Australia. The study examines the biophysical basis of the valley’s ecological processes and then describes the influence of the activities of Aboriginal peoples and subsequent European colonisation on the landscape. The study makes use of the various methodologies within social and ecological systems to assist with the analysis. It demonstrates the value of concepts such as complex adaptive systems, the adaptive cycle, panarchy and ecosystem health as ways of conceptualising complex transdisciplinary issues to reach conclusions based on temporal and spatial evidence. The complex relationships that the Aboriginal peoples had with the environment are compared with the various and rapid phases of colonial influences and processes. The social dimension of the changes over time is examined particularly with respect to the Indigenous and European institutions and infrastructure that influence the landscape. A significant issue identified in the study was the changing influence of Western institutions on the ecosystem health of the Valley; from local to global. The implications of this on ecosystem health are discussed. The Valley’s landscapes are divided into alluvial and non-alluvial, with the latter receiving the most attention in the study primarily due to its more extant nature whereas the alluvial rainforest has been virtually eliminated through extensive land clearing. The analysis of the non-alluvial landscape shows how important the Indigenous land management practices were in the maintenance of a complex mosaic of vegetation types specifically influenced by fire. The impact of the removal of the Indigenous influences on the landscape and the imposition of European practices and processes have seen a major reduction in the Valley’s ecological complexity. The study identified processes and factors external to the Valley which are increasingly influencing it. Not all of these are detrimental but they result in the Valley’s ecosystem health being more dependent on global events and processes. The study demonstrates the value of the ecosystem health framework for conceptualising the Valley’s ecosystems and the adaptive cycle for analysing and understanding their changes over time. These approaches provide an opportunity to identify pathways for future management of the Valley’s resources.

In 1913, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) led a strike of silk workers in Paterson, New Jersey. Several New York intellectuals took advantage of Paterson's proximity to New York to witness and participate in the strike, eventually organizing the Paterson Pageant as a fundraiser to support the strikers. Directed by John Reed, the strikers told their own story in the dramatic form of the Pageant. The IWW and the Paterson Silk Strike inspired several writers to relate their experience of the strike and their participation in the Pageant in fictional works. Since labor and working-class experience is rarely a literary subject, the assertiveness of workers during a strike is portrayed as a catastrophic event that is difficult for middle-class writers to describe. The IWW's goal was a revolutionary restructuring of society into a worker-run co-operative and the strike was its chief weapon in achieving this end. Inspired by such a drastic challenge to the social order, writers use traditional social organizations--religion, nationality, and family--to structure their characters' or narrators' experience of the strike; but the strike also forces characters and narrators to re-examine these traditional institutions in regard to the class struggle. / English

Joe Louis Clark was the principal of Eastside High School (EHS) located in Paterson, New Jersey from 1982 to 1989. The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to explore Mr. Clark’s leadership style as principal of EHS, and to investigate from the point of view of Mr. Clark’s former students, teachers, and administrators what, if any effect, his leadership style had at EHS, as well as on his students, teachers, and administrators’ lives during and subsequent to their time at EHS. I conducted this investigation by giving voice to my classmates, teachers, administrators and myself. I graduated from EHS during Mr. Clark’s tenure and I am a member of his first graduating class in 1986. When Mr. Clark arrived as principal, EHS was characterized by large numbers of students living at or below the poverty line, overcrowded classrooms, and outdated resources. Additionally, there were issues such as: high dropout rates, drugs, teenage pregnancy, violence towards students and teachers. In an attempt to raise the students’ Minimum Basic Skills Test scores and eliminate the violence at EHS, Mr. Clark was hired as the principal. Through face-to-face and telephone semi-structured, open ended in-depth interviews with twenty-two participants, I uncovered personal views of Mr. Clark’s leadership style. Mr. Clark used a leadership style that was characterized by the informants as autocratic, directive, charismatic and caring. The voices of his students, teachers, and administrators speak volumes about the strategies he developed that made an impact on their lives in addition to reforming EHS.

Joe Louis Clark was the principal of Eastside High School (EHS) located in Paterson, New Jersey from 1982 to 1989. The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to explore Mr. Clark’s leadership style as principal of EHS, and to investigate from the point of view of Mr. Clark’s former students, teachers, and administrators what, if any effect, his leadership style had at EHS, as well as on his students, teachers, and administrators’ lives during and subsequent to their time at EHS. I conducted this investigation by giving voice to my classmates, teachers, administrators and myself. I graduated from EHS during Mr. Clark’s tenure and I am a member of his first graduating class in 1986. When Mr. Clark arrived as principal, EHS was characterized by large numbers of students living at or below the poverty line, overcrowded classrooms, and outdated resources. Additionally, there were issues such as: high dropout rates, drugs, teenage pregnancy, violence towards students and teachers. In an attempt to raise the students’ Minimum Basic Skills Test scores and eliminate the violence at EHS, Mr. Clark was hired as the principal. Through face-to-face and telephone semi-structured, open ended in-depth interviews with twenty-two participants, I uncovered personal views of Mr. Clark’s leadership style. Mr. Clark used a leadership style that was characterized by the informants as autocratic, directive, charismatic and caring. The voices of his students, teachers, and administrators speak volumes about the strategies he developed that made an impact on their lives in addition to reforming EHS.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1996. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Frank L. Smith. Dissertation Committee: Jeanette E. Fleischer. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-130).