Characteristics of materials used in the writing of Singapore popular history by Narayanan, Rakunathan

“…Given Singapore's short history as an independent country, it was postulated that nonacademic writers and publishers of Singapore popular history may not have been equipped or guided in their craft to the level expected of them as political disseminators, social memory-makers or story-tellers. …”
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The intellectual scope of the 'mester de clerecía' by Curtis, F

“…<p>This thesis investigates the first poetry written in Castilian by intellectuals, the <em>'mester de clerecía'</em>, ‘craft of clerics’. Exploring the unique circumstances of Iberia in the Middle Ages as a hub for the intellectual vanguard and a holy territory for encounters with saints, pilgrimage and Reconquest, I examine the canonical texts of an alleged thirteenth-century poetic school as the Castilian bedrock of a wider Iberian and European literary movement. …”

Reality in America, redux: on Trump panic fiction by Gaskill, N

“…To make sense of these meditations, I situate Trump panic fictions by Hari Kunzru, Ben Lerner, Lauren Oyler, Patricia Lockwood, and Ayad Akhtar within a longer history of US writers puzzling over the relation between writing and the real, a history that gained a new inflection when the critical acclaim of autofiction coincided with Trump’s “post-truth” presidency. …”

21W.747-3 Classical Rhetoric and Modern Politics, Spring 2006 by Perelman, Leslie

“…This course is an introduction to the history, theory, practice, and implications of rhetoric, the art and craft of persuasion. …”
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The Contract, the Contractor, and the Capitalization of American Building by Spencer, Chelsea Anne

“…Operating at the critical inflection point between projection and materialization, paper and concrete, contractors appealed to investment-minded clients as fellow businessmen, offering them what neither craft builders nor professional architects could deliver: a completed building, for a fixed price, on a guaranteed schedule. …”
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21W.747 Rhetoric, Fall 2002 by Strang, Steven M.

“…From the course home page: Course Description Introduction to 21W.747 This course is an introduction to the history, the theory, the practice, and the implications (both social and ethical) of rhetoric, the art and craft of persuasion. …”
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Urban Informatics and Future Cities / by Geertman, S. C. M., editor 642892, Pettit, Christopher, editor 310233, Goodspeed, Robert, editor 642893, Staffans, Aija, editor 642894

21W.731-3 Culture Shock!, Fall 2002 by Faery, Rebecca Blevins

“…In the coming weeks we will read a number of articles that address current issues in popular culture along with essays, pieces of carefully-crafted nonfiction, by writers, scientists, philosophers, poets, historians, literary scholars, and many others. …”
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Drafting ‘Anon’ and killing anon: Virginia Woolf and the genesis of English literary language by Phillips, J

“…In the draft pages of her literary history, Woolf crafts a narrative for the genesis of literature in English and English as a literary language. …”

Visual mapping art : data visualization & crowdsourcing for an ostensive definition of art by Ong, Zi Feng

“…Art categorization is challenging (Novitz, 1996; Ziff, 1953) because definitions of art vary throughout art history and amongst different philosophical schools. …”
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21世纪中国电影英雄的塑造 = The making of a 21st century China film hero by 佘曜丞 Seah, Walter Yao Chen

“…From the beginning of the ancient times of worship, the image of a hero was crafted based on the times that it appears, showing that not only does a hero requires the qualities that its predecessors have, but it also must consist of the qualities that are recognized by the modern age as well. …”
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