The first woman in the process of book production in Livonia: the case of Ursula Krüger and Daniel Hermann

I present the first case from the history of early modern Livonia, when a woman participated in the editing and publication of a printed book. Ursula Krüger, wife of Prussian–Livonian humanist Daniel Hermann, illustrates the wider perspective of non-aristocratic women’s activities involving book production in the geographical periphery of humanist culture, Riga, rather than in the heart of European humanism. Her story also illustrates the ability of women to collaborate as an editor, both as a learned woman who could compose Latin dedications and a businesswoman who could financially and organizationally engage in publishing books.     

Why Women Don’t Win Literary Awards: The Saltire Society Literary Awards and Implicit Stereotyping

The purpose of this analysis is to consider the Saltire Society’s Book of the Year and First Book of the Year Awards in relation to wider issues pertaining to media representations of Scottish literary and publishing culture. Through a statistical analysis of the Society’s Book of the Year and First Book of the Year shortlists and winners between 1988 and 2014, this examination shows the extent to which the Society’s Literary Awards reflect, as opposed to subvert, historic and existing gender imbalances in Scottish literary and publishing culture. Indeed, despite critics arguing that there was a change in tide in the late 1980s and early 1990s regarding the balance in gender representation in Scottish literature, this analysis suggests that Scotland’s book award culture, and in turn, literary culture more widely, remains dominated by men. Perceptions of the apparent ‘balancing’ of the gender disparity in Scottish writing do not align with the statistics discussed here, a fact further evidence by misconceptions held by members of the Society’s own Literary Awards judging panels. Accordingly, this article contends that such inconsistencies lend credence to the argument that the Society’s judges have participated in implicit stereotyping based upon culturally pervasive stereotypes’ that Scottish women writers play a ‘minor’ role in Scottish literary and publishing culture.     

Picture–text congruence in translation: images of the Zen master on book covers and in verbal texts

The study aims to demonstrate how cover pictures and verbal texts are congruent with each other in presenting the Zen master Huineng in two English translations of the Platform Sutra. The focus is on the interpersonal/interactive meanings and the analytical tools adopted are systemic functional linguistics and Kress and van Leeuwen’s visual social semiotics. Results show that the visual techniques employed to depict Huineng on the book covers are in consistency with the verbal choices adopted to present Huineng in the translated texts. While the medium to close shot and eye-level angle complement the choice of speaker-plus “we” as dominant interactive subject person, and qualified statements and polite suggestions/commands in Wong’s translation, the very long shot matches the use of speaker “I” and addressee “you”, and categorical statements and direct commands in Cleary’s translation. In this way a consistent image of Huineng is presented in each translation: friendly and willing to be close to the viewer/audience in Wong’s translation, but authoritative and distant in Cleary’s translation.     

具象修辞、符号象征与消费文化——1980年以降台湾流行绘本艺术文体解析

作为一个文学和美术结合的艺术种类,台湾绘本文体具有借助图画进行具象表达的文学修辞手段,其文本通过线条、色彩与语言结合的符号系统和技术手段实现了意义象征,其中的配图文字具有超逸于说明文字的文学功能。自1980年以降,当代台湾绘本艺术已成为一种流行娱乐文化,此种台湾绘本文化现象具有消费文化的特征,是消费社会里适合大众审美心理和现代社会文化传播及市场运营机制的成功创意范例。     

社会主义革命与建设进程中的基本准则——从《反对本本主义》说起

强调调查研究,反对本本主义,坚持实践高于理论,是马克思主义者从事共产主义事业一贯坚持的思想基本准则,正是由于坚持这一准则,社会主义才从空想变为科学,从理论变为现实,从生存危机走向健康发展。     

图书在版编目数据分类问题分析

通过具体实例，对图书在版编目数据、图书分类存在的归类不恰当，分类不到位，多卷书、丛书标引不一致，类号错标、漏标等问题进行了分析指正。     

股东查账权若干法律问题研究

股东查账权与公司经营权之间存在冲突，协调两者的关系至关重要。判断股东查账行为目的正当性为重要的法律规制手段。股东可以委托他人协助查账，前股东在特定情况下也可行使查账权。立法应赋予股份公司股东查账权，应把查账范围扩大到原始凭证，应允许股东复制会计账簿和原始凭证，股东应免费查阅、自费复制。     

《崇陵传信录》的真实成书时间及相关问题

《崇陵传信录》是常被有关论著征引的一部著名私家笔记。长期以来,人们一直认其成书时间在满清退位以前,所据为恽毓鼎在本书的＂弁言＂后署时＂宣统三年辛亥四月＂。其实,这是恽毓鼎的故弄玄虚。真实情况是,该书于1912年8月6日开笔,随即又搁置下来,直至次年9月22日才脱稿。此中原委,今借助恽毓鼎《澄斋日记》的有关记录得以弄清楚。另外,梁启超、罗惇融、饶智元等人与该书在有关报刊的连载及一次性全文发表均有关系,但长期以来鲜有提及者。     

元代书院藏书述略

由于统治者对文化教育事业的日益重视,元代官办、民办书院均得到较快发展,书院藏书随之呈现新气象;书院藏书源于继承、自行刻印、购置与私人捐赠;书院藏书发展中出现了一些特有现象,如书院官学化造成的影响、联合刊刻大型图书等;其发展得益于一系列开明政策与客观条件。     

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