
The Expectations of Light
Pattiann Rogers(Author)
Princeton University Press
Published on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-691-64237-6 (ISBN)
Description
The description for this book, The Expectations of Light, will be forthcoming.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-64237-6 (9780691642376)
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Content
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*IN ORDER TO PERCEIVE, pg. 3*CONTAINMENT, pg. 5*DWARF, pg. 6*OLD WOMEN, pg. 7*SECOND-STORY BALLROOM, pg. 9*THE REINCARNATED, pg. 10*SUPPOSE YOUR FATHER WAS A REDBIRD, pg. 11*WITHOUT VIOLENCE, pg. 13*COMING OF AGE, pg. 14*FOR STEPHEN DRAWING BIRDS, pg. 15*STRUCK SEVEN TIMES, pg. 17*WATCHING DREAMS, pg. 19*THE CARETAKERS, pg. 21*THE RITES OF PASSAGE, pg. 22*How TO STAY SAFE IN THE CITY, pg. 27*How You CAME, pg. 29*THE QUESTION OF AFFECTION, pg. 30*BEING DEFINED, pg. 31*SEDUCED BY EAR ALONE, pg. 32*HEARING THE UNEXPECTED, pg. 33*THE FIRST NORTHER, pg. 34*ACHIEVING PERSPECTIVE, pg. 35*ON YOUR IMMINENT DEPARTURE: CONSIDERING THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF VARIOUS MOTIONS, pg. 37*TRYING MAGIC, pg. 39*HIRING THE MAN WHO BUILDS FIRES FOR A LIVING, pg. 40*CROCODILE GOD, pg. 41*THE VIEWPOINT OF THE UNBELIEVABLE, pg. 42*How THE MOON BECOMES ITSELF, pg. 43*ILLUMINATION, pg. 47*THE BRAIN CREATES ITSELF, pg. 48*How THE BODY IN MOTION AFFECTS THE MIND, pg. 49*THE MAN HIDDEN BEHIND THE DRAPES, pg. 51*How THE FIELD, WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED, CAN BE ALTERED, pg. 53*THE ZOO: HOW THE CAPTURED ANIMAL MAINTAINS HIS POWER, pg. 55*CONCEPTS AND THEIR BODIES (THE BOY IN THE FIELD Alone), pg. 57*WHAT THE BODY MEANS TO BELIEF, pg. 59*AN ACT OF CONVICTION, pg. 61*HANDLING DESPAIR, pg. 63*DETERMINING LOCATION, pg. 65*THE DETERMINATIONS OF THE SCENE, pg. 67*BEING OF THIS STATE, pg. 69*SUPPOSITION, pg. 70*How THE SCENE INFLUENCES OCCASIONS, pg. 71*THE SUCCESS OF THE HUNT, pg. 73*A GIANT HAS SWALLOWED THE EARTH, pg. 77*THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOCATION, pg. 78*COUNTING WHAT THE CACTUS CONTAINS, pg. 79*MAKING A HISTORY, pg. 80*FINDING THE FIRE LINE, pg. 81*PORTRAIT, pg. 82*SEEING THE GLORY, pg. 84*ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL, pg. 85*SYNTHESIZING THE WORD, pg. 86*THE LITERARY MAN, pg. 87*BY HEARING THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER, pg. 88*ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE SCENE, pg. 90*THAT SONG, pg. 92*THE LITERARY ADVENTURE, pg. 93*NASA TAKES A 63-YEAR-OLD POET TO THE FIRST SPACE STATION, pg. 95*THE FEAR OF FALLING, pg. 96*CAPTURING THE SCENE, pg. 97