ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PALIMPSEST
From Latin palimpsestus parchment cleaned for reuse, from Greek palimpsēstos, from palin again + psēstos rubbed smooth, from psēn to scrape.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALIMPSEST»
Discover the use of
palimpsest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
palimpsest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Palimpsest: Editorial Theory in the Humanities
Distinguished scholars discuss editorial theory and how it is applied across the humanities
George Bornstein, Ralph G. Williams, 1993
They’ve each lost something important—a wife, a lover, a sister, a direction in life—and what they will find in Palimpsest is more than they could ever imagine. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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The Archimedes
Palimpsest
In this volume the scientists, conservators, classicists, and historians involved in the project discuss in full their techniques and their discoveries.
Reviel Netz, William Noel, Nigel Wilson, 2011
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The
palimpsest: literature, criticism, theory
Sarah Dillon's original theorization argues that the palimpsest has an involuted structure, which illuminates and advances modern thought.
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Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree
Originally published in France in 1982, Gerard Genette's PALIMPSESTS examines the manifold relationships a text may have with prior texts on the same document.
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The Gendered
Palimpsest: Women, Writing, and Representation ...
The book provides a thorough treatment of the roles of women as authors, scribes, booklenders, and patrons of early Christian literature, and of the ways in which the representation of female figures was contested in the process of copying ...
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The African
Palimpsest: Indigenization of Language in the ...
Through the apt metaphor of the palimpsest - a surface that has been written on, written over, partially erased and written over again - the book examines such well-known West African writers as Achebe, Armah, Ekwensi, Kourouma, Okara, Saro ...
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Prague
Palimpsest: Writing, Memory, and the City
Considering a wide range of writers, including the city’s most famous son, Franz Kafka, Prague Palimpsest reassesses the work of poets and novelists such as Bohumil Hrabal, Milan Kundera, Gustav Meyrink, Jan Neruda, Vítĕzslav Nezval, ...
This is a book about high ideals and low obsessions, truth and identity, immigration, nationality and race; about what we believe and what happens when belief degenerates into fanaticism.
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Kling Stubbins:
Palimpsest
This book is a comprehensive examination of the portfolio of KlingStubbins, an internationally recognised design firm that was formed by the merger of two firms, each with sixty years' history.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALIMPSEST»
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palimpsest is used in the context of the following news items.
The King of Weird Futures
... something that (as John Dahaner has pointed out) Roden manages to uncover like a palimpsest by providing some very useful clarifications ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jul 15»
Review of “Palimpsest” by Matthew Battles
Matthew Battles's “Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word” is an exploration of the “magisterium of writing,” which is his way of describing ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Bibek Debroy: The railways - Palimpsest
"Six express tracks and twelve locals pass through Palimpsest… They do not run on time." - Catherynne M Valente in 'Palimpsest' How many ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
Pieces of a Quran Possibly As Old As Islam Itself Discovered At The …
... though the date of the manuscript skin itself might be accurate, it also might be a palimpsest, as leaves were sometimes washed and reused. «ARTnews, Jul 15»
The BBC Really Wants You to Believe the Qur'an Is Authentic
... nor does the BBC tell us whether or not the parchment shows signs of having been a palimpsest — that is, a parchment that was used more ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
What's It Like to Be Gay in Morocco? It Depends If You're a …
Gore Vidal describes the queer scene in his memoir, Palimpsest:. “A pack of queens were on the move that summer in Europe,” he wrote:. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
Natural meets urban in abstract paintings
Palimpsest: a very old document on which the original writing has been erased and replaced with new writing; something that has changed ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»
Poem of the week: When Six O'Clock Comes and Another Day Has …
The child has been seen as a palimpsest, “so heavy with other people's hopes/she has no body to call her own.” That's to say the child is ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Ashes 2015: Nine TV coverage enhances Test cricket
The Ashes is a bountiful, 133- year-old palimpsest of a contest, rich in quality and honest effort. To be able to simply flick the remote to the Nine ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
How whisky distillers escaped getting stuck in a butt
You end up with a palimpsest of flavours. Each sip is a history of Britain's insatiable alcoholic curiosity. You can see why the Scots are so keen ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
