http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25758 2013-06-19T15:12:52Z 2013-06-19T15:12:52Z McBain, Jean http://hdl.handle.net/2328/26657 2013-05-13T02:10:31Z 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Caxton’s edition of Malory’s Le Morte Darthur: compositorial challenges and chapter divisions Authors: McBain, Jean Abstract: The author presents here four findings drawn from close analysis of the chapter and book divisions in Caxton’s edition of Le Morte Darthur. The first three of these bear particular relevance to scholars interested in textual alterations that might have been made to Le Morte Darthur for copy-fitting purposes. In particular, these results suggest closer attention might usefully be paid to the text at interlinear chapter divisions, and in quires a-d and ee, as the extreme contraction of formatting at these points suggests that there may be associated textual contractions. The last finding provides circumstantial support for the view that Caxton revised the Roman War section, and further indicates that there is some probability that this section was set from a different exemplar to the rest of the edition. Most of all, though, it is hoped that this study has demonstrated how much we might still be able to learn about techniques of the early hand-press period, even from a text as persistently studied as Le Morte Darthur.

2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Nicholls, Christine Judith http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25815 2013-05-13T02:03:47Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Embodying Affect: The Stolen Generations, the History Wars and PolesApart by Indigenous New Media Artist r e a Authors: Nicholls, Christine Judith Abstract: In her 2009 new media artwork PolesApart, Australian Aboriginal artist r e a, of the Gamilaraay people in northern New South Wales, explores issues relating to the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal children. Based on the personal experiences of her grandmother and great aunt as `stolen children', r e a amplifies the work's familial dimension by enacting the role of the protagonist fleeing from forced servitude. This paper looks at PolesApart in the broader context of the interrelated phenomena of the stolen generations and the so-called `history wars'.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Nicholls, Christine Judith http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25814 2013-05-13T02:03:48Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Conceptualisations of Self in Contemporary Interactive Artwork: A Case Study of Lynette Wallworth's 'Duality of Light' Authors: Nicholls, Christine Judith Abstract: This paper, which is contextualised in terms of the broader history of the moving image, examines new media artist Lynette Wallworth's installation Duality of Light with respect to recent advances in neuroscientific research. These have led to greater understanding of how the brain processes visual imagery. Of greatest relevance to Wallworth's work is the discovery that the binding of the largely anatomically segregated attributes of colour, motion and faces occurs asynchronously and is subject to a temporal hierarchy. Moreover, such binding is post-conscious. Further to this, following Gansing, while simultaneously factoring in these recent neuroscientific advances, the idea of `interactivity' is challenged. The inadequacy of `interactive' as an undifferentiated descriptor, often uniformly applied to diverse new media works, is also highlighted. Works such as those created by Wallworth - whose work is informed intuitively by these recent neuroscientific findings - reveal the shortcomings of such homogenising terminology. Finally, this exploratory paper, which will form the basis of further work, demonstrates the interwoven nature of the aforementioned subject matter and thematic concerns.

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