7.0276 Qs: Leopard Man; Urban Lit; Animation S/W; Richardson;
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 1 Nov 1993 08:23:28 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0276. Monday, 1 Nov 1993.
(1) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 10:12:02 EDT (11 lines)
From: NADELHFT@MAINE
Subject: LEOPARD MAN SOCIETIES
(2) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 22:15:46 -0500 (EDT) (19 lines)
From: petersen@epas.utoronto.ca (Eric Petersen)
Subject: Urban literature
(3) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1993 21:48:24 -0400 (EDT) (15 lines)
From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology"
<MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Animation software
(4) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 93 09:20 +08:00 (60 lines)
From: S50786@BC750
Subject: Query on John Richardson
(5) Date: 29 Oct 1993 15:59:23 -0500 (CDT) (11 lines)
From: MCSWAIN@Acd.Tusk.Edu
Subject: Aguirre: The Wrath of God
(6) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 10:18:26 EST (14 lines)
From: TFGREEN@SUVM
Subject: CDROM, OED, Lidell and Scott etc.
(7) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 09:39:29 +0100 (MET) (8 lines)
From: waltu@theol.unizh.ch (Dr. Marianne Wallach)
Subject: Q: Keyboarding firms
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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 10:12:02 EDT
From: NADELHFT@MAINE
Subject: LEOPARD MAN SOCIETIES
I would appreciate a few book or article references describing and
analyszing African leopard man societies.
Jerome Nadelhaft
History Department
University of Maine
Nadelhft@Maine
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 22:15:46 -0500 (EDT)
From: petersen@epas.utoronto.ca (Eric Petersen)
Subject: Urban literature
I am seeking information on literary journals dedicated to the
study of urban/city literature, whether printed journals or
electronic. So far I have not been able to find any journals this
specific, though I imagine one exists. Otherwise, I would appreciate
information on journals that often carry articles on poets such as
Paul Blackburn, Frank O'Hara, Philip Levine, Charles Reznikoff, etc.
I have been reading _Literature and the Urban Experience_, _The Poet
and the City_ and _The Poet in the City_, so I have a fair idea on
work done on city poet through say 1950, but I am more interested in
seeing what work is being done on contemporary city poets.
Thank you.
Eric Petersen
University of Toronto
petersen@epas.utoronto.ca
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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1993 21:48:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mary Dee Harris, Language Technology" <MDHARRIS@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Animation software
I'm interesting in animation software for the PC (or Mac) that I could
use to develop my own animated programs. Can anyone help? I haven't
a clue of where to start.
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.
Mary Dee Harris, Ph.D. 202/387-0626 (voice)
Language Technology, Inc. 202/387-0625 (FAX)
2153 California St. NW mdharris@guvax.georgetown.edu
Washington, DC 20008 mdharris@guvax.bitnet
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 93 09:20 +08:00
From: S50786@BC750
Subject: Query on John Richardson
I am looking for any biographical information about a scholar by the name of
John Richardson, an Englishman who has the distinction of being the first
person to translate the writings of Immanuel Kant into English. In 1798 and
1799 his two volume work, _Essays and Treatises on Moral, Political, Religious
and Various Philosophical Subjects_ was published in London by William
Richardson. This virtually unknown book contains English translations of
_nineteen_ of Kant's books and essays. It was never reprinted and is rarely
cited in the literature. When it is cited, the translator is identified
wrongly as often as rightly, because his name does not appear on the title
page (or anywhere else in the book). Instead, the title page says "translated
by the translator of _Principles of Critical Philosophy". The latter book was
written by Kant's disciple, J.S. Beck, and was published in 1798 in an
English translation (_not_ anonymous) by John Richardson. The new Cambridge
Edition of Kant's Works has recently published a volume on Kant's early
theoretical writings, in which _J.S. Beck_ is consistently (and wrongly!)
named as the translator of _Essays and Treatises_.
John Richardson's other translation of Kant's writings was published in 1736,
and consisted of Kant's _Logic_ and his _Prolegomena_. The style of translation
and commentary is unmistakeably consistent with that of the earlier translation
of 1798-99.
I am currently editing four of the essays in _Essays and Treatises_ for
republication. These four essays have never to my knowledge appeared in print
in English since 1799. In my editor's Introduction I would like to give some
description of who the "mystery translator" of this book actually was. But
from Hong Kong I am finding it very difficult to locate any sources that might
contain any clues. All I have been able to discover is that (1) there have
been quite a few famous people named John Richardson over the past few
centuries; and (2) a priest living in London wrote an autobiography entitled
_Recollections_, which was published in 1856. This date would fit nicely with
the John Richardson I'm interested in. And his two translations of Kant were
both published in London. (If he was an intelligent youth he might have
published his first translation in 1798 at, say, age 23; he would then have
been at the ripe old age of 81 when his autobiography was published.) But
beyond what I have described above, I know nothing about this man.
If any members of Humanist know anything or can discover anything about this
scholar's life, I would be most appreciative! In addition, I would like to
hear from anyone who:
- has access to, or knows of a library that holds, a copy of _Essays and
Treatises_ (I've only ever seen two copies, both in Oxford libraries);
- has access to, or knows of a library that holds, a copy of an autobiography
entitled _Recollections_ by a priest named John Richardson (I've never seen a
copy of this book, and my librarian could not locate it on her inter-library
loan system; I've only seen it referred to in a reference book listing all
autobiographies ever published in Britain);
- knows who William Richardson (publisher of _E&T_) was and/or how (if at all
) he was related to John Richardson;
- knows or has ideas about how to find any other facts about John Richardson's
life.
Your assistance may save me the trouble (and my college the expense of paying
for) a trip to London!
Stephen Palmquist
S50786@bc750.BITNET
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Date: 29 Oct 1993 15:59:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: MCSWAIN@Acd.Tusk.Edu
Subject: Aguirre: The Wrath of God
I am involved in a project that concerns Werner Herzog's movie
'Aguirre: The Wrath of God' which featured among others Klaus Kinsky as
a Spanish adventurer. I would greatly appreciate any book titles,
journal article references, citations of critical reviews, collections
of critical essays, etc. which anyone may have at hand and could send
along to me. Thanks for any help provided. James McSwain
MCSWAIN@acd.tusk.edu
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 10:18:26 EST
From: TFGREEN@SUVM
Subject: CDROM, OED, Lidell and Scott etc.
I have noted comment from time to time concerning the
availability of OED on CD, and I use it. Is it possible to secure
Lidell and Scott on CD? What is the status of that effort?
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 09:39:29 +0100 (MET)
From: waltu@theol.unizh.ch (Dr. Marianne Wallach)
Subject: Q: Keyboarding firms
Can anyone give me adresses of keyboarding firms (off-shore keyboarding) for ent
ry of a large amount of text?
Thanks!
Marianne