At the Literary Table

A Literary Evening at the Watershed Centre

The final meeting of the 1981-82 session of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society at the newly opened Watershed Centre. We have enjoyed an excellent buffet supper, the wine was good and plentiful, we have had coffee, we repair to the theatre, the seats are unusually comfortable. The lights go down, on stage a table piled with books, seated behind them are Dr. Oliver Neville, University Departm...

Research at the table

In this paper we describe how we want to take advantage of the rapid developments in technology to assist researchers in doing research. More specifically in exploring the publication space. For this purpose we have designed and developed a prototype application to take advantage of large displays with multi touch enabled input. We describe the current state, the next steps and how we will to e...

Canon, Bestseller, and Peripheral Novels:Does the Position of Literary Works in the English Literary Polysystem Influence the Iranian Translators’ Translational Behavior at the Textual Level?

The present study sets out to investigate whether the position of literary works in the English literary polysystem influences the Iranian translators’ translational behavior at the textual level. Given the prominent position of canon and bestseller novels in English literary polysystem, the study intends to find out whether the translators of canon and bestseller novels are faithful to theirso...

Making room at the table.

A s an oncology nurse practitioner with a busy breast cancer practice, I would spend more than my share of time coordinating patient care. You know the drill: referrals to specialists, insurance pre-authorizations for diagnostic tests, assisting patients in completing applications for indigent care or pharmaceutical benefit programs, and a host of other services to provide high-quality cancer c...

Absence at the Dinner Table: