明沈朝焕集的两种刻本

沈朝焕(1558-1616),字伯含,别号太玄,自称黄鹤山农,又称绿笠翁,钱塘(今杭州)人.生于嘉靖三十七年,卒于万历四十四年,万历二十年(1592)中进士,官至福建参政.     

两对高凤翰孪生作品的辨伪

笔者在查阅济南市博物馆藏高凤翰作品资料时,发现了两对孪生作品,几乎一模一样。在书画鉴定中最重要的方法就是比较,笔者就将这些孪生作品进行排列对比总结,从中发现高凤翰绘画的特点以及真伪作品的区别。现将这些孪生作品排列一下,为了叙述方便,将济南市博物馆的藏品简称＂济博本＂,将拍卖公司拍出的作品简称＂拍卖本＂。图1《素袜凌波图》题款：＂素袜凌波之图＂。壬子写,丁巳补题。南阜。荷花荷叶五尺长,     

王安国文集及佚作考

王安国在当时甚有文名.王安石《平甫墓志》既称之:"自(艸)角未尝从人受学,操笔为戏,文皆成理.年十二,出其所为铭、诗、赋、论数十篇,观者惊焉.自是遂以文学为一时贤士大夫誉叹.盖于书无所不该,于词无所不工."①曾巩《王平甫文集序》亦称"平甫自少已杰然以材高见于世.为文思若决河,语出惊人,一时争传诵之.其学问尤敏,而资之以不倦,至晚愈笃,……其文闳富典重,其诗博而深矣."②王、曾之文皆称王安国诗文兼长,自少即以高材见称于世.     

Rites of passage: migrancy and liminality in Colum McCann's Songdogs and This Side of Brightness

This article deals with two novels by the Irish writer Colum McCann: Songdogs and This Side of Brightness. Reading the narratives of both texts through the work of anthropologist Victor Turner, the essay reveals how McCann's characters undergo processes of liminal experience, which occasion structural changes in their familial relationships and in their individual identity. Turner's work primarily focused on the ritual behaviours of tribal groups and how liminality was used as a physical means toward spiritual ends; I diagnose similar dynamics in McCann's two literary fictions.     

Public works and municipal government in two Italian capital cities: Comparing technical bureaucracies in Turin and Rome, 1848-88

The article draws a comparison between nineteenth-century Turin and Rome, linking the growth of technical bureaucracies in the municipal institutions of both cities to the local struggles for control over urban space. In both post-1848 Turin and post-1870 Rome, the implementation of new institutional reforms offered local city councils an opportunity to gain more power and autonomy than they had enjoyed in the recent past. The organization and the role of municipal technical services were therefore affected, with quite opposite results, by the conflicts opened with the state about the redefinition of the province of local government     

Recent works on Italian capitalism: A review essay

Abstract

Italy's capitalism has traditionally differed from that of its major trading partners: state‐owned enterprises have played a larger role, securities markets have been relatively less developed, while corporate power in the private sector has been concentrated to an unusual extent in the hands of a few family‐controlled business groups. Since the 1970s, Italian big business has seemed unable to steer a new course in an increasingly global economy. When belatedly and under tight budget constraints Italy finally started privatizations in 1992, many hoped that this would bring about a long‐delayed modernization of financial markets, an increase in competitive market pressues, and some ‘democratization’ of corporate power. This article reviews a book edited by Fabrizio Barca which puts these recent experiences into a much‐needed longer historical perspective, and other books offering non‐scholarly views on the present state of Italian capitalism.

Fabrizio Barca (ed.) (1997) Storia del capitalismo italiano (Rome: Donzelli), pp. 1‐634, 60,000 lire, ISBN 88‐7989‐252‐5 hardback.

Filippo Cavazzuti (1996) Privatizzazioni, imprenditori e mercati (Bologna: Il Mulino), pp. 1‐83, 10,000 lire, ISBN 88‐15‐05562‐2 paperback.

Alfredo Macchiati (1996) Privatizzazioni tra economia e politica (Rome: Donzelli), pp. 1‐160, 18,000 lire, ISBN 88‐7989‐254‐1 paperback.

Giuseppe Turani (1996) Isogni del grande nord (Bologna: II Mulino), pp. 1‐138, 15,000 lire, ISBN 88‐15‐05721‐8 paperback.     

边缘化生存的呈现和疗救——川端康成与大江健三郎的艳情文学创作

川端康成和大江健三郎的创作都体现出对“艳情”这一边缘化言说视角的选择。川端康成以“哀”和“艳”的审关情调把写作视为私人宗教,在虚构和幻想中疗救自我的非常态心理。大江健三郎则以凝重怪异的笔触剥露出社会病态的人格,积极地探究与人类自由健康相关的诸多命题。这种差异和两人的成长经历、性格特点以及哲学观念等的不同有关。     

Power to the people: when culture works as a social catalyst in urban regeneration processes (and when it does not)

This article focuses upon the relationship between culture, urban regeneration schemes, and their impact on socio-cognitive assets – namely, social and human capital. It examines three major urban regeneration projects in the districts of Saint Michel (Montreal, Canada), Auburn (Sydney, Australia) and Bicocca (Milan, Italy), where culture has been invoked as a main transformational driver at the economic and socio-environmental levels, but with different approaches and results. Through comparative analysis, we develop a more general reflection on the social impact of culture-led urban transformation processes, questioning the actual role of cultural initiatives – particularly those related to the creation of new cultural facilities and the programming of big cultural flagship events – and participation as a means to improve the local social milieu. We find that a key role for social efficacy is played by projects’ capacity to elicit the commitment of residents through inclusive cultural participation, as opposed to instrumental top-down initiatives mainly addressing city and neighbourhood branding and real estate marketing purposes.