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This essay shows how the metaphor of “planting” assumes a cluster of meanings beyond horticulture in the romantic age. I pursue the associative dimensions of that figure as an index of both sexuality and obliquely imperial concerns in Wordsworth and his critics. The promiscuity of this word disrupts a received image of the poet as stodgy, self-directed, and somehow verbally and otherwise chaste. I reexamine frankly moving passages from the “memory fragment,” two-book Prelude and from the elegy “Peele Castle.” At the same time the essay heeds the injunction David Simpson offers in the title of his recent essay, “Wordsworth and Empire—Just Joking,” by pursuing the trace of Wordsworth's possible jokes and the way they extend rather than nullify his resonance to world-formation. As with the “planted” snowdrops of the Prelude, planting in general as a linguistic maneuver displays limit areas over which Wordsworth presumes an ambivalent control, and may not acknowledge willful desires when indeed they are projected.
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Joan of Arc, the famous Maid of Orleans, had an unusual historical fate. She joins in the pantheon the greatest figures of French history. Moreover, the Catholic Church, which had once condemned her, made her a saint in 1920. French Canada discovered Joan of Arc at the turn of the century through the press, an abundance of literature, theater and through song. The Catholic clergy made her a patriotic ideal. From then on, her image was annexed to nationalism and the defense of linguistic and religious rights of French Canadians. Feminism has also taken hold of her, the name «Jeanne d'Arc» has become popular and monuments have been erected and, in churches, her statues have been offered for popular devotion. This article evokes the passage of the Johannine figure from France to French-speaking America in the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century.
Keywords: Jeanne d'Arc, Église catholique, Patriotisme français, Langue française, Canada français, Féminisme, Commémoration, Joan of Arc, Catholic Church, French Patriotism, French Language, French Canada, Feminism, Commemoration
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TheMerchant of Venice is, for good reason, considered to be one of Shakespeare's most legal works, alongside Measure for Measure. At the heart of the debate is the famous penalty clause that Venetian ship owner Antonio allows to be imposed on him by Jewish moneylender Shylock. The clause requires a pound of Antonio's own flesh in the event that he defaults on payment of his loan. Generally called to mind is the monologue by Portia, who pleads for the moneylender's mercy. The play is read as an illustration of an eternal trial between the letter of the law and its spirit, between legal formalism and equity. This lecture questions this traditional interpretation by placing the story back into its socio-historical context: the Venetian casino, the games of seduction and power, and the fact that the adventures are necessarily financed by the Venetian Ghetto. Yet, in addition to legal analysis and sociological decoding, an anthropological reading of Shakespeare's work is warranted. The Merchant of Venice can be understood as a clash between radicalized legal passions. For Shylock, the promissory note, containing the famous penalty clause, presents itself as an opportunity to finally quench his thirst for vengeance, fueled by age-old resentment. For Antonio, a diehard gambler, any transaction is an opportunity to go for broke and to preemptively turn misfortune to his advantage. After all, how could a Venetian ship owner lose to a Jewish moneylender?
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Scientific investigation of the question of financial exploitation of the elderly has shown the key role that can be played, in terms of detection and reporting, by professionals in daily contact with seniors: notaries, accountants, bank staff, social workers, physicians and lawyers. All these professionals can act as “probes” — as they focus on signs of wellbeing, they are also in a position to detect various forms of exploitation. This paper sets out the preliminary results from a qualitative and exploratory field survey conducted in 2014 and 2015 on a total sample of 27 “probe” professionals mainly from the Québec City region. The survey examined their willingness, and also their ability, to detect and/or report the potentially harmful situations they identify as part of their everyday work. The results can be used to analyze the resources, deficiencies and needs of the professionals concerned, and to highlight all the alternative strategies they apply to protect vulnerable clients while respecting their professional obligations.
Keywords: Recherche qualitative, exploitation financière, personnes aînées, signalement, Qualitative research, financial exploitation, seniors, reports