On the view here given of the all-important part which selection by man has played, it becomes at once obvious, how it is that our domestic races show
adaptation in their structure or in their habits to man's wants or fancies.
Adaptation, according to him, is merely a secondary activity, a mere re-activity, and he is therefore quite opposed to Spencer's definition: "Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations." Again in the motive force behind animal and plant life, Nietzsche disagrees with Darwin.
There is in an old house a friendly
adaptation to the human character, as there is in an old hat a friendly
adaptation to the human head.
In the 'Nativity Hymn,' 'L'Allegro,' and 'Il Penseroso' note appeals to sight (especially light and color), sound, and general physical sensation, and cases of onomatopoeia or especial adaptation of metrical movement to the sense.
In general consider the application of the statements in the text; and in the case of Robert Browning consider emotional, dramatic, descriptive, and narrative power, poetic beauty, and adaptation of the verse-form to the substance.
Nevertheless, the two girls managed to bestow the heterogeneous collection with tasteful
adaptation to their needs.
This facile
adaptation was at once the symptom of perfect health and its best preservative.
Her nature appeared to possess depth, too, as well as variety; but -- or else Hester's fears deceived her -- it lacked reference and
adaptation to the world into which she was born.
It did my heart good to see how happy this artistic
adaptation of the truth made her; and I must say that she never had a wiser friend.
This book analyzes the growth and role of
adaptations of books, films, games, and other cultural items in the rise of franchises in the years between Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, from 2001 to 2016, as well as how consumers and producers defined
adaptations.
The two days conference will discuss on
adaptation science and practices in the HKH Region,
adaptation policy and practices in gender, water and livelihoods, scaling up innovative
adaptations practices in the HKH region and communicating climate change, challenges and opportunities.
Adaptations Designed by Biological Natural Selection
Part 2, "'These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends': Shakespearean
Adaptations and Film Intermedia," includes: Don Moore, "Melted into Media: Reading Julie Taymor's Film
Adaptation of The Tempest in the Wake of 9/11 and the War on Terror" (115-51); Daniel Fischlin, Tom Magill, and Jessica Riley, "Transgression and Transformation: Mickey B and the Dramaturgy of
Adaptation: An Interview with Tom Magill" (152-204).
Jennifer Drouin's important new book, Shakespeare in Quebec: Nation, Gender, and
Adaptation, outlines the vital performance history of French language
adaptations as expressions of identity, resistance, and revolution in Quebec.
