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View book details for Goethe's <I>Faust</I> and European Epic
Forgetting the Future
A reassessment of genre that fills a major gap in Goethe's oeuvre and initiates a radically new reading of Faust.Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that …
The letter books of Sir Samuel Luke, 1644-45Samuel Luke was the Parliamentary governor of Newport Pagnell from late 1643 to June 1645. Administrative practice was to keep letter books in which a clerk copied in and out letters, warrants, passes, …
View book details for Studies in Medievalism XXIX
Politics and Medievalism (Studies)
Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages,To attract followers many professional politicians, as well as other political actors, ground their biases in (supposedly) medieval beliefs, align themselves with medieval heroes, or condemn their enemies as medieval …
A comprehensive survey of one of the most important texts of the Middle Ages.Malory's Morte Darthur is now a canonical and widely-taught text. Recent decades have seen a transformation and expansion of critical approaches in scholarship, as well as significant …
View book details for Taking Stock of German Studies in the United States
The New Millennium
Examines the challenges facing German-language study in the new millennium and highlights how creative, innovative, inspired approaches have allowed it to weather many of them.In the last decade, cuts have been made to foreign-language programs in the United States across …
View book details for Health, State and Society in Kenya
Faces of Contact and Change
An examination of the conflicts and compromises between Western biomedicine and African traditional therapies in colonial Kenya.This book examines the conflicts brought on by the introduction, management and institutionalization of Western biomedicine into Kenya. From the dawn of the colonial …
View book details for The Development State
Aid, Culture and Civil Society in Tanzania
A timely, ethnographically informed account of the "development state" of Tanzania, showing how development practice and culture have become integrated into everyday life, politically, socially and economically.How has development affected the practices of the state in Africa? How has the …
Why Catalans insist on their identity.The tragic fate of the millenary personality of Catalonia has rarely been fully appreciated abroad. Since the early eighteenth century its national voice has been submerged and fractured by a centralist state intent on its …
Arthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTThe influence and significance of the legend of Arthur …
View book details for Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin
The Politics of Land Control, 1790-1940
An original, rigorously researched volume that questions long-accepted paradigms concerning land ownership and its use in Africa.Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in …
View book details for Mexican Genders, Mexican Genres
Cinema, Television, and Streaming Since 2010
Gender and the contemporary audio-visual landscape of MexicoThis book focusses on gender and the audio-visual landscape of Mexico since 2010, examining popular culture as expressed in the still distinct but rapidly converging media forms of cinema, television, and streaming platforms. …
Examination of the influence of James I on the religious and cultural life of England.James I and the Religious Culture of England is a study of King James's influence, both direct and indirect, on various aspects of religious life in …
The British Navy's Mediterranean activities during the interwar period between the First and Secoond World Wars are covered in this book. The Mediterranean Fleet entered the 1930s looking back to the lessons of Jutland and the First World War but …
Exploring a wide range of material including dramatic works, medieval morality drama, and lyric poetry this book argues for the central significance of literary material to the history of emotions.Early modern English writing about pity evidences a social culture built …
The Goethe Yearbook is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America, showcasing North American and international scholarship on Goethe and other authors and aspects of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Volume 30 seeks to prompt discussion …
First comprehensive collection to be devoted to Sir Bevis, the most popular Middle English romance.Sir Bevis of Hampton is one of the most widespread and important Middle English romances. This book - the first ever full-length study to be devoted …
View book details for The Tender Gaze
Compassionate Encounters on the German Screen, Page, and Stage
By exploring the concept of the "tender gaze" in German film, theater, and literature, this volume's contributors illustrate how perspective-taking in works of art fosters empathy and prosocial behaviors.The gaze, understood as a way of looking at others that involves …
View book details for Managing British Colonial and Post-Colonial Development
The Crown Agents, 1914-1974
A survey of the Crown Agents during a turbulent and eventful period.Britain's Crown Agents' Office is a unique development agency. Until the early 1960s, its clients were colonial governments, and, thereafter, the administrations of dependencies and newly independent countries. As …
A pioneering study of how American composer Aaron Copland helped shape the sound of the Hollywood film industry and introduced the moviegoing public to modern musical styles.One of the most influential and beloved American composers, Aaron Copland played a critical …
These abstracts of 298 wills are based on transcriptions made by John and Isobel Thompson from the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Bedford, held at Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service as ABP/R 2 and …
This study in the interdisciplinary field of law and literature analyses the representation of law in the work of twentieth-century Spanish writer Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932).This study in the interdisciplinary field of law and literature analyses the representation of law …
View book details for John Gower, Trilingual Poet
Language, Translation, and Tradition
New essays demonstrate Gower's mastery of the three languages of medieval England, and provide a thorough exploration of the voices he used and the discourses in which he participated.John Gower wrote in three languages - Latin, French, and English - …
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Historians and Historical Writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea
Comprehensively surveys Ethiopia and Eritrea's rich and dynamic tradition of historical writing, from the ancient Aksumite era to the present day.Ethiopia and Eritrea are home to Africa's oldest written historical tradition, which began in the third century with the monuments …
Collection of the best scholarly essays from the 2020 Southeastern Renaissance Conference plus essays submitted directly to the journal. Topics run from the epic to influence studies to the perennial problem of love and beyond.Renaissance Papers 2020 features essays from …
View book details for Reimagining Psychiatric Epidemiology in a Global Frame
Toward a Social and Conceptual History
Examines psychiatric epidemiology's unique evolution, conceptually and socially, within and between diverse regions and cultures, underscoring its growing influence on the biopolitics of nations and worldwide health campaigns.Psychiatric epidemiology, like the epidemiology of cancer, heart disease, or AIDS, contributes increasingly …
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