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 |  | The Ruins of Allegory: Paradise Lost and the Metamorphosis of Epic Convention
Publication Date: July 20, 1998In this reexamination of the allegorical dimensions of Paradise Lost, Catherine Martin presents Milton’s poem as a prophecy foretelling the end of one culture and its replacement by another. She argues that rather than merely extending the allegorical tradition as defined by Augustine, Dante, and Spenser, Milton has written a meta-allegory that stages a confrontation with an allegorical formalism that is either dead or no longer philosophically viable. By both critiquing and recasting the traditional form, Milton describes the transition to a new epoch th...
|  | Ripper
Publication Date: September 1, 1994From a nightmare past of bestial, murderous occult ritual to an equally blood-drenched present of mutilation and serial slaughter, this story delivers shock after shock and twist after twist. This is compelling novel of high-tension terror. ...
|  | Desert Rats: Three of the Best Desert-War (Commando)
Publication Date: April 1, 2012| Series: Commando Following the bestselling success of Carlton's man-size Commando anthologies, here is the latest of the pocket-format compilations each containing of three classic Commando war stories printed the same size as the original comics. "Desert Rats" features "Fighting Fool!", "Oasis of Death" and "Chariot of War". Tales of courage in the North African desert make this action-packed but handily formatted collection of stories a thrill for Commando fans of all ages. ...
|  | Clara: A Novel
Release Date: February 17, 2004With "some of the greatest words ever written on thwarted love since Romeo and Juliet" (The Times, London), Clara reignites, from between the lines of history, the great love of Robert and Clara Schumann.This impassioned novel gives voice to Clara Wieck Schumann, one of the most celebrated pianists of the nineteenth century, who today is best remembered not for her music but for her marriage. "How often you must purchase my songs with invisibility and silence, little Clara," says Robert, and, for Clara, the price of his love is dear. Shrouded in alternate lay...
|  | Peter Camenzind: A Novel
Publication Date: December 1, 2003Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind is increasingly disillusioned by the suffering he discovers around him; after failed romances and a tragic friendship, his idealism fades into crushing hopelessness. He finds peace again only when he cares for Boppi, an invalid who renews Camenzind’s love for humanity and inspires him once again to find joy in the smallest details of every life. ...
|  | All the Best Sketches 2: New Sketches from More Best-Selling Authors
Release Date: November 1, 2003(Lillenas Publications). The combination of such immense writing talent in one volume makes this an easy selection for anyone involved in drama ministry. Whether it's the insight from Blanton, the poignancy of the Enscoes, or the humor of Martin, this collection provides a large variety to choose from for worship settings. Small casts and natural dialogue make each piece easy to stage. ...
|  | Love's Last Madness Poems on a Spiritual Path
Publication Date: November 1, 2001An English translation from Urdu of selected poems from Darshan Singh's magnum opus, Mataa'-e Noor. Winner of prestigious literary awards in India, this fine contemporary mystical poetry also serves as a basis for instruction in the Sant Mat spiritual tradition in India and throughout the world. Hundreds of verses celebrate the torments and ecstasies that the lover of God suffers at the hands of the Divine. Also included are an introduction to the poet's life and an overview of the author's mystical foundations. ...
|  | The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic
Publication Date: July 1, 2010The Poetics of Speech in the Medieval Spanish Epic explores the composition of manuscript texts in thirteenth-century Spain. Of the vernacular epic poems originating with the minstrels of this era, only three full-length works remain: Cantar de Mio Cid, Poema de Fernán González, and Mocedades de Rodrigo, all preserved and recorded by members of the clergy. By analyzing expressive traits found in these three poems, Matthew Bailey links them to the cognitive processes that take place in the minds of speakers as narration unfolds.In Latin and other ve...
|  | Las diez mil cosas (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: May 1, 2004Siempre al borde de la ironía o la parodia, pero también al filo inquisitivo de las cosas las diez mil cosas celebradas con acentos melancólicos y firmes, el rito que Eduardo Hurtado consuma en este hermoso libro de poemas arranca y desemboca en el sustancioso claroscuro de la mirada. Una mirada que busca eludir la gravedad de lo mayúsculo y que, por lo tanto, tampoco es reductible; mirada horizontal y penetrante que sabe hallar asombros en la emoción y el escrutinio. ...
|  | La poes
Publication Date: January 1, 2009| Series: Estudios De Asia Y Africa El presente libro explora la poesía narrativa swahili, en particular el utenzi, género que inicialmente fue preservado por medios orales y luego se registró en manuscritos que utilizaban la escritura arábiga adaptada al swahili, y cuyos ejemplos más antiguos preservados datan del siglo XVIII. En sus inicios, esta poesía narrativa tuvo un carácter épico dedicado a relatar las historias del profeta Mohammed y las guerras para consolidar la fe islámica. En el siglo XIX se utiliz...
|  | Conversational Routines in English: Convention and Creativity (Studies in Language and Linguistics)
Publication Date: June 1996| ISBN-10: 0582082129 | ISBN-13: 978-0582082120This text provides a comprehensive description of expressions in conversation, such as apologizing, thanking, accepting and refusing, drawing upon original research data from the London-Lund Corpus of Spoken English. ...
|  | Andromeda's Chains: Gender and Interpretation in Victorian Literature and Art
Publication Date: June 10, 1993This study explores the passion with which Victorian male writers and artists gave meaning to the myth of Perseus and Andromeda and its medieval analogue, the legend of St George and the dragon. It demonstrates how men used the myth to exert their own gender on Victorian culture. ...
|  | Gender and Power in Medieval Exegesis (New Middle Ages)
Release Date: September 15, 2010| ISBN-10: 0230104355 | ISBN-13: 978-0230104358Gender and Power in Medieval Exegesis analyzes the nexus of gender and power in biblical commentaries from the fifth to the fifteenth century, focusing on crucial moments in the development of exegesis. The argument pursues the literary trope of the woman on top through major literary-exegetical works: Augustine’s Confessions, Jerome’s Against Jovinian, the Fleury Slaughter of Innocents, and Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Prologue. Theresa Tinkle reveals how the authoritative woman in these w...
|  | Written on Your Skin
Release Date: July 28, 2009 From the exciting new historical author Meredith Duran comes two back-to-back dark and sexy Regency historical novels that follow her thrilling debut The Duke of Shadows.In Written on Your Skin, Mina Morehouse flees to America from England, wishing to escape the consequences of a mistake she made that may have cost hundreds of British lives. Now her actions have come back to haunt her in the form of her childhood love. Once a raffish explorer, Justin Ashmore has acquired a taste for vengeance. He will stop at nothing to uncover the truth of that terrible night f...
|  | Lover's Allure: A Ramsey Romance
Publication Date: August 24, 2010Journey to Scotland where Darby Ellis and Kraven DeBurgh embark upon a fiery, erotic romance that sets the stage for the next level of Ramsey mystery, drama and revenge. ...
|  | Art in the Blood
Publication Date: August 10, 2006James Ellroy, Dan Brown, Ian Rankin, George Pelacanoes, Ken Bruen, Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson . . . the roster of writers interviewed in these pages includes those who have won Edgar, Shamus, Anthony and Macavity awards. The interviews were conducted in person, or by phone, or both. Significantly, none of the interviews were placed before the authors for approval, massaging or tweaking of answers. The interviews were recorded on tape and are presented without rejuxtaposition or revision on the part of the novelists. This is how the writers spoke, what t...
|  | Queen in Disguise (Step into Reading, Step 2, paper)
Release Date: March 28, 2000| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | A Child's Book of Myths: Includes a Read-and-Listen CD (Dover Read and Listen)
Publication Date: October 20, 2011| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
| | Airball: My Life in Briefs
Release Date: March 4, 2008| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Kirby Nickel loves basketball. The only problem is he can’t play basketball. But when an opportunity to meet NBA star Brett McGrew comes up, Kirby knows he has to take a chance and try out for the basketball team. Getting on the team turns out to be easy—the rest of the boys are as supremely untalented as Kirby—but winning in order to be eligible to meet McGrew is a whole different problem. Different and embarrassing. The coach’s radical new plan for success involves the boys playing in their und...
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