Author: Marijke Spies
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The Netherlandish rhetoricians of the sixteenth century have, in the course of the last decades, shed their image of third-rate poets who, lacking all sense of true beauty, were capable only of pompous verbosity and a shallow manipulation of form. The new scholarly assessment has also shed light on the role they played in the cultural and literary life of their time, and it now appears that many of their dramas are well worth staging. Once the sixteenth century was freed from the stigma of being the preparatory phase for the Golden Age, the way was clear for thorough studies of the literature produced during the most turbulent period in the history of the Low Countries.This volume contains essays which deal with works written not only in Dutch, but also in French and in New Latin, with topics ranging from the effects of poetic principles on literary practice to the use of poetry as a means for improving society and developing the individual. The unifying thread in these studies is the pivotal importance of rhetoric in all forms of literary expression.
Author: Iain Hamilton Grant
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Presenting a lucid account of Schellings major works in the philosophy of nature alongside those of his scientific contemporaries who pursued and furthered that work, this book does not simply aim to present Schellings extravagant speculative physic
Author: Ignatius Donnelly
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The great classic of Atlantis, this book more than any other established the existence of this lost continent for the modern world. Attracting hundreds of thousands of readers and stimulating vast debate, it influenced generations of people including countless scientists who went on to do serious work in their fields, and numerous science-fiction writers. It is a measure of the power of the Atlantis myth that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, the idea of a submerged Atlantic Ocean continent remains vigorous today, long after Donnellys work first appeared. A lawyer and politician before he turned to writing, Ignatius Donnelly (18311901) spent many years amassing evidence for his book on Atlantis. Displaying an immense knowledge of Platonic and Biblical material, comparative archeological discoveries, folk traditions of deluges, and geological data supporting catastrophic volcanic activity, Donnelly staggered his readers with facts and overwhelmed them with his many brilliant arguments. Despite the many more recent discoveries that have proved many of his facts to be false, his arguments still dazzle and his central myth continues to fascinate. The highly appealing idea of a lost continent with a high civilization, one that was the mother of all other civilizations, is one of the most enduring of all human myths and shows no signs of disappearing. A seminal work on Atlantis and a classic in the history of culture, this book is the starting point for anyone sincerely interested in the Atlantis myth. Still the most readable and imaginative of the books on Atlantis, it is a work that will long outlive most of the more recent accounts. As a study of the golden past, it is an enormously intriguing and enjoyable book. **
Author: Andreahammel
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Exile and Everyday Life focusses on the everyday life experience of refugees fleeing National Socialism in the 1930s and 1940s as well as the representation of this experience in literature and culture. The contributions in this volume show experiences of loss, strategies of adaptation and the creation of a new identity and life. It covers topics such as Exile in Shanghai, Ireland, the US and the UK, food in exile, the writers Gina Kaus, Vicki Baum and Jean Amery, refugees in the medical profession and the creative arts, and the Kindertransport to the UK. **
Author: Sebastian Luft
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Sebastian Luft presents and defends the philosophy of culture championed by the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism. Following a historical trajectory from Hermann Cohen to Paul Natorp and through to Ernst Cassirer, this book makes a systematic case for the viability and attractiveness of a philosophical culture in a transcendental vein, in the manner in which the Marburgers intended to broaden Kants approach. In providing a philosophical study of culture, Luft adheres to important Kantian tenets while addressing empirical studies of culture. The Space of Culture culminates in an exploration of Cassirers Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, and argues for the extent to which Cassirers thought was firmly rooted in the Marburg School, despite his originality. At the same time, it shows how Cassirer opened up the philosophical study of culture to new horizons, making it attractive for contemporary philosophy. **
Author: Andrew Colin Gow
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This is the first complete and accessible English translation of two major source textsTinctors Invectives and the anonymous Recollectiothat arose from the notorious Arras witch hunts and trials in the mid-fifteenth century in France. These writings, by the Anonymous of Arras (believed to be the trial judge Jacques du Bois) and the intellectual Johannes Tinctor, offer valuable eyewitness perspectives on one of the very first mass trials and persecutions of alleged witches in European history. More importantly, they provide a window onto the early development of witchcraft theory and demonology in western Europe during the late medieval periodan entire generation before the infamous Witches Hammer appeared. Perfect for the classroom, The Arras Witch Treatises includes a reader-friendly introduction situating the treatises and trials in their historical and intellectual contexts. Scholars, students, and others interested in the occult will find these translations invaluable. **Review [This] sourcebook presents a valuable contribution to the study of witchcraft and devil worship in the late medieval imagination. It is intelligible to lay readers, while scholars may find it useful as a brief overview of the Arras affair, with multiple references to more detailed studies on the topic. Frantisek Novotny, Correspondences This new volume offers readable translations with helpful outlines and notes. Reading the accounts written by churchmen whose learning and conviction made them very partial jurors, one gets an eerie picture of the mindset behind the witch craze in late medieval Europe. Thomas Willard, Mediaevistik The editors additions of modern subheadings and the wide, empty margins make the book well-suited to the classroom the novelty and accessibility of these English translations render the book critical to researchers in the field. The Arras Witch Treatises will hopefully usher Tinctor and du Bois texts into the canon of demonological treatises, expanding our grasp of this chilling historical episode and forcing scholars to look afresh at received knowledge. Rachel Daphne Weiss, Comitatus Provides a well-articulated introduction and excellent primary sources for undergraduate and graduate courses on the topic of witchcraft and the European witch hunts. Amanda Pipkin, *Sixteenth Century Journal * The potential of the new edition of the Arras treatises promises to transcend its already valuable contribution for classroom use. It will surely contribute to fine-tuning existing assumptions about fifteenth-century demonology, and students and scholars alike will benefit from its publication. Tamar Herzig, Renaissance Quarterly There can be no argument, therefore, that a complete translation of Tinctors treatise and the anonymous Recollectio, which may have come from the pen of Jacques du Bois, one of the judges in the Arras trials, helps considerably in providing much-needed evidence to fill a gap in our knowledge of an important episode a century or so before the major waves of witchcraft prosecution in Western Europe began to make themselves felt. P. G. Maxwell-Stuart, Speculum This important work sheds much light on the fifteenth-century origins of the witch craze. The elaborated theory of witchcraft described here is absolutely fascinating, not just because it predates the classic era of witch hunting by a century but also because it was so incoherent and contentious and yet terrifyingly relevant to changing social and political conditions. This is a story about medieval superstition as well as the modernity of print and law and state building. Malcolm Gaskill, University of East Anglia A fascinating glimpse into the mind-set of two promoters of witch hunting who defined demonic heresy and justified the use of cruel tactics to extract confessions. Revealing both similarity to and significant differences from other demonological works, The Arras Witch Treatises offers an exciting new resource for both teaching and scholarship. Gary K. Waite, University of New Brunswick About the Author Andrew Colin Gow is Professor of History at the University of Alberta. Robert B. Desjardins is an independent scholar and a graduate writing advisor at the University of Alberta. Francois V. Pageau is a doctoral candidate in medieval history at the University of Alberta.
Author: Alister E. McGrath
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This Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present and future of Protestantism. ullCo-edited by leading Protestant theologians Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks, with contributions from internationally renowned scholars. llOpens with an investigation into the formation of Protestant identity across Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa. llIncludes coverage of leading Protestant thinkers, such as Luther, Calvin, Schleiermacher and Barth. llConsiders the interaction of Protestantism with different areas of modern life, including the arts, politics, the law and science. llDebates the future of Protestantism in both Western and non-Western settings. lulReviewThe value of the work lies in the amount of information it contains, and in the readiness of the many writers, coming from many denominations (Anglican and other) to identify themselves as convinced, though self-critical, Protestants. It will be a tonic to those who have got used to hearing Protestant treated as a dirty word. Roger Beckwith, Oxford, Anglican Evangelical Journal for Theology and MissionBook DescriptionThis Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present and future of Protestantism. The volume opens with an investigation into the formation of Protestant identity, looking at its historical development across Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa. This section includes coverage of leading Protestant thinkers, such as Luther, Calvin, Schleiermacher and Barth. The Companion then goes on to consider the interaction of Protestantism with different areas of modern life, including the arts, politics, the law and science. A final section looks to the future of Protestantism, debating what will happen to both Western and non-Western Protestant movements. The Companion takes seriously the shift in Protestantism from a predominantly North Atlantic perspective to a more global reality. A strength of the volume is contributions by indigenous scholars on regional Protestant history and context as well as essays that examine the nature of neo-Protestant forms and the future of historic Protestantism identities as a consequence of increasing secularity and the emergence of new non-Eurocentric or American Protestants.
Author: Robert Graves
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Graves described poetry as his ruling passion, and for him love was the main theme and origin of true poems. He created a rich mythology where love, fear, fantasy and the supernatural play an essential role. Intimate yet universal, passionate yet precise, their brilliant alchemy of realism and magic made Gravess poems some of the finest of the last century. In this edition the poems appear without critical apparatus or commentary. The volume represents in its purest form the achievement of Gravess seventy productive years.
Author: Jennifer Marston William
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This book explores how minds at the movies understand minds in the movies and introduces readers to some fundamental principles of Cognitive Studiesnamely conceptual blending, Theory of Mind, and empathyperspective-takingthrough their application to film analysis. A cognitive approach to recent popular historical films demonstrates cinemas potential to stimulate viewers critical thinking about crucial events of the past century. Diverging from the focus on narrative processing in traditional cognitivist theory, this book examines film reception and production in the context of the latest developments in cognitive and social psychology. Turning to German cinema as a case study for this interdisciplinary partnership, Jennifer Marston William offers a fresh look at some internationally successful films of the twenty-first century, including Nowhere in Africa, Goodbye, Lenin!, Sophie Scholl, Downfall, The Lives of Others, and The Baader-Meinhof Complex.