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13 produkter
Arts of Dying
Literature and Finitude in Medieval England
Inbunden, 2019
1015 kr
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People in the Middle Ages had chantry chapels, mortuary rolls, the daily observance of the Office of the Dead, and even purgatory--but they were still unable to talk about death. Their inability wasn't due to religion, but philosophy: saying someone is dead is nonsense, as the person no longer is. …
Arts of Dying
Literature and Finitude in Medieval England
Häftad, 2019
324 kr
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People in the Middle Ages had chantry chapels, mortuary rolls, the daily observance of the Office of the Dead, and even purgatory--but they were still unable to talk about death. Their inability wasn't due to religion, but philosophy: saying someone is dead is nonsense, as the person no longer is. …
Arts of Dying
Literature and Finitude in Medieval England
E-bok, 2020
622 kr
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People in the Middle Ages had chantry chapels, mortuary rolls, the daily observance of the Office of the Dead, and even purgatory—but they were still unable to talk about death. Their inability wasn’t due to religion, but philosophy: saying someone is dead is nonsense, as the person no longer is. …
Atlas's Bones
The African Foundations of Europe
Inbunden, 2025
378 kr
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A major new look at Africa’s influence on European culture and how colonization remade Africa in the image of a medieval Europe. Virgil. Chaucer. Petrarch. These names resonate with many as cornerstones of European culture. Yet, in Atlas’s Bones, D. Vance Smith reveals that much of what is claimed …
Medieval Literature
Criticism and Debates
Av Holly Crocker, D. Vance Smith
Inbunden, 2013
3943 kr
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Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates combines classic critical essays alongside new voices and approaches, highlighting vibrant debates on medieval literature that will continue to shape critical conversations for the coming decades.Holly A. Crocker and D. Vance Smith present a fascinating …
Medieval Literature
Criticism and Debates
Av Holly Crocker, D. Vance Smith
Häftad, 2013
1063 kr
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Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates combines classic critical essays alongside new voices and approaches, highlighting vibrant debates on medieval literature that will continue to shape critical conversations for the coming decades.Holly A. Crocker and D. Vance Smith present a fascinating …
Arts of Possession
The Middle English Household Imaginary
Häftad, 2003
346 kr
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Exposes the centrality of the household to cultural practices of the medieval period.An innovative work of both economic anthropology and literary history, Arts of Possession draws on philosophical, theoretical, literary, historical, and archival sources and insights to situate the household at the …
Legitimacy of the Middle Ages
On the Unwritten History of Theory
Av Andrew Cole, D. Vance Smith
Häftad, 2010
328 kr
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This collection of essays argues that any valid theory of the modern should-indeed must-reckon with the medieval. Offering a much-needed correction to theorists such as Hans Blumenberg, who in his Legitimacy of the Modern Age describes the "modern age" as a complete departure from the Middle Ages, …
Legitimacy of the Middle Ages
On the Unwritten History of Theory
Av Andrew Cole, D. Vance Smith
Inbunden, 2010
1328 kr
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This collection of essays argues that any valid theory of the modern should-indeed must-reckon with the medieval. Offering a much-needed correction to theorists such as Hans Blumenberg, who in his Legitimacy of the Modern Age describes the "modern age" as a complete departure from the Middle Ages, …
Legitimacy of the Middle Ages
On the Unwritten History of Theory
Av D. Vance Smith, Andrew Cole
E-bok, 2010
524 kr
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This collection of essays argues that any valid theory of the modern should—indeed must—reckon with the medieval. Offering a much-needed correction to theorists such as Hans Blumenberg, who in his Legitimacy of the Modern Age describes the "modern age" as a complete departure from the Middle Ages, …
Medieval Literature
Criticism and Debates
Av D. Vance Smith, Holly Crocker
E-bok, 2023
1255 kr
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Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates combines classic critical essays alongside new voices and approaches, highlighting vibrant debates on medieval literature that will continue to shape critical conversations for the coming decades. Holly A. Crocker and D. Vance Smith present a fascinating …
Medieval Literature
Criticism and Debates
Av D. Vance Smith, Holly Crocker
E-bok, 2023
1255 kr
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Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates combines classic critical essays alongside new voices and approaches, highlighting vibrant debates on medieval literature that will continue to shape critical conversations for the coming decades. Holly A. Crocker and D. Vance Smith present a fascinating …
Readings in Medieval Textuality
Essays in Honour of A.C. Spearing
Av Cristina Maria Cervone, D. Vance Smith
Inbunden, 2016
1503 kr
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Essays on a variety of topics in late medieval literature, linked by an engagement with form.The insight that "the implications of textuality as such" can and must underlie our interpretations of literary works remains one of A.C. Spearing's greatest contributions to medieval studies. It is a …
