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People Born to Slavery"
Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476–1748
Inbunden, 2001
1221 kr
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Many Americans and Europeans have for centuries viewed Russia as a despotic country in which people are inclined to accept suffering and oppression. What are the origins of this stereotype of Russia as a society fundamentally apart from nations in the West, and how accurate is it? In the first book …
Genealogy of Women
Studies in Boccaccio's "De mulieribus claris"
Av Stephen D. Kolsky, Guy R. Mermier
Inbunden, 2003
816 kr
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Composed in the 1360s, Boccaccio’s De mulieribus claris (Famous Women) was the first attempt at female biography in the history of post-classical Western literature. However, its humanistic credentials coexist uneasily with the remnants of medieval misogyny. This book – the first full-length study …
Thought and Poetic Structure in San Juan de la Cruz’s Symbol of Night
Av N.Grace Aaron, Guy R. Mermier
Inbunden, 2005
847 kr
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Thought and Poetic Structure in San Juan de la Cruz’s Symbol of Night is a comprehensive appraisal of the traditional critical perspectives of mysticism: philosophical, theological, literary, and psychological. Examining the a priori limitations of these approaches, the book presents an original …
