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A fascinating essay acquaints students with Homeric values and another examines the Odyssey as literature, offering expert discussion of the work's structure and poetic features and situating it in the oral tradition it exemplifies.

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Provides readings of Austen's works and summarizes the critical response to her writings.

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John Bryant has assembled a unique collection of critical writings dealing with the life, art, and influence of Herman Melville. The Companion also examines Melville's life and influence on the world of books, modern thought, foreign cultures, and popular culture.

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Culture shapes every aspect of the relationship between God and the believer in Islam - as well as among believers, and with those beyond the fold.

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The volume will appeal to all those interested in how reason, faith and circumstance shape difficult moral choices in an increasingly globalised world.

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This reference is a comprehensive overview of Old and Middle English literature.

Chapters focus on particular genres, such as Allegorical Verse, Balladry, Beast Fable, Chronicle, Debate Poetry, Epic and Heroic, Lyric, Middle English Parody/Burlesque, Religious and Allegorical Verse, and Romance.

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A reference companion to the life and career of Luigi Pirandello, covering his plays, novels and short stories, as well as translations of his poems. Background information provided include surveys on Italian theatre before Pirandello and the surrealism in his work.

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This reference companion is a guide to the tremendous amount of scholarship Poe has generated. Through chapters written by expert contributors, this volume reviews and represents Poe biography, criticism, aesthetics, philosophy and influence.

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Combining rigor and originality, Ricoeur's Fallible Man locates the possibility of evil in a self that is fundamentally in conflict with itself. The contributors to this volume shed light on an impressive range of themes from the most accessible of Ricoeurs early writings that resonate with contemporary debates in philosophy and religion.

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The international contributors to this volume discuss Paul Ricoeurs Freedom and Nature.They cover important influences on Ricoeurs early thought and connecting it to current issues in embodied cognition and the philosophy of will, the companion promotes a renewed appreciation of the contemporary relevance of this groundbreaking work.

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Paul Ricoeurs most widely read book, The Symbolism of Evil, examines the structure of a will that has succumbed to evil and discloses its meaning through a study of symbols and myths. This edited collection explores a wide range of themes that resonate with topics in contemporary philosophy and religion.

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Paul Ricoeurs most widely read book, The Symbolism of Evil, examines the structure of a will that has succumbed to evil and discloses its meaning through a study of symbols and myths. This edited collection explores a wide range of themes that resonate with topics in contemporary philosophy and religion.

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Maugham based his characters on real people whom he observed and analyzed, and his characters transcend the themes and settings of his fictional worlds.

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What is the extraordinary text that is the Quran - and how does it relate to the life and times of the Prophet Muhammad This book offers a journey into the full range of experience - past and present, secular and sacred - of the diverse peoples and cultures of the Muslim world.

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Now in its sixth edition with coverage of major Supreme Court decisions through the end of the 2013-2014 term, this book remains a key source for students, professors, and citizens seeking balanced, up-to-date information on the Constitution, its amendments, and how they have been interpreted.

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Now in its sixth edition with coverage of major Supreme Court decisions through the end of the 2013-2014 term, this book remains a key source for students, professors, and citizens seeking balanced, up-to-date information on the Constitution, its amendments, and how they have been interpreted.

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Victorian novels remain enormously popular today: some continue to be made into films, while authors such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot are firmly established in the canon and taught at all levels.

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Provides the history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, this work compares, across societies, the types of offenses punishable by death, the level of public support for the death penalty, the forms the penalty takes, and the categories of persons exempt from punishment.