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Critique of German authors writing about the environment and climate, based on publications from ca. mid 1700s to mid 1900s; in English.

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This book examines the 'fall of the angels' tradition in early medieval sermons, saints' lives, legal documents and Old English biblical poetry. It argues that Anglo-Saxon authors adapted apocryphal and patristic accounts in ways that allowed them to express their ideas concerning ecclesiastical and secular power. -- .

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This book examines the fall of the angels tradition in early medieval sermons, saints lives, legal documents and Old English biblical poetry. It argues that Anglo-Saxon authors adapted apocryphal and patristic accounts in ways that allowed them to express their ideas concerning ecclesiastical and secular power.

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Undertakes a comparative analysis of the works of Iain Sinclair and Peter Ackroyd, placing the fiction and non-fiction of both writers in relation to the broader cultural, social and political contexts of London from 1979.

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Surveys work done on the mythic or archetypal approach in general and on such mythic figures in literature as Orpheus, Oedipus, Cain and Faust, covering work on myth in classical literature and in major periods in British and American literature.

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The texts assembled in this bibliography demonstrate the ways in which literary theory and criticism make and remake themselves in an effort to challenge and understand the boundaries that exist between language and literary study. The volume surveys works from a range of discourses and genres.

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Focusing on the most important and useful resources for modern researchers and students of English literature, Bracken identifies and describes a substantial portion of the currently available reference sources in British and American literature - dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, periodicals, and so forth.

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Exploring the network of social, political and spiritual connections in north west England during Shakespeare's formative years, this text discusses how the surrounding cultural context may have shaped him as an artist, looking at "Twelfth Night", "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

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This work offers an important insight into the role that the religious imagination plays in the creation of sacred worlds.

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Offers insight into the role that the religious imagination plays in the creation of sacred worlds. Covering foundational questions regarding the relation between words and worlds and the parameters of the sacred, this work explores different ways of using interdisciplinary resources to open up our understanding of religion and literature.

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Provides students with an introduction to literature and its context from 1533-1642, including: the historical, cultural and intellectual background including religion, politics, exploration and visual culture; major writers and genres including Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson; explanations of key terms; and more.

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Provides students with an introduction to literature and its context from 1533-1642, including: the historical, cultural and intellectual background including religion, politics, exploration and visual culture; major writers and genres including Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson; explanations of key terms; and more.

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Roston demonstrates that what emerges is not a fixed or monolithic pattern for each generation but a dynamic series of responses to shared challenges. The book relates leading English writers and literary modes to contemporary developments in architecture, painting, and sculpture, exploring by a close reading of the texts and the artistic works the

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An examination of the narrative strategies used by such authors as Pushkin, Zhukova, Tolstoy, Herzen and Dostoevsky to represent young, dependent female characters. Drawing on the theories of Bakhtin, the work analyzes the degree to which women are presented as subjects who think and perceive.