The Habit of Poetry : The Literary Lives of Nuns in Mid-century America 9781506471136, 9781506471129

Lives of the Nuns: Biographies of Chinese Buddhist Nuns from the Fourth to Sixth Centuries 9780824843014

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Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America [1.0] 0312325967

first heard about in the intro of: * Jamie Faser Arthur, "[What Is the Lived Experience of Laywomen Who Serve as Ca

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Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America 9780814724729

Winner, Conference on the History of Women Religious (CHWR) Distinguished Book Award Winner, 2014 Catholic Book Award

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Platonism and Poetry in the Twelfth Century: The Literary Influence of the School of Chartres 9781400873036

Chartres as an intellectual and cultural force in the Renaissance of the twelfth century has engaged the attention of cr

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From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America 9780226238586

Americans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and the idea that we can challenge racial

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Victorian Poetry and the Poetics of the Literary Periodical 9781474418355

Redrawing the conventional map of Victorian Poetics Victorian Poetry and the Poetics of the Literary Periodical offers

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The Social Lives of Poems in Nineteenth-Century America 9780812291315

The Social Lives of Poems in Nineteenth-Century America illuminates the connections between poems and critical ideas abo

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Poetry and Prophecy: The Beginnings of a Literary Tradition 9781501736964

Poetry and Prophecy illuminates the sources of this tradition, ranging over a number of literatures and cultures.

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Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens 9780804774628

Investigates how race and ethnicity influence the experiences of teens in four key social institutions—family, peer grou

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The Poetry of Ibn Khafajah: A Literary Analysis 9004096604, 9789004096608

This study is an attempt to identify and describe the distinctive features of the poetic style of the acclaimed medieval

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