Words that Tear the Flesh: Essays on Sarcasm in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Cultures 3110562111, 9783110562118, 9783110563252, 9783110562255

Words that Tear the Flesh: Essays on Sarcasm in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Cultures 3110562111, 9783110562118, 9783110563252, 9783110562255

The rhetorical trope of irony is well-trod territory, with books and essays devoted to its use by a wide range of mediev

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Medieval and Early Modern Religious Cultures: Essays Honouring Vincent Gillespie on his Sixty-Fifth Birthday 9781843845294, 1843845296

New approaches to religious texts from the Middle Ages, highlighting their diversity and sophistication. From the great

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Sensible Flesh: On Touch in Early Modern Culture 9780812293630

"As histories of corporeal experience in the period become at one more specific and more focused, this signal colle

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Literature, Emotions, and Pre-Modern War: Conflict in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 9781641893091

This collection assembles work by some of the foremost English-speaking scholars of pre-modern thought and culture and i

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Diz Vliegende Bîspel: Ambiguity in Medieval and Early Modern Literature : Essays in Honor of Arthur Groos 9783737011570, 3737011575

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Political Theology in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Discourses, Rites, and Representations (Medieval and Early Modern Political Theology) (Medieval and Early Modern Political Theology, 1) 9782503568348, 2503568343

This book aims to provide a new perspective on the subject, dealing with the events (historical events and intellectual

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New Intersections: Essays on Culture and Literature in the Post-Modern and Post-Colonial Condition 9783964565167

These essays deliver innovative and valuable aspects for a new reading of parts of late 19th century Latin American cult

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The Mystical Gesture: Essays on Medieval and Early Modern Spiritual Culture in Honor of Mary E.Giles 1138703923, 9781138703926

This title was first published in 2000: These essays ecplore the spiritual culture shared by texts and writers in Wester

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American Hebraist: Essays on Agnon and Modern Jewish Literature 9780271094670

Alan Mintz (1947–2017) was a singular figure in the American Jewish literary landscape. In addition to publishing six au

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The Bond of Empathy in Medieval and Early Modern Literature 1501522523, 9781501522529, 9781501515460

This study examines the various means of becoming empathetic and using this knowledge to explain the epistemic import of

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