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Wounded Knights

Violence, Masculinity, and Medieval Courtly Love

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This broad-ranging book draws on Freudian and post-Freudian theory to offer a new and original perspective on courtly love from its origins in eleventh-century Occitania to its transformation into conflicting chivalric and courtly discourses in the later Middle Ages. Comparative and transnational in scope, it explores the role of masculinity and violence in the romance, love lyric and saints’ ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This broad-ranging book draws on Freudian and post-Freudian theory to offer a new and original perspective on courtly love from its origins in eleventh-century Occitania to its transformation into conflicting chivalric and courtly discourses in the later Middle Ages. Comparative and transnational in scope, it explores the role of masculinity and violence in the romance, love lyric and saints’
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Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War is the first book to read Shakespeare's drama through the lens of Cold War politics. The book uses the Cold War experience of dissenting artists in theatre and film to highlight the coded religio-political subtexts in Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and The Winter's Tale. ... Read more

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Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War is the first book to read Shakespeare's drama through the lens of Cold War politics. The book uses the Cold War experience of dissenting artists in theatre and film to highlight the coded religio-political subtexts in Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and The Winter's Tale.
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Writing Plague

Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series Book 19 - Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19 brings a holistic and comparative perspective to “plague writing” from the later Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. It argues that while the human “hardware” has changed enormously between the medieval past and the present (urbanization, technology, mass warfare, and advances in medical science), the human “software” ... Read more

$98.09 USD

Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19 brings a holistic and comparative perspective to “plague writing” from the later Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. It argues that while the human “hardware” has changed enormously between the medieval past and the present (urbanization, technology, mass warfare, and advances in medical science), the human “software”
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Shakespeare, Catholicism, and the Middle Ages

Maimed Rights

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Whereas traditional scholarship assumed that William Shakespeare used the medieval past as a negative foil to legitimate the present, Shakespeare, Catholicism, and the Middle Ages offers a revisionist perspective, arguing that the playwright valorizes the Middle Ages in order to critique the oppressive nature of the Tudor-Stuart state. In examining Shakespeare’s Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Whereas traditional scholarship assumed that William Shakespeare used the medieval past as a negative foil to legitimate the present, Shakespeare, Catholicism, and the Middle Ages offers a revisionist perspective, arguing that the playwright valorizes the Middle Ages in order to critique the oppressive nature of the Tudor-Stuart state. In examining Shakespeare’s Richard II, The Merchant of Venice,
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Elizabethan Demonology

by Thomas Alfred Spalding ...

Narrated by Katrina Joyner ...

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4 hours 54 min

This Essay is an expansion, in accordance with a preconceived scheme, of two papers, one on "The Witches in Macbeth," and the other on "The Demonology of Shakspere," which were read before the New Shakspere Society in the years 1877 and 1878. The Shakspere references in the text are made to the Globe Edition.An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers ... Read more

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This Essay is an expansion, in accordance with a preconceived scheme, of two papers, one on "The Witches in Macbeth," and the other on "The Demonology of Shakspere," which were read before the New Shakspere Society in the years 1877 and 1878. The Shakspere references in the text are made to the Globe Edition.An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers
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King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot

Stories & Legends of The Excalibur, Merlin, Holy Grale Quest & The Brave Knights of the Round Table

by Howard Pyle, Richard Morris, James Knowles, T. W. Rolleston, Thomas Malory, Alfred Tennyson, Maude L. Radford ...

Translated by Charlotte Guest ...

King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot is a captivating anthology that explores the rich tapestry of Arthurian legend. Spanning a variety of literary styles, this collection encompasses tales that highlight both the romantic and chivalric elements quintessential to the Arthurian tradition. Readers will encounter a wide range of narratives, from prose to poetry, ... Read more

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King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot is a captivating anthology that explores the rich tapestry of Arthurian legend. Spanning a variety of literary styles, this collection encompasses tales that highlight both the romantic and chivalric elements quintessential to the Arthurian tradition. Readers will encounter a wide range of narratives, from prose to poetry,
... Read more
Civil War Amy Life

by Leander Stillwell, George Alfred Townsend, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner ...

Series Book 7 - Civil war
This volume, the seventh in a nine-volume series about the Civil War, provides a view of the ugly side of a war, where more people were victims of disease than of direct combat wounds.Included are complete works by Leander Stillwell, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, George Alfred Townsend, Matthew Brady, and Alexander Gardner showing the perspectives of generals, as well as those of ordinary combatants ... Read more

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This volume, the seventh in a nine-volume series about the Civil War, provides a view of the ugly side of a war, where more people were victims of disease than of direct combat wounds.Included are complete works by Leander Stillwell, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, George Alfred Townsend, Matthew Brady, and Alexander Gardner showing the perspectives of generals, as well as those of ordinary combatants
... Read more
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Elizabethan Demonology

by Thomas Alfred Spalding ...

Narrated by Eva Davis ...

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4 hours 15 min

Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, as It Was Generally Held during the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately Succeeding; with Special Reference to Shakespeare and His Works This Essay is an expansion, in accordance with a preconceived scheme, of two papers, one on "The Witches in Macbeth," and ... Read more

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Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, as It Was Generally Held during the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately Succeeding; with Special Reference to Shakespeare and His Works This Essay is an expansion, in accordance with a preconceived scheme, of two papers, one on "The Witches in Macbeth," and
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Elizabethan Demonology

Enriched edition. Exploring Supernatural Beliefs in Elizabethan Society

by Thomas Alfred Spalding, Ariana Howard ...

In "Elizabethan Demonology," Thomas Alfred Spalding intricately explores the rich tapestry of belief, superstition, and the complex cultural dynamics surrounding demonology during the Elizabethan era. Spalding employs a meticulous scholarly style that blends historical analysis with literary critique, examining texts from canonical authors such as Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, while ... Read more

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In "Elizabethan Demonology," Thomas Alfred Spalding intricately explores the rich tapestry of belief, superstition, and the complex cultural dynamics surrounding demonology during the Elizabethan era. Spalding employs a meticulous scholarly style that blends historical analysis with literary critique, examining texts from canonical authors such as Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, while
... Read more
Elizabethan Demonology

by Thomas Alfred Spalding ...

Thomas Alfred Spalding presents a captivating exploration of belief, superstition, and the supernatural in Elizabethan Demonology. This BOOK delves into the rich tapestry of 16th- and 17th-century thought, examining how ideas of demons, witchcraft, and the occult influenced literature, culture, and everyday life during the Elizabethan era.Spalding’s work is both scholarly and engrossing, tracing ... Read more

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Thomas Alfred Spalding presents a captivating exploration of belief, superstition, and the supernatural in Elizabethan Demonology. This BOOK delves into the rich tapestry of 16th- and 17th-century thought, examining how ideas of demons, witchcraft, and the occult influenced literature, culture, and everyday life during the Elizabethan era.Spalding’s work is both scholarly and engrossing, tracing
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50+ Masterpieces you have to read before you die. Christmas Stories and Poems

A Christmas Carol, A Merry Christmas, A Letter from Santa Claus, Christmas Bells, The Gift of the Magi and others

by Charles Dickens, L.M. Montgomery, L. Frank Baum, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nikolai Gogol, William Dean Howells, Joseph Rudyard Kipling, Elizabeth Harrison, John Milton, Hans Christian Andersen, Selma Lagerlof, Clement Moore, Henry van Dyke, Beatrix Potter, Anton Chekhov, O. Henry, Hesba Stretton, Kenneth Grahame, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, William Butler Yeats, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Kingsley, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, C. W. Stubbs, Eugene Field, Paul Laurence Dunbar, William Topaz McGonagall, Emily Dickinson, G.K. Chesterton ...

Narrated by Peter Coates, Chris Dabbs, Jim Girard, Trevor O'Hare ...

Unabridged

21 hours 56 min

Anthology of Christmas Stories is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.Contents:Charles DickensA ... Read more

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Anthology of Christmas Stories is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.Contents:Charles DickensA
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King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot

Stories & Legends of The Excalibur, Merlin, Holy Grale Quest & The Brave Knights of the Round Table

by Thomas Malory, Alfred Tennyson, Maude L. Radford, James Knowles, Richard Morris, T. W. Rolleston, Howard Pyle ...

Translated by Charlotte Guest ...

King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot is a unique anthology that encapsulates the rich tapestry of Arthurian mythology through various literary landscapes. This collection spans traditional narratives to modern reimaginings, chronicling the chivalric exploits and mystical allure of Camelot. With an impressive range from romantic poetry to robust prose, the ... Read more

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King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot is a unique anthology that encapsulates the rich tapestry of Arthurian mythology through various literary landscapes. This collection spans traditional narratives to modern reimaginings, chronicling the chivalric exploits and mystical allure of Camelot. With an impressive range from romantic poetry to robust prose, the
... Read more

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