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Women's Genealogies in the Medieval Literary Imagination

Matrilineal Legacies in the High Middle Ages

By: Emma O. Bérat

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Women's Genealogies in the Medieval Literary Imagination

Matrilineal Legacies in the High Middle Ages

By: Emma O. Bérat

Uncovering the many striking female alternatives to patrilineal narratives in medieval texts, Emma O. Bérat explores strategies of writing and illustration that creatively and purposefully depict women's legacies. Genealogy, used to justify a character's present power and project it onto the future, was crucial to medieval political, literary, and historical thought. While patrilineage often limited women to exceptional or passive roles, other genealogical forms that represent and promote women's claims are widespread in medieval texts. Female characters transmit power through book patronage and reading, enduring landmarks, and international travel, as well as childbearing and succession. These flexible – if messy – genealogies reflect the web of political, biological, and spiritual relations that frequently characterized elite women's lives. Examining hagiography, chronicles, genealogical rolls, and French, English, and Latin romances, as well as associated codices and images, Bérat highlights the centrality of female characters and historical women to this fundamental aspect of medieval consciousness.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009434772

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9781009434775

Living My Life

By: Emma Goldman

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Living My Life

By: Emma Goldman

Volume 1 of the candid, no-holds-barred account by American anarchist Goldman relates her philosophical and political journey through life, beginning with her emigration from Russia to the U.S. in 1886.

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529

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Courier Corporation

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048612228X

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9780486122281

Emma Goldman, Vol. 1

A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 1: Made for America, 1890-1901

By: Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman, Vol. 1

A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 1: Made for America, 1890-1901

By: Emma Goldman

Reconstructs the life of Emma Goldman through significant texts and documents.

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682

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University of Illinois Press

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0252075412

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9780252075414

RENT-A-BRIDE LTD

Mills & Boon Comics

By: Emma Goldrick,Kaishi Sakuya

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Mills & Boon Comics

By: Emma Goldrick,Kaishi Sakuya

In an airplane preparing to land, Stacey sits paralyzed by fear. As soon as she arrives at the airport, she will be forced to marry her aunt’s son-in-law. Then they will be able to steal all of the property Stacey’s father left to her, and Stacey will have no means of escape. Trembling in despair, she is comforted by the man sitting next to her. His name is Harry and she detects in him the same warmth and encouragement her late father once gave her…

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Harlequin / SB Creative

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4596256365

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The Maid’s Disgrace

A gripping and romantic Victorian saga from the bestselling author

By: Emma Hornby

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The Maid’s Disgrace

A gripping and romantic Victorian saga from the bestselling author

By: Emma Hornby

**Don't miss Emma Hornby's gripping new wartime saga, A DAUGHTER'S WAR - out now** --------------------- A gritty and page-turning historical saga from the bestselling author of A Shilling for a Wife, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. Manchester, 1842 Phoebe Parsons is a liar...a shameless harlot with unscrupulous morals... Phoebe Parsons is destitute, disgraced, and alone. After her mistress tragically dies, Phoebe is forced back onto the poverty-ridden streets of Manchester by her unforgiving new master. Desperately searching for work as a domestic maid, Phoebe soon discovers her reputation is in ruins. Fearing for her future and haunted by the harshness of her abandonment, Phoebe finds herself living with thieves and drunks in the smog and squalor - until she meets Victor Hayes. An officer removed from his duty and shamed by a cruel lie, Mr Hayes is a kind face among the uncertain threats of living in the alleyways. But Phoebe soon realises the sacrifices she must make to rebuild from the ground up... As their two worlds collide, can they make a new life from the wreckage? Or will the judgement of their peers make a pauper of Phoebe? ---------------------------- Readers love Emma Hornby: 'Similar to Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, Emma Hornby tells a brilliant story that will keep you guessing with twists and turns. Pure talent.' 'Emma Hornby's books just keep getting better and better. Honest, gritty, lovely characters.' 'Keep writing Emma, you are very talented and can't wait for your next book. I've read them all.' 'Emma is a wonderful storyteller and I can't wait for the next one!' 'Thank you again Emma Hornby for a captivating read' 'Another beautifully written story by Emma Hornby

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Random House

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147356011X

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The Single Woman, Modernity, and Literary Culture

Women’s Fiction from the 1920s to the 1940s

By: Emma Sterry

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The Single Woman, Modernity, and Literary Culture

Women’s Fiction from the 1920s to the 1940s

By: Emma Sterry

This book situates the single woman within the evolving landscape of modernity, examining how she negotiated rural and urban worlds, explored domestic and bohemian roles, and traversed public and private spheres. In the modern era, the single woman was both celebrated and derided for refusing to conform to societal expectations regarding femininity and sexuality. The different versions of single women presented in cultural narratives of this period—including the old maid, odd woman, New Woman, spinster, and flapper—were all sexually suspicious. The single woman, however, was really an amorphous figure who defied straightforward categorization. Emma Sterry explores depictions of such single women in transatlantic women’s fiction of the 1920s to 1940s. Including a diverse selection of renowned and forgotten writers, such as Djuna Barnes, Rosamond Lehmann, Ngaio Marsh, and Eliot Bliss, this book argues that the single woman embodies the tensions between tradition and progress in both middlebrow and modernist literary culture.

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Springer

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3319408291

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9783319408293

Southeastern Indians Life Portraits

A Catalogue of Pictures 1564-1860

By: Emma Lila Fundaburk

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Southeastern Indians Life Portraits

A Catalogue of Pictures 1564-1860

By: Emma Lila Fundaburk

This pictorial classic is a valuable ethnological record of southeastern Indians that also showcases the work of early photographers and artists. A collection of over 350 photographs, paintings, drawings,and woodcuts, Life Portraits offers us an important visual representation of southeastern Indians—at work, at play, in rituals, and in death—when they first encountered Europeans. Studied by historians and archaeologists, as well as museum exhibit designers and costumers, these illustrations provide a wealth of information on native dress and jewelry, house construction, agricultural techniques, warfare, and other aspects of American Indian life. Among the tribes illustrated are Natchez, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole, Chitimacha, Timucua, Powhatan, Tuscarora, Caddo, Yuchi, and Shawnee. A special section of the book quotes historic narratives and comments on the life and work of the artists, lithographers, photographers, and engravers who made the originals. Included among these are Jacques le Moyne, John White, Theodore De Bry, Francis Parsons, Joshua Reynolds, John Trumball, George Catlin, John Mix Stanley, Thomas McKenney, and Samuel Waugh. Life Portraits has been a classic title in southeastern archaeology and a staple of bookstores and museum shops around the country since its original publication in 1958. Because the carefully identified illustrations were secured from a wide variety of sources, including the British Museum, the Charleston Museum, the New York Public Library, and the Oklahoma Historical Society, this volume represents the most comprehensiveand widely available record of Indian images. Designed for Americana collections, it will appeal to general readers as well as professional historians and archaeologists.

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141

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University of Alabama Press

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0817310789

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9780817310783

London's Lord Mayors

800 Years of Shaping the City

By: Emma Hatfield

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London's Lord Mayors

800 Years of Shaping the City

By: Emma Hatfield

Reveals the compelling characters and often courageous actions of London’s Lord Mayors as they respond to some of the most dramatic events in the City’s history.

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276

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445650304

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9781445650302

Act of Valour

By: Emma Drummond

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Act of Valour

By: Emma Drummond

The Ashleighs of Knightshill, a talented British family who are proud of their ancestry, have their world turned upside down in the summer of 1914, when the black sheep of the family returns after 12 years. Act of Valour is the concluding volume in Emma Drummond's Knightshill trilogy. "An enormously satisfying family chronicle spiced with plenty of romance, passion, and action." - Booklist

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St. Martin's Press

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1466862793

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9781466862791

Key Issues in Education and Social Justice

By: Emma Smith

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Key Issues in Education and Social Justice

By: Emma Smith

This book focuses on educational experience as a lifelong and society-wide issue. The author draws on research, policy, and contemporary thinking in the field to provide a comprehensive guide to the educational inequalities that may exist and persist throughout an individual's educational course. Providing an international perspective on different ethnic, gender, and social groups, the book covers a broad range of issues, including:theoretical, policy, and research developments; inequalities that may exist during the years of schooling; government policy; and beyond the school classroom.

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SAGE

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1849208115

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9781849208116

Theatre in Health and Care

By: Emma Brodzinski

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Theatre in Health and Care

By: Emma Brodzinski

This unique book examines theatre practice that takes place within a range of health and care settings from medical training to advocacy projects for service users. Drawing on a range of case studies, the book provides insights into working practices as well as posing critical questions in relation to the field.

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Springer

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0230293492

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9780230293496

RENT-A-BRIDE LTD Vol.2

Harlequin Comics

By: Emma Goldrick,Kaishi Sakuya

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RENT-A-BRIDE LTD Vol.2

Harlequin Comics

By: Emma Goldrick,Kaishi Sakuya

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Harlequin / SB Creative

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4596077819

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9784596077813

Ross-on-Wye Through Time

By: Emma Cheshire-Jones

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Ross-on-Wye Through Time

By: Emma Cheshire-Jones

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Ross-on-Wye has changed and developed over the last century.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445616629

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9781445616629

Religions and Development

By: Emma Tomalin

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Religions and Development

By: Emma Tomalin

Religion has been excluded from development studies for decades. Religious traditions have contributed greatly towards development work, yet major international players have tended to ignore its role. Recent years have shown a noticeable shift in development policy, practice and research to recognize religion as a relevant factor. This text provides a comprehensive insight into different approaches towards the understanding the relationships between religions and development studies, policy and practice. It guides readers through current debates, presenting, explaining and critically evaluating a broad range of literature and locating it within a theoretical context. The text explores the role of religion within development, from positive contributions, such as the important role that many ‘faith-based organizations’ play in education or health care, to more complicated and contested notions of impact, such as religiously inspired violence or gender inequality. The book begins with three background chapters, outlining the relevance of religions for development studies, policy and practice, and introducing the reader to the study of ‘development’ and of ‘religions’. Following these, the focus then shifts to examine a number of thematic areas, including religion, gender and development, and the implications of the ‘rise of religion’ for mainstream development studies, policy and practice in the 21st century. Each chapter contains a range of features to assist undergraduate learning, including learning objectives for each chapter, discussion of key concepts, summaries, discussion questions, further reading and websites. The book also contains over sixty boxed case studies to provide further definition, explanation, and examples of the interactions between religions and development globally. This innovative text presents religions as something that can both obstruct and aid development, encouraging readers to engage critically with the multiple ways that religion impacts on both the conceptualization of development as well the resulting project interventions. This will be of interest to undergraduate, postgraduate students and scholars interested in religious studies, development studies, and the broader study of societies and cultures.

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305

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Routledge

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1136827471

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9781136827471

Marion Milner: The Life

By: Emma Letley

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Marion Milner: The Life

By: Emma Letley

Artist, poet, educationalist and autobiographer, Marion Milner is considered one of the most original of psychoanalytic thinkers whose life (1900-1998) spans a century of radical change. Marion Milner: The Life, is the first biography of this extraordinary woman. It introduces Milner and her works to the reader through her family, colleagues and, above all through her books, charting their evolution and development as well as their critical reception and contribution to current twenty-first century debates and discourses. In this book Emma Letley draws on primary sources, including the newly-opened Marion Milner Collection at the Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society in London, as well as interviews and the re-contextualised series of Milner texts. She traces the process of Milner's writing of her books, her discovery of psychoanalysis, her training and her place in that world from the 1940's onwards. Marion Milner: The Life includes discussion of Milner's connection with D.W. Winnicott and her emergence as a most individual member of the Independent Group. Letley also shows how Milner's Personal Notebooks offer fascinating insights into her relationships, both personal and professional, and into many of her important ideas on creativity, the body-mind relationship, her revolutionary ideas on education and her particular personality as clinician working with both children and adults. Further, Letley explores Milner's literary character from her very early diaries and narratives to her last book written in her 90's published in 2012. Marion Milner: The Life places Marion Milner firmly in her Edwardian family setting and contains new material from primary sources, including a new view of her collegial connections. It provides a wealth of material on her life and works that will be invaluable to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, art psychotherapists, students, those involved with life writing and autobiography, and the general reader.

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262

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Routledge

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1135022224

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9781135022228

The British Short Story

By: Emma Liggins,Andrew Maunder,Ruth Robbins

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The British Short Story

By: Emma Liggins,Andrew Maunder,Ruth Robbins

The short story remains a crucial - if neglected - part of British literary heritage. This accessible and up-to-date critical overview maps out the main strands and figures that shaped the British short story and novella from the 1850s to the present. It offers new readings of both classic and forgotten texts in a clear, jargon-free way.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230300804

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9780230300804

The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic

Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation

By: Emma Greensmith

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The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic

Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation

By: Emma Greensmith

This book offers a radically new reading of Quintus' Posthomerica, the first account to combine a literary and cultural-historical understanding of what is the most important Greek epic written at the height of the Roman Empire. In Emma Greensmith's ground-breaking analysis, Quintus emerges as a key poet in the history of epic and of Homeric reception. Writing as if he is Homer himself, and occupying the space between the Iliad and the Odyssey, Quintus constructs a new 'poetics of the interval'. At all levels, from its philology to its plotting, the Posthomerica manipulates the language of affiliation, succession and repetition not just to articulate its own position within the inherited epic tradition but also to contribute to the literary and identity politics of imperial society. This book changes how we understand the role of epic and Homer in Greco-Roman culture - and completely re-evaluates Quintus' status as a poet.

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401

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Cambridge University Press

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1108900356

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9781108900355

George Gissing, the Working Woman, and Urban Culture

By: Emma Liggins

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George Gissing, the Working Woman, and Urban Culture

By: Emma Liggins

George Gissing's work reflects his observations of fin-de-siècle London life. Influenced by the French naturalist school, his realist representations of urban culture testify to the significance of the city for the development of new class and gender identities, particularly for women. Liggins's study, which considers standard texts such as The Odd Women, New Grub Street, and The Nether World as well as lesser known short works, examines Gissing's fiction in relation to the formation of these new identities, focusing specifically on debates about the working woman. From the 1880s onward, a new genre of urban fiction increasingly focused on work as a key aspect of the modern woman's identity, elements of which were developed in the New Woman fiction of the 1890s. Showing his fascination with the working woman and her narrative potential, Gissing portrays women from a wide variety of occupations, ranging from factory girls, actresses, prostitutes, and shop girls to writers, teachers, clerks, and musicians. Liggins argues that by placing the working woman at the center of his narratives, rather than at the margins, Gissing made an important contribution to the development of urban fiction, which increasingly reflected current debates about women's presence in the city.

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Routledge

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1351933973

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