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Medieval Roles for Modern Times

Theater and the Battle for the French Republic

By: Helen Solterer

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Medieval Roles for Modern Times

Theater and the Battle for the French Republic

By: Helen Solterer

Examines the performances of a Parisian youth group, Gustave Cohen's Théophiliens, and the process of making medieval culture a part of the modern world. Explores the work of actor Moussa Abadi, and his clandestine resistance under the Vichy regime in France during World War II"--Provided by publisher.

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Penn State Press

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0271036133

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9780271036137

The Master and Minerva

Disputing Women in French Medieval Culture

By: Helen Solterer

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The Master and Minerva

Disputing Women in French Medieval Culture

By: Helen Solterer

Can words do damage? For medieval culture, the answer was unambiguously yes. And as Helen Solterer contends, in French medieval culture the representation of women exemplified the use of injurious language. Solterer investigates the debates over women between masters and their disciples. Across a broad range of Old French literature to the early modern Querelle des femmes, she shows how the figure of the female respondent became an instrument for disputing the dominant models of representing women. The female respondent exploited the criterion of injurious language that so preoccupied medieval masters, and she charged master poets ethically and legally with libel. Solterer's work thus illuminates an early, decisive chapter in the history of defamation.

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Univ of California Press

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0520915291

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9780520915299

Medieval Roles for Modern Times

Theater and the Battle for the French Republic

By: Helen Solterer

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Theater and the Battle for the French Republic

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Desire by Gender and Genre in Trouvère Song

By: Helen Dell

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Desire by Gender and Genre in Trouvère Song

By: Helen Dell

This study brings the songs of the trouvères to an encounter with Lacanian psychoanalytic theories of signification, sexual difference and unconscious desire. In trouvère song desire functions as a means of generic and genderic differentiation. The trouvères distinguished between sexual need or lust and desire, the latter usually confined to the masculine voice in high style. Less exalted persons, in whose company women were alreadyimplicitly included, appear as incapable of desire in the fin'amors register. Critics have treated the issue of desire as represented in the courtly chanson but, because criticism has followed the trouvères' distinction between desire and need, discussion of desire has been limited to songs in the courtly register rather than across the system of genres. Desire in Lacan's sense, that is unconscious desire, is present in all genres and voices and this book unearths the unspoken desires of trouvère song by an attention to the characteristic means by which subjects subvert their demands in different genres. HELEN DELL is a research fellowin English Literary Studies in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843841649

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9781843841647

Women and the Crusades

By: Helen J. Nicholson

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Women and the Crusades

By: Helen J. Nicholson

The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration... This book surveys women's involvement in medieval crusading between the second half of the eleventh century, when Pope Gregory VII first proposed a penitential military expedition to help the Christians of the East, and 1570, when the last crusader state, Cyprus, was captured by the Ottoman Turks. It considers women's actions not only on crusade battlefields but also in recruiting crusaders, supporting crusades through patronage, propaganda, and prayer, and as both defenders and aggressors. It argues that medieval women were deeply involved in the crusades but the roles that they could play and how their contemporaries recorded their deeds were dictated by social convention and cultural expectations. Although its main focus is the women of Latin Christendom, it also looks at the impact of the crusades and crusaders on the Jews of western Europe and the Muslims of the Middle East, and compares relations between Latin Christians and Muslims with relations between Muslims and other Christian groups.

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Oxford University Press

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0192529528

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Gender, Writing, and Performance

Men Defending Women in Late Medieval France (1440-1538)

By: Helen J. Swift

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Gender, Writing, and Performance

Men Defending Women in Late Medieval France (1440-1538)

By: Helen J. Swift

This book explores the poetics of literary defences of women written by men in late-medieval and early-modern France. It fills an important lacuna in studies of this polemic in imaginative literature by bridging the gap between Christine de Pizan and a later generation of women writers and male, Neo-Platonist writers who have recently all received due critical attention. Whereas male-authored defences composed between 1440 and 1538 have previously been dismissed as 'insincere' or'mere intellectual games', Swift formulates reading strategies to overcome such critical stumbling blocks and engage with the particular rhetorical and historical contexts of these works. Edited and as yet unedited texts by Martin Le Franc, Jacques Milet, Pierre Michault, and Jean Bouchet-catalogues ofwomen, allegorical narratives, and debate poems-are brought together and analysed in detail for the first time in order to explore, for example, how such works address the misogynistic spectre of Jean de Meun's Roman de la rose.The book seeks to understand the contemporary popularity of the case for women (la querelle des femmes) as literary subject matter. It investigates the publication history across this period, from manuscript to print, of Le Franc's Le Champion des dames. Swift further aims to show how these texts hold interest for modern audiences. A nexus of theoretical concerns centred on performance - Judith Butler's gender performativity, Derrida's re-working of Austin's linguisticperformativity through spectrality, and dramatic performance - is enlisted to articulate the interpretative engagement expected by querelle writers of their audience. The reading strategies proposed foster a nuanced and enriched perspective on the question of a male author's 'sincerity' when writing in defence of women.

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Oxford University Press

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0199232237

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The Master and Minerva

Disputing Women in French Medieval Culture

By: Helen Solterer

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Disputing Women in French Medieval Culture

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Univ of California Press

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0520915291

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Helen Keller

By: Helen Keller

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Helen Keller

By: Helen Keller

A different portrayal of Keller, who is usually remembered for her work aiding blind and deaf-blind people. Deaf and blind herself from the age of 19 months, Keller did indeed devote her adult life to helping those similarly afflicted - she was also a crusading Socialist, championing the poor and oppressed from all walks of life and leading a fight against the less obvious evil of social blindness. John Davis has collected her political writing and speeches, including her arguments for women's suffrage, her opposition to the world wars and support for Eugene V. Debs.

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Ocean Press

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1876175605

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Byline of Hope

Collected Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller

By: Helen Keller

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Byline of Hope

Collected Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller

By: Helen Keller

Helen Keller's never-before-collected writings for magazines and newspapers are reproduced in Byline of Hope, with introductions by Towson University journalism professor Beth A. Haller. Keller's articles for Ladies' Home Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times and the 1930s periodical Home show the passion and scope of her thinking on topics like feminism, socialism and eduction. Readers can follow Keller's development from her early work with its Victorian era diction and charm and watch as her thinking evolves on issues of the day. Much of what Keller wrote is still timely in the 21st century. Byline of Hope shows how truly brilliant and far-seeing this woman was.

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Advocado Press

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0962706418

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9780962706417

The Story of My Life

By: Helen Keller

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The Story of My Life

By: Helen Keller

A classic of American autobiography—the remarkable story of Helen Keller’s early life and education At nineteen months old, Helen Keller was stricken with a mysterious illness that left her deaf and blind. For the next five years, she was trapped in the silent dark, her only means of communication a few dozen rudimentary signs. Her inability to express herself was a great source of frustration, and as she grew older, Helen became prone to angry outbursts and fits of despair. Her family sought help, and in March of 1887, twenty-year-old Anne Sullivan arrived from the Perkins Institution for the Blind. One month later, teacher and student made the first of many incredible breakthroughs. By placing one of Helen’s hands under cool running water and tracing the letters w-a-t-e-r on her other hand, Anne was able to convey the great mystery of language: that every object has a name. As Helen would later write in The Story of My Life, “That living word awakened my soul.” Covering the first twenty-two years of Helen Keller’s life, from that miraculous moment at the water pump to her acceptance into Radcliffe College, The Story of My Life is one of the most beloved and inspiring autobiographies ever written. The basis for The Miracle Worker, the Tony Award–winning play and Academy Award–winning film, its heartening message has touched millions of lives and torn down countless barriers the world over. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

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Open Road Media

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1480483834

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9781480483835

To Love this Life

Quotations

By: Helen Keller

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To Love this Life

Quotations

By: Helen Keller

Presents quotations by deaf-blind humanitarian Helen Keller on such topics as faith, happiness, human nature, education, and triumph over adversity. Also includes a chronology, a selected bibliography, and several photographs. To Love This Life is a beautiful and moving souvenir of one of the world's most admired women. This memorable collection of quotations from Helen Keller brings words of wisdom, courage, and inspiration from a remarkable individual who above all wanted to make a difference in the lives of her fellow men and women. They offer profound statements on the meaning of being human and on life in all its complexity, revealing the wit and wisdom of an unforgettable woman.

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American Foundation for the Blind

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0891283471

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9780891283478

Helen Keller

Selected Writings

By: Helen Keller

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Helen Keller

Selected Writings

By: Helen Keller

Here is Helen Keller's endlessly fascinating life in all its variety: from intimate personal correspondence to radical political essays, from autobiography to speeches advocating the rights of disabled people.

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NYU Press

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0814758290

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Helen Keller

The Story of My Life and Selected Letters

By: Helen Keller

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Helen Keller

The Story of My Life and Selected Letters

By: Helen Keller

Despite being stricken blind and deaf, Hellen Keller would go on to be an excellent writer; this autobiography and selected works will uplift and inspire.

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Chartwell Books

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0785834249

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Light in My Darkness (My Religion)

By: Helen Keller,Professor of Public Law European Law and International Law Helen Keller

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Light in My Darkness (My Religion)

By: Helen Keller,Professor of Public Law European Law and International Law Helen Keller

Helen Keller remains the most well-known and accomplished deaf/blind person in history. Light in My Darkness, originally published in 1927 as My Religion, is Keller's famous spiritual autobiography. She discusses mystical truths that were "to my faculties what light, color and music are to the eye and ear.

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Important Books

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8087830466

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Helen Keller's the Story of My Life

By: Helen Keller

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Helen Keller's the Story of My Life

By: Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film, The Miracle Worker.

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Wildside Press

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1479419087

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9781479419081

The Story of My Life

By: Helen Keller

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The Story of My Life

By: Helen Keller

The Story of My Life" is the Autobiography of Helen Keller, a classic American story of overcoming great hardship. Helen Keller, born in 1880, fell ill at age six. While the illness did not last long it left her both deaf and blind. Helen's family soon contacted the "Perkins Institute for the Blind" and the Institute sent Anne Sullivan, who herself was visually impaired, to help educate Helen. "The Story of My Life" is a story of a young woman's struggle to deal with a great physical handicap. Included here in this edition is a selection of Helen's letters and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy.

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1420929550

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Book's by Helen Solterer

Medieval Roles for Modern Times

Medieval Roles for Modern Times

The Master and Minerva

The Master and Minerva

Medieval Roles for Modern Times

Medieval Roles for Modern Times

Desire by Gender and Genre in Trouvère Song

Desire by Gender and Genre in Trouvère Song

Women and the Crusades

Women and the Crusades

Gender, Writing, and Performance

Gender, Writing, and Performance

The Master and Minerva

The Master and Minerva

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Byline of Hope

Byline of Hope

The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life

To Love this Life

To Love this Life

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Light in My Darkness (My Religion)

Light in My Darkness (My Religion)

Helen Keller's the Story of My Life

Helen Keller's the Story of My Life

The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life

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