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Oliver St. John Gogarty

By: John Benignus Lyons

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Oliver St. John Gogarty

By: John Benignus Lyons

Explores the Irish-born American writer's early success as a classical poet a his development as dramatist and novelist.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838713599

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9780838713594

The Penguin Dictionary of Saints

Third Edition

By: Donald Attwater,Catherine Rachel John

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The Penguin Dictionary of Saints

Third Edition

By: Donald Attwater,Catherine Rachel John

This best-selling dictionary brilliantly reveals the lives and works of a host of fascinating individuals, from Biblical saints to those most recently canonised. It is a worthy companion to any study of Biblical or Church history, and includes details of feast days and special patronage to aid personal devotion.

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401

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Penguin

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0140513124

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9780140513127

The Architectural Setting of the Cult of Saints in the Early Christian West c.300-c.1200

By: John Crook

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The Architectural Setting of the Cult of Saints in the Early Christian West c.300-c.1200

By: John Crook

This book explores the way in which church architecture from the earliest centuries of Christianity has been shaped by holy bones - the physical remains or 'relics' of those whom the Church venerated as saints. The Church's holy dead continued to exercise an influence on the living from beyond the grave, and their earthly remains provided a focus for prayer. The memoriae, house-churches and crypts of early Christian Rome; the elaborately decorated monuments containing the bodies of the bishops of Merovingian Gaul; the revival of ring crypts in the Carshingian empire; the crypts, 'tomb-shrines', and later high shrines of medieval England, all demonstrate how the presence of a holy body within a church influenced its very architecture. This is the first complete modern study of this hitherto somewhat neglected aspect of medieval church architecture in western Europe.

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338

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Clarendon Press

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0191543004

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9780191543005

Joseph of Arimathea

A Study in Reception History

By: William John Lyons

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Joseph of Arimathea

A Study in Reception History

By: William John Lyons

Students and scholars of biblical reception history; of new testament studies; of English/British history; of English/British literature

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202

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Biblical Refigurations

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0199695911

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9780199695911

Tragedy and the Return of the Dead

By: John D Lyons

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Tragedy and the Return of the Dead

By: John D Lyons

Early modernity rediscovered tragedy in the dramas and the theoretical writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Attempting to make new tragic fictions, writers like Shakespeare, Webster, Hardy, Corneille, and Racine created a dramatic form that would probably have been unrecognizable to the ancient Athenians. Tragedy and the Return of the Dead recovers a model of the tragic that fits ancient tragedies, early modern tragedies, as well as contemporary narratives and films no longer called “tragic” but which perpetuate the same elements. Authoritative, wide-ranging, and thought provoking, Tragedy and the Return of the Dead uncovers a set of interlocking plots of family violence that stretch from Greek antiquity up to the popular culture of today. Casting aside the elite, idealist view that tragedy manifests the conflict between two equal goods or the human struggle against the divine, John D. Lyons looks closely at tragedy’s staging of gory and painful deaths, ignominious burials, and the haunting return of ghosts. Through this adjusted lens Le Cid, Hamlet, Frankenstein, The Spanish Tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Phèdre, Macbeth, and other early modern works appear in a striking new light. These works are at the center of a panorama that stretches from Aeschylus’s Agamemnon to Hitchcock’s Psycho and are placed against the background of the Gothic novel, Freud’s “uncanny,” and Burke’s “sublime.” Lyons demonstrates how tragedy under other names, such as “Gothic fiction” and “thrillers,” is far from dead and continues as a vital part of popular culture.

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399

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Northwestern University Press

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0810137119

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9780810137110

Saints For Dummies

By: Rev. John Trigilio, Jr.,Rev. Kenneth Brighenti

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Saints For Dummies

By: Rev. John Trigilio, Jr.,Rev. Kenneth Brighenti

An in-depth resource that separates fact from myth about the lives of saints Saints For Dummies offers information on famous saints (both men and women) from the Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic traditions. With a historical biography on each saint including information on what they are known for, what they did in life to achieve sainthood, and how readers can pray to them in time of need. This easy-to-understand guide reveals that most saints were very common, ordinary, and imperfect human beings with faults and foibles who overcame their shortcomings to become figures of great spiritual and historical significance. You get a unique glimpse into the lives and the character traits of these righteous men and women, as well as future pending saints. Explains which saints are invoked for specific situations Rev. John Trigilio and Rev. Kenneth Brighenti are the coauthors of Catholicism For Dummies, Women in the Bible For Dummies and John Paul II For Dummies Whether you're a scholar or just curious about the topic, Saints For Dummies will have you intrigued and informed from the first page.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470606916

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9780470606919

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Oliver St. John Gogarty

Oliver St. John Gogarty

The Penguin Dictionary of Saints

The Penguin Dictionary of Saints

The Architectural Setting of the Cult of Saints in the Early Christian West c.300-c.1200

The Architectural Setting of the Cult of Saints in the Early Christian West c.300-c.1200

Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea

Tragedy and the Return of the Dead

Tragedy and the Return of the Dead

Saints For Dummies

Saints For Dummies

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