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Invention of the Renaissance Woman

The Challenge of Female Independence in the Literature and Thought of Italy and England

By: Pamela Joseph Benson

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Invention of the Renaissance Woman

The Challenge of Female Independence in the Literature and Thought of Italy and England

By: Pamela Joseph Benson

During the Renaissance the nature of womankind was a major topic of debate. Numerous dialogues, defenses, paradoxes, and tributes devoted to sustaining woman's excellence were published, and in them history was rewritten to include the achievements of womankind. Often these texts demonstrate that women are capable of acting with prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice, and thus are capable of being independent of male political and moral authority. Pamela Benson argues that the writers use literary means (genre, characterization, narrator, paradox, plot) to defeat the political challenge posed by female independence and to restrain women within a traditional role. The Invention of the Renaissance Woman is a study of the literary strategies used both to create the notion of the independent woman and to restrain her. Traditionally, the profeminism of most of these texts has not been taken seriously because their playful or extreme styles have been read as a sign that they were nothing but a game. Benson demonstrates that the flamboyant and frequently paradoxical style of these texts is the key to their successful profeminism. She defines the literary and conceptual differences between the Italian and English traditions and argues that two of the greatest literary works of the Renaissance, the Orlando furioso and The Faerie Queene, are major texts in the tradition of defense and praise of women. The Inventions of the Renaissance Women is the first substantial contextual discussion of the majority of the Italian texts and many of the English ones. Benson uses the insights of feminist theory and of cultural studies without subordinating the Renaissance texts to a modern political agenda. Among the authors discussed are Spenser, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Castiglione, Vespasiano da Bisticci, Thomas More, Thomas Elyot, Juan Luis Vives, Richard Hyrde, Jane Anger, and Henry Howard.

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Penn State Press

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0271042125

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9780271042121

Dictionary Of World Literature - Criticism, Forms, Technique

By: Joseph T Shipley

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Dictionary Of World Literature - Criticism, Forms, Technique

By: Joseph T Shipley

The dictionary of world literature: criticism-forms-technique presents a consideration of critics and criticism, of literary schools, movements, forms, and techniques-including drama and the theatre-in eastern and western lands from the earliest times; of literary and critical terms and ideas; with other material that may provide background of understanding to all who, as creator, critic, or receptor, approach a literary or theatrical work.

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969

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Read Books Ltd

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1447495683

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9781447495680

Christ among Us

Sculpted Images of Jesus from across the History of Art

By: Joseph Antenucci Becherer,Henry Martin Luttikhuizen

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Christ among Us

Sculpted Images of Jesus from across the History of Art

By: Joseph Antenucci Becherer,Henry Martin Luttikhuizen

No single figure has been more often featured in Western art than Jesus Christ. Sculptures, particularly—though they have received less notice than paintings—provide some of the most moving representations in their capacity to show Christ alongside us in three-dimensional space. In this “catalog for an imagined exhibition,” two prominent art historians—one from the Roman Catholic tradition, one from the Protestant tradition—offer a guided tour of fifty-two sculptures of Jesus Christ from throughout the Western world. The chronological scope of the selection ranges from the third century to the present, with the work of well-known sculptors featured alongside the work of less familiar artists who deserve more attention. Along with lush, high-resolution photographs, each piece is accompanied by an essay that places it in context and brings it to life, so readers can experience the sculpture almost as vividly as they would in person. Those interested in devotional as well as artistic significance will find inspiration in the striking representations of Christ in his many forms: healer, sage, sovereign, and savior, from his humble yet majestic birth to his harrowing death and miraculous resurrection.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467462675

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9781467462679

Point to the Stars

By: Joseph Maron Joseph,Sarah Lee Lippincott

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Point to the Stars

By: Joseph Maron Joseph,Sarah Lee Lippincott

Includes diagrams and text to help the reader identify stars, planets, constellations, and artificial satellites as they vary their places in the heavens.

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102

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McGraw-Hill Companies

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0070330506

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9780070330504

Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600–1750

Volume 3: Late Baroque and Rococo, 1675–1750

By: Rudolf Wittkower,Joseph Connors,Jennifer Montagu

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Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600–1750

Volume 3: Late Baroque and Rococo, 1675–1750

By: Rudolf Wittkower,Joseph Connors,Jennifer Montagu

This classic survey of Italian Baroque art and architecture focuses on the arts in every center between Venice and Sicily in the early, high, and late Baroque periods. The heart of the study, however, lies in the architecture and sculpture of the exhilarating years of Roman High Baroque, when Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona were all at work under a series of enlightened popes. Wittkower's text is now accompanied by a critical introduction and substantial new bibliography. This edition-now published in three volumes-will also include color illustrations for the first time.

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212

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Yale University Press

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0300079419

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9780300079418

Political Campaign Communication

Inside and Out

By: Larry Powell,Joseph Cowart

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Political Campaign Communication

Inside and Out

By: Larry Powell,Joseph Cowart

Now in its third edition, Political Campaign Communication: Inside and Out examines the intricacies of political campaigning through the eyes of both an academic and a political consultant. Unlike others in its field, this text takes a broad view of political campaigning, discussing both theories and principles, along with topics such as political socialization, the role of money, ethics, and critical events. This new edition delves into ongoing changes in the American political environment, with fuller examinations of women and gender, the involvement of social media in political campaigning, political money, and ethics. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of political communication can make use of updated chapter-by-chapter discussion questions and online practice quizzes.

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Routledge

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1351965867

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9781351965866

Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff

By: Joseph Robertson,George Grub

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Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff

By: Joseph Robertson,George Grub

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385111412

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Science and Society

Studies in the Sociology of Science

By: Joseph Agassi

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Science and Society

Studies in the Sociology of Science

By: Joseph Agassi

If a science has to be supported by fraudulent means, let it perish. " With these words of Kepler, Agassi plunges into the actual troubles and glories of science (321). The SOciology of science is no foreign intruder upon scientific knowledge in these essays, for we see clearly how Agassi transforms the tired internalistJexternalist debate about the causal influences in the history of science. The social character of the entire intertwined epistemological and practical natures of the sciences is intrinsic to science and itself split: the internal sociology within science, the external sociology of the social setting without. Agassi sees these social matters in the small as well as the large: from the details of scientific communication, changing publishing as he thinks to 'on-demand' centralism with less waste (Ch. 12), to the colossal tension of romanticism and rationality in the sweep of historical cultures. Agassi is a moral and political philosopher of science, defending, dis turbing, comprehending, criticizing. For him, science in a society requires confrontation, again and again, with issues of autonomy vs. legitimation as the central problem of democracy. And furthermore, devotion to science, pace Popper, Polanyi, and Weber, carries preoccupational dangers: Popper's elitist rooting out of 'pseudo-science', Weber's hard-working obsessive . com mitment to science. See Agassi's Weberian gloss on the social psychology of science in his provocative 'picture of the scientist as maniac' (437).

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401164568

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Unity and Obedient Discipleship in the Gospel of John

By: Dr. James B. Joseph

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Unity and Obedient Discipleship in the Gospel of John

By: Dr. James B. Joseph

Unity and Obedient Discipleship in the Gospel of John is an in-depth study companion to The Ultimate Victory: Becoming a Follower of Jesus, chapter 5. It can also be read as a stand alone exegetical study of John 17:20-23. Keep in mind that it is easy to read into the Bible what is already part of a person’s experiences and understanding of the world around them. But, in reality, in order to understand Scripture properly, one should first understand how a passage would have been understood by its original audiences and then considered regarding contemporary application. The Gospel of John was written for a first-century Mediterranean world and this book looks at the Gospel of John from this perspective. It is my prayer that many will read this book with its focus on John and in particular John 17:20-23 in order to understand more fully how John’s “Good News” proclamation would have been initially understood in the first-century Mediterranean world, and thereby gain a clearer perspective on the heart of God’s Gospel message, which will in-turn stimulate many to seek that which God desires for all of His obedient children: a vibrant life now as part of His eternal close-knit holy family and eternal perfection in the near future within His holy family within the renewed heavens and earth. In addition, I pray that after working through this in-depth study, if you have not considered the historical-cultural and literary context along with the grammar of passages in the past, you will do so in the future as you continue to study and grow in God’s Word. Ultimately, I pray that this book will stimulate many to seek God’s enlightenment and empowerment in order to realize more fully His desired godly unity for His obedient children among all of the universal Church. Let’s all work together more fully in the coming years helping many come to know God and His ways more fully, which will in-turn help those who listen realize God’s more abundant life. In Jesus' Service, Brother James

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IJSP Publishing

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9798988459354

Book's by Joseph Capella

Invention of the Renaissance Woman

Invention of the Renaissance Woman

Dictionary Of World Literature - Criticism, Forms, Technique

Dictionary Of World Literature - Criticism, Forms, Technique

Christ among Us

Christ among Us

Point to the Stars

Point to the Stars

Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600–1750

Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600–1750

Political Campaign Communication

Political Campaign Communication

Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff

Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff

Science and Society

Science and Society

Unity and Obedient Discipleship in the Gospel of John

Unity and Obedient Discipleship in the Gospel of John

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