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The Shepheardes Calender

An Introduction

By: Lynn Staley Johnson,Lynn Staley

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The Shepheardes Calender

An Introduction

By: Lynn Staley Johnson,Lynn Staley

The Shepheardes Calender is the poem that launched Edmund Spenser's career and changed the direction of English poetry. In this reappraisal, Lynn Staley Johnson demonstrates that Spenser himself made a self-conscious effort to create a new literature, a new esthetic for a new era. Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources, she places the poem in its literary, social, political , and cultural context, contributing to our understanding of the relationship between Spenser and his times. She pays particular attention to the emergence of the myth of Elizabeth and of England during the first half of Elizabeth's reign and the ways in which the young Spenser manipulated the concerns and issues of the time, transforming popular culture into literary expression. By its active engagement with both the present and the past, the Calender suggests Spenser's conception of poetry as informed dialogue designed for social work, offering a reinterpretation of the relationship between the poet and his community. Choosing not to be circumscribed by the voices of his significant historical and literary past, the Calender proclaims the poet, not as transmitter or mediator, but as an active and shaping force, capable of remaking the present by offering his age a picture of a new and potentially more glorious reality. Johnson seeks to bridge the gap between the literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by linking Spenser's strategies and themes to those of his medieval forebears, especially Chaucer. Both Edmund Spenser and his enigmatic Calender stand facing two ways, back into the age dubbed &"middle&" and forward, hailing the new; as it's study demonstrates, only by bringing these views into a single focus can we begin to appreciate the radical and innovative nature of a poem that for many heralds the renaissance of English poetry.

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242

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Penn State Press

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0271041005

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9780271041001

Following Chaucer

Offices of the Active Life

By: Lynn Staley

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Following Chaucer

Offices of the Active Life

By: Lynn Staley

Following Chaucer: Offices of the Active Life explores three representative figures—the royal woman, the poet, and the merchant—in relation to the concept of “office,” which Cicero linked to the health of the republic, but Chaucer to that of the common good. Not usually conjoined to the term “office,” these three figures, situated in the active life, were not firmly mapped onto the body politic, which was used to figure a relational and ordered social body ruled by the king, the head. These figures are points of entry into a set of questions rooted in Chaucer’s understanding of his cultural and historical past and in his keen appraisal of the social dynamics of his own time that also reverberate in the centuries after Chaucer’s death. Following Chaucer does not trace influence but uses Chaucer’s likely reading, circumstances, and literary and social affiliations as guides to understanding his poetry, within the context of late medieval English culture and the reshaping of the concept of these particular offices that suited the needs of a future whose dynamics he anticipated. His understanding of the importance of the Ciceronian concept of office within the active life, his profound cultural awareness, and his probing of the foundations of social change provide him with a keen sense of the persistent tensions and inconsistencies that are fundamental to his poetry.

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233

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University of Michigan Press

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0472131877

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9780472131877

Noxious Range Weeds

By: Lynn F James

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Noxious Range Weeds

By: Lynn F James

This is a reference book on the classification, distribution, ecology and control of poisonous and aggressively invasive plant species on rangeland. The plants covered include leafy spurge, snakeweeds, thistles and knapweeds, woody species such as juniper, rabbitbrush, oakbrush, mesquite and saltcedar, and other noxious weeds such as dyers woad, cheatgrass and tansy ragwort.

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483

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CRC Press

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0429695292

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9780429695292

The Sion Revelation

The Truth About the Guardians of Christ's Sacred Bloodline

By: Lynn Picknett,Clive Prince

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The Sion Revelation

The Truth About the Guardians of Christ's Sacred Bloodline

By: Lynn Picknett,Clive Prince

An essential notion in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code is the existence of an age-old French society, the Priory of Sion, whose task it is to protect Christ's sacred bloodline. In The Sion Revelation, Picknett and Prince reveal the story of the Priory, taking readers on a highly significant, disturbing, and even alarming ride through history into an intriguing world where a great many uncomfortable facts will have to be faced, both religious and political. Drawing on a wealth of astonishing evidence, they answer numerous questions that shroud this society, including: • Does the Priory actually exist or is the group's entire history an elaborate hoax? • Was Leonardo da Vinci really one of the Priory's Grand Masters? • What is the truth behind Pierre Plantard, the enigmatic French aristocrat who claimed to be a Priory Grand Master -- and who some claim was a Nazi sympathizer? • Could the Priory be a front for other occult societies in Europe with religious or even political agendas? By carefully untangling centuries of obfuscation, rumor, and documented fact, The Sion Revelation unravels the great intricacies of this secret society and takes us on a historical journey that is as groundbreaking in its explanation as it is riveting in its telling.

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532

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Simon and Schuster

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074328870X

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9780743288705

2000 National Health Directory

By: Aspen Health & Administration Developmen,Lynn Antosz Fantle

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2000 National Health Directory

By: Aspen Health & Administration Developmen,Lynn Antosz Fantle

Organized by level of government, from Congress and the federal government, to state, and finally local government, this directory lists the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of information sources on health programs and legislation. It includes information on senators and representati

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388

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Aspen Publishers

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0834218658

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9780834218659

Patient Problems

A Research Base for Nursing Care

By: Jenifer Wilson-Barnett,Lynn Batehup,Morva Fordham

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Patient Problems

A Research Base for Nursing Care

By: Jenifer Wilson-Barnett,Lynn Batehup,Morva Fordham

The book is written for general nurse. It covers the problems of anxiety, depression, communication problems, sexual problems, urinary incontinence, pain, sleep disturbances, mobility problems, problems with wound healing, probleams with breathing.

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276

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Ishiyaku EuroAmerica, Incorporated

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1871364108

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9781871364101

Directory of Research Grants, 1996

By: Lynn E. Miner

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Directory of Research Grants, 1996

By: Lynn E. Miner

A listing of grant programmes for individuals and institutions in search of support.

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1280

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Greenwood

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0897748778

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9780897748773

The Shepheardes Calender

An Introduction

By: Lynn Staley Johnson,Lynn Staley

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The Shepheardes Calender

An Introduction

By: Lynn Staley Johnson,Lynn Staley

The Shepheardes Calender is the poem that launched Edmund Spenser's career and changed the direction of English poetry. In this reappraisal, Lynn Staley Johnson demonstrates that Spenser himself made a self-conscious effort to create a new literature, a new esthetic for a new era. Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources, she places the poem in its literary, social, political , and cultural context, contributing to our understanding of the relationship between Spenser and his times. She pays particular attention to the emergence of the myth of Elizabeth and of England during the first half of Elizabeth's reign and the ways in which the young Spenser manipulated the concerns and issues of the time, transforming popular culture into literary expression. By its active engagement with both the present and the past, the Calender suggests Spenser's conception of poetry as informed dialogue designed for social work, offering a reinterpretation of the relationship between the poet and his community. Choosing not to be circumscribed by the voices of his significant historical and literary past, the Calender proclaims the poet, not as transmitter or mediator, but as an active and shaping force, capable of remaking the present by offering his age a picture of a new and potentially more glorious reality. Johnson seeks to bridge the gap between the literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by linking Spenser's strategies and themes to those of his medieval forebears, especially Chaucer. Both Edmund Spenser and his enigmatic Calender stand facing two ways, back into the age dubbed "middle" and forward, hailing the new; as it's study demonstrates, only by bringing these views into a single focus can we begin to appreciate the radical and innovative nature of a poem that for many heralds the renaissance of English poetry.

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Penn State University Press

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0271028483

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The Shepheardes Calender

The Shepheardes Calender

Following Chaucer

Following Chaucer

Noxious Range Weeds

Noxious Range Weeds

The Sion Revelation

The Sion Revelation

2000 National Health Directory

2000 National Health Directory

Patient Problems

Patient Problems

Directory of Research Grants, 1996

Directory of Research Grants, 1996

The Shepheardes Calender

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