First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterbury Tales, by placing the storytelling contest among the Canterbury pilgrims within the larger social contests in the changing England of the late fourteenth century. The author focuses on three crucial fields of contention: the division of social duties into the three estates, the controversies around Wycliffite thought and practice, and the roles of women. Drawing on recent literary theory, particularly Bakhtin and Foucault, Peggy Knapp offers both a reading of nearly all the tales and an argument about how such readings come about, both for Chaucer’s earliest audiences and for us.
The proclivities of mother's predispositions have a demand to be recognized, established, and authenticated with their own biblical principles, practices, values, and beliefs while cultivating our future generations. Since the propensities of our changing world's views of parenting, practices, and values can be identified, utilized, and influenced in the lives of children, according to Dr. Peggy Cook, there are eight vital components to conserve: 1. Word of God (Holy Bible), Life giving 2. Prayer: Life sustaining 3. Fathers: Life preserving 4. Mothers: Life receiving 5. Children: Indispensable gifts 6. Home: Blessed palace 7. Mentors: Biblical and notable examples 8. Research: Wisdom, knowledge, and application. The Power of a mother's touch will continue to be an enlightenment, illumination, and have a phenomenal impact on every man, woman, and child who embraces the insights in this book that will transition to their homes, churches, schools, and communities. My prayer for every reader: May the blessings of the Lord be upon you today, tomorrow, and forever. Be blessed! Be beautiful! Be beneficial! And let the beauty of the Lord, our God, be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands upon us. Yea the work of our hands establish thou it" (Psalms 90:17, KJV).
Essays from classroom teachers K-12 in six countries. Using the Internet for creating environmental education projects, and sharing data with other students. These experiments are an inspiration for K-12 teachers in designing meaningful, replicable environmental education experiences.
The proclivities of mother's predispositions have a demand to be recognized, established, and authenticated with their own biblical principles, practices, values, and beliefs while cultivating our future generations. Since the propensities of our changing world's views of parenting, practices, and values can be identified, utilized, and influenced in the lives of children, according to Dr. Peggy Cook, there are eight vital components to conserve: 1. Word of God (Holy Bible), Life giving 2. Prayer: Life sustaining 3. Fathers: Life preserving 4. Mothers: Life receiving 5. Children: Indispensable gifts 6. Home: Blessed palace 7. Mentors: Biblical and notable examples 8. Research: Wisdom, knowledge, and application. The Power of a mother's touch will continue to be an enlightenment, illumination, and have a phenomenal impact on every man, woman, and child who embraces the insights in this book that will transition to their homes, churches, schools, and communities. My prayer for every reader: May the blessings of the Lord be upon you today, tomorrow, and forever. Be blessed! Be beautiful! Be beneficial! And let the beauty of the Lord, our God, be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands upon us. Yea the work of our hands establish thou it" (Psalms 90:17, KJV).
First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterbury Tales, by placing the storytelling contest among the Canterbury pilgrims within the larger social contests in the changing England of the late fourteenth century. The author focuses on three crucial fields of contention: the division of social duties into the three estates, the controversies around Wycliffite thought and practice, and the roles of women. Drawing on recent literary theory, particularly Bakhtin and Foucault, Peggy Knapp offers both a reading of nearly all the tales and an argument about how such readings come about, both for Chaucer’s earliest audiences and for us.
Some contemporary approaches to literature still accept the separation of historical, biographical, external concerns from formal, internal ones. On the borderline that lends this division between inside and outside its apparent coherence is signature. In Peggy Kamuf’s view, studying signature will help us to rediscover some of the stakes of literary writing beyond the historicist/formalist opposition. Drawing on Derrida’s extensive work on signatures and proper names, Kamuf investigates authorial signature in key writers from Rousseau to Woolf, as well as the implications of signature for the institutions of authorship and criticism.
Whoever the addict is to you—husband, wife, son, daughter, parent, or best friend—you need help on that broken road. What do you do while the addict is in and out of rehab, in and out of jail, in and out of your home, and in and out of your wallet? What do you do if they never clean up? You’ve kicked them out and they’ve come back with fresh promises. You’ve tried everything you know to do and called every number you’ve been given seeking help. Yet little to nothing has actually changed. What do you do? What can you do? When You Love an Addict is full of specific Scriptures and practical advice concerning the very problems you are facing: how to talk to an addict, recognizing the difference between enabling and helping, making decisions about the addict, repairing broken relationships, building low self-esteem, maintaining joy, recognizing relapse, and many other topics. Step out of denial. Stop ignoring the problems. You can learn to do more than just cope. You can make decisions that give you a life of joy and peace. You can’t make your loved one stop using, but you can reclaim your life, your peace of mind, and your own stability. When you are tired of living in the ruins of your shattered life, put to use the principles you will find in When You Love an Addict. You too can overcome!
Chaucerian Aesthetics engages both aesthetic pleasure and understanding in The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde and places them in relation to modern approaches to mind and language.
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