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Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity

Towards a Christian Empire

By: Peter Brown

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Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity

Towards a Christian Empire

By: Peter Brown

A preliminary report on continuing research into the political, cultural, and religious milieu of the later Roman Empire, from a humanist historiographic perspective. Discusses autocracy and the elites, power, poverty, and the forging of a Christian empire. Does not assume a knowledge of Latin. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299133443

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Roman Emperor Zeno

The Perils of Power Politics in Fifth-century Constantinople

By: Peter Crawford

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Roman Emperor Zeno

The Perils of Power Politics in Fifth-century Constantinople

By: Peter Crawford

Peter Crawford examines the life and career of the fifth-century Roman emperor Zeno and the various problems he faced before and during his seventeen-year rule. Despite its length, his reign has hitherto been somewhat overlooked as being just a part of that gap between the Theodosian and Justinianic dynasties of the Eastern Roman Empire which is comparatively poorly furnished with historical sources. Reputedly brought in as a counter-balance to the generals who had dominated Constantinopolitan politics at the end of the Theodosian dynasty, the Isaurian Zeno quickly had to prove himself adept at dealing with the harsh realities of imperial power. Zeno's life and reign is littered with conflict and politicking with various groups - the enmity of both sides of his family; dealing with the fallout of the collapse of the Empire of Attila in Europe, especially the increasingly independent tribal groups established on the frontiers of, and even within, imperial territory; the end of the Western Empire; and the continuing religious strife within the Roman world. As a result, his reign was an eventful and significant one that deserves this long-overdue spotlight.

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Pen and Sword History

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1473859271

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9781473859272

A History of Codex Bezae’s Text in the Gospel of Mark

By: Peter E. Lorenz

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A History of Codex Bezae’s Text in the Gospel of Mark

By: Peter E. Lorenz

As the principal Greek witness of the so-called "Western" tradition of the gospels and Acts, Codex Bezae’s enigmatic text in parallel Greek and Latin columns presents a persistent problem of New Testament textual criticism. The present study challenges the traditional view that this text represents a vivid retelling of the canonical narratives cited by ancient writers from Justin Martyr to Marcion and translated early into Syriac and Latin.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110746867

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9783110746860

Listen

A History of Our Ears

By: Peter Szendy

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Listen

A History of Our Ears

By: Peter Szendy

In this intimate meditation on listening, Peter Szendy examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The role of the composer is clear, as is the role of the musician, but where exactly does the listener stand in relation to the music s/he listens to? What is the responsibility of the listener? Does a listener have any rights, as the author and composer have copyright? Szendy explains his love of musical arrangement (since arrangements allow him to listen to someone listening to music), and wonders whether it is possible in other ways to convey to others how we ourselves listen to music. How can we share our actual hearing with others? Along the way, he examines the evolution of copyright laws as applied to musical works and takes us into the courtroom to examine different debates on what we are and aren’t allowed to listen to, and to witness the fine line between musical borrowing and outright plagiarism. Finally, he examines the recent phenomenon of DJs and digital compilations, and wonders how technology has affected our habits of listening and has changed listening from a passive exercise to an active one, whereby one can jump from track to track or play only selected pieces.

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Fordham University Press

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0823237885

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Sailor Diplomat

Nomura Kichisaburō and the Japanese-American War

By: Peter Mauch

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Sailor Diplomat

Nomura Kichisaburō and the Japanese-American War

By: Peter Mauch

As Japan’s pre–Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877–1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese–U.S. relations. Scholars tend to view his actions and missteps as ambassador as representing the failure of diplomacy to avert the outbreak of hostilities between the two paramount Pacific powers.This extensively researched biography casts new light on the life and career of this important figure. Connecting his experiences as a naval officer to his service as foreign minister and ambassador, and later as “father” of Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Forces and proponent of the U.S.–Japanese alliance, this study reassesses Nomura’s contributions as a hard-nosed realist whose grasp of the underlying realities of Japanese–U.S. relations went largely unappreciated by the Japanese political and military establishment.

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BRILL

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1684175062

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The New Testament

By: Father Peter Bowes

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The New Testament

By: Father Peter Bowes

A new edition of the New Testament, edited by Father Peter Bowes, Priest, Master Teacher and Co-Director of the Order of Christ Sophia. This version speaks to the spirit of the Law of Jesus and the message of the apostles.

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Lulu.com

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1105898210

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Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Volume 1

By: Peter Maxwell-Stuart,José Manuel García Valverde

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Investigations into Magic, an Edition and Translation of Martín Del Río’s Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex

Volume 1

By: Peter Maxwell-Stuart,José Manuel García Valverde

The most comprehensive treatise on all aspects of magic, witchcraft, and allied subjects produced in the early modern period.

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9004441530

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The Angry Ghost and Other Stories

By: Peter Spokes

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The Angry Ghost and Other Stories

By: Peter Spokes

A man journeys to Cornwall seeking a Ghost - and flowers; while another, visits an old Lifeboat Station where a long time ago, he lost his friends. Why would an obnoxious bully be so welcomed to spend the night at an old Museum?

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1788034007

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9781788034005

Great Prayers of the Bible

How Almighty GOD’S Awesome Answers To These Great Prayers Bless Us Today!

By: Peter Franklin Grainger

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Great Prayers of the Bible

How Almighty GOD’S Awesome Answers To These Great Prayers Bless Us Today!

By: Peter Franklin Grainger

GREAT PRAYERS of the BIBLE describes Almighty GOD'S spectacular answers to seventeen important prayers throughout the Old and New Testaments. You'll read how our heavenly Father intervened miraculously in the lives of David, Hannah, Elisha, Hezekiah, Cornelius, the apostles and others. Mr. Grainger explains how each answered prayer was a fantastic blessing for that person and that generation. Then he shows how each of GOD'S answers - for example to Jesus Christ's priestly prayer in John 17 - is BLESSING US TODAY!

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FriesenPress

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1460243951

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9781460243954

Protestant Resistance in Counterreformation Austria

By: Peter Thaler

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Protestant Resistance in Counterreformation Austria

By: Peter Thaler

Protestant Resistance in Counterreformation Austria examines Austrian Protestants who actively resisted the Habsburg Counterreformation in the early seventeenth century. While a determined few decided early on that only military means could combat the growing pressure to conform, many more did not reach that conclusion until they had been forced into exile. Since the climax of their activism coincided with the Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War, the study also analyzes contemporary Swedish policy and the resulting Austro-Swedish interrelationship. Thus, a history of state and religion in the early modern Habsburg Monarchy evolves into a prime example of histoire croisée, of historical experiences and traditions that transcend political borders. The book does not only explore the historical conflict itself, however, but also uses it as a case study on societal recollection. Austrian nation-building, which tenuously commenced in the interwar era but was fully implemented after the restoration of Austrian statehood in 1945, was anchored in a conservative ideological tradition with strong sympathies for the Habsburg legacy. This ideological perspective also influenced the assessment of the confessional period. The modern representation of early modern conflicts reveals the selectivity of historical memory.

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Routledge

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1000767426

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9781000767421

The Software Industry

Economic Principles, Strategies, Perspectives

By: Peter Buxmann,Heiner Diefenbach,Thomas Hess

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The Software Industry

Economic Principles, Strategies, Perspectives

By: Peter Buxmann,Heiner Diefenbach,Thomas Hess

Whether ERP software, office applications, open-source products or online games: In terms of its economic characteristics, software differs fundamentally from industrial goods or services. Based on the economic principles and rules of the software industry, the book reveals strategies and business models to software vendors that comprise cooperation, distribution, pricing and production and industrialization strategies, as well as software as a service and platform concepts. Further aspects including the outsourcing behavior of software vendors and users; providing business software as open source software; selecting software; and the value chains in the software industry are also addressed. Based on a number of expert meetings, it contains numerous case studies and new empirical findings. Target audience of the book are professionals and executives from the software, consulting and IT branches as well as students and scholars of business administration, computer science, business and industrial engineering.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642315100

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A Place to Call Home

By: Mary Ellen Stelling,Peter James Stelling

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A Place to Call Home

By: Mary Ellen Stelling,Peter James Stelling

When Lenore de Quincy's father gives her the key to a bank box containing a fortune in cash and then dies, she realizes she is no longer under constraints to remain unhappily married. She abandons her husband, taking her daughter, Angela, with her from a provincial town in western Pennsylvania to the bright lights of Manhattan. A PLACE TO CALL HOME is a novel inspired by true stories set against the First World War, The Roaring Twenties, and the Great Depression. It centers around two well-to-do families joined by an arranged marriage. The action is seen through Angela's eyes as she struggles with the effects on her life of her parents' divorce, a thing viewed in the 1920's as scandalous and tragic. Her travels between New York City and her father's nurturing family in a coal-belt town near Pittsburgh provide humorous and nostalgic anecdotes about growing up in the America of that era. Mary Ellen Stelling was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1915 and lived in New York, Florida, North Carolina and Texas before settling in 1946 in Atlanta. For five years a feature columnist on the Women's Page of the Atlanta CONSTITUTION, she was a member of the Georgia Poetry Society and the Poetry Society of Texas. During the 1950's and 1960's, her work appeared in poetry journals in almost every state of the Union, and most newspapers of the time which featured verse published her poems. She was the wife of a successful retail executive and a dedicated mother who did all the usual time-consuming things to support her son's activities. Behind the scenes she worked as time allowed to create a richly humorous prose document portraying her childhood experiences. Those sketches written in the 1950's totaling about a hundred pages were the seeds which inspired this book. Mrs. Stelling passed away at the age of 82 in 1998. Peter James Stelling was born in Charlotte, NC, in 1943 and has spent most of his life in Atlanta. A graduate of Washington and Lee University and Grady College of the University of Georgia, he spent four years in advertising in New York before returning home to work for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and for two different firms specializing in Group Incentive Sales Travel and Meeting Planning. One of his most memorable work experiences was serving as road manager for a traveling symphony orchestra during the early years of Robert Shaw's tenure as their Music Director. Now a contentedly retired father of two and grandfather of four, he is grateful for having had the luxury of time to complete this unique family document. He remains an active supporter of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Opera, Trinity Presbyterian Church, and serves on the Board of Governors of the Vinings Club in suburban Atlanta.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1608449165

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Jesus: His Earthly Life in Chronological Order

By: Peter Davies

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Jesus: His Earthly Life in Chronological Order

By: Peter Davies

This book places the earthly life of Jesus Christ in chronological order and is based on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. All verses in the four gospels are accounted for either in the text or in the comparative passages in the appendix.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466904666

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United in Prayer

By: Peter E. Roussakis

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United in Prayer

By: Peter E. Roussakis

Christians everywhere are uniquely linked together by a simple prayer which “binds our hearts in Christian love” - the Lord’s Prayer. In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus Christ provided His disciples with meaningful instructions about how to pray. Praying this model prayer with one accord contributes to the binding together of our hearts in God’s love. The Lord’s Prayer is sacred for Christians. Through it, in times of trial as well as ease, we may turn to God for help and support. This book provides a deeper study of this “prayer of prayers,” with an overview of its scriptural context, inclusions and order, and an introduction to the Jewish Setting of the prayer. The book concludes with the theme of Christians being united through learning and praying the Lord’s prayer together.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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153268102X

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Faith

God's Gift To The Heart

By: Peter Barfoot

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Faith

God's Gift To The Heart

By: Peter Barfoot

After thirty-three years as a senior pastor and nearly fifty overseas missions, Peter Barfoot is well-qualified to write on the subject of faith. In Faith: God's Gift to the Heart, Peter explores the many and diverse aspects of the Christian faith and shares on how it brought him to and through difficult and even dangerous situations. Peter's years as a newspaper editor, magazine publisher, and author of hundreds of articles combined with his ministry experience to produce a book, which is both inspiring and informative. Accompanied by his wife, Lorraine, Peter continues to teach, write, and minister to the sick worldwide-to the glory of God and his Son Jesus Christ.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1641914823

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9781641914826

Our Savage Neighbors

How Indian War Transformed Early America

By: Peter Rhoads Silver

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Our Savage Neighbors

How Indian War Transformed Early America

By: Peter Rhoads Silver

In potent, graceful prose that sensitively unearths the social complexity and tangled history of colonial relations, Silver presents an astonishingly vivid picture of 18th-century America. 13 illustrations; 2 maps.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393334902

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9780393334906

Studies Systematic and Critical

The Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv: Volume 8

By: Peter Damian Fehlner

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Studies Systematic and Critical

The Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv: Volume 8

By: Peter Damian Fehlner

This eighth and final volume of the Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner entitled, in the spirit of Fehlner’s hero John Henry Newman, Studies Systematic and Critical, includes published and previously unpublished studies, spanning a wide range of years and topics. In his critical studies, Fehlner with his Scotistic subtlety wrestles with Karl Rahner over Trinitarian theology and the Kantian inflections within transcendental Thomism. Fehlner unmasks Hegelian undercurrents of Neopatripassianism. And he unravels sophistries in situational and sentimental ethics. Fehlner’s systematic essays unpack Scotus’s teaching on the person, grace, and justification. Seeing created personal perfection in the Immaculate Mother of God, Fehlner explores how Mary can be exemplar, mother, and teacher of Christians precisely as the most perfectly redeemed beneficiary of her Son’s redemptive and salvific work. In a monumental and original study, Fehlner demonstrates the deep contours of thought between the two greatest Oxford theologians: John Duns Scotus and John Henry Newman. The essays in this volume give clear witness to the range and depth of Fehlner’s theological and philosophical contributions as a critic and, more importantly, as the greatest Franciscan voice in constructive theology since the seventeenth-century “Golden Age” of Scotism.

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1532664001

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9781532664007

The Lands of St Peter

The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance

By: Peter Partner

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The Lands of St Peter

The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance

By: Peter Partner

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

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Univ of California Press

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0520322584

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Laser Cooling and Trapping

By: Harold J. Metcalf,Peter van der Straten

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Laser Cooling and Trapping

By: Harold J. Metcalf,Peter van der Straten

Intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates with some basic knowledge of optics and quantum mechanics, this text begins with a review of the relevant results of quantum mechanics, before turning to the electromagnetic interactions involved in slowing and trapping atoms and ions, in both magnetic and optical traps. The concluding chapters discuss a broad range of applications, from atomic clocks and studies of collision processes, to diffraction and interference of atomic beams at optical lattices and Bose-Einstein condensation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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146121470X

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Apologetics in 3D

Essays on Apologetics and Spirituality

By: Peter S. Williams

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Apologetics in 3D

Essays on Apologetics and Spirituality

By: Peter S. Williams

This collection of papers and other materials from English philosopher Peter S. Williams develops a holistic vision for Christian apologetics centered around a biblical understanding of spirituality. Grounded in two decades of practical experience, here is a vision of apologetics that's interested in communicating through beauty and goodness as well as logic and arguments.

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1666702919

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The Cloud Forest

A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

By: Peter Matthiessen

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The Cloud Forest

A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

By: Peter Matthiessen

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, and the evidence of ancient ruins, and discovered fossils in the depths of the Peruvian jungle. Filled with observations and descriptions of the people and the fading wildlife of this vast world to the south, The Cloud Forest is his incisive, wry report of his expedition into some of the last and most exotic wild terrains in the world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Penguin

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1101663162

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9781101663165

Screening Gender, Framing Genre

Canadian Literature Into Film

By: Peter Dickinson

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Screening Gender, Framing Genre

Canadian Literature Into Film

By: Peter Dickinson

Examines the history and theory of films adapted from Canadian literature through the lens of gender studies. This study offers readings of works by well-known Canadian authors such as Margaret Atwood, Marie-Claire Blais, and Michael Ondaatje, and by important Canadian filmmakers such as Mireille Dansereau, Claude Jutra, and Bruce McDonald.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802044751

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