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Engaging Film Criticism

Film History and Contemporary American Cinema

By: Walter Metz

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Engaging Film Criticism

Film History and Contemporary American Cinema

By: Walter Metz

Engaging Film Criticism examines recent American cinema in relationship to its «imaginative intertexts», films from earlier decades that engage similar political and cultural themes. This historical encounter provides an unexpected and exciting way of reading popular contemporary films. Eclectic pairings include the Schwarzenegger action film True Lies with the Hitchcock classic North by Northwest, as well as the lampooned Will Smith comedy Wild, Wild West with Buster Keaton's silent feature The General. Using a theoretically and historically informed brand of criticism, Engaging Film Criticism suggests that today's Hollywood cinema is every bit as worthy of study as the classics.

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Peter Lang

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0820474037

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9780820474038

Theology and Difference

The Wound of Reason

By: Walter Lowe

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Theology and Difference

The Wound of Reason

By: Walter Lowe

... provocative and rewarding... " -- Religious Studies Review "... a tour de force."Â -- Theological Studies Theology and Difference reconceives the options confronting modern theology and investigates the disputed questions that underlie it. Pressing beyond the ready-made enlightenment offered by the subject-object framework, Walter Lowe uncovers a number of remarkable convergences between the contemporary philosopher Jacques Derrida and the early twentieth-century theologian Karl Barth.

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212

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Indiana University Press

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025311392X

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9780253113924

The Origins of Roman Christian Diplomacy

Constantius II and John Chrysostom as Innovators

By: Walter Stevenson

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The Origins of Roman Christian Diplomacy

Constantius II and John Chrysostom as Innovators

By: Walter Stevenson

This book illuminates the origins of Roman Christian diplomacy through two case studies: Constantius II’s imperial strategy in the Red Sea; and John Chrysostom's ecclesiastical strategy in Gothia and Sasanian Persia. Both men have enjoyed a strong narrative tradition: Constantius as a persecuting, theological fanatic, and Chrysostom as a stubborn, naïve reformer. Yet this tradition has often masked their remarkable innovations. As part of his strategy for conquest, Constantius was forced to focus on Alexandria, demonstrating a carefully orchestrated campaign along the principal eastern trade route. Meanwhile, whilst John Chrysostom' s preaching and social reform have garnered extensive discussion, his late sermons and letters composed in exile reveal an ambitious program to establish church structures outside imperial state control. The book demonstrates that these two pioneers innovated a diplomacy that utilised Christianity as a tool for forging alliances with external peoples; a procedure that would later become central to Byzantine statecraft. It will appeal to all those interested in Early Christianity and late antique/medieval history.

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204

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Routledge

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1315415003

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9781315415000

The Le Mans Forgeries

A Chapter from the History of Church Property in the Ninth Century

By: Walter A. Goffart

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The Le Mans Forgeries

A Chapter from the History of Church Property in the Ninth Century

By: Walter A. Goffart

On the basis of extensive manuscript study, Goffart disentangles the order of composition and authoritatively pronounces on the authenticity of the eighty-four Le Mans charters. Most of all, he insists that the forgeries are an essay on church property and its law.

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412

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Harvard University Press

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0674518756

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9780674518759

Barbarians, Maps, and Historiography

Studies on the Early Medieval West

By: Walter Goffart

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Barbarians, Maps, and Historiography

Studies on the Early Medieval West

By: Walter Goffart

To complement his first collection of articles (Rome's Fall and After, 1989), Walter Goffart presents here a further set of essays, all but two published between 1988 and 2007. They mainly focus on two types of historiography: early medieval narratives, with special attention to Bede's Historia ecclesiastica; and printed maps designed to portray and teach history, with special attention to the ubiquitous 'map of the barbarian invasions'. The wide-ranging concerns represented extend from the underside of the Life of St Severinus of Noricum, and further evidence for dating Beowulf, to the questions whether the barbarian invasions period was a 'heroic age' and how Charlemagne shaped his own succession. Attention is also paid to the earliest map illustrating the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy and to the historical vignettes of the Vatican Galleria delle carte geografiche. The collection opens with the appraisal of certain writings dealing with what is now called 'ethnogenesis theory'. To conclude, Professor Goffart adds brief second thoughts about each of these essays and supplies an annotated list of his articles that have not been reprinted.

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355

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Taylor & Francis

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1000948307

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9781000948301

Absolute in History, The

The Philosophy and Theology of History in Schelling’s Late Philosophy

By: Kasper, Walter

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Absolute in History, The

The Philosophy and Theology of History in Schelling’s Late Philosophy

By: Kasper, Walter

Walter Kasper explains that the interest of theology has been broken off by idealistic thinking, and advocates a new discussion between theology and idealism, of the fundamental importance of the theology of the twentieth century.

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Paulist Press

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1587685698

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9781587685699

The Franks

By: Walter C. Perry

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The Franks

By: Walter C. Perry

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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522

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382332396

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9783382332396

Walter's War

A rediscovered memoir of the Great War 1914-18

By: Walter Young

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Walter's War

A rediscovered memoir of the Great War 1914-18

By: Walter Young

The voices of those who actually lived through the hell of blood and pain during the Great War have fallen silent. But every now and then a treasure is unearthed - a secret memoir. Walter's War is one such book. Written without his family's knowledge and not discovered till after his death, this is the gripping account of an ordinary soldier, Walter Young, who battled through Ypres, Loos, and many of the key engagements, and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry at Bullecourt. Although he never talked about the war, his writings vividly capture the mixture of boredom and terror that were so familiar to the soldiers on both sides. No one knew that he had captured his experiences so accurately - but this book gives us an extraordinary and moving insight into what life in the trenches was really like.

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272

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Lion Books

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0745970311

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9780745970318

The Growth of Papal Government in the Middle Ages

By: Walter Ullmann

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The Growth of Papal Government in the Middle Ages

By: Walter Ullmann

This book reveals how the medieval papacy grew from modest beginnings into an impressive institution in the Middle Ages and deals with a wide field. It charts the history of the papacy and its relations to East and West from the 4th to the 12th centuries, embraces such varied subjects as law, finance, diplomacy, liturgy, and theology. The development of medieval symbolism is also discussed as are the view of eminent political scientists of the period. This re-issues reprints the revised, 3rd edition of 1970.

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Routledge

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1135026300

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The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals)

By: Walter Ullmann

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The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals)

By: Walter Ullmann

In his Birkbeck Lectures, first published in 1969, Professor Ullmann throws new light on a familiar subject. He shows that the Carolingian renaissance had a wider and deeper meaning than has often been thought, especially in its political and ideological aspects. Displaying his mastery of both primary and secondary sources, Professor Ullmann presents an integrated history. He shows an epoch which holds a key to the better understanding not only of the subsequent medieval centuries, but also of modern Europe. This book opened new vistas in political, ideological and social history as well as in historical theology and jurisprudence and showed how relevant knowledge of the past is for the understanding of the present.

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Routledge

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1136999159

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9781136999154

Book's by Walter Metz

Engaging Film Criticism

Engaging Film Criticism

Theology and Difference

Theology and Difference

The Origins of Roman Christian Diplomacy

The Origins of Roman Christian Diplomacy

The Le Mans Forgeries

The Le Mans Forgeries

Barbarians, Maps, and Historiography

Barbarians, Maps, and Historiography

Absolute in History, The

Absolute in History, The

The Franks

The Franks

Walter's War

Walter's War

The Growth of Papal Government in the Middle Ages

The Growth of Papal Government in the Middle Ages

The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals)

The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals)

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