This book critically explores the supernatural and prophetic elements residing within Shakespeares ten plays of English history: King John, Richard II, Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), Henry V, Henry VI (Parts I-3), Richard III, and Henry VIII. Treating e...Loe edasi...
In this study of the work of Russian-American writer Vladimir Nabokov, author Dana Dragunoiu (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada) argues for the centrality of Nabokov’s belief in the freedom of the will in his thinking about ethics and moral ph...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Sep-2021, Hardback, Kirjastus: Northwestern University Press, ISBN-13: 9780810144002)
The book advances an original and provocative argument about the formation, career, and legacies of Vladimir Nabokov, for whom artistic and moral acts served as testaments to free will-- This book shows how ethics and aesthetics interact...Loe edasi...
Sari: The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2021, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Notre Dame Press, ISBN-13: 9780268200640)
This study explores how Dante represents violence in the Comedy and reveals the connection between contemporary private and public violence and civic and canon law violations.Although a number of articles have addressed p...Loe edasi...
Wide-ranging in its treatment of Miltons works in verse and prose, with particular attention to Paradise Lost, Milton and the Burden of Freedom examines the unresolved tensions in Miltons writings, as he grapples with the paradox of freedom in a un...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2018, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9781621903826)
Contributors in literature, philosophy, and writing analyze the underlying philosophical stance found in the work of American writer Cormac McCarthy, paying special attention to McCarthy’s engagement with ideas of free will, determinism, and fata...Loe edasi...
From the author of Dreamology comes a young adult love story that blurs the line between reality and fiction…Annabelle’s life has always been Perfect with a capital P. Then bestselling young adult author Lucy Keati...Loe edasi...
When a best-selling author announces a new novel in progress, Annabelle, the authors character, becomes determined to live a life that has not been plotted out for her. By the author of Dreamology. Simultaneous eBook. 30,000 first printing....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-May-2017, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Liverpool University Press, ISBN-13: 9781845199043)
Author Jane Bownas has published articles and a book on Thomas Hardy. In this book, she finds similarities between Thomas Hardy’s The Dynasts and Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, investigating their ideas on war, heroism, free will, determinism, and...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Jan-2017, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781107153189)
Throughout his writings, Milton, deeply engaged in political and theological controversy, sought to clear a space for human freedom in a world ruled by an omniscient and omnipotent deity. Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, as well as other works by...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jan-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Liverpool University Press, ISBN-13: 9781845197353)
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Thomas Hardys The Dynasts and Leo Tolstoys War and Peace are both works which defy attempts to assign them to a particular genre but might seem to have little else in common apart from being set in the same period of history....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jan-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Liverpool University Press, ISBN-13: 9781845196707)
Thomas Hardys The Dynasts and Leo Tolstoys War and Peace are both works which defy attempts to assign them to a particular genre but might seem to have little else in common apart from being set in the same period of history. This study argues tha...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Oct-2012, Microfilm, Kirjastus: Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group, ISBN-13: 9781587433009)
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An expert on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy shows how a Christian worldview and themes undergird Tolkiens classic works. An expert on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy shows how a Christian worldview and...Loe edasi...
Glasser (President Emeritus, Southern Vermont College) analyzes the common themes of fate and uncontrollable external forces in Hamlet, Moby Dick and Catcher in the Rye and notes how this connected and intensified vision of reality can lead to a gr...Loe edasi...
Although it has often been pointed out that the protagonists of Joseph Conrads novels frequently fail in what they attempt to achieve, the forces that oppose them have rarely been examined systematically. Furthermore, no sustained attempts have been...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Nov-2008, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9780802091635)
Striving with Grace shows that all of these authors, despite striking differences in their sources and logic, underscore humanitys need for grace even as they labour to affirm the legitimacy of human effort. The q...Loe edasi...
The Book of the Laws of Countries (BLC) by Bardaisan of Edessa belongs to the most important writings of early Syriac literature. Bardaisan (154-222), a courtier at the court of King Abgar VIII of Edessa, was one of the most influential thinkers of h...Loe edasi...
Sari: Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Feb-2007, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Peter Lang AG, ISBN-13: 9783631562468)
In hermeneutischer Herangehensweise werden in diesem Band die Bedeutungsmuster in Kafkas Roman-Trilogie freigelegt und deren Zusammenhänge hergestellt, was zu erstaunlichen Ergebnissen führt. Nach Kafka ist der Sündenfall selbst auf das ausweglos ......Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Mar-2006, Hardback, Kirjastus: de Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783598778384)
Die Studie richtet sich gegen die verbreitete Auffassung, Senecas Tragödien und Lucans Bürgerkriegsepos demonstrieren die Enttäuschung ihrer Autoren darüber, dass die stoische Doktrin angesichts des Bösen im menschlichen Handeln oder unvermeidbarer S...Loe edasi...
