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A philosophical exploration of desire and the divine Ground of being through Eric Voegelin’s ‘flow of presence.’ Learn how anxiety impedes this flow and how living meditatively in the present can restore it, guided by Voegelin, Goethe, and Iris Murdoch.
A philosophical exploration of desire and the divine Ground of being through Eric Voegelin’s ‘flow of presence.’ Learn how anxiety impedes this flow and how living meditatively in the present can restore it, guided by Voegelin, Goethe, and Iris Murdoch.
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Music and Magic
Charlie Parker, Trickster Lives!
The magic of jazz is Tricksterism. Greats like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie were Tricksters, taking pop songs and refashioning them into gold. These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch. This book explains how they do it.
The magic of jazz is Tricksterism. Greats like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie were Tricksters, taking pop songs and refashioning them into gold. These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch. This book explains how they do it.
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Heritage Studies
Stories in the Making
Heritage has grown beyond monuments into economics and human rights. How has this changed its study? Is heritage a resource to be cashed in on, a political tool, or the remains of the past? At a turning point, this volume explores how we use the past to construct meaning.
Heritage has grown beyond monuments into economics and human rights. How has this changed its study? Is heritage a resource to be cashed in on, a political tool, or the remains of the past? At a turning point, this volume explores how we use the past to construct meaning.
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Grotesque Revisited
Grotesque and Satire in the Post/Modern Literature of Central and Eastern Europe
This collection of essays explores the grotesque in modern Central and Eastern European writing, focusing on the Soviet era. Scholars analyze the relationship between the socio-political background and subversive literary representations of the grotesque.
This collection of essays explores the grotesque in modern Central and Eastern European writing, focusing on the Soviet era. Scholars analyze the relationship between the socio-political background and subversive literary representations of the grotesque.
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Perspectives on Medieval Britain; Language, Literature, Society
This book offers a mosaic of perspectives on medieval Britain. Its chapters present focused analyses of language, literature, and society from the Anglo-Saxon period to the late Middle Ages, offering new readings of texts and exploring language change.
This book offers a mosaic of perspectives on medieval Britain. Its chapters present focused analyses of language, literature, and society from the Anglo-Saxon period to the late Middle Ages, offering new readings of texts and exploring language change.
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Science, Fables and Chimeras
Cultural Encounters
Imagination, religion, and mythology have both helped and hindered scientific progress. This interdisciplinary book weaves together visual art, literature, and science to explore our fascination with potent symbols like dinosaurs, dragons, and the chimera.
Imagination, religion, and mythology have both helped and hindered scientific progress. This interdisciplinary book weaves together visual art, literature, and science to explore our fascination with potent symbols like dinosaurs, dragons, and the chimera.
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This book offers a unique collection of papers on inter-translatability, art, and ethics—subjects crucial for intercultural conversations today. It explores dialogue between East and West, asserting that any such conversation has to start with translation.
This book offers a unique collection of papers on inter-translatability, art, and ethics—subjects crucial for intercultural conversations today. It explores dialogue between East and West, asserting that any such conversation has to start with translation.
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Essays
Exploring the Global Caribbean
More than a location, the Caribbean is a global crossroads. This collection traces the flows of people, literature, and ideas that connect the West Indies to the world, revealing the islands as powerful makers of international culture and meaning.
More than a location, the Caribbean is a global crossroads. This collection traces the flows of people, literature, and ideas that connect the West Indies to the world, revealing the islands as powerful makers of international culture and meaning.
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For the first time, a complete overview of folk musical instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book describes the instruments—their history, construction, and playing techniques—and explores the traditions of the makers and players.
For the first time, a complete overview of folk musical instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This book describes the instruments—their history, construction, and playing techniques—and explores the traditions of the makers and players.
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The dance floor is the stage of life. This book explores how dance reflects the maps of meaning that structure our lives, from religious to artistic forms, examining performers from Fred Astaire to Michael Jackson and choreographers like Balanchine and Fosse.
The dance floor is the stage of life. This book explores how dance reflects the maps of meaning that structure our lives, from religious to artistic forms, examining performers from Fred Astaire to Michael Jackson and choreographers like Balanchine and Fosse.
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Vantage Theory
A View on Language, Cognition and Categorization
This book introduces Vantage Theory, Robert E. MacLaury's model of categorization. The theory views categorization as constructing a point of view, by analogy to how humans orient in space-time. The volume includes MacLaury's unpublished studies and new research.
This book introduces Vantage Theory, Robert E. MacLaury’s model of categorization. The theory views categorization as constructing a point of view, by analogy to how humans orient in space-time. The volume includes MacLaury’s unpublished studies and new research.
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This book offers unique perspectives on Turkish Sign Language (TİD) and sign linguistics. Covering topics from TİD's history to grammar, this volume is a useful resource for newcomers and gives new momentum to future research.
This book offers unique perspectives on Turkish Sign Language (TİD) and sign linguistics. Covering topics from TİD’s history to grammar, this volume is a useful resource for newcomers and gives new momentum to future research.
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The Marlowe-Shakespeare Continuum
Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, and the Authorship of Early Shakespeare and Anonymous Plays
Donna N. Murphy demonstrates how Christopher Marlowe, sometimes with Thomas Nashe, appears to have become Shakespeare on a linguistic basis. Documenting a sharp learning curve, she presents a case that open-minded readers are likely to find surprisingly convincing.
Donna N. Murphy demonstrates how Christopher Marlowe, sometimes with Thomas Nashe, appears to have become Shakespeare on a linguistic basis. Documenting a sharp learning curve, she presents a case that open-minded readers are likely to find surprisingly convincing.
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Contextualizing the Pedagogy of English as an International Language
Issues and Tensions
This book addresses the complexities of English as an International Language (EIL) in the classroom. It brings together narratives of the realities, struggles, and tensions EIL practitioners face, exploring pedagogical challenges in diverse contexts.
This book addresses the complexities of English as an International Language (EIL) in the classroom. It brings together narratives of the realities, struggles, and tensions EIL practitioners face, exploring pedagogical challenges in diverse contexts.
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Twain’s Omissions
Exploring the Gaps as Textual Context
Mark Twain utilized a unique literary device by omitting crucial information to create narrative gaps. The essays in this collection explore these omissions in his greatest works, revealing overlooked information ironically generated by what he left out.
Mark Twain utilized a unique literary device by omitting crucial information to create narrative gaps. The essays in this collection explore these omissions in his greatest works, revealing overlooked information ironically generated by what he left out.
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This book presents linguistic impoliteness as a field of study in its own right, not just "politeness gone wrong." Researchers offer diverse theoretical approaches and case studies on rudeness in television, literature, philosophy, and modern communication.
This book presents linguistic impoliteness as a field of study in its own right, not just “politeness gone wrong.” Researchers offer diverse theoretical approaches and case studies on rudeness in television, literature, philosophy, and modern communication.
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Collecting exotic objects has long united humanity. The essays in this volume connect these collections with their forms of display—from Chinese cabinets built in the West to Western-style palaces in China—charting encounters between cultures across millennia.
Collecting exotic objects has long united humanity. The essays in this volume connect these collections with their forms of display—from Chinese cabinets built in the West to Western-style palaces in China—charting encounters between cultures across millennia.
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This volume discusses the assessment of Second Language Learners with Specific Language Learning Disorders and other disabilities. It explores theoretical models, evaluates accommodation practices, and fills a crucial gap for researchers and professionals.
This volume discusses the assessment of Second Language Learners with Specific Language Learning Disorders and other disabilities. It explores theoretical models, evaluates accommodation practices, and fills a crucial gap for researchers and professionals.
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Conversion in English
A Cognitive Semantic Approach
This book proposes that conversion in English is a semantic process driven by conceptual mappings. It questions previous interpretations that mistake the effect of conversion for its cause and helps settle long-standing debates on its directionality and productivity.
This book proposes that conversion in English is a semantic process driven by conceptual mappings. It questions previous interpretations that mistake the effect of conversion for its cause and helps settle long-standing debates on its directionality and productivity.
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Civil Strife in a Complex and Changing World
Perspectives Far and Near
This collection offers perspectives on social conflict, past and present, with a view toward building connections. From Renaissance preachers to soldiers in Afghanistan, these papers explore issues that at some times separate us and at other times bring us together.
This collection offers perspectives on social conflict, past and present, with a view toward building connections. From Renaissance preachers to soldiers in Afghanistan, these papers explore issues that at some times separate us and at other times bring us together.
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