Genres Mélange

Genres Mélange
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 173
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ISBN-10 : 9781543453294
ISBN-13 : 1543453295
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Genres Mélange by : Edward R. Levenson

Genres Mlange: Humor, Word Play, Personae, Sonnets, Fiction, Memoirs, Interpretation contains writings in the seven different categories, five of which (apart from wordplay and personae) are definitely genres. Personae is unique; with Word Play, the author may be starting a trend. Each category contains respective elements of the other six. This work, a sequel to Edwards Humor and More, features the new genres of sonnets and fiction. Interpretation ranges from the scripture to Talmud to Shakespeare to Reva Spiro Luxenberg Levenson.

Genres Mélange Deuxième

Genres Mélange Deuxième
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781984537508
ISBN-13 : 1984537504
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Genres Mélange Deuxième by : Edward R. Levenson

Genres Mlange DeuximeHumor, Word Play, Personae, Sonnets, Art, Fiction, Memoirs, Reconstructing Judaism, Reviews, Interpretation, Genealogy contains, besides Art, writings in ten different categories, at least six of which are clearly genres. Many categories contain respective elements of others. This work, a sequel to Edwards Humor and More and Genres Mlange, features the innovations of Prompt-Based Pieces (comprising exposition, fiction, and memoirs), Genealogy, and a Literary Memoir. The writings in the book range from Scripture to Talmud to Shakespeare to discussion about modern authors. The book features guest contributorswife Reva Spiro Luxenberg Levenson, brother Robert Levenson, daughter Aliza Levenson, sons Judah and Benjamin Levenson, friends Joe Bruno and Jack Cohen, and mentor Rabbi Sylvan Kamens.

The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry

The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9783110696219
ISBN-13 : 3110696215
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry by : Fotini Hadjittofi

Classicizing Christian poetry has largely been neglected by literary scholars, but has recently been receiving growing attention, especially the poetry written in Latin. One of the objectives of this volume is to redress the balance by allowing more space to discussions of Greek Christian poetry. The contributions collected here ask how Christian poets engage with (and are conscious of) the double reliance of their poetry on two separate systems: on the one hand, the classical poetic models and, on the other, the various genres and sub-genres of Christian prose. Keeping in mind the different settings of the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West, the contributions seek to understand the impact of historical setting on genre, the influence of the paideia shared by authors and audiences, and the continued relevance of traditional categories of literary genre. While our immediate focus is genre, most of the contributions also engage with the ideological ramifications of the transposition of Christian themes into classicizing literature. This volume offers important and original case studies on the reception and appropriation of the classical past and its literary forms by Christian poetry.

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Publisher : Odile Jacob
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9782738187345
ISBN-13 : 273818734X
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

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Manual of Romance Sociolinguistics

Manual of Romance Sociolinguistics
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 806
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ISBN-10 : 9783110365955
ISBN-13 : 3110365952
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Synopsis Manual of Romance Sociolinguistics by : Wendy Ayres-Bennett

The Romance languages offer a particularly fertile ground for the exploration of the relationship between language and society in different social contexts and communities. Focusing on a wide range of Romance languages – from national languages to minoritised varieties – this volume explores questions concerning linguistic diversity and multilingualism, language contact, medium and genre, variation and change. It will interest researchers and policy-makers alike.

Early Christian Poetry

Early Christian Poetry
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9789004312890
ISBN-13 : 9004312897
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Christian Poetry by : J. den Boeft

This collection of essays deals with the rise and development of early Christian poetry, discussing its techniques and its theoretical foundation. The individual papers concern specimina of Hebrew, Syriac, Greek and Latin poetry and study the various and partly conflicting traditions from which it originated. The biblical examples, e.g. of the Psalms, held great authority, but on the other hand it was impossible to break away from the models of classical Greco-Roman poetry, although these were deemed dangerous because of the pagan content and excessive cult of literary art. The book shows how the problems involved were solved in different ways, which justified the use of pagan literary accomplishments for singing the praises of the Lord.

Parables of War

Parables of War
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Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9780889203747
ISBN-13 : 0889203741
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Parables of War by : John W. Marshall

Contending that its characterization as a Christian document has hindered interpretation, Marshall aims to uncover the formerly hidden Jewishness of the Book of Revelation of John. The focus is on four text complexes which describe the "synagogue of Satan;" those who keep the commandments of God; the 144,000 gathered on Zion; and the holy city. Coverage extends to a description of the social and cultural context of the diaspora during the Judean war. Marshall teaches early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism at the U. of Toronto. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Dictionary Poetics

Dictionary Poetics
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Publisher : Fordham University Press
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 9780823287994
ISBN-13 : 0823287998
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Dictionary Poetics by : Craig Dworkin

The new ways of writing pioneered by the literary avant-garde invite new ways of reading commensurate with their modes of composition. Dictionary Poetics examines one of those modes: book-length poems, from Louis Zukofsky to Harryette Mullen, all structured by particular editions of specific dictionaries. By reading these poems in tandem with their source texts, Dworkin puts paid to the notion that even the most abstract and fragmentary avant-garde literature is nonsensical, meaningless, or impenetrable. When read from the right perspective, passages that at first appear to be discontinuous, irrational, or hopelessly cryptic suddenly appear logically consistent, rationally structured, and thematically coherent. Following a methodology of “critical description,” Dictionary Poetics maps the material surfaces of poems, tracing the networks of signifiers that undergird the more familiar representational schemes with which conventional readings have been traditionally concerned. In the process, this book demonstrates that new ways of reading can yield significant interpretive payoffs, open otherwise unavailable critical insights into the formal and semantic structures of a composition, and transform our understanding of literary texts at their most fundamental levels.

Québec Studies

Québec Studies
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Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000048866473
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Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

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