Words that Tear the Flesh: Essays on Sarcasm in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Cultures 3110562111, 9783110562118, 9783110563252, 9783110562255

Words that Tear the Flesh: Essays on Sarcasm in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Cultures 3110562111, 9783110562118, 9783110563252, 9783110562255

The rhetorical trope of irony is well-trod territory, with books and essays devoted to its use by a wide range of mediev

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Enacting the Bible in medieval and early modern drama: . (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture) 9781526131591, 1526131595

This volume offers new perspectives on the crucial role played by the Bible in medieval culture and in the wake of the R

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Sensible Flesh: On Touch in Early Modern Culture 9780812293630

"As histories of corporeal experience in the period become at one more specific and more focused, this signal colle

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Medieval and Early Modern Religious Cultures: Essays Honouring Vincent Gillespie on his Sixty-Fifth Birthday 9781843845294, 1843845296

New approaches to religious texts from the Middle Ages, highlighting their diversity and sophistication. From the great

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Cultures in Motion: Studies in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods 8323336318, 9788323336310

This volume offers a collection of thirteen studies on the subject of intercultural contact and exchange in the medieval

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Literature, Emotions, and Pre-Modern War: Conflict in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 9781641893091

This collection assembles work by some of the foremost English-speaking scholars of pre-modern thought and culture and i

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Cultures of Death and Dying in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 9789515112217

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Diz Vliegende Bîspel: Ambiguity in Medieval and Early Modern Literature : Essays in Honor of Arthur Groos 9783737011570, 3737011575

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Political Theology in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Discourses, Rites, and Representations (Medieval and Early Modern Political Theology) (Medieval and Early Modern Political Theology, 1) 9782503568348, 2503568343

This book aims to provide a new perspective on the subject, dealing with the events (historical events and intellectual

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American Hebraist: Essays on Agnon and Modern Jewish Literature 9780271094670

Alan Mintz (1947–2017) was a singular figure in the American Jewish literary landscape. In addition to publishing six au

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