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Public Justice And Personal Liberty: Variety And Linguistic Skill In The Letters Of Mary Fisher, Althea Stewart
Public Justice And Personal Liberty: Variety And Linguistic Skill In The Letters Of Mary Fisher, Althea Stewart
Quaker Studies
This essay concerns the use of language in letters by Mary Fisher, the seventeenth-century Quaker missionary. It shows how she adapts her exegetical discourse to suit her readers, and uses it for more than selfjustification. Her first letter, written from York prison is shown to be influenced by the work of Elizabeth Hooton. It is also used as an example of a letter containing a complex and subtle biblical subtext. This technique gave these early Quaker women the confidence to write. Both Fisher and Hooton started writing to draw attention to injustice. Hooton continued to do this throughout her life; …
Voltaire's Convincement, Raymond Ayoub
Voltaire's Convincement, Raymond Ayoub
Quaker Studies
The aim of this essay is to trace the evolution of Voltaire's perspective toward Quakers and Quakerism during the course of his life. The record begins when in 1726 he was forced into exile and chose to go to England. In the course of his three-year stay there, he wrote letters to his friend-letters which were published in 1733 in English under the title 'Letters Concerning the English Nation' and in French with the title 'Lettres Philosophiques'. Four of the 25 letters are devoted to Quakerism. We endeavour to depict, through his writing, Voltaire's changing attitude toward Quakerism from one …
In Their Hands: Students Editing Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century Letters, Thomas Mclean
In Their Hands: Students Editing Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century Letters, Thomas Mclean
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
This article describes an honours-year class conducted in 2013 at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Students transcribed, annotated and wrote essays about a little-known New Zealand collection of unpublished letters written by leading British women writers of the Romantic era. Their research was then collected and published as a book entitled "In Her Hand: Letters of Romantic-Era British Women Writers in New Zealand Collections." The success of this course suggests the benefits of allowing students the opportunity to undertake original archival research and serves as a reminder that rich archival collections are found all over the world.
Political Agendas In The Letters Of Hildegard Of Bingen, Anna Sweeney
Political Agendas In The Letters Of Hildegard Of Bingen, Anna Sweeney
Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato
Hildegard of Bingen is mentioned only briefly in historical accounts of musicology, religious philosophy, and biographical studies of various monarchs from the twelfth century; however, she played a crucial role in maintaining the Catholic Church's influence as a political institution. In her correspondences, Bingen used enormous amounts of prophetic language to refer to many current events that were happening throughout Western Europe. In her letters to churchmen, bishops, popes and kings, she counseled against rampant heresies and political behavior contradicting the will of the Church. The sickly tenth daughter of a German aristocratic family, Hildegard was born 44 years after …
Simus Inter Exempla: Exempla And Innovation In Valerius Maximus, Seneca And Juvenal, Grace Kroner
Simus Inter Exempla: Exempla And Innovation In Valerius Maximus, Seneca And Juvenal, Grace Kroner
Undergraduate Theses—Unrestricted
Exempla, vivid stories recounting laudable or shameful actions performed by named individuals, were a common rhetorical device in ancient Roman literature. Generally, they were meant to encourage emulation of good deeds and avoidance of bad. In this work, I investigate how Valerius Maximus, the philosopher Seneca, and the satirist Juvenal employ and deviate from the exemplary tradition, specifically focusing on negative exempla. While Valerius’ encyclopedia of exempla categorized by representative virtue or vice remains within the usual rhetorical sphere (though remarkable for its size - 967 stories), Seneca and Juvenal deliberately endeavor to innovate within the framework of exemplary discourse. …
Distressed Nun, The [Supplemental Material], Sunil Macwan
Distressed Nun, The [Supplemental Material], Sunil Macwan
Gothic Archive Supplemental Materials for Chapbooks
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Mysterious Murder [Supplemental Materials], Danielle Clapham
Mysterious Murder [Supplemental Materials], Danielle Clapham
Gothic Archive Supplemental Materials for Chapbooks
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Mystery Of The Black Convent [Supplemental Materials], Sunil Macwan
Mystery Of The Black Convent [Supplemental Materials], Sunil Macwan
Gothic Archive Supplemental Materials for Chapbooks
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Courville Castle [Supplemental Material], Sarah Thompson
Courville Castle [Supplemental Material], Sarah Thompson
Gothic Archive Supplemental Materials for Chapbooks
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History Of Nicolas Pedrosa [Supplemental Material], Kathryn Hendrickson
History Of Nicolas Pedrosa [Supplemental Material], Kathryn Hendrickson
Gothic Archive Supplemental Materials for Chapbooks
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Collection Info Tags
Sincerely Yours, Letters From The Maine Women Writers Collection (Multi-Page Items)
Informational tags used in the exhibit "Sincerely Yours" which included letters from a variety of people. The tags include biographical and hisotrical information about the writers of the letters and their holdings at MWWC.
An Introduction To Romans, A Christian Missionary Letter: A Formational And Theological Interpretation, R. Jeffrey Hiatt
An Introduction To Romans, A Christian Missionary Letter: A Formational And Theological Interpretation, R. Jeffrey Hiatt
Academic Books
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