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Readers And Writers In The Ancient Novel [Review], Lawrence Kim
Readers And Writers In The Ancient Novel [Review], Lawrence Kim
Lawrence Kim
Are there still new and worthwhile things to be said about the ancient novel? There has certainly been an explosion in publications; the volume under review is the twelfth Ancient Narrative Supplement to appear since 2002, and more are on the way, as the multi-volume proceedings of the fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel begin publication in 2011. The eighteen articles reviewed here were originally delivered at a smaller conference in 2007 at Rethymno, and it was the organizers’ hope that the contributors would “tease out…new perspectives” on the topic of “readers and writers” by focusing on those “ …
Roman Housing [Review], Timothy O'Sullivan
Roman Housing [Review], Timothy O'Sullivan
Timothy O'Sullivan
Despite the reawakened interest in the study of Roman domestic space, there has been no general introduction to the topic since Alexander McKay's Houses, Villas, and Palaces in the Roman World 25 years ago. Recent monographs on the topic, though exemplary, have been limited in scope by region (Wallace-Hadrill's Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum) or housing type (Mielsch's Die römische Villa), and almost always exhibit a bias (understandable, given the archaeological record) towards upper-class housing. Simon Ellis' ambitious new book, based on over twenty years of research, is an attempt to fill in these gaps; indeed, the work …
Comparative Cultural Perspectives For The Study Of The Americas: New Work By Imbert And Mcclennen And Fitz, Irune Del Rio Gabiola
Comparative Cultural Perspectives For The Study Of The Americas: New Work By Imbert And Mcclennen And Fitz, Irune Del Rio Gabiola
Irune Gabiola
This review article covers two new volumes of scholarship dedicated to the comparative study of the Americas: Patrick Imbert's Trajectoires culturelles transaméricaines (Ottawa: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 2004) and the edited volume by Sophia A. McClennen and Earl E. Fitz, Comparative Cultural Studies and Latin America (West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2004). The latter volume is the revised and updated book form version of the thematic issue Comparative Cultural Studies and Latin America, edited by Sophia A. McClennen and Earl E. Fitz in CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 4.2 (2002): ). These books represent a new wave of innovative …
Review Of Hilary Hinds, God's Englishwomen, Elaine Beilin
Review Of Hilary Hinds, God's Englishwomen, Elaine Beilin
Elaine V. Beilin
No abstract provided.
Review Of Katherine Parr: Complete Works & Correspondence. Ed. Janel Mueller., Elaine Beilin
Review Of Katherine Parr: Complete Works & Correspondence. Ed. Janel Mueller., Elaine Beilin
Elaine V. Beilin
No abstract provided.
Book Review, Christian G. Samito (Ed.). Changes In Law And Society During The Civil War And Reconstruction: A Legal History Documentary Reader. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2009. 352 Pages. $29.50 (Paper), Thomas Reed
Thomas J Reed
No abstract provided.
Syntactic And Lexico-Semantic Aspects Of The Legal Register In Ramesside Royal Decrees, Jacqueline E. Jay
Syntactic And Lexico-Semantic Aspects Of The Legal Register In Ramesside Royal Decrees, Jacqueline E. Jay
Jacqueline E. Jay
This book is the fifth in the GOFIV series to examine how hieroglyphic "determinatives" (or "script classifiers") reflect the way the ancient Egyptians classified and categorized the elements of their world.
Once Upon A Town: The Miracle Of The North Platte Canteen (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Once Upon A Town: The Miracle Of The North Platte Canteen (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Linda G. Niemann
Review of the book "Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen," by Bob Greene. New York: W. Morrow, 2002.
Compromises Of Truth From The Inside Out (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Compromises Of Truth From The Inside Out (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Linda G. Niemann
Review of the book "A Dangerous Woman," by Mary McGary Morris. New York, Viking Press, 1991.
Simon Bolivar, Reborn Through Garcia Marquez (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Simon Bolivar, Reborn Through Garcia Marquez (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Linda G. Niemann
Review of the book "The General in His Labyrinth," by Gabriel García Márquez. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Of Moose And Men (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Of Moose And Men (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Linda G. Niemann
Review of the book "Wildlife," by Richard Ford. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990.
The Man Who Puts Out The World's Oil-Well Fires (Book Review), Linda Niemann
The Man Who Puts Out The World's Oil-Well Fires (Book Review), Linda Niemann
Linda G. Niemann
Review of the book "An American Hero: The Red Adair Story," by Philip Singerman. New York: Little Brown & Co., 1990.