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Wittgenstein's Ladder: Poetic Language And The Strangeness Of The Ordinary, Michael Fischer

English Faculty Research

In a frequently quoted remark from Philosophical Investigations. Wittgenstein comments on our overlooking things because they are familiar, or right in front of us every day: "One is unable to notice something-because it is always before one's eyes" (§129). We take these things for granted instead of appreciating their strangeness. For readers of this journal, one of these familiar things might be the very project of drawing on philosophy while discussing works of literature. Not every critic does this; the New Critics, for instance, hardly ever did. From a certain point of view, turning to philosophy feels forced or odd, …

Feasting On The Word: The Literary Testimony Of The Book Of Mormon Richard Dilworth Rust, Steven Walker

BYU Studies Quarterly

Richard Dilworth Rust. Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997. viii; 293 pp. Index, notes, works cited. $16.95.

The Viper On The Hearth: Mormons, Myths And The Construction Of Heresy Terryl L. Givens, Grant Underwood

BYU Studies Quarterly

Terryl L. Givens. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. x; 205 pp. Index, notes. $35.00.

Symbols In Stone: Symbolism On The Early Temples Of The Restoration Matthew B. Brown And Paul Thomas Smith, Joseph Fielding Mcconkie

BYU Studies Quarterly

Matthew B. Brown and Paul Thomas Smith. Symbols in Stone: Symbolism on the Early Temples of the Restoration. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 1997. xi; 194 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, index. $19.95.

Images Of Ancient America: Visualizing Book Of Mormon Life John L. Sorenson, Allen J. Christenson

BYU Studies Quarterly

John L. Sorenson. Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998. viii; 241 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $39.95.

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths Karen Armstrong; Jerusalem: The Eternal City David B. Galbraith, D. Kelly Ogden And Andrew C. Skinner, Gordon A. Madsen

BYU Studies Quarterly

Karen Armstrong. Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. xxi; 471 pp. Index, illustrations, maps, bibliography. $17.50.

David B. Galbraith, D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner. Jerusalem: The Eternal City. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996. xi; 493 pp. Index, illustrations, maps, appendices, bibliography. $24.95.

Book Of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence For Ancient Origins Noel B. Reynolds, Dow R. Wilson

BYU Studies Quarterly

Noel B. Reynolds, ed. Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research ad Mormon studies, 1997. 574 pp. Index. $19.95.

Mormon Culture: Four Decades Of Essays On Mormon Society And Personality John L. Sorenson, David P. Crandall

BYU Studies Quarterly

John L. Sorenson. Mormon Culture: Four Decades of Essays on Mormon Society and Personality. Salt Lake City: New Sage Books, 1997. $16.00.

The Lion Of The Lord: Essays On The Life And Service Of Brigham Young Susan Easton Black And Larry C. Porter, Thomas G. Alexander, Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr.

BYU Studies Quarterly

Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, eds. The Lion of the Lord: Essays on the Life and Service of Brigham Young. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995. xii; 462 pp. Index, notes. $19.95.

The Making Of The French Episcopate, 1589–1661 (Book Review), John B. Roney

History Faculty Publications

Reviews the book by Joseph Bergin.

Bergin, Joseph. The Making of the French Episcopate, 1589-1661. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. ISBN 9780300067514

The Substance Of Things Hoped For: A Memoir Of African-American Faith By Samuel Dewitt Proctor: A Review Essay, Donald Cunnigen

Trotter Review

The following article is a review of The Substance of Things Hoped For: A Memoir of African-American Faith by Samuel DeWitt Proctor, written by Donald Cunnigen.

Review Of The Book Statistical Handbook 1996: States Of The Former Ussr, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the book Statistical Handbook 1996: States of the Former USSR.

Landscape Of Loss (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Reviews the book "North Enough: AIDS and Other Clearcuts," by Jan Zita Grover. Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf Press, 1997.

Sweet Is The Word: Reflections On The Book Of Mormon—Its Narrative, Teachings, And People Marilyn Arnold, Daniel C. Peterson

BYU Studies Quarterly

Marilyn Arnold. Sweet Is the Word: Reflections on the Book of Mormon—Its Narrative, Teachings, and People. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 1996. xv; 366 pp. Index. $15.95.

The Large, The Small, And The Human Mind Roger Penrose, Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright, And Stephen Hawking, Hollis R. Johnson

BYU Studies Quarterly

Roger Penrose, with Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright, and Stephen Hawking. The Large, the Small, and the Human Mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 185 pp. $19.95.

Charter For Statehood: The Story Of Utah's State Constitution Jean Bickmore White, Wayne K. Hinton

BYU Studies Quarterly

Jean Bickmore White. Charter for Statehood: The Story of Utah's State Constitution. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1996. xi; 156 pp. Appendix, notes, selected bibliography. $39.95.

Soul Of Science: Christian Faith And Natural Philosophy, Russell W. Maatman

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy by Nancy R. Pearcey and Charles B. Thaxton. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1994. 298 pp.

English Sound Stucture [Book Review], Janet Mueller Bing

English Faculty Publications

Review of English Sound Structure, by John Harris. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1994.

M.J. Daunton, Ed., Charity, Welfare And Self-Interest In The English Past, John D. Ramsbottom

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Dr. Ramsbottom's review of "Charity, Welfare and Self-Interest in the English Past"

Review Essay: Arthur, Ross G., And Noel L. Corbett, Trans. The Knight Of The Two Swords: A Thirteenth-Century Arthurian Romance, Judith Barban

Quidditas

Arthur, Ross G., and Noel L. Corbett, trans. The Knight of the Two Swords: A Thirteenth-Century Arthurian Romance. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1996. 188 pp. + notes, bibliography, index. $39.95.

Review Essay: Bjork, Robert E. And John D. Niles, Eds. A Beowulf Handbook. University Of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1997. 466 Pp., Illustrations. $60.00., Joyce Tally Lionarons

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Bjork, Robert E., and John D. Niles, eds. A Beowulf Handbook. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1997. 466 pp., illustrations. $60.00.

Review Essay: Cazelles, Brigitte. The Unholy Grail: A Social Reading Of Chrétien De Troyes's Conte Du Graal, Keith Busby

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Cazelles, Brigitte. The Unholy Grail: A Social Reading of Chrétien de Troyes's Conte du Graal. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1996. Figuræ: Reading Medieval Culture. 325 pp. $42.50.

Review Essay: Chance, Jane, Ed. Gender And Text In The Later Middle Ages, Lisa Weston

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Chance, Jane, ed. Gender and Text in the Later Middle Ages. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 1996. xv + 342 pp. $59.95.

Review Essay: Cranston, Maurice. The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau In Exile And Adversity, Reginald Mcginnis

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Cranston, Maurice. The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Exile and Adversity. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. 247 pp. $29.95.

Review Essay: De Weever, Jacqueline. Chaucer Name Dictionary: A Guide To Astrological, Biblical, Historical, Literary, And Mythological Names In The Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer, Sigmund Eisner

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de Weever, Jacqueline. Chaucer Name Dictionary: A Guide to Astrological, Biblical, Historical, Literary, and Mythological Names in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 709. Garland Publishing. New York, 1996. xxi + 451 pp. $24.95.

Review Essay: Frantzen, Allen J. And John D. Niles, Eds. Anglo-Saxonism And The Construction Of Social Identity, Peter Richardson

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Frantzen, Allen J., and John D. Niles, eds. Anglo-Saxonism and the Construction of Social Identity. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1997. 242 pp., illustrations. $49.95.

Review Essay: Kaeuper, Richard W., And Elspeth Kennedy, Eds. The Book Of Chivalry Of Geoffroi De Charny: Text, Context, And Translation, Glyn S. Burgess

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Kaeuper, Richard W., and Elspeth Kennedy, eds. The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny: Text, Context, and Translation. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1996. ix + 236 pp. $34.95/$17.95.

Review Essay: Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel. The Beggar And The Professor: A Sixteeth-Century Family Saga, Amy Nelson Burnett

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Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel. The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. viii + 407 pp., 26 half-tones, 5 maps, 1 table. $29.95/$15.00.

Review Essay: Ruh, Kurt. Geschichte Der Abendländischen Mystik. Vol. Iii: Die Mystik Des Deutschen Predigerordens Und Ihre Grundlegung Durch Die Hochscholastik, Albrecht Classen

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Ruh, Kurt. Geschichte der abendländischen Mystik. Vol. III: Die Mystik des deutschen Predigorerdens und ihre Grundlegung durch die Hochscholastik. Verlag C. H. Beck, Munich, 1996. 534 pp. DM 118.

Review Essay: Sheehan, Michael M. Csb. Marriage, Family, And Law In Medieval Europe. Collected Studies, Albrecht Classen

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Sheehan, Michael M. CSB. Marriage, Family, and Law in Medieval Europe. Collected Studies. Ed. James K. Farge. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1996. xxxi + 330 pp. $45.00.