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"The Doors Are Made Against You": Domestic Thresholds In Ben Jonson's Plays, Ann C. Christensen

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The gates made fast? Brother, I like not this;

For many men that stumble at the threshold

Are well foretold that danger lurks within.

—Richard of Gloucester, Henry VI, part 3 4.7.10-12.

Signior, is all your family within?

Are your doors lock'd?

—Roderigo and Iago, Othello 1.1.84-85

Review Essay: Dinzelbacher, Peter, And James Lester Hogg, Eds. Kulturgeschichte Der Christlichen Orden In Einzeldarstellungen, Albrecht Classen

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Dinzelbacher, Peter, and James Lester Hogg, eds. Kulturgeschichte der christlichen Orden in Einzeldarstellungen, ed. Kröners Taschenausgabe, 450. Kröner, Stuttgart, 1997. xii + 419 pp., 6 illustrations. DM 42.

Review Essay: Lacy, Norris, J. Ed. The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, Peter Dinzelbacher

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Lacy, Norris, J., ed. The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 931. Garland Publishing, New York, 1996. xxxviii + 615 pp., 92 black and white illustrations. $29.95.

Review Essay: Richmond, Velma Bourgeois. The Legend Of Guy Of Warwick, Raymond Cormier

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Richmond, Velma Bourgeois. The Legend of Guy of Warwick. Garland Studies in Medieval Literature, no. 14. Garland, New York, 1996. 632 pp., illustrated, index. $95.00.

Review Essay: Schröder, Werner. Variable Verschriftlichung Eines Märe. Ein History Von Eim Edelman Vnd Sinem Knechte Heinrich, Albrecht Classen

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Schröder, Werner. Variable Verschriftlichung eines Märe. Ein History von eim Edelman vnd sinem Knecht Heinrich. Sitzungsberichte der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M., XXXIV, 3. Steiner, Stuttgart, 1996. 180 pp. DM 64.

Review Essay: Sigal, Gale. Erotic Dawn-Songs Of The Middle Ages: Voicing The Lyric Lady, Peter Dinzelbacher

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Sigal, Gale. Erotic Dawn-Songs of the Middle Ages: Voicing the Lyric Lady. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1996. xii + 241 pp. $49.95.

Review Essay: Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor Of Aquitaine: Queen And Legend, Jacqueline Eccles

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Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend. Blackwell, Oxford, 1993, first paperback edition, 1996. 224 pp., 262 pp. paperback, illustrations. $54.95/$21.95.

Review Essay: Jolly, Karen Louise. Popular Religion In Late Saxon England: Elf Charms In Context, John E. Damon

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Jolly, Karen Louise. Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1996. x + 251 pp. $39.95/$16.95.

Children On The Mormon Trail, Jill Jacobsen Andros

Theses and Dissertations

Using first person, reminiscent accounts, this thesis examines children's lives on the Mormon Trail. It attempts to shed further light on the story of the Mormon Trail by sharing the perspectives of pioneers who crossed the plains as children. This study focuses on such issues as the children's impressions of the trail, their experiences on it, their duties, their family life, and the influence of religion. This study highlights the symbiotic relationship between children and the trail: children affected trail life and at the same time were affected by their experiences on the trail. Children shouldered responsibilites that were essential …

A Mormon Cultural Study Of Musical Preference, Alden L. Weight

Theses and Dissertations

Music is an important yet relatively unnoticed part of the everyday world almost all of us take for granted. Whether in the car, watching television, shopping, at work or at home, even waking up in the morning or going to sleep at night, and so forth, music surrounds us, soothes us, disturbs us, and occasionally goes so far as to persuade us. Although music plays a significant role in many areas of life, its relationship to society is especially evident in the religious sphere. Therefore, the religious sphere is an ideal place to examine what music does and what it …

Some Reflections At Winter Quarters, Richard E. Bennett

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On this Memorial Day weekend, it is altogether fitting and appropriate that we gather today at this sacred place to remember the lives of our progenitors everywhere. From Gettysburg to Hiroshima, from Arlington to Flanders Field, and from the city cemetery to the family plot, we honor our dead ancestors and friends long since stilled. Whether they died on the battle fields of war or perished in the labor of giving birth, we honor them. Whether on the trail to a new life in Oregon or a new chance in Ukraine, they all were the lifeline to our present bright …