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Holy War In Henry Fifth, Steven Marx
Twelve, Kevin Clark
Ben Okri’S Spirit Child: Abiku Migration And Postmodernity, John C. Hawley
Ben Okri’S Spirit Child: Abiku Migration And Postmodernity, John C. Hawley
English
The widespread notion of the abiku in Nigerian culture says volumes about the heartrending deaths of countless newborns throughout the region's history. It also testifies to a belief in the permeability of the membrane separating the spirit world from "our" world. As the abiku puts it, in his family he is surrounded by people "who are seeded in rich lands, who still believe in mysteries" (F am 6), people who hold that "one world contains glimpses of others" (F am 1 0), and people who acknowledge a personal relationship with these spirits in the course of daily life. In western …
"Unmarkt, Unknown": The Return Of The Expressed In Paradise Regained, Douglas M. Lanier
"Unmarkt, Unknown": The Return Of The Expressed In Paradise Regained, Douglas M. Lanier
English
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The End, Kevin Clark
Stature, Kevin Clark
Mason & Dixon On The Line: A Reception Study, Douglas Keesey
Mason & Dixon On The Line: A Reception Study, Douglas Keesey
English
No abstract provided.
The Battle Rages On: The Psychomachia And The Faerie Queene, Book I, Aparajita Nanda
The Battle Rages On: The Psychomachia And The Faerie Queene, Book I, Aparajita Nanda
English
The conception of Christian life as a pilgrimage towards God, a war against the forces of evil, has been reiterated right through the literature of late antiquity and the Middle Ages well into the Renaissance. This 'war' between Virtues and Vices, who fight for dominion over the Christian soul, possibly found its first poetic representation in Prudentius' Psychomachia. The action of this personification-allegory is fairly simple. The Christian Virtues led by Faith, despite certain initial reversals, ultimately triumph over the Vices in a series of combats and move on to build a holy city (in man's soul) in which will …