Showing papers in "South Atlantic Review in 1993"
TL;DR: The Oxford Companion to the Bible as mentioned in this paper provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible.
Abstract: The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists and writers, and for countless generations, it has been a comfort in suffering; a place to reflect on the mysteries of birth, death, and immortality. Its stories and characters are an integral part of the repertoire of every educated adult, forming an enduring bond that spans thousands of years and embraces a vast community of believers and nonbelievers. The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred informative entries. These range from brief identifications (who is Dives? Where is Pisgah?) to extensive interpretive essays on topics as diverse as the Bible's influence on music, immortality, ethics, grace, baptism, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world. Of course, the Companion can also serve as a handy reference, the first place to turn to find factual information on the Bible. Readers will find fascinating, informative articles on all the books of the Bible - including the Apocrypha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and many other ancient texts. Virtually every figure who walked across the biblical stage is identified here, ranging from Rebekah, Rachel, and Mary, to Joseph, Barabbas, and Jesus. The Companion also offers entries that shed light on daily life in ancient Israel and the earliest Christian communities, with fascinating articles on feasts and festivals, clothing, medicine, units of time, houses, and furniture. Finally, there are twenty-eight pages of full-colour maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world. A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture. Includes: Aaron, Angels, Apocrypha, Assyria, Baptism, Chapter and Verse Divisions, Cherub, Dead Sea Scrolls, Feminism and the Bible, Freud and the Bible, Leaven, the Gospel According to Luke, Miriam, Music and the Bible, the Book of Ruth, Suffering, Tabernacle, Zion.
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TL;DR: In this paper, modern and medieval dreambooks and their audiences have been studied, including the doubleness and middleness of the patristic dream, from the fourth to the twelfth century.
Abstract: Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: modern and medieval dreams 1. Dreambooks and their audiences 2. The doubleness and middleness of dreams 3. The patristic dream 4. From the fourth to the twelfth century 5. Aristotle and the late-medieval dream 6. Dreams and fiction 7. Dreams and life Notes Bibliography Index.
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TL;DR: Gilman's Inscribing the other as discussed by the authors focuses on great authors who have by birth or choice found themselves outside the mainstream of their culture but who have still wished to address it: Goethe, Freud, Wilde, Heine, Nietzsche, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, among others.
Abstract: \"Inscribing the Other is breathtaking in its scope and detail. It will become many readers' favorite book.\" (Stanley Corngold, author of The Fate of the Self: German Writers and French Theory). \"Steeped in erudition and discernment.\" (Avital Ronell, author of The Telephone Book: Technology - Schizophrenia - Electric Speech). Inscribing the Other focuses on great authors who have by birth or choice (or both) found themselves outside the mainstream of their culture but who have still wished to address it: Goethe, Freud, Wilde, Heine, Nietzsche, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, among others. In thirteen probing, provocative essays Sander L. Gilman reinterprets their writing as it reveals their efforts to come to terms with their real or imagined sense of difference. The chapters treat many themes and problems, ranging widely from the romantic notion of the transcendent artist to the twentieth-century artists-in-exile, and employing the perspectives of psychiatry, aesthetics, photography, politics, and the history of mentalities. The fate of Jewish writers in modern Germany, or of Yiddish writers whose language is devalued in European culture, is explored. The theme of difference and its artistic and intellectual manifestations runs throughout the book, which includes discussions of Goethe's and Wilde's homosexuality, Nietzsche's madness, Heine's refusal to be photographed, and Primo Levi's internment at Auschwitz, as well as an interview with Singer. In a frank autobiographical introduction, Gilman attempts to understand his own writing as an exercise in \"inscribing the Other,\" in dealing with is own sense of difference through artistic creation. Sander L. Gilman, Goldwin Smith Professor of Human Studies at Cornell University, is the author of such books as Conversations with Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde's London, and Disease and Representation, all published in 1988, and Sexuality: An Illustrated History (1989).
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the interrelation between family politics and literary expression in and around the English royal court through a study of Henry III's divorce and succession legislation, through the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I.
Abstract: In Monarchy and Incest in Renaissance England, Bruce Thomas Boehrer argues that a preoccupation with incest is built not the dominant social and cultural concerns of early modern England. Proceeding from a study of Henry III's divorce and succession legislation, through the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, this work examines the interrelation between family politics and literary expression in and around the English royal court.
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TL;DR: Meese examines the ways in which the experiences of the text, and the experience of character, diverge and converge with the writer's own biography in the production of experimental texts by lesbian writers as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: What is at stake in the production of experimental texts by lesbian writers? what motivates these writers and characterizes their work? In this work, Elizabeth Meese examines the ways in which the experiences of the text, and the experiences of character, diverge and converge wit the writer's own biography.
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TL;DR: In the most comprehensive study of homosexuality in the English Renaissance, the authors examines and rejects the assessments of homosexual acts in moral philosophy, laws, and medical books in favor of a poetics of homosexual desire.
Abstract: In the most comprehensive study yet of homosexuality in the English Renaissance, Bruce R. Smith examines and rejects the assessments of homosexual acts in moral philosophy, laws, and medical books in favor of a poetics of homosexual desire. Smith isolates six different \"myths\" from classical literature and discusses each in relation to a particular Renaissance literary genre and to a particular part of the social structure of early modern England. Smith's new Preface places his work in the context of the continuing controversies in gay, lesbian, and bisexual studies.
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TL;DR: Jungian Literary Criticism as mentioned in this paper provides a comprehensive, theoretical foundation for a tradition of study that has included some of the leading critics of our time and provides critics, writers, psychologists, and others interested in the relationship between psychology and literature with classics of Jungian literary analysis and with the work of contemporary scholars building on that tradition.
Abstract: Jungian Literary Criticism presents a comprehensive, theoretical foundation for a tradition of study that has included some of the leading critics of our time. This collection provides critics, writers, psychologists, and others interested in the relationship between psychology and literature with classics of Jungian literary analysis and with the work of contemporary scholars building on that tradition.
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TL;DR: Doctorow's post-modern narrative experiments occur in novels that deal with historical and political topics and characters as discussed by the authors, which can be disconcerting to many readers who want certainty, who want to know what is "true" and what is invented.
Abstract: THE EXPERIMENTAL, "POSTMODERN" elements in E. L. Doctorow's novels are remarked upon by virtually all his critics. In most of his major novels the narrative voice is self-conscious and calls attention to itself. In his first novel, Welcome to Hard Times (1960), the narrator Blue is writing his story in old ledgers and reflects on his penchant, even obsession, for record keeping and wonders if the truth of events can be captured in words. Daniel Isaacson, the narrator of The Book of Daniel (1971), begins his highly self-conscious story by commenting on his writing instrument (a felt-tip marker), moves back and forth in time, frequently shifts from firstto third-person narrative, and interpolates numerous historical and analytical passages into his memoir. The narrative voice in Ragtime (1975) is flat and detached, a parody of the style used in documentaries or textbooks. This parody is given a twist when near the end of the novel we realize that one of the characters, the now grown Little Boy, is telling the story. In Loon Lake (1980) the reader confronts multiple narrative voices-firstand third-person, computer-generated text, poems, resum6s, stream of consciousness-though in the end it turns out all has been composed by the central character, Joe of Paterson. What makes Doctorow's postmodern narrative experiments noteworthy is that they occur in novels that deal with historical and political topics and characters. The way Doctorow "plays with" historical figures can be disconcerting to many readers who want certainty, who want to know what is "true" and what is invented. In his