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News from the Raven: Essays from Sam Houston State University on Medieval and Renaissance Thought
Darci Hill
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Description for News from the Raven: Essays from Sam Houston State University on Medieval and Renaissance Thought
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This volume, edited from the proceedings of a unique conference held at Sam Houston State University, offers the reader an independent Texas-style celebration of Medieval and Renaissance culture and thought. In the opening article, Richard North reveals some ways in which medieval literature pioneered the modern novel. The following essays, drawing from philosophy, literature, music, art, architecture, history, and linguistics, include studies of the portrayal of women in medieval literature and art; discussions surrounding the hero of Paradise Lost; explorations into the thought of Thomas Aquinas; explications of linguistic puzzles in Beowulf; analyses of Shakespeare’s plays; considerations of renaissance architecture ... Read more
This volume, edited from the proceedings of a unique conference held at Sam Houston State University, offers the reader an independent Texas-style celebration of Medieval and Renaissance culture and thought. In the opening article, Richard North reveals some ways in which medieval literature pioneered the modern novel. The following essays, drawing from philosophy, literature, music, art, architecture, history, and linguistics, include studies of the portrayal of women in medieval literature and art; discussions surrounding the hero of Paradise Lost; explorations into the thought of Thomas Aquinas; explications of linguistic puzzles in Beowulf; analyses of Shakespeare’s plays; considerations of renaissance architecture ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
377
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781443857055
SKU
V9781443857055
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About Darci Hill
Dr Darci N. Hill is Professor of English at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. She received a PhD from Texas Woman’s University, and specializes in classical rhetoric and the literature of the English Renaissance. Hill’s publications focus generally on Renaissance literature, with particular emphasis on seventeenth-century poet George Herbert. She also speaks and writes on rhetoric, as ... Read more
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