The Sackbut


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Elsevier's International Dictionary of Literature and Grammar


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Hardbound. This dictionary contains concise explanations of many of the terms encountered in the study of grammar and literature.The author has reduced a complex aggregate of information to a simple and clear compendium of essential facts, with the intention of helping the reader who may wish to learn or brush up his knowledge of them. The style is easy, clear, and interesting, and the contents eminently practical and informative, which makes this book a very useful tool for anyone who studies literature or languages.Entries with titles such as Arabic literature, German literature, Japanese literature, are meant to guide the reader to those works of artistic creation which have had the widest influence or have expressed vital ideas of civilization most clearly and convincingly, works that have earned their authors a place of honour in world literature.




In the Mirror of the Prodigal Son


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In the Mirror of the Prodigal Son provides a comprehensive history of the function of the parable of the prodigal son in shaping religious identity in medieval and Reformation Europe. By investigating a wealth of primary sources, the book reveals the interaction between commentaries, sermons, religious plays, and images as a decisive factor in the increasing popularity of the prodigal son. Pietro Delcorno highlights the ingenious and multifaceted uses of the parable within pastoral activities and shows the pervasive presence of the Bible in medieval communication. The prodigal son narrative became the ideal story to convey a discourse about sin and penance, grace and salvation. In this way, the parable was established as the paradigmatic biography of any believer.




Linnaeus in Italy


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Drama and Sermon in Late Medieval England


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This full-length study investigates how sermons and vernacular religious drama worked as media for public learning, how they combined this didactic aim with literary exigencies, and how plays acquired and reflected authority. The interrelation between sermons and vernacular drama, formerly assumed to be a close one, is addressed from historical connections, performative aspects, and the portrayal of penance. The work demonstrates the subtly different purposes and contents and outlines the unique ways in which they operate within late medieval England.




Music in the Art of Renaissance Italy, 1420-1540


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The first detailed survey of the representation of music in the art of Renaissance Italy, opening up new vistas within the social and culture history of Italian music and art in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.




Between Exaltation and Infamy


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Using case-studies and biographies, the author examines women's mysticism in 16th- and 17th-century Spain and investigates the spiritual forces that provided women with a way to transcend the control of the male-dominated Catholic Church.




Feste D'Oltrarno: Study


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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre


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The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, second edition continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified bibliography and a chronological table.