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The Torments of Love The Torments of Love Hélisenne de Crenne Lisa Neal, Editor 1996 Spring
This autobiographical novel of a married woman’s passion for a younger man is the first translation into English of a landmark text. Originally published in 1538, The Torments of Love tells a colorful tale of adulterous love and romantic adventure from a woman's point of view.
Bodies and Disciplines: Intersections of Literature and History in Fifteenth-Century England Bodies and Disciplines Intersections of Literature and History in Fifteenth-Century England Barbara A. Hanawalt and David Wallace, Editors 1996 Spring
Brings the insights of cultural studies to medieval studies.
Mythographic Chaucer: The Fabulation of Sexual Politics Mythographic Chaucer The Fabulation of Sexual Politics Jane Chance 1994 Fall
Provides a many-sided look at the poems of Chaucer and the sexual politics of his day.
Reading Dido: Gender, Textuality, and the Medieval Aeneid Reading Dido Gender, Textuality, and the Medieval Aeneid Marilynn Desmond 1994 Fall
Describes the variations in the figure of Dido as she emerges from ancient literary texts.
Medieval Masculinities: Regarding Men in the Middle Ages Medieval Masculinities Regarding Men in the Middle Ages Clare A. Lees, Editor 1994 Fall
This collection of essays examines the ideals and archetypes of men in Medieval times and how these concepts have affected the definition of masculinity and its place in history. Contributors: Christopher Baswell, Vern L. Bullough, Stanley Chojnacki, John Coakley, Thelma Fenster, Clare Kinney, Clare A. Lees, Jo Ann McNamara, Louise Mirrer, Harriet Spiegel, and Susan Mosher Stuard.
City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe Barbara A. Hanawalt and Kathryn L. Reyerson, Editors 1994 Spring
Drawing examples from Spain, England, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, most of them in the fifteenth century, the contributors explore the uses of ceremony as statements of political power, as pleas for divine intercession, and as expressions of popular culture. Their essays show us spectacles meant to confirm events such as victories, the signing of a city charter, or the coronation of a king. In other circumstances, the spectacle acts as a battleground where a struggle for the control of the metaphors of power is played out between factions within cities or between cities and kings. Still other ceremonies called upon divine spiritual powers in the hope that their intervention might save the urban inhabitants. Contributors; Lorraine Attreed, Brigitte Bedos-Rezak, Elizabeth A. R. Brown, Lawrence McBride Bryant, Maureen Flynn, Barbara A. Hanawalt, Bram Kempers, Sheila Lindenbaum, Ben R. McRee, James Murray, David Nicholas, Gerard Nijsten, Nancy Freeman Regalado, Kathryn L. Reyerson, and Teofilo R. Ruiz.
Storm from Paradise: The Politics of Jewish Memory Storm from Paradise The Politics of Jewish Memory Jonathan Boyarin 1992 Spring
”An essay in the richest sense of that term, inspired by and modeled on Walter Benjamin’s essays. Based on varied, diverse, and abundantly cross-disciplinary readings, it moves and builds, questions and interrogates, and ultimately convinces us that the Jewish experience with being the ‘other’ and, conversely and recently, with ‘othering’ is indeed relevant to theorists of contemporary culture.” --Marianne Hirsch
The Medieval Mediterranean: Cross-Cultural Contacts The Medieval Mediterranean Cross-Cultural Contacts Marilyn J. Chiat and Kathryn L. Reyerson, Editors 1991 Spring
Control of the Imaginary: Reason and Imagination in Modern Times Control of the Imaginary Reason and Imagination in Modern Times Luiz Costa Lima 1988 Fall
Draws on English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish literary traditions to examine the relationship between Western notions of reason and subjectivity from the Renaissance to the first decade of the twentieth century.
History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics: Volume XI History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics Volume XI William Aspray and Philip Kitcher, Editors 1988 Spring
Essays in Ancient Philosophy Essays in Ancient Philosophy Michael Frede 1987 Spring
Eastern Europe 1740-1985: Feudalism to Communism Eastern Europe 1740-1985 Feudalism to Communism Robin Okey 1987 Spring
Traces the development of Eastern European countries, showing their struggle to overcome the legacy of underdevelopment and dependence left by the Turks and the Hapsburgs. “This concise, sprightly work considers some of the common historical traditions in the political awakening of Eastern Europe since the eighteenth century. . . . Informed and thought-provoking.” --Library Journal
Between East and West: Finland in International Politics, 1944-1947 Between East and West Finland in International Politics, 1944-1947 Tuomo Polvinen D.G. Kirby and Peter Herring, Editors None None
Reproductions of Banality: Fascism, Literature, and French Intellectual Life Reproductions of Banality Fascism, Literature, and French Intellectual Life Alice Yaeger Kaplan 1986 Fall
India Waits India Waits Jan Myrdal None None