The Language of Life and Death
The Language of Life and Death

Author: William Labov

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1107033349

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Labov extends his widely used framework for narrative analysis to matters of greatest human concern: accounts of the danger of death, violence, premonitions, and large-scale community conflicts. This book provides a rich range of narratives that grip the reader's attention together with an analysis of how it is done.

Motherhood in Antiquity
Motherhood in Antiquity

Author: Dana Cooper

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-07

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 331948902X

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This edited collection examines concepts and realities of motherhood in the ancient world. The collection uses essays on the Roman Empire, Mesoamerica, the Philippines, Egypt, and India to emphasize the concept of motherhood as a worldwide phenomenon and experience. While covering a wide geographical range, the editors arranged the collection thematically to explore themes including the relationship between the mother, particularly ruling mothers, and children and the mother in real life and legend. Some essays explore related issues, such as adaptation and child custody after divorce in ancient Egypt and the mother in religious culture of late antiquity and the ancient Buddhist Indian world. The contributors utilize a variety of methodologies and approaches including textual analysis and archaeological analysis in addition to traditional historical methodology.

Sister Peg
Sister Peg

Author: Adam Ferguson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1982-06-03

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780521242998

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Hume's satirical allegory recounts the relations between England and Scotland from earliest times until April 1760