The Defence of Poesie, Political Discourses, Correspondence and Translation: Volume 3
The Defence of Poesie, Political Discourses, Correspondence and Translation: Volume 3

Author: Philip Sidney

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1923-01-02

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0521064708

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Feuillerat's edition of the complete works of Sir Philip Sidney in the series Cambridge English Classics has long been out of print. It has however been reissued with the omission of the poetical works. The prose works are divided among the four volumes as follows: volume 1, Arcadia, 1590; volume 2, Arcadia, 1593 and The Lady of May; volume 3, The Defences of Poesie, Political Discourses, Correspondence and Translation; volume 4, Arcadia (original version.)

The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien
The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien

Author: Jyrki Korpua

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-05-20

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 147664361X

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J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all time--his world building and epic mythology have changed Western audiences' imaginations and the entire fantasy genre. This book is the first wide-ranging Christian Platonic reading on Tolkien's fiction. This analysis, written for scholars and general Tolkien enthusiasts alike, discusses how his fiction is constructed on levels of language, myth and textuality that have a background in the Greek philosopher Plato's texts and early Christian philosophy influenced by Plato. It discusses the concepts of ideal and real, creation and existence, and fall and struggle as central elements of Tolkien's fiction, focusing on The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth. Reading Tolkien's fiction as a depiction of ideal and real, from the vision of creation to the process of realization, illuminates a part of Tolkien's aesthetics and mythology that previous studies have overlooked.

Freedom and the Construction of Europe: Volume 1, Religious Freedom and Civil Liberty
Freedom and the Construction of Europe: Volume 1, Religious Freedom and Civil Liberty

Author: Quentin Skinner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1107311403

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Freedom, today perceived simply as a human right, was a continually contested idea in the early modern period. In Freedom and the Construction of Europe an international group of scholars explore the richness, diversity and complexity of thinking about freedom in the shaping of modernity. Volume 1 examines debates about religious and constitutional liberties, as well as exploring the tensions between free will and divine omnipotence across a continent of proliferating religious denominations. Debates about freedom have been fundamental to the construction of modern Europe, but represent a part of our intellectual heritage that is rarely examined in depth. These volumes provide materials for thinking in fresh ways not merely about the concept of freedom, but how it has come to be understood in our own time.

Freedom and the Construction of Europe
Freedom and the Construction of Europe

Author: Quentin Skinner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1107033063

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Freedom, today perceived simply as a human right, was a continually contested idea in the early modern period. In Freedom and the Construction of Europe an international group of scholars explore the richness, diversity and complexity of thinking about freedom in the shaping of modernity. Volume 1 examines debates about religious and constitutional liberties, as well as exploring the tensions between free will and divine omnipotence across a continent of proliferating religious denominations. Debates about freedom have been fundamental to the construction of modern Europe, but represent a part of our intellectual heritage that is rarely examined in depth. These volumes provide materials for thinking in fresh ways not merely about the concept of freedom, but how it has come to be understood in our own time.

Freedom and the Construction of Europe: Volume 2, Free Persons and Free States
Freedom and the Construction of Europe: Volume 2, Free Persons and Free States

Author: Quentin Skinner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1107311411

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Freedom, today perceived simply as a human right, was a continually contested idea in the early modern period. In Freedom and the Construction of Europe an international group of scholars explore the richness, diversity and complexity of thinking about freedom in the shaping of modernity. Volume 2 considers free persons and free states, examining differing views about freedom of thought and action and their relations to conceptions of citizenship. Debates about freedom have been fundamental to the construction of modern Europe, but represent a part of our intellectual heritage that is rarely examined in depth. These volumes provide materials for thinking in fresh ways not merely about the concept of freedom, but how it has come to be understood in our own time.