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The Conceit
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Author : K. K. Ruthven
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Conceit written by K. K. Ruthven and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Analysis of the conceit poetry written in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Conceit
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Author : Mary Novik
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Release Date : 2009-05-29
Conceit written by Mary Novik and has been published by Anchor Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-29 with Fiction categories.
"St Paul's cathedral stands like a cornered beast on Ludgate hill, taking deep breaths above the smoke. The fire has made terrifying progress in the night and is closing in on the ancient monument from three directions. Built of massive stones, the cathedral is held to be invincible, but suddenly Pegge sees what the flames covet: the two hundred and fifty feet of scaffolding erected around the broken tower. Once the flames have a foothold on the wooden scaffolds, they can jump to the lead roof, and once the timbers burn and the vaulting cracks, the cathedral will be toppled by its own mass, a royal bear brought down by common dogs." (p.9) It is the Great Fire of 1666. The imposing edifice of St. Paul's Cathedral, a landmark of London since the twelfth century, is being reduced to rubble by the flames that engulf the City. In the holocaust, Pegge and a small group of men struggle to save the effigy of her father, John Donne, famous love poet and the great Dean of St. Paul's. Making their way through the heat and confusion of the streets, they arrive at Paul's wharf. Pegge's husband, William Bowles, anxiously scans the wretched scene, suddenly realizing why Pegge has asked him to meet her at this desperate spot. The story behind this dramatic rescue begins forty years before the fire. Pegge Donne is still a rebellious girl, already too clever for a world that values learning only in men, when her father begins arranging marriages for his five daughters, including Pegge. Pegge, however, is desperate to taste the all-consuming desire that led to her parents' clandestine marriage, notorious throughout England for shattering social convention and for inspiring some of the most erotic and profound poetry ever written. She sets out to win the love of Izaak Walton, a man infatuated with her older sister. Stung by Walton's rejection and jealous of her physically mature sisters, the boyish Pegge becomes convinced that it is her own father who knows the secret of love. She collects his poems, hoping to piece together her parents' history, searching for some connection to the mother she barely knew. Intertwined with Pegge's compelling voice are those of Ann More and John Donne, telling us of the courtship that inspired some of the world's greatest poetry of love and physical longing. Donne's seduction leads Ann to abandon social convention, risk her father's certain wrath, and elope with Donne. It is the undoing of his career and the two are left to struggle in a marriage that leads to her death in her twelfth childbirth at age thirty-three. In Donne's final days, Pegge tries, in ways that push the boundaries of daughterly behaviour, to discover the key to unlock her own sexuality. After his death, Pegge still struggles to free herself from an obsession that threatens to drive her beyond the bounds of reason. Even after she marries, she cannot suppress her independence or her desire to experience extraordinary love. Conceit brings to life the teeming, bawdy streets of London, the intrigue-ridden court, and the lushness of the seventeenth-century English countryside. It is a story of many kinds of love — erotic, familial, unrequited, and obsessive — and the unpredictable workings of the human heart. With characters plucked from the pages of history, Mary Novik's debut novel is an elegant, fully-imagined story of lives you will find hard to leave behind.
Ancient Cultures Of Conceit
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Author : Ian Carter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-10-08
Ancient Cultures Of Conceit written by Ian Carter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
The campus novel is one of the best loved forms of fiction in the post-war period. But what are its characteristic themes? What are its prejudices? And what does it take for granted? Originally published in 1990, this is the first study to connect literary, historical, and sociological aspects of modern British universities. It shows that the culture celebrated in British university fiction represents a particular view of humane education which has its origins in the values of Oxbridge. Threats are seen to come from the ‘redbrick’ and ‘new’ universities, from proletarians, scientists (including sociologists), women, and foreigners. This exhilarating book makes a nonsense of sociology’s reputation for turgid and plodding analysis. Sharp-witted, shrewd, and penetrating, it will be of interest to students of sociology, literature, and for the same wide audience that appears to have an insatiable appetite for stories about university life.
Dark Conceit
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Author : Edwin Honig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Dark Conceit written by Edwin Honig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Allegory categories.
The Fatal Conceit
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Author : F.A. Hayek
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
The Fatal Conceit written by F.A. Hayek and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Business & Economics categories.
First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Theory Of The Conceit In Seventeenth Century German Poetics And Rhetoric
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Author : Susan Gilkeson Figge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
The Theory Of The Conceit In Seventeenth Century German Poetics And Rhetoric written by Susan Gilkeson Figge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Literary style categories.
The Shakespeare Phrase Book
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Author : John Bartlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Shakespeare Phrase Book written by John Bartlett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with categories.
A Glossary To The Works Of William Shakespeare
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Author : Alexander Dyce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
A Glossary To The Works Of William Shakespeare written by Alexander Dyce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with English language categories.
The Metaphysical Conceit In The Poems Of John Donne
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Author : William Robert Moses
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
The Metaphysical Conceit In The Poems Of John Donne written by William Robert Moses and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Figures of speech categories.
The Conceit Of Humanitarian Intervention
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Author : Rajan Menon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
The Conceit Of Humanitarian Intervention written by Rajan Menon and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Political Science categories.
"There is a veritable cottage industry of books on humanitarian intervention (the use of military force to stop atrocities) and the vast majority favors the project. The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention challenges this consensus by pointing up the strategic, legal, and ethical problems associated with it. The book also disputes the claim that humanitarian intervention, particularly as manifested in the doctrine of "The Responsibility to Protect," has become a universal norm that offers a comprehensive and effective solution to mass killing"--