"Examines literary portrayals of women who practice healing and love magic, and argues that these figures were modeled on informally trained practitioners common in the magico-medical paradigm of the high Middle Ages, and were well-respected and successful". -- Prové de l'editor.
Irish literature since 1990: diverse voices
"This volume explores the meaning of republicanism in contemporary Ireland. While this has often been identified simply with nationalism, the book examines the connections, comparisons and contrasts between Irish republicanism and other strands of republican politics: the ideolo…
"The collected essays in Joyce: The Return of the Repressed, Susan Stanford Friedman tells us in her introduction, explore the various ways that Joyce's work can be read as textual scenes of `repression, disguised expression, and fragmentary return.' In the course of tracing the…
"This book is packed with research and revelations about the Renaissance lyric tradition, set forth in a consummate critical style." * Clio * "Dubrow's attempt to renegotiate a definition of Petrarchism and its counterdiscourses ultimately succeeds because she insists on the val…
Under Construction
"Literature and Architecture will tempt the knowledge of those interested in the impact of antiquarian literature on early modern architecture and vice versa. -- Emma J. Wells * Sixteenth Century Journal * A fresh, nuanced study of the intersections between architecture, archite…