Great Ideas in the Western Literary CanonThis book examines 'great ideas'- the term used generically to refer to the deep-seated anxieties that art, religion and philosophy all seek to address- in relation to a selection of great literary texts. The texts chosen are those that remain, often centuries after their appearance, beacons of illumination and wisdom. The twelve chapters of this book each deal with one great text and the central idea that propels it. The ideas are examined as events possessed of their own field of resonance, and it is by tracing them in their narrative, dramatic or lyrical development that one can appreciate how these great texts speak as powerfully as they do to generations of readers. |
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... Brother John hear the views of the pilgrims who are going to offer prayers against the plague to St. Sebastian . Brother John points out to them that , while they are away , the monks will be " corking their wives " ( 1. 45. p . 104 ) ...
... Brother John hear the views of the pilgrims who are going to offer prayers against the plague to St. Sebastian . Brother John points out to them that , while they are away , the monks will be " corking their wives " ( 1. 45. p . 104 ) ...
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... Brother John cannot help but laugh and mock at Panurge , Pantagruel is more generous . Panurge's fear is not something that makes Pantagruel esteem him less . Although it is clear that his fear of death is what leads him to embrace ...
... Brother John cannot help but laugh and mock at Panurge , Pantagruel is more generous . Panurge's fear is not something that makes Pantagruel esteem him less . Although it is clear that his fear of death is what leads him to embrace ...
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... brother and Prospero's brother , Antonio , who has usurped the dukedom of Milan . We are yet to learn that Alonso was a conspirator with Antonio against Prospero , and that together they are , as Ariel puts it , " three men of sin ...
... brother and Prospero's brother , Antonio , who has usurped the dukedom of Milan . We are yet to learn that Alonso was a conspirator with Antonio against Prospero , and that together they are , as Ariel puts it , " three men of sin ...
Contents
The Religion of Fear | 19 |
The Power of Love | 37 |
Rabelais Vitalism OR Feasting Flagons | 61 |
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