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“alexander welsh”

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  • Hamlet in His Modern Guises

    by Alexander Welsh ...
    Focusing on Shakespeare's Hamlet as foremost a study of grief, Alexander Welsh offers a powerful analysis of its protagonist as the archetype of the modern hero. For over two centuries writers and critics have viewed Hamlet's persona as a fascinating blend of self-consciousness, guilt, and wit. Yet in order to understand more deeply the modernity of this Shakespearean hero, Welsh first situates ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • The Humanist Comedy

    by Alexander Welsh ...
    For about three thousand years comedy has applied a welcome humanist perspective to the world’s religious beliefs and practices. From the ancient Greek comedies of Aristophanes, the famous poem by Lucretius, and dialogues of Cicero to early modern and Enlightenment essays and philosophical texts, together with the inherent skepticism about life after death in tragicomedies by Plautus, Shakespeare, ... Read more

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  • Freud's Wishful Dream Book

    by Alexander Welsh ...
    Although it is customary to credit Freud's self-analysis, it may be more accurate, Alexander Welsh argues, to say that psychoanalysis began when The Interpretation of Dreams was published in the last weeks of the nineteenth century. Only by going public with his theory--that dreams manifest hidden wishes--did Freud establish a position to defend and embark upon a career. That position and career ... Read more

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    An Unlikely Spiritual Journey

    by David Gregory ...
    In this “thoughtful, introspective, and moving account” (The Washington Post), former NBC news anchor David Gregory probes various religious traditions to better understand his own faith and answer important questions about who we want to be and what we believe.When David Gregory was a reporter covering the White House, President George W. Bush asked him a question: “Gregory, how’s your faith?” ... Read more

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  • The Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith) Study Guide

    A Companion to Pope Francis's First Encyclical

    by Jared Dees ...
    Perfect for personal study and for all types of faith formation groups, The Lumen Fidei (Light of Faith) Study Guide is the first available resource of its kind. All Catholics will benefit from its rich commentary, reflection questions, and ideas for living more fully by the “light of faith.”This study guide is the essential companion to Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis’s first encyclical, which was ... Read more

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  • A Simple Christmas

    Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit

    by Mike Huckabee ...
    The New York Times bestseller by the former governor and presidential candidate-an instant classic, reissued for 2010.Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee, that was never God's intention. Going back to the Nativity, Christmas is supposed to be about simple things: faith, love, family, and hope. The hard part, in today's crazy ... Read more

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  • The Immortal Comedy

    The Comic Phenomenon in Art, Literature, and Life

    by Agnes Heller ...
    Immortal Comedy is the first book to 'think' philosophically about the comic phenomenon in general. Although author Agnes Heller had written a book that is both deeply scholarly and meditative on the subject of the comic form in film, literature, and life her writing is eminently approachable. In both its subject and style, Immortal Comedy is a seminal book. In it, Heller takes us on a journey ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Humour

    Laughter, Inclusion and Exclusion in the Twentieth Century

    by Martina Kessel, Patrick Merziger ...
    Series series Governance Series
    The period between the First World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall is often characterized as the age of extremes—while this era witnessed unprecedented violence and loss of human life, it also saw a surge in humorous entertainment in both democratic and authoritarian societies. The Politics of Humour examines how works such as satirical magazines and comedy films were used both to reaffirm ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Twenty Years with the Jewish Labor Bund

    A Memoir of Interwar Poland

    by Bernard Goldstein, Marvin S. Zuckerman ...
    Series series Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies
    Bernard Goldstein’s memoir describes a hard world of taverns, toughs, thieves, and prostitutes; of slaughterhouse workers, handcart porters, and wagon drivers; and of fist-and gunfights with everyone from anti-Semites and Communists to hostile police, which is to say that it depicts a totally different view of life in prewar Poland than the one usually portrayed. As such, the book offers a ... Read more

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  • Examine Your Faith! Finding Truth in a World of Lies

    Faith to Live By, #1

    by Pamela Christian ...
    Series Book 1 - Faith to Live By
    Well-meaning people want to believe that all roads lead to the same God and heaven. But wanting something to be true is far different from truth lining up with reality. Unless you make an intentional effort to examine what you believe and why you believe it, it's quite possible you are living your life on the basis of a lie, and don't know it.* What is truth?* Is it relative or absolute?* Is it ... Read more

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  • Words of Hope for the Depressed, Oppressed and Recessed

    by Genieve Dawkins ...
    Words of Hope for the Depressed, Oppressed and Repressed provides a spiritual boost for coping with depression and other effects of the recession. It is an oasis of hope for the downtrodden and for those who feel like they are losing the rat race. Let the light of God shine in your life. It's like an energy drink for the soul. ... Read more

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  • Faith Power

    Rainbow Believers, #7

    by Brian Anthony Bowen ...
    Series Book 7 - Rainbow Believers
    Discover how LGBT people can unleash the supernatural forces of FAITH POWER and enjoy a life filled with the covenant promises God makes to us in the Eunuch Prophecy of Isaiah 56. FAITH POWER explores the Scriptural definitions of being led by the Holy Spirit into a fruitful, spiritually empowered life as LGBT Christians through the Bible accounts of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and ... Read more

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