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“jonathan kertzer”

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  • Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions

    by Jonathan Kertzer ...
    Literature reveals the intense efforts of moral imagination required to articulate what justice is and how it might be satisfied. Examining a wide variety of texts including Shakespeare's plays, Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, and modernist poetics, Poetic Justice and Legal Fictions explores how literary laws and values illuminate and challenge the jurisdiction of justice and the law. Jonathan ... Read more

    $79.59 USD

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  • The Canterbury Tales

    by Geoffrey Chaucer, Christopher Cannon ...
    Translated by David Wright ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Whoever best acquits himself, and tells The most amusing and instructive tale, Shall have a dinner, paid for by us all...' In Chaucer's most ambitious poem, The Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), a group of pilgrims assembles in an inn just outside London and agree to entertain each other on the way to Canterbury by telling stories. The pilgrims come from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Mysticism

    Edited by Samuel Fanous, Vincent Gillespie ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experience, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, is rooted in, nourished and framed by the ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • On Reasoning and Argument

    Essays in Informal Logic and on Critical Thinking

    by David Hitchcock ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book brings together in one place David Hitchcock’s most significant published articles on reasoning and argument. In seven new chapters he updates his thinking in the light of subsequent scholarship. Collectively, the papers articulate a distinctive position in the philosophy of argumentation.Among other things, the author:• develops an account of “material consequence” that permits ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Myth and Philosophy in Platonic Dialogues

    by Omid Tofighian ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book rethinks Plato’s creation and use of myth by drawing on theories and methods from myth studies, religious studies, literary theory and related fields. Individual myths function differently depending on cultural practice, religious context or literary tradition, and this interdisciplinary study merges new perspectives in Plato studies with recent scholarship and theories pertaining to ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Reasonableness and Effectiveness in Argumentative Discourse

    Fifty Contributions to the Development of Pragma-Dialectics

    by Frans H. van Eemeren ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume presents 50 contributions on the themes of reasonableness and effectiveness and their connections, which are central issues in argumentation theory. It discusses van Eemeren’s views on the study of argumentation; the approach to argumentation adopted in pragma-dialectics; pragma-dialectical perspectives on the dialectical and pragmatic dimensions of argumentative discourse; the notion ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory

    Twenty Exploratory Studies

    Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Topical Themes in Argumentation Theorybrings together twenty exploratory studies on important subjects of research in contemporary argumentation theory. The essays are based on papers that were presented at the 7th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA) in Amsterdam in June 2010. They give an impression of the nature and the variety of the kind of research ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Strong and The Crazy Emperors of the Roman Empire - Ancient History Books for Kids | Children's Ancient History

    by Baby Professor ...
    The Roman Empire has seen all sorts of leaders - from brilliant to controversial. Knowing these leaders will help you understand the living situations during the time of their reign. The purpose of this educational book is to give your child the knowledge required to enjoy history. This book makes the perfect companion for “quiet time.” Grab a copy now! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Plato�s Labyrinth

    Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues

    by Aakash Singh Rathore ...
    This original and stimulating study of Plato's Socratic dialogues rereads and reinterprets Plato's writings in terms of their dialogical or dramatic form. Taking inspiration from the techniques of Umberto Eco, Jacques Derrida, and Leo Strauss, Aakash Singh Rathore presents the Socratic dialogues as labyrinthine texts replete with sophistries and lies that mask behind them important philosophical ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Essays on Being

    by Charles H. Kahn ...
    This volume presents a series of essays published by Charles Kahn over a period of forty years, in which he seeks to explicate the ancient Greek concept of Being. He addresses two distinct but intimately related problems, one linguistic and one historical and philosophical. The linguistic problem concerns the theory of the Greek verb einai, 'to be': how to replace the conventional but misleading ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology

    Edited by Roger D. Woodard ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world's most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around the world and in later years. The articles examine the forms and uses of myth in Greek oral and written ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Captivity of John II, 1356-60

    The Royal Image in Later Medieval England and France

    by Neil Murphy ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting through developments to the sacral character of the French monarchy, lavish displays of gift giving, and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD