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“sandra summers”

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  • Ogling Ladies

    Scopophilia in Medieval German Literature

    by Sandra Lindemann Summers ...
    In the European Middle Ages, the harm a person’s gaze could cause was greatly feared. A stare was considered an act of aggression; intense gazing was believed to exert immense power over the individual observed. The love of looking, or scopophilia, is a common motif among female figures in medieval art and literature where it is usually expressed as a motherly or sexually interested gaze--one ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier (Unabridged)

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    by FRANCES TREGO MONTGOMERY ...
    Narrated by William Lee, Daniel Rogers, Laura Hopper, Sandra Summers ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 41 min

    Embark on a whimsical journey through the enchanting world of "Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier" by Frances Trego Montgomery. Meet Zip, an irrepressibly curious and mischievous fox terrier whose boundless energy leads him into a series of delightful escapades. From chasing rabbits to outsmarting his human companions, Zip's adventures are filled with humor, excitement, and heartwarming ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin (UNABRIDGED)

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    by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE ...
    Narrated by Carmen Doverspike, Lisa Davidson, Sandra Butterfield, Summer Roberts ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 41 min

    After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which many claim sparked off the Civil War that put an end to legalized slavery in America, there was a great outcry that Stowe had blown her fictional story out of all proportion to the facts. She was viewed by some as an irresponsible monster. Stowe defended herself by painstakingly publishing this Key, describing the actual people, incidents, statutes ... Read more

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  • The Trial of Tempel Anneke

    Records of a Witchcraft Trial in Brunswick, Germany, 1663, Second Edition

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    The Trial of Tempel Anneke examines documents from an early modern European witchcraft trial with the pedagogical goal of allowing students to interact directly with primary sources. A brief historiographical essay has been added, along with eleven civic records, including regulations about sorcery, Tempel Anneke's marital agreement, and court salaries, which provide an even clearer picture of ... Read more

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  • ABC: The Alphabetizaton of the Popular Mind

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    In ABC... philosopher and cultural analyst Ivan Illich and medieval scholar and literary critic Barry Sanders have produced an original, meticulous and provocative study of the advent, spread and present decline of literacy. They explore he impact of the alphabet on fundamental thought processes and attitudes, on memory, on political groupings and religous and cultural expectations. Their ... Read more

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  • Oedipus and the Devil

    Witchcraft, Religion and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe

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    This bold and imaginative book marks out a different route towards understanding the body, and its relationship to culture and subjectivity. Amongst other subjects, Lyndal Roper deals with the nature of masculinity and feminity. ... Read more

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  • Goethe

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    The Magic Spell of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales

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    In Grimm Legacies, esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. Zipes reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world—the fairy tale.Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm ... Read more

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  • The Witch in the Western Imagination

    by Lyndal Roper ...
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  • The Brothers Grimm

    From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World

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  • Medieval German Literature

    A Companion

    by Marion Gibbs, Sidney M. Johnson ...
    Medieval German Literature provides a comprehensive survey of this Germanic body of work from the eighth century through the early fifteenth century. The authors treat the large body of late-medieval lyric poetry in detail for the first time. ... Read more

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