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Book Middlemarch

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  • Author : Adam Roberts
  • Publisher : Open Book Publishers
  • Release : 2021-03-31
  • ISBN : 1800641613
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Middlemarch written by Adam Roberts and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs. Casaubon’s obsession is a cautionary tale, but Adam Roberts nonetheless sees in him an invitation to take Eliot’s use of epigraphy and allusion seriously, and this book is an attempt to do just that. Roberts considers the epigraph as a mirror that refracts the meaning of a text, and that thus carries important resonances for the way Eliot’s novels generate their meanings. In this lively and provoking study, he tracks down those allusions and quotations that have hitherto gone unidentified by scholars, examining their relationship to the text in which they sit to unfurl a broader argument about the novel – both this novel, and the novel form itself. Middlemarch: Epigraphs and Mirrors is both a study of George Eliot and a meditation on the textuality of fiction. It is essential reading for specialists and students of George Eliot, the nineteenth century novel, and intertextuality. It will also richly reward anyone who has ever taken pleasure in Middlemarch.

Book Mirrors

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  • Author : Naguib Mahfouz
  • Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9789774245602
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Mirrors written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirrors is one of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz's more unusual works. First published in serialized form in the Egyptian television magazine, it consists of a series of vignettes of characters from a writer's life--a writer very like Mahfouz himself. And accompanying each vignette is a portrait of the character by a friend of the author, the renowned Alexandrian artist Seif Wanli. Through each vignette--whether of a lifelong friend, a sometime adversary, or a childhood sweetheart--not only is that one character described but much light is thrown on other characters already familiar or yet to be encountered, as well as on the narrator himself, who we come to know well through the mirrors of his world of acquaintances. At the same time, Mirrors also reflects the recent history of Egypt, its political movements, its leaders, its wars, and its peace, all of which affect the lives of friends and enemies and of the narrator himself. As the translator writes in his Introduction, "the narrator's acquaintances from childhood, schooldays, and civil service career take him from the lofty heights of intellectual salons to the seemy squalor of brothels and drug dens; from the dreams of youth and nationalistic ideals to the sobering realities of post-revolutionary society and clashing economic and political values."The apparently simple but penetrating portraits by Seif Wanli add an extra, distinctive dimension to this already intriguing book. They originally appeared with the serialized texts in the television magazine, but were omitted when the book was first published in 1972, and were also omitted when the English translation first appeared in 1977. Now, in this special edition, the pictures and the complete text appear together for the first time.

Book Characteristics of the Hypocrites

Download or read book Characteristics of the Hypocrites written by Jim Ras and published by . This book was released on 1980-01-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Qur'an, Allah has revealed the machinations of the hypocrites, He has unveiled their beliefs, their qualities, and made their goals clear so that the believers can be aware of them. He divided mankind into three groups in the beginning of Surah al-Baqarah: the believer, the disbeliever, and the hypocrite. He mentioned four verses concerning the believers, two verses concerning the disbelievers, and thirteen verses concerning the hypocrites due to their plenitude and the great harm and tribulation they bring to Islam and the Muslims. The harm they cause to Islam is truly severe for they claim to be Muslims, they claim to aid and support Islam, whereas in reality they are its enemies seeking to destroy it from within, covertly spreading their corruption and ignorance such that the unwary thinks that what they are upon is knowledge and right action.

Book Two Faces in the Mirror

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  • Author : Tom Cannon
  • Publisher : Tom Cannon
  • Release : 2007-09
  • ISBN : 0979615909
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book Two Faces in the Mirror written by Tom Cannon and published by Tom Cannon. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you look into the mirror, what kind of person do you see staring back at you? Is it the person in the mirror the kind of person you can be proud of, and that you have always hoped to become, or is it the face of a person who falls consistently short of God’s best intentions? The good news is – you don’t have to dismay, even if the person staring back at you is less than you hoped they would be. If you will turn to Christ, and trust Him to transform your broken, or lacking life today, He will create a ‘new you’ – one that you can be proud of being, and who will become an effective representative for Him. The choice is yours – you can either stay the same, or decide to make the necessary changes to your life, that will result in a lifetime of victory in Him. In Two Faces in the Mirror, Tom Cannon addresses eight (8) major struggles facing modern society, and gives practical, time-tested, biblical solutions to them all. And here’s the best part – if those biblical principles worked for others, they will assuredly work for you. How do we know that’s true? It’s in the Book, and God cannot (and will not) lie. Do you want to become the person God has called you to be? The journey starts now. Buy Two Faces in the Mirror today, and watch your tomorrows be transformed by the power of God.

Book The Pragmatics of Hypocrisy

Download or read book The Pragmatics of Hypocrisy written by Sandrine Sorlin and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a first attempt to date, this book addresses the notion of hypocrisy from a pragmatic perspective and devises a comprehensive model of verbal hypocrisy. The studies included adopt emic and etic approaches in order to contribute jointly towards an understanding of what appears to be a ubiquitous and multifaceted phenomenon. Going beyond hypocrisy as a mere moral vice, this volume establishes its pragmatic space and confronts it with adjacent notions which, unlike hypocrisy, have been subject to pragmatic examination. The Pragmatics of Hypocrisy is of interest to students and scholars in pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, rhetoric, communication and media studies, as well as corpus linguistics, and by its transdisciplinary nature, to researchers in philosophy, sociology, and political science. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in the interplay between language, culture and society, across varieties and registers of English.

Book Mirror of Reality and Dreams

Download or read book Mirror of Reality and Dreams written by Irena Avsenik Nabergoj and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the works of Ivan Cankar, the greatest Slovenian writer, focusing on his relation to existential, social, and moral reality as reflected in individuals and in society at large. The method of literary analysis shows a surprising harmony between personal confessions and a rich symbolism that reveals the writer's unconditional belief in the power of conscience, strong conviction of the sense of victims and the longing for the triumph of love and justice. A holistic interpretation yields the conclusion that most of Cankar's works are confessions that purport to be true to life. His inclination to self-disclosure in dreams alongside the objective disclosure of imperceptible reality indicates that expressive language and a lyrical style are of vital importance to him.

Book The Eastern Mirror  an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures  in which the Customs of Oriental Nations are Developed by the Writings of the Most Celebrated Travellers

Download or read book The Eastern Mirror an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures in which the Customs of Oriental Nations are Developed by the Writings of the Most Celebrated Travellers written by W. FOWLER (of Exeter.) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mirror of the Self

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  • Author : Shadi Bartsch
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2006-07-03
  • ISBN : 0226038351
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book The Mirror of the Self written by Shadi Bartsch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006-07-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch. Gazing upon someone—or oneself—was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question of tactility introduced an erotic element as well. In The Mirror of the Self, Shadi Bartsch asserts that these links among vision, sexuality, and self-knowledge are key to the classical understanding of the self. Weaving together literary theory, philosophy, and social history, Bartsch traces this complex notion of self from Plato’s Greece to Seneca’s Rome. She starts by showing how ancient authors envisioned the mirror as both a tool for ethical self-improvement and, paradoxically, a sign of erotic self-indulgence. Her reading of the Phaedrus, for example, demonstrates that the mirroring gaze in Plato, because of its sexual possibilities, could not be adopted by Roman philosophers and their students. Bartsch goes on to examine the Roman treatment of the ethical and sexual gaze, and she traces how self-knowledge, the philosopher’s body, and the performance of virtue all played a role in shaping the Roman understanding of the nature of selfhood. Culminating in a profoundly original reading of Medea, The Mirror of the Self illustrates how Seneca, in his Stoic quest for self-knowledge, embodies the Roman view, marking a new point in human thought about self-perception. Bartsch leads readers on a journey that unveils divided selves, moral hypocrisy, and lustful Stoics—and offers fresh insights about seminal works. At once sexy and philosophical, The Mirror of the Self will be required reading for classicists, philosophers, and anthropologists alike.

Book American Hypocrisy

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  • Author : Stephen N. Grand Ph.D
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2007-05-15
  • ISBN : 1434315398
  • Pages : 438 pages

Download or read book American Hypocrisy written by Stephen N. Grand Ph.D and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ~High profit for booksellers~ *Healthcare for everybody in America *The crusade on Islamic nations; *The Gods guided Evolution; *Darwins natural selection; *Did God create the devil? *The danger of celibacy; *The end of this World; *Israel and Palestine; *Life after Death; *Sex education; *Terrorism? *Torture? >The answer is here You need to know that Torture is not the solution but the perfect solution is here, in this Worlds best-selling book of AMERICAN HYPOCRISY ~~American diplomacy, American Tragedy~~ Written by Stephen Grand, Ph. D 1-888-280-7715 You need to know that we are almost at the end of our civilization because of the eminent possibility of biological, chemical and or nuclear catastrophe. The Satans sword of terrorism is flying around the Globe at supersonic high speed and nobody can stop it. Nobody can stop the plague of terrorism without creating a New World Order, a World Federation, where all people on Earth will have the same responsibility and the same claim to life, dignity and justice. You already have in your home the Bible, the Koran and/or other Scriptures, which are synchronizing your everyday life with your spiritual world. However in your hometown Library and/or Bookstore you should have also my latest best-selling book of American Hypocrisy ISBN 978-1-4259-9115-9 www.stephenngrand.com Written by Stephen Grand, Ph.D. 1-888-280-7715 You need to read this returnable book in order to know that all people on Earth should have the right to live their lives without fear from poverty, without fear from wars and without fear from terrorism. God gave us a nice planate to live on, but with our nuclear arsenals, wars and terrorist attacks, we are going to destroy it. We are going to eradicate ourselves, the species of Homo-sapiens. However I have a perfect solution and with your help we can demolish the plague of terrorism. For this reason Im urging you to release, buy and sell and more importantly acceptthe solution described in this World's best-selling memento-mori book because it is the only way to achieve world peace, it is the only way to save the human race. Sincerely, Stephen Grand, Ph.D. Tel.: 1-888-280-7715

Book The Hypocrisy of Disco

Download or read book The Hypocrisy of Disco written by Clane Hayward and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir of girlhood among California’s hippie communities is an “offbeat tale of preadolescence [written] with remarkable honesty and respect” (Publishers Weekly). Born in San Francisco just before the Summer of Love, Clane Hayward grew up on hippie communes throughout the west. Her poignantly funny, sometimes melancholy, and always riveting memoir recounts her extraordinary life up until her thirteenth birthday. School was a particularly happy event—it meant a hot lunch and clothes that matched! But Clane’s mother warned her that schools are just zoos run by the government. From a world of complex relationships, uncertain rules, and constant surprises, Clane forged a childhood. She did it sometimes with, sometimes without, her bong-puffing, Buddha-quoting, macrobiotic mother and her wild-haired, redneck father. Hypocrisy of Disco is an honest, direct, and truly unforgettable tale, and a tribute to the resilience of youth.

Book Masonic Signet and Literary Mirror

Download or read book Masonic Signet and Literary Mirror written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Narratives of Mothering

Download or read book Narratives of Mothering written by Gill Rye and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothers have been both idealized and demonized in Western cultures. With Simone de Beauvoir's feminist analysis of motherhood in The Second Sex as her point of departure, Rye (Germanic and Romance studies, U. of London) studies how French autobiographical and fictional narratives of mothering since 1990 differ from those told about them. In the context of societal changes, she explores themes including loss and trauma related to childbirth literally and figuratively, ambivalence and guilt, power and powerlessness, and lesbian and single parenting in the works of Christine Angot, Genevieve Brisac, Marie Darrieussecq, Camille Laurens, Leila Marouane, and Marie Ndiaye among others.

Book The Mirror of Parliament

Download or read book The Mirror of Parliament written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book What is justice    Justice  law  and politics in the mirror of science   collected essays

Download or read book What is justice Justice law and politics in the mirror of science collected essays written by Hans Kelsen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mirror of Taste  and Dramatic Censor

Download or read book The Mirror of Taste and Dramatic Censor written by and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A drama is appended to each number of v. 1-2

Book The Mirror of Honor  Wherein Everie Professor of Armes  from the Generall     to the Private Officer and Inferiour Souldier  May See the Necessitie of the Feare and Service of God  Etc

Download or read book The Mirror of Honor Wherein Everie Professor of Armes from the Generall to the Private Officer and Inferiour Souldier May See the Necessitie of the Feare and Service of God Etc written by John Norden and published by . This book was released on 1597 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mirror Of The Unseen

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  • Author : Louis Rogers
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 0595232264
  • Pages : 458 pages

Download or read book Mirror Of The Unseen written by Louis Rogers and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new version of the complete spiritual discourses of the Sufi Master, Jalal al-Din Rumi, a great spiritual teacher to be sure, a great poet certainly, a guide to all on the spiritual path and a friend to those unsure of the way. Jalal al-Din Rumi followed the path of Islamic mysticism, a great spiritual teacher to be sure, a great poet certainly, a guide to all on the spiritual path and a friend to those unsure of the way. To those who are sure of the path Rumi says with complete confidence, 'You should realize therefore that whoever has committed himself wholly to God will be safe from all harm, and will remain safe. In His presence, no petition of any man is ever in vain.' And then he adds, 'His bounty and mercy are infinite. Whoever relies on Him will never go astray, his trust will not be in vain.' To those unsure of the path Rumi encourages, 'since God's generosity is so well known, and all the world is aware of His grace and kindness, why do you not ask and hope to receive from Him a robe of honor and a rich gift? Instead, you sit in despair and say, 'If He wills, He will give something to me.' And so you pray to Him not at all.'