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Milton Re-viewed
First published in 1991. These ten essays by the distinguished Milton scholar Edward Le Comte examines the various themes, context and structure of Milton’s poetry and prose, including particular focus on both Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. This title will be of great interest to students of John Milton and English Literature.
In and Out of the University and Adversity
In In and Out of the University and Adversity, Edward Le Comte abandons the professorial impersonal for a candid and confessional look back from the vista of 84 years and a marriage (to a Czech refugee artist) that has lasted – what a miracle these days! – fifty-five years. Much of the surrounding book is a mordant critique of the present-day cultural and educational scene. But Le Comte’s love of teaching and for his teachers loom large in a book so rich in anecdotes and personalities that it reads like a novel.
The Gospels Are Now
Pope John XXIII, in using the word ‘aggiornamento’ in reference to the Second Vatican Council, actually challenged the present day Christian world to apply Scripture and tradition to modern and contemporary situations. It is in that spirit that the author has written this book. As professor of literature for many years, specializing in the Great Books, Professor Fiore takes timeless Gospel themes and examines how these biblical motifs are often echoed in some of our most beautiful and stimulating present day creations. Some of the writers covered here are John Steinbeck, Flannery O’Connor, Tennessee Williams, Shirley Jackson, Franco Zeffi relli and others. Some of the theater works are Waiting for Godot, Raisin in the Sun, Man of La Mancha, The Fantasticks, and Our Town; some of the fi lms are Moonstruck, Schindler’s List, La Dolce Vita, Shawshank Redemption, Life is Beautiful, La Strada, and Brideshead Revisited. A concerted effort for a personal style has been made in order to present an intimate and readable approach to life, the arts, and their Gospel infl uences.
Last Words
Whether Goethe actually cried "More light!" on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. The exit lines of both famous and ordinary people embody for us a sense of drama and truthfulness and reveal much about our thoughts on living and dying. Why this interest in last words? Presenting statemen...
Polio and Its Aftermath
In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Part memoir, part cultural criticism and history, part meditation on the meaning of disease, Shell's work combines the understanding of a medical researcher with the sensitivity of a literary critic. He deftly draws a detailed yet broad picture of the lived experience of a crippling disease as it makes it way into every facet of human existence.
Living with Polio
Polio was the most dreaded childhood disease of twentieth-century America. Every summer during the 1940s and 1950s, parents were terrorized by the thought that polio might cripple their children. They warned their children not to drink from public fountains, to avoid swimming pools, and to stay away from movie theaters and other crowded places. Whenever and wherever polio struck, hospitals filled with victims of the virus. Many experienced only temporary paralysis, but others faced a lifetime of disability. Living with Polio is the first book to focus primarily on the personal stories of the men and women who had acute polio and lived with its crippling consequences. Writing from personal ex...
Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth
Despite her fascinating life and her importance as a writer, until now Lady Mary Wroth has never been the subject of a full-length biography. Margaret Hannay's reliance on primary sources results in some corrections, as well as additions, to our knowledge of Wroth's life, including Hannay's discovery of the career of her son William, the marriages of her daughter Katherine, her grandchildren, her last years, the date of her death, and the subsequent history of her manuscripts. This biography situates Lady Mary Wroth in her family and court context, emphasizing the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with particular attention to her learned aunt, Mary Sidne...
Suffering
Learn to help others understand, cope with, and even overcome emotional and physical suffering. Suffering: Psychological and Social Aspects in Loss, Grief, and Care is a unique and insightful volume of observations, anecdotes, and case studies about suffering. In this important book, doctors, nurses, teachers, funeral directors, and members of the clergy discuss the crucial physical, emotional, and psychological issues that patients and their families must confront when death is imminent. They address a variety of topics including terminal illness, chronic illness, loss, grief, and pain. Ideal for professionals who work with dying people and their families, Suffering highlights topics that are particularly common when working with AIDS patients, cancer patients, children, the elderly, and the mentally ill.
New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Volume contains: 74 NY 486 (Hays v. Hathorn) 74 NY 491 (Bowery Nat'l Bk v. Duryee) 74 NY 495 (Wheelock v. Lee) 74 NY 501 (Dering v. Metcalf) 74 NY 613 (Fish v. Benedict) 74 NY 615 (Senear v. Woods) 74 NY 617 (Ross v. N.Y. & H. R. R.R. Co.) 74 NY 617 (Matter of Guardian Mut. L. I. Co.) 74 NY 618 (Schilling v. Boston & A. R.R. Co.) 75 NY 103 (Cashman v. Henry) 75 NY 122 (Smith v. Rathbun) 75 NY 127 (Em. Ind. Sav. Bk v. Goldman) 75 NY 461 (Harding v. Tifft)
