Beards Texts

Author : Sebastian Coxon
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781787352216

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Beards and Texts by Sebastian Coxon Pdf

Beards and Texts explores the literary portrayal of beards in medieval German texts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries. It argues that as the pre-eminent symbol for masculinity the beard played a distinctive role throughout the Middle Ages in literary discussions of such major themes as majesty and humanity. At the same time beards served as an important point of reference in didactic poetry concerned with wisdom, teaching and learning, and in comedic texts that were designed to make their audiences laugh, not least by submitting various figure-types to the indignity of having their beards manhandled. Four main chapters each offer a reading of a work or poetic tradition of particular significance (Pfaffe Konrad’s Rolandslied; Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Willehalm; ‘Sangspruchdichtung’; Heinrich Wittenwiler’s Ring), before examining cognate material of various kinds, including sources or later versions of the same story, manuscript variants and miniatures and further relevant beard-motifs from the same period. The book concludes by reviewing the portrayal of Jesus in vernacular German literature, which represents a special test-case in the literary history of beards. As the first study of its kind in medieval German studies, this investigation submits beard-motifs to sustained and detailed analysis in order to shed light both on medieval poetic techniques and the normative construction of masculinity in a wide range of literary genres.

Author : COXON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787352234

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Beards Texts by COXON Pdf

A study of beard motifs in medieval German poetry. Beards make frequent appearances in medieval German poetry--as esteemed markers of majestic wisdom or as hilarious props for undignified manhandling. In Beards and Texts, Sebastian Coxon traces this preeminent symbol of masculinity through four major poetic traditions across the twelfth and sixteenth centuries--Pfaffe Konrad's Rolandslied, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Willehalm, 'Sangspruchdichtung', and Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring. By attending to this hairy trope, Beards and Texts sheds new light on the construction of both poetic form and masculinity in the Middle Ages.

Author : Sarah Künzler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110455878

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Flesh and Word by Sarah Künzler Pdf

Bodies and their role in cultural discourse have been a constant focus in the humanities and social sciences in recent years, but comparatively few studies exist about Old Norse-Icelandic or early Irish literature. This study aims to redress this imbalance and presents carefully contextualised close readings of medieval texts. The chapters focus on the role of bodies in mediality discourse in various contexts: that of identity in relation to ideas about self and other, of inscribed and marked skin and of natural bodily matters such as defecation, urination and menstruation. By carefully discussing the sources in their cultural contexts, it becomes apparent that medieval Scandinavian and early Irish texts present their very own ideas about bodies and their role in structuring the narrated worlds of the texts. The study presents one of the first systematic examinations of bodies in these two literary traditions in terms of body criticism and emphasises the ingenuity and complexity of medieval texts.

Author : Brant A. Gardner
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon by Brant A. Gardner Pdf

Stop looking for the Book of Mormon in Mesoamerica and start looking for Mesoamerica in the Book of Mormon! Second Witness, a new six-volume series from Greg Kofford Books, takes a detailed, verse-by-verse look at the Book of Mormon. It marshals the best of modern scholarship and new insights into a consistent picture of the Book of Mormon as a historical document. Taking a faithful but scholarly approach to the text and reading it through the insights of linguistics, anthropology, and ethnohistory, the commentary approaches the text from a variety of perspectives: how it was created, how it relates to history and culture, and what religious insights it provides. The commentary accepts the best modern scholarship, which focuses on a particular region of Mesoamerica as the most plausible location for the Book of Mormon’s setting. For the first time, that location—its peoples, cultures, and historical trends—are used as the backdrop for reading the text. The historical background is not presented as proof, but rather as an explanatory context. The commentary does not forget Mormon’s purpose in writing. It discusses the doctrinal and theological aspects of the text and highlights the way in which Mormon created it to meet his goal of “convincing . . . the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God.”

Author : Allan Peterkin
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1551521075

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One Thousand Beards by Allan Peterkin Pdf

Every man has the capacity to grow facial hair, but the decision to do so has always come with layers of meaning. Facial hair has traditionally marked a passage into manhood, but its manifestations have been determined by class, religion, history and occupational status. In the end, the act of displaying facial hair is still regarded as a form of ultimate cool. With wit and insight, One Thousand Beards delves into the historical, contemporary and cultural meaning of facial hair in all of its forms, complete with numerous photographs and illustrations.

Author : Afsaneh Najmabadi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520931381

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Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards by Afsaneh Najmabadi Pdf

Drawing from a rich array of visual and literary material from nineteenth-century Iran, this groundbreaking book rereads and rewrites the history of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality. Peeling away notions of a rigid pre-modern Islamic gender system, Afsaneh Najmabadi provides a compelling demonstration of the centrality of gender and sexuality to the shaping of modern culture and politics in Iran and of how changes in ideas about gender and sexuality affected conceptions of beauty, love, homeland, marriage, education, and citizenship. She concludes with a provocative discussion of Iranian feminism and its role in that country's current culture wars. In addition to providing an important new perspective on Iranian history, Najmabadi skillfully demonstrates how using gender as an analytic category can provide insight into structures of hierarchy and power and thus into the organization of politics and social life.

Author : Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (London, England)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : WISC:89012993044

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The Library of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society by Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (London, England) Pdf

Author : Charles Beard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555007658

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The Theological review [ed. by C. Beard]. by Charles Beard Pdf

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781631491252

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard Pdf

New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Kirkus Reviews Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Gift Guide Selection A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains "relevant to people many centuries later" (Atlantic). In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science Monitor) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this "highly informative, highly readable" (Dallas Morning News) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. With its nuanced attention to class, democratic struggles, and the lives of entire groups of people omitted from the historical narrative for centuries, SPQR will to shape our view of Roman history for decades to come.

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782834533

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Women & Power by Mary Beard Pdf

An updated edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template. A year on since the advent of #metoo, Beard looks at how the discussions have moved on during this time, and how that intersects with issues of rape and consent, and the stories men tell themselves to support their actions. In trademark Beardian style, using examples ancient and modern, Beard argues, 'it's time for change - and now!' From the author of international bestseller SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome.

Author : Thomas S. Gowing
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547323839

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The Philosophy of Beards by Thomas S. Gowing Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Philosophy of Beards" (A Lecture Physiological, Artistic & Historical) by Thomas S. Gowing. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Mrs. Scott Saxton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Elocution
ISBN : OSU:32435083489831

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The Newest Elocution Text-book by Mrs. Scott Saxton Pdf

Author : J. Halverson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780230106581

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Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam by J. Halverson Pdf

This book explores the correlation between anti-theological thought and the rise of Islamism in the twentieth century by examining Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the leadership of Umar al-Tilmisani (d. 1986).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798989699308

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Beards & Baldness in the Middle Ages by Anonim Pdf

Three humorous texts from the Middle Ages on beards & baldness: In Praise of Baldness, On Bald Men, and A Defense of Beards.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : English drama
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3BKP

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The Works of Shakespeare: the Text Carefully Restored According to the First Editions: Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labour's lost by William Shakespeare Pdf