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Mohamed Feisal G (Feisal Gharib), <1974-> |
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In the anteroom of divinity : the reformation of the angels from Colet to Milton / / Feisal G. Mohamed |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
Angels in literature |
Angels - History of doctrines |
Christianity and literature - England - History - 16th century |
Christianity and literature - England - History - 17th century |
Reformation - England |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Table and Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. John Colet's Ecclesiology and Dionysian Thought -- 2. Hooker and Spenser on the Celestial Hierarchy: The Decline of a Tradition? -- 3. Donne's Ideated Angels -- 4. Angelic Hierarchy in Milton and His Contemporaries -- 5. Raphael, the Celestial Physician -- 6. Michael of Celestial Armies Prince -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Biblical Passages |
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In the Anteroom of Divinity focuses on the persistence of Pseudo-Dionysian angelology in England's early modern period. Beginning with a discussion of John Colet's commentary on Dionysisus' twin hierarchies, Feisal G. Mohamed explores the significance of the Dionysian tradition to the conformism debate of the 1590s through works by Richard Hooker and Edmund Spenser. He then turns to John Donne and John Milton to shed light on their constructions of godly |
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poetics, politics and devotion, and provides the most extensive study of Milton's angelology in more than fifty years. With new philosophical, theological, and literary insights, this work offers a contribution to intellectual history and the history of religion in critical moments of the English Reformation. |
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UNINA9910968007003321 |
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Women of vision : their psychology, circumstances, and success / / editors, Eileen A. Gavin, Aphrodite Clamar, and Mary Anne Siderits |
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New York, NY, : Springer Pub., 2007 |
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1-280-82342-9 |
9786610823420 |
0-8261-0110-0 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (333 p.) |
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GavinEileen A |
ClamarAphrodite J |
SideritsMary Anne |
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Women - United States |
Feminism - United States |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Women Whose Lives Spanned Two Centuries; CH1. Dancing Women's Freedom: The Story of Isadora Duncan; CH2. Anne Sullivan Macy and Helen Adams Keller: Expressing ""Vision"" With Fluttering Fingers; CH3. Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth: The Woman Who ""Had It All""; CH4. Alice Paul: Constitutional Amendment Mover and ERA Author; CH5. Georgia O'Keeffe: American Modernist; CH6. Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Change, Life of Service; CH7 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: The Evolution of an Extraordinary Leader |
Part II. Women Who Matured During the ""Roaring Twenties""CH8 Rachel |
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Carson: The Strength of Wonder; CH9 "Be-Going": The Story of Dorothy Day; CH10 Sister Annette Walters's Unfinished Dream: "To Make the Universe a Home"; CH11 Evelyn Gentry Hooker: The "Hopelessly Heterosexual" Psychologist Who Normalized Homosexuality; CH12 Athlete of the Century: "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias; CH13 Lucille Ball: Visions of Trauma, Crisis, and Comedy; CH14 Grace Brewster Murray Hopper: A Woman Who Dared and Did; Part III. Women Who Became Adults in the 1940's; CH15 Ella Fitzgerald: The Singer's Singer |
CH16 Shirley Chisholm: A Catalyst for Change CH17 The Case of the Purloined Picture: Rosalind Franklin and the Keystone of the Double Helix; Part IV. A Second Look at Our Women of Vision; CH18 A Second Look at Our Women of Vision; Appendix: Study Questions and Activities for Chapters 1 to 17; Index |
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Talks about the role of circumstance, accomplishments, and personality in the development of various twentieth-century women of vision. This book helps in understanding female leaders and gives insight into the lives of such imminent women as: Isadora Duncan; Georgia O'Keefe; Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; Alice Paul; Ella Fitzgerald; and others. |
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