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UNINA9910456840603321 |
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Maggi Armando |
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In the company of demons [[electronic resource] ] : unnatural beings, love, and identity in the Italian Renaissance / / Armando Maggi |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2006 |
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1-282-53754-7 |
9786612537547 |
0-226-50129-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Devil - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
Renaissance |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230) and index. |
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To read the body of a monster -- To recall the spirits past -- The shadows and their beloved bodies -- What does human mean? |
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Who are the familiar spirits of classical culture and what is their relationship to Christian demons? In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all classical deities, semi-gods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates.But with In the Company of Demons, the world's leading demonologist Armando Maggi argues that the great thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures or spiritual bodies. Maggi leads us straight to the heart of what Italian Renaissance culture thought familiar spirits were. Through close readings of Giovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Strozzi Cigogna, Pompeo della Barba, Ludovico Sinistrari, and others, we find that these spirits or demons speak through their sudden and striking appearances-their very bodies seen as metaphors to be interpreted. The form of the body, Maggi explains, relies on the spirits' knowledge of their human interlocutors' pasts. But their core trait is compassion, and sometimes their odd, eerie arrivals are seen as harbingers or warnings to protect us. It comes |
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as no surprise then that when spiritual beings distort the natural world to communicate, it is vital that we begin to listen. |
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UNINA9910791807903321 |
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Titolo |
The frugal librarian [[electronic resource] ] : thriving in tough economic times / / edited by Carol Smallwood |
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Chicago, : American Library Association, 2011 |
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0-8389-9187-4 |
1-283-09343-X |
9786613093431 |
0-8389-9219-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Library finance - United States |
Libraries - United States - Cost control |
Libraries - Economic aspects - United States |
Library science - Economic aspects - United States |
Libraries and community - United States |
Libraries - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Knowledge based job hunting and interview preparation / Michael A. Germano -- James C. Jernigan Library, Foundation Center Cooperating Collection, Office of Sponsored Research and Federal Government Grants / Victoria Lynn Packard -- Start your job search here / Jason Kuhl -- Entrepreneurs in the library : how an entrepreneurial spirit expanded the patron base and elevated its political standing / James Lund -- Laid off? : here's one way to land on your feet / J. James Mancuso -- Low & no cost development opportunities for librarians / Colleen S. Harris -- Online resources in Michigan : a school librarian survives hard times / Margaret Lincoln -- Grant proposals for the working librarian : from idea to implementation / Lois Stickell and Lisa |
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Nickel -- Tips for how to write grants for diverse populations / Vandella Brown -- Creating and sustaining community focused programs / Wayne Finley and Joanna Kluever -- Nothing to lose : creative programming for the frugal librarian / Lisa A. Forrest -- Increasing resources in tough times : a new funding model for the Purdue University career wiki / George Bergstrom and Mary Dugan -- Innovating and saving with joint-use libraries / Emily Dill -- Multi-type regional library member responses to the economic crisis / Tom Taylor -- Museum passes : a low-cost, high-impact partnership / Rebecca Tuck and Lisa Fraser -- Saving by sharing : using open source and shared catalogs to do more with less / John Helling -- Bringing the outside back in : creative and cost-effective outreach strategies / Kacy Vega and Kim Becnel -- Cost factors in digital projects : a model useful in other applications / Lisa L. Crane -- Data-driven cancellation decisions / Leslie Farison -- Green it saves money, saves resources / Sarah Passonneau -- Managing staff stress during budget crises : lessons for library managers / Colleen S. Harris and Mary Chimato -- Student assistants : maximize effectiveness through coordinated training / Ken Johnson and Sue Hisle -- Bidding service contracts in public libraries / Tom Cooper -- Digital projects on a shoestring / Emily Asch -- Developing partnerships for added value / Aline Soules and Sarah Nielsen -- Organizing in the streets and in the stacks : a grassroots movement saves neighborhood libraries in Providence, Rhode Island / Edgar C. Bailey, Jr -- Turning gifts and discards into gold / Robert Holley -- A small school library meets the economic challenge / Colleen Driscoll -- Leveraging internal resources to temporarily fill library staff shortages / Marwin Britto -- Making good by making do : using student staff to drive library technology innovation in tough economic times / Gwen Evans -- Tiered staffing for technical services, or, How to make the best of a budget in distress / Mary S. Laskowski and Fang Huang Gao -- We're all in this together : solutions for creative staffing / Heidi Blackburn and Erin Davis -- Building sustainable technology literacy professional development opportunities for faculty on a limited budget / Marwin Britto -- $40 a day or attending library conferences on the cheap / Regina Koury. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection speaks to universal concerns, presenting creative and resourceful solutions from dozens of librarians representing a wide variety of institutions. |
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