1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000021260

Titolo

Forme e destinazione del messaggio religioso : aspetti della propaganda religiosa nel Cinquecento / a cura di Antonio Rotondò

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : <<Leo>> Olschki, 1991

ISBN

88-222-3868-0

Descrizione fisica

XII, 401 p., [5] c. di tav. : ill. ; 26 cm

Collana

Studi e testi per la storia religiosa del Cinquecento ; 2

Disciplina

270.6

Soggetti

Religione - Storia - Sec. 16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Molteplice

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464143503321

Autore

Butterworth Michael L

Titolo

Baseball and rhetorics of purity [[electronic resource] ] : the national pastime and American identity during the war on terror / / Michael L. Butterworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8173-8397-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique

Disciplina

306.4/83

Soggetti

Baseball - Social aspects - United States

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rhetoric and the American Game; 1. Ritual in the "Church of Baseball": Performing



Patriotism at the Ballpark; 2. "Baseball as America": Nostalgia and Public Memory through the National Pastime; 3. Purifying the Body Politic: Steroids and the Rhetorical Cleansing of Baseball; 4. Headed for Home: Bringing Baseball Back to the Nation's Capital; 5. Making the World Safe for Baseball: American Mission and the World Baseball Classic; Conclusion: Reconstituting the National Pastime; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Baseball has long been considered America's "national pastime," touted variously as a healthy diversion, a symbol of national unity, and a model of democratic inclusion. But, according to Michael Butterworth, such favorable rhetoric belies baseball's complicity in the rhetorical construction of a world defined by good and evil. Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity is an investigation into the culture and mythology of baseball, a study of its limits and failures, and an invitation to remake the game in a more democratic way. It pays special attention to baseball's rol

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392760303316

Autore

Lanfiere Thomas

Titolo

A looking-glass for a bad husband: or, A caveat for a spend-thrift [[electronic resource] ] : You that are guilty of that sinful crime of drunkenness, strive for to leave it off in time: lay up your money, do not it vainly spend; for in your greatest need, it will be your best friend. Endeavour in your youth, left in old age you want; for when the poverty doth come, friends will be scant. To the tune of, The poor man's comfort: or, Digby. / / By T.L

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for VV[illiam]. Thackeray, T[homas]. Passenger, and VV[illiam]. VVhitwood., [between 1670-1677]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts)

Soggetti

Ballads, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Verse: "You that are bad husbands ..."

Date, place of publication and publisher's names from Wing CD-ROM, 1996.



Attributed to Thomas Lanfiere.

Reproduction of original in the Harvard University, Houghton Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0067