2002, ISBN: 9780901050267

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Underlined passages and notes in the margins throughout. Covers are bright, tight , and square with no tears or chips. Spine is not creased. From the back cover, "Medieval man viewed the … More...

Underlined passages and notes in the margins throughout. Covers are bright, tight , and square with no tears or chips. Spine is not creased. From the back cover, "Medieval man viewed the whole world as a book written by God for man's enlightenment. Literature could give moral instruction by providing a glimpse into the workings of the divine plan...'Allegory and Mirror' in total offers a compelling definition of the two dominant literary modes of the Middle English period...", Pegasus, 1970, 2.5, Rough Guides, 2002. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Paperback - 2002? - good condition - . Scotland not only defies description, it gets positively irritated by it. Clichéd images of the place abound - postcards of hairy Highland cows, tartan tins of shortbread, ranks of diamond-patterned golf jerseys... and they drive many Scots to apoplexy. And yet Scotland has a habit of delivering on its classic images: ruined castles really do perch on just about every hilltop, in summer the glens inevitably turn purple with heather and, if you're lucky, you just might bump into a formation of bagpipers marching down the village street on gala day. Scotland is a difficult country, where Celtic hedonism intertwines, somehow, with stern Calvinism, where the losers of battles (and football games) are more romanticized than the winners. It's often defined by its scenery - known to make poets weep, but half the time hidden under a pall of drizzly mist. The country's major contribution to medieval warfare was the chaotic, blood-curdling charge of the half-naked Highlander, yet it's civilized enough to have given the world steam power, the television and penicillin. Chefs from Paris to Prague rhapsodize over Scottish wild salmon and Aberdeen Angus steaks, even while the locals are tucking happily into another deep-fried supper of haggis and chips. Naturally, the tourist industry tends to play up the heritage and play down the contemporary, but beyond the tartan lies a modern, dynamic nation. Oil and microprocessors now matter more to the Scottish economy than Harris tweed. Edinburgh still has its genteel Royal Mile, but just as many folk are drawn by its clubs and cappuccino culture, while out in the Hebrides, the locals are more likely to be teleworking via the internet than shearing sheep. The Highland huntin' shootin' fishin' set are these days outnumbered by mountain bikers and wide-eyed whale-watchers. Much as folk bands are knocking out old tunes on electronic fiddles, reinvention of tradition has become a Scottish artform. Stuck in the far northwest corner of Europe, Scotland is remote, but it's not isolated. The inspiring emptiness of the wild northwest coast lies barely a couple of hours from Edinburgh and Glasgow, two of Britain's most dense and intriguing urban centres. Ancient ties to Ireland, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands mean that - compared with the English at least - Scots are pretty enthusiastic about the European Union. EU money has been poured into the infrastructure, particularly in the Highlands and Islands, funding numerous arts projects and sustaining the national identity. By contrast, Scotland's relationship with the "auld enemy", England, remains as problematic as ever. Despite the new Scottish parliament established in Edinburgh in 1999, with its new-found power to shape Scottish life, many Scots still tend to view matters south of the border with a mixture of exaggerated disdain and well-hidden envy. Ask for a "full English breakfast" and you'll quickly find yourself put right. Old prejudices die hard., Rough Guides, 2002, 2.5, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1982. xxi, 189,v pp; index, bibliographic notes. Or card covers. Minimal edge wear. Opens our eyes to the way androgyny has run from its source in pre-Helenic myth through the literature of the Western world. Brings to light unrecognized manifestations of this ideal from the Gospels; medieval ambiguities of the cult of Mary and the courts of love; the Renaissance with its developing view of a more autonymous human being, culminating in Shakespeare's androgynous vision. Traces the emergence of the woman hero in fiction, making the distinction between the feminist novel and the androgynous novel. The strong women characters of Austen, the Brontes and George Eliot; the heroines of male writers such as DH Lawrence, Henry James.. are all seen as androgynous creations. The writers of the Bloomsbury group are looked at as the exemplification of the androgynous ideal both in their art and their lives.. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo., W. W. Norton & Co., 1982, 4, John Murray, 1860. 12th edition.. Hardback. Cloth, P. iv+515pp, head of the spine damaged with some loss, corners bumped, booksellers ticket of J MacLehose 61 St Vincents Street Glasgow on the front pastedown. An odd volume of Hallam's much reprinted History of Europe in the Medieval period which was first published in 1818., John Murray, 1860, 0, Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1975. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG+. iv+276pp, a nice near fine copy. Contains papers along with the annual reports. Elie Halévy & the Birth of Methodism - Social History Of Confession In The Age Of The reformation - Observations on English Government From the 10th to 12th Centuries - Examination of the Ordnance Office 1660 to 1714 - Engand Scotland & Europe, The Problem of the Frontier - Skills & The Diffusion of Innovations from Britain in the 18th century - England & Europe; Utopia & its Aftermath - British Views of Germany 1864 to 1939 - War & Peace in the Early Middle Ages - Domesday Book & Anglo Norman Governance - The Tudor Government, Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1975, 0<

ISBN: 9780901050267

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