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Penn State University Transforming Talk The Problem with Gossip in Late
Book SynopsisTransforming Talk shifts the current debate and argues that gossip functions primarily as a transformative discourse, influencing not only social interactions but also literary and religious practices.Trade Review“Transforming Talk is impressive both in what it accomplishes and what it manages to avoid. A topic like gossip might unwisely tempt a writer into pop or pretentious theoretical clichés, but instead Phillips has produced a study that is clearly written, well documented, solidly argued, and, above all, original in general concept and its specific readings. With confidence and subtlety, Phillips deals with a wide range of late medieval writing, from obscure works to Chaucerian masterpieces, exploring not only gossip’s transgressions but also, and especially, its protean abilities to generate new and surprising narratives.”—C. David Benson,University of Connecticut“This is an extremely well-researched book, and the numerous helpful bibliographic and discursive footnotes are evidence of an astute scholarly mind.”—A. L. Kaufman Choice“Susan Phillips has done us a great service in writing this book about medieval gossip, for not only does she extend [its] premises . . . with theoretical, historical, and literary support, and in clear and intelligent prose, but she also focuses her exploration at the site of the beginnings of what we recognize as English, the early modern world of late Middle English, the language of Chaucer, Manning, and Dunbar, the world of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England.”—John Michael Crafton Christianity and Literature“Even if one is not convinced by the larger argument for the transformative capacity of idle talk, this study is filled with fresh, provocative readings that demonstrate the value of taking idle speech seriously.”—Karla Taylor Speculum: A Journal of Medieval StudiesTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. “Janglynge in cherche”: Pastoral Practice and Idle Talk2. Chaucerian Small Talk3. “Sisteris in schrift”: Gossip’s Confessional Kinship4. The Gospel According to Gossips, or How Gossip Got Its NameConclusionBibliographyIndex
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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is an expertly informed analysis, explanation, defense, and affirmation of Derrida’s work. The focus on mourning is extremely suggestive and provocative—really thought-provoking! The book will be read with delight by specialists in the field and will be of real value also to graduate students—those who wish to engage the formative issues of the tradition.”—David B. Allison,SUNY, Stony Brook“This book makes an important contribution to scholarship on the thought of Jacques Derrida. Krell presents a careful reading of selected texts representing Derrida’s encounters with phenomenology, psychoanalysis, literature, and art. . . . [Krell] eschews easy answers to critical questions and often ends discussions with questions for the reader to ponder. An indispensable book for anyone studying Derrida.”—D. M. Maier Choice“A study that, while introductory, nevertheless engages effectively with the texts it discusses and develops analyses of them that are evocative and worthy of further development.”—Kir Kuiken Philosophy in Review
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Penn State University SelfKnowledge in Platos Phaedrus
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Determined to take every part of the dialogue seriously as a single deliberate philosophical design, Griswold analyzes each episode in turn, with subtlety and much sensitivity. . . . This is a book well worth reading, and a commendable effort.”—Martha Nussbaum Times Literary Supplement“The chief virtue of the book as a whole is that it goes to the heart of many of the central issues, both about the Phaedrus and about its author. The argument it contains is a potent mix: alternately provoking, illuminating, and infuriating. It is to be warmly recommended to anyone with a serious—or even playful—interest in Plato.”—Christopher J. Rowe Washington Book Review“Griswold has a refreshing approach to the traditional interpretive problems of this dialogue. He does not simply seek out a connection between its two apparently disconnected halves, but finds philosophic purpose in the very sharpness of the transition between them; and he argues, against the prevailing view, that not only the rhetorical and mythical speeches on love in the first half of the dialogue but even the formal methodologies of Collection and Division and of a philosophic rhetoric in the second are presented in such a way that their limitations show.”—G.R.F. Ferrari Philosophical Review“I highly recommend his book for those concerned with the question of how best to live a human life and Plato’s method of dealing with it in the Phaedrus.”—Jeffrey A. Mason Philosophy and Literature“Griswold’s reading of the Phaedrus is very attractive, and stands up well in comparison to readings of others coming from the same general philosophical tradition. . . . [He] has established himself as one of the leading interpreters of Plato in the United States today.”—Anthony Preus International Studies in Philosophy“Self-Knowledge in Plato’s Phaedrus is a comprehensive reading of one of Plato’s most wonderful dialogues. . . . Griswold never loses sight of the philosophical issue which he claims is the unifying thread of the Phaedrus: self-knowledge. This book teaches its reader how to read Plato, not simply as a ‘classic’ to be venerated, but as a teacher to be studied.”—David L. Roochnik Classical Journal“This is the most thorough and imaginative study of Plato’s Phaedrus that I have seen. It is unusually stimulating and will be valuable to classicists, philosophers, and specialists in comparative literature.”—Stanley Rosen
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Penn State University Broken Lights and Mended Lives
Book SynopsisA discussion by a broadly respected authority of the complicated relationship between theology and ordinary life in the early church. The first section of the book scrutinizes theology with a view to understanding its bearing upon Christian understandings of life (the theological stories of Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine). The second section examines aspects of ordinary life and explores how Christians related them to religious ideas (the family, hospitality, citizenship, monasticism, and attitudes toward the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West). This very learned piece of work, which reflects lengthy study of original texts as well as of the current and important secondary literature, is distinctive because it does not conform to the present reigning ideology: The author writes as a convinced Christian thinker. He believes that there is no such thing as a purely detached observer and that the best way of being critical and fair is to make no secret of one's presuppoTrade Review“A set of highly intelligent musings by a theologically-oriented student of early Christian life and thought.”—Journal of American Academy of Religion“The title explains the theme of the book. The broken lives are the theological systems of three patristic theologians—Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine—‘broken lights’ because no human mind, however brilliant, can do more than hint at the divine reality. The ‘mended lives’ are those of Christians in the early Church as exhibited in various relationships: in the family; in hospitality; in dealing with pagan culture and society; and in the monastic life, which supplied, in the Latin West, both a haven for refugees after the collapse of the Roman order in the sixth century, and a basis for the reordering of society in the Middle Ages. . . . Both the general reader and the theological student will obtain an outline—limited and controversial, of course, but none the less persuasive and valuable—of the thought of three major patristic theologians, together with an excellent general picture of social relations in the early Christian world, which are both important and also often undeservedly neglected in the formal study of Church history.”—Journal of Ecclesiastical History“A delight to read. Greer helps us to probe the theological visions of such giants as Iranaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine and to see how their teachings have informed the church’s modes of interaction with the family, the society, and the government. His mastery of historical and theological detail illuminates ancient yet perennial issues in Christian experience.”—Interpretation
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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The basic idea behind this marvelous book is simple: contrast the ordinary and what defines escape from the ordinary, call that ecstasy. This idea is used to yield wonderfully challenging results. This virtuoso performance, erudite and very smart, is a book I wish I had written.”—David Carrier,Case Western Reserve University“Lucidly and elegantly written, this is a significant contribution to phenomenology and literary/cultural theory alike.”—M. V. Marder Choice“The Ecstatic Quotidian is a scholarly, detailed overview of the places where modernist art and phenomenology intersect. It is an excellent resource for those who want to understand the ways in which modernist art and philosophy are indebted to one another. By engaging philosophy, literature, and visual art into such a productive dialogue with one another, the author succeeds in placing some of our basic assumptions about these forms and their differences into question as well.”—K. Gover Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Quotidian and Literary-Phenomenological Departures from Everydayness2. Sources of Ecstasis in Childhood Experience3. Literary Phenomenology from the Natural Attitude to Recognition4. The Mysterious and Poetry of the World’s Inner Horizons5. The Painterly and the Poetic Image Between Rilke and Cézanne6. The Silent Ecstasis of Vision7. Ecstatic Mimesis in Trompe l’oeilEpilogueReferencesIndex
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Pennsylvania State University Press Feminist Interpretations of Saint Augustine
Book SynopsisShows that the body of Augustine's work has much to offer as feminists explore, challenge, and reframe his thinking while forging different paradigms for construing gender, power, and notions of divinity.Trade Review“Through the centuries, Augustine’s writings have been a major influence on Christian views of sexuality, gender, and women, as well as on such more traditional theological topics as the Trinity. In this volume—accessibly written for students and the general reader—contemporary women scholars from a variety of humanities disciplines explore how Augustine’s approach to these issues has shaped the Western social, cultural, and religious landscape.”—Elizabeth Clark,Duke University“Stark, Miller, Burrus, and Keller: these essays should be required reading for any discussion of feminism and Augustine. The remaining essays in the volume are useful, and engage similar themes—Stark should be praised for her consistent editorial perspective.”—Catherine Conybeare Philosophy in Review“It is clear that examining the history of philosophy is important to understand the social/cultural legacy we have inherited for better or for worse. It is incumbent upon us as scholars to clarify the fundamental positions of this inheritance, allowing it to stand (as much as we are able) on its own terms in all its glory and failures. Anything else is, in my view, intellectually dishonest. I see this collection of essays, and Penn State’s Rereading the Canon series in general, as an attempt to do just that. From my perspective, the book succeeds marvelously in its purpose. This is a book that anyone who has a sincere desire to come to terms with Augustine’s legacy and its impact on the lives of both women and men ought to consider reading.”—Colleen McCluskey Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceIntroductionJudith Chelius Stark1. Augustine: Sexuality, Gender, and WomenRosemary Radford Ruether2. Monica: The Feminine Face of ChristAnne-Marie Bowery3. Augustine's Rhetoric of the Feminine in the Confessions: Woman as Mother, Woman as OtherFelecia McDuffie4. Confessing MonicaVirginia Burrus and Catherine Keller5. O Mother, Where Art Thou? In Search of Saint MonnicaRebecca Moore6. Not Nameless but Unnamed: The Woman Torn from Augustine's SideMargaret R. Miles7. Augustine's Letters to WomenJoanne McWilliam8. De cura feminarum: Augustine the Bishop, North African Women, and the Development of a Theology of Female NatureE. Ann Matter9. Augustine on Women: In God's Image, but Less SoJudith Chelius Stark10. To Remember Self, to Remember God: Augustine on Sexuality, Rationality, and the TrinityJulie B. Miller11. The Evanescence of Masculinity: Deferral in Saint Augustine's Confessions and Some Thoughts on Its Bearing on the Sex/Gender DebatePenelope Deutscher12. Poem: To Aurelius Augustine from the Mother of His SonAnn Conrad LammersSelect BibliographyContributorsIndex
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Penn State University Territories of History Humanism Rhetoric and the
Book SynopsisExplores the unacknowledged spirit of reflection, debate, and experimentation present in foundational Spanish American writing. In highlighting the parallels between the sixteenth-century debates and post-structuralist approaches to the study of history, this book uncovers a legacy of the Hispanic intellectual tradition.Trade Review“Territories reads like what it is, a first book, but only in the very best sense: it is concise, clear, well-organized and well-argued. Beckjord adopts her structure readymade from literary studies—a series of chapters on individual authors—and her argument is couched in terms of an established discipline, narratology. . . . Territories of History will take its place alongside the best work on the place of the chronicles in intellectual history.”—William Childers De GruyterTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Historical Representation in the Spanish Humanist Context: Juan Luis Vives2. Conjecture and Credibility in the Historia general y natural de las Indias by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo3. Vision and Voice: The Historia de las Indias by Bartolomé de Las Casas4. History and Memory: Narrative Perspective in Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva EspañaConclusionsBibliographyIndex
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