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The topical issues debated in this volume include the patenting of AIDS drugs, the future pensions crisis, Britain's universities, and Pan-Islam.There are studies of Shakespeare, Pope, Montaigne, Robert Graves, and William Faulkner. And there are lectures on the Inquisition, empires in history, and the journey towards spiritual fulfilment.

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Robert Graves and The White Goddess ; Authority and Intertextuality in the Works of Aelfric ; Barnardine's Straw: The Devil in Shakespeare's Detail ; Dulness and Pope ; Montaigne ; The Future of Our Universities ; The Inquisition and the Renaissance ; The Prehistory of Chinese Music Theory ; Patents and Public Health: Principle, Politics and Paradox ; What Fates Impose: Facing Up to Uncertainty ; Empire, History and the Contemporary Global Order ; Archaeology in Mesopotamia: Digging Deeper at Tell Brak ; The New Political Economy ; 'They Worship Death Here': William Faulkner, Sanctuary and Hollywood ; Nomad's Progress ; Imagining Pan-Islam: Religious Activism and Political Utopias

Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 131

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    Publisher: British Academy
    Publication Date: 12/22/2005 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780197263518, 978-0197263518
    ISBN10: 0197263518
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The topical issues debated in this volume include the patenting of AIDS drugs, the future pensions crisis, Britain's universities, and Pan-Islam.There are studies of Shakespeare, Pope, Montaigne, Robert Graves, and William Faulkner. And there are lectures on the Inquisition, empires in history, and the journey towards spiritual fulfilment.

    Table of Contents
    Robert Graves and The White Goddess ; Authority and Intertextuality in the Works of Aelfric ; Barnardine's Straw: The Devil in Shakespeare's Detail ; Dulness and Pope ; Montaigne ; The Future of Our Universities ; The Inquisition and the Renaissance ; The Prehistory of Chinese Music Theory ; Patents and Public Health: Principle, Politics and Paradox ; What Fates Impose: Facing Up to Uncertainty ; Empire, History and the Contemporary Global Order ; Archaeology in Mesopotamia: Digging Deeper at Tell Brak ; The New Political Economy ; 'They Worship Death Here': William Faulkner, Sanctuary and Hollywood ; Nomad's Progress ; Imagining Pan-Islam: Religious Activism and Political Utopias

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