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Enchantment
What is the force in art, C. Stephen Jaeger asks, that can enter our consciousness, inspire admiration or imitation, carry a reader or viewer from the world as it is to a world more sublime? We have long recognized the power of individuals to lead or enchant by the force of personal charisma--and in... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
From Lawmen to Plowmen
The reappearance of alliterative verse in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries remains one of the most puzzling issues in the literary history of medieval England. In From Lawmen to Plowmen, Stephen M. Yeager offers a fresh, insightful explanation for the alliterative structure of William Langland... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
The Idea of a Human Rights Museum
by Ruth B. Phillips • Mary Reid • A. Dirk Moses • Adam Muller • Andrew Woolford • Angela Failler • Christopher Powell • Karen Busby • Jennifer Carter • Clint Curle • Helen Fallding • Jodi Giesbrecht • Amanda Grzyb • George Jacob • Stephen Jaeger • Jorge A. Nállim • Ken Norman • Armando Perla • David Petrasek • Roger I. Simon • Struan Sinclair"The Idea of a Human Rights Museum" is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural context... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015