P J Marshall Cbe Fba

Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 131, 2004 Lectures

Volume 131, 2004 Lectures

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 239mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1102g
• ISBN-13: 9780197263518
• ISBN-10: 0197263518
• Artikelnr.: 21247177

Autorenporträt

Contributors: Fran Brearton Joyce Hill Michael Pennington David Womersley Terence Cave Lord Moser Alexander Murray Robert Bagley Edwin Cameron Mervyn King Dominic Lieven Joan Oates Timothy Besley Richard Gray Lord Sutherland James Piscatori

Inhaltsangabe

Robert Graves and The White Goddess
Authority and Intertextuality in the Works of Ælfric
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