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Bound Fast with Letters
Medieval Writers, Readers, and Texts
Richard H. Rouse and Mary A. Rouse
Bound Fast with Letters brings together in one volume many of the significant contributions that Richard H. Rouse and Mary A. Rouse have made over the past forty years to the study of medieval manuscripts through the prism of textual transmission and manuscript production. The eighteen essays collected here address medieval authors, craftsmen, book producers, and patrons of manuscripts from different epochs in the Middle Ages, extending from late antiquity to the early Renaissance, and ranging from North Africa to northern England. Their investigations reveal valuable information about the history of texts and their transmission, and their careful scrutiny of…
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Immigration and the Border
Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century
Edited by David L. Leal and José E. Limón
The advent of the twenty-first century marks a significant moment in the history of Latinos in the United States. The “fourth wave” of immigration to America is primarily Latino, and the last decades of the twentieth century saw a significant increase in the number of Latino migrants, a diversification of the nations contributing to this migration, and an increase in the size of the native-born Latino population. A backlash against unauthorized immigration, which may indict all Latinos, is also underway. Understanding the growing Latino population, especially its immigrant dimensions, is therefore a key task for researchers in the social sciences…
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TLS reviews A. C. Spearing's MEDIEVAL AUTOGRAPHIES
Helen Cooper reviews A. C. Spearing’s Medieval Autographies: The “I” of the Text in the June 14, 2013, issue of The Times Literary Supplement. Cooper says, “… here, [Spearing] not only extends his work [in Textual Subjectivity] to a new series of texts, but grounds it in another ‘supergenre,’ the…
AMERICA calls SACRED DREAD a "remarkable achievement"
Brenna Moore’s new book Sacred Dread: Raïssa Maritain, the Allure of Suffering, and the French Catholic Revival (1905–1944) received a stellar review in America Magazine. Catherine Cornille called the book “a remarkable achievement, especially considering it is the author’s first book.” Cornille goes on to say, “It weaves history, biography…
