Apocalypticism in the Bible and its world

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Helmut Gätje

This fascinating book brings together a unique collection of commentaries, translated from the original Arabic, on some of the key passages of the Quran. Presenting the views of a broad range of commentators, both classical and modern, it focuses on such topics as God, Muhammad, revelation, and Muslim beliefs and duties, in addition to chapters exploring mystical, philosophical and Shiite quaranic exegesis. The Quran and its Exegesis offers an unparalleled overview of Muslim thinking through the ages and around the world, an essential addition to the libraries of all students of Islam and comparative religion.

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Bart H. Beaty, Stephen Weiner

This book offers in-depth insight into themes and topics related to graphic novels. It provides insight into various aspects of the industry, from craftsmanship such as lettering, inking, and illustration styles, to the production and distribution of graphic novels and the significance and history of comic book conventions.

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Sayre N. Greenfield

This book proposes that allegory is not a species of literature but a structure of reading applied to uncomfortable juxtapositions within literary texts. The interpretive careers of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and of the same figures in Spenser's Faerie Queene provide central examples to show not what these poems mean but how they may be read and what cultural conditions encourage allegorical or non-allegorical readings. Also encompassed here are interpretations of classical verse, Biblical parable, Jacobean masque, modern lyric, and television advertising in order to explore how texts move into and out of the category of allegory.

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Nathalie Aubert

Poète belge de langue française, Christian Dotremont (1922-1979) a poursuivi, tant au sein des grandes avant-gardes artistiques du XXe siècle (le surréalisme, le surréalisme-révolutionnaire et Cobra) qu'individuellement, une recherche personnelle qui l'a placé non seulement au coeur des débats littéraires et philosophiques de son temps, mais aussi, comme nombre d'artistes de sa génération, au centre des débats éthiques et politiques. Cet ouvrage retrace l'intégralité de son parcours.