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Medieval romance frequently, and perhaps characteristically, capitalises on the dramatic and suggestive possibilities implicit in boundaries - not only the geographical, political and cultural frontiers that medieval romances imagine and imply, but also more metaphorical demarcations. It is these boundaries, as they appear in insular romances circulating in English and French, which the essays in this volume address. They include the boundary between reality and fictionality; boundaries between different literary traditions, modes and cultures; and boundaries between different kinds of experience or perception, especially the 'altered states' associated with sickness, magic, the supernatural, or the divine.
Social work has recently received some dreadful news coverage, but the most extravagant headlines and accusations centre on local authority social work with children. Moreover, such accusations stem almost exclusively from the national press. In Making Social Work News, Meryl Aldridge widens the debate of social work and its representation by the news media. The book falls into three parts, the first providing students and practitioners with a basic understanding of the day-to-day working and commercial logic of the UK press. The second part examines the press coverage of social work itself, exploring its considerable variation, comparing different news treatments between broadsheet and tabl...
A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.
CONTENTS.--I. Gardiner, H. New England's vindication. 1660 [ printed] 1884.--II. Baxter, J.P. George Cleeve of Casco Bay, 1630-1667. 1885.--III. Rosier, J. Rosier's Relation of Waymouths voyage to the coast of Maine, 1605. 1887.--IV. Thayer, H.O. The Sagahadoc colony, 1892.--V. Baxter, J.P. Christopher Levett, of York, the pioneer colonist in Casco Bay. 1893.
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