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And God Created Laughter: The Bible as Divine Comedy
M. Conrad HyersRecognizing "a playful spirit" as part of our human makeup, Conrad Hyers shows how laughter and humor are integral to our serious study of the Bible.
The Meaning of Creation: Genesis and Modern Science
M. Conrad HyersFocusing on the creation texts from the book of Genesis, Hyers interprets the biblical account in light of its relationship to its culture, context, and purpose.
The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith: A Celebration of ...
Conrad HyersIn The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith Hyers offers the first detailed study of the special significance of comic and religious themes to show that the comic tradition enriches and informs as well as entertains.
The Chickadees: A Contemporary Fable
M. Conrad HyersA modern fable about a band of chickadees whose envy of the condor and golden eagle eventually teaches them the value of self-acceptance.
The Laughing Buddha: Zen and the Comic Spirit
Conrad HyersThis book has been highly acclaimed both as an imaginative way of introducing the Zen tradition to Western readers, and as an important contribution to understanding the fullness of the Zen perspective and way of life.
The Spirituality of Comedy: Comic Heroism in a Tragic World
Conrad HyersThe approach of this book is broadly interdisciplinary, with materials and interpretations introduced from the various fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences as they illuminate both the tragic and comic ...
Stability of Functional Equations in Several Variables
D.H. HyersDonald H. Hyers (deceased) George Isac Themistocles M. Rassias Royal Military College of Canada National Technical University of Athens Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Zografou Campus ...
Humor in the Gospels: A Sourcebook for the Study of Humor in ...
Terri BednarzEdited by Conrad Hyers. New York: Seabury, 1969. Lang, Dov B. “On the Biblical Comic.” Judaism 11, no. 3 (1962): 249–54. Manson, Thomas Walter. The Sayings of Jesus. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1979. Niebuhr, Reinhold. “Humour ...
Once-Born, Twice-Born Zen: The Soto and Rinzai Schools of Japan
Conrad HyersThe portrait of Dogen is from Dogen 's Formative Years in China by Takashi James Kodera, (Boulder: Prajna Press, I980). Acknowledgement is given to a frontispiece in Dogen to sono deshi (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbun-sha. I972).
Conrad's Eastern World
Norman SherryProfessor Sherry establishes how well Conrad knew the East and how the original material he garnered there was supplemented from other sources; he also shows what Conrad made of his experiences, thus revealing clearly what the artist's own ...
An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Joseph Conrad
Owen KnowlesThis freshly researched bibliography is designed to provide a selective survey of Conrad scholarship and criticism in English from 1914 (when the first full-length study of Conrad's fiction was published) to 1990.
Joseph Conrad Among the Anarchists: Nineteenth Century ...
David MulryHence, according to Emily Dalgarno in “Conrad, Pinker and the Writing of The Secret Agent,” in 1908, Conrad was in debt to the amount of £1572. By 1910, it had risen to £2700, and though the debt had much diminished with the success of ...
The Oxford Reader's Companion to Conrad
Owen KnowlesEntries cover Conrad's life (health, Polish inheritance, the sea, ships and voyages), people (Borys Conrad, Apollo and Ewa Korzeniowski, J.M. Barrie, Stephen Crane, Stefan Zeromski), places (America, Bangkok, Berdyczow, Congo, Cracow, ...
The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad
Joseph ConradThe first of a projected eight-volume edition of all the surviving letters of Joseph Conrad.
An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting
Barry Conrad... Chuck McAdams, Marla Brooks, Victoria Gross, Margie Wacker, Dita Conrad, Cara Rebecca Donner, Cassandra Donner, Patsy and Thomas Terry, Bryan Moore, Beverly Gina Walden, Richard Kashanski, Linda Conrad, Adiz Carpintero, Lisa ...
Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography
John T. SoisterAfterword. by. Henry. Nicolella. Bibliography. CONRAD. VEIDT: THE. LAST. ROMANTIC. It's sad that most moviegoers best remember Conrad Veidt for one of his ... he loves, a woman long dead. The Wandering 319 Afterword by Henry Nicolella.
Joseph Conrad: A Biography
Jeffrey MeyersIn Joseph Conrad: A Biography, acclaimed writer Jeffrey Meyers presents the definitive account of the life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, and many other landmarks in modern literature.
Last Essays
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad, Harold Ray Stevens, J. H. Stape Owen Knowles ... Bibliography CDP Chronology CWW Documents Knowles and Stape Letters Miłob ̨edzki Najder William R. Cagle and Robert W. Trogdon, 'A Bibliography of Joseph Conrad' ...
Penumbra
Conrad Richard Edward KolbeShort stories and poems written in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1926 by Conrad Richard Edward Kolbe. Also includes selected poetry by Katherine Brown, Word War II poetry by Conrad Kolbe, Jr., and family memories and history by Eunice Ross.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Harold BloomPresents a collection of critical essays about Conrad's famous novel, arranged in chronological order of publication.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Casebook
Gene M. MooreThe volume concludes with an interview in which Conrad compares his adventures on the Congo with Mark Twain's experiences as a Mississippi pilot.
Joseph Conrad and the Adventure Tradition
Andrea WhiteA study of Conrad's fiction in relation to earlier travel and adventure writing on the British empire.
Joseph Conrad: A Life
Zdzisław NajderUp-to-date and extensive revision of Najder's much-acclaimed scholarly biography of Conrad, employing newly accessible sources.
Joseph Conrad
M. C. BradbrookOriginally published in 1941, this book provides a brief study of the life and work of Joseph Conrad ('Poland's English genius') through the lens of his writings.
Time Is All We Have
Barnaby ConradWriter Barnaby Conrad offers a fascinating glimpse inside the Betty Ford rehabilitation facility where he spent 30 days learning to overcome his alcoholism.
Joseph Conrad
Allan SimmonsJoseph Conrad is one of the great figures in the tradition of the novel.
Joseph Conrad
Allan SimmonsJoseph Conrad is one of the great figures in the tradition of the novel.
Conrad Kain: Letters from a Wandering Mountain Guide, 1906-1933
Conrad KainLetters from a Wandering Mountain Guide, 1906-1933 Conrad Kain Zac Robinson. Index available in print and PdF editions. First edition, first printing, 2014. Printed and bound in Canada by Houghton Boston Printers, Saskatoon, ...
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