Sentences with phrase «such ancient literature»

This has been a period in which the categories of the social sciences have been employed for the study of such ancient literature, alerting us to the ways in which ancient communities are rooted in social realities, as well as the ways in which social structures and ideologies reinforce each other.

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For wisdom about the human condition, ancient scripture can be interesting and revealing — as can any good literature, visual art, poetry, music, and such.

While Brock found images of redemption in Scripture, New Testament scholar Gail Paterson Corrington found hers in pre-Christian figures such as Isis and Sophia, ancient female divinities whose legacy lives on in apocryphal literature in the figure of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

This is no less true of Warren's literary criticism, whether in such ambitious works as the famous essay on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner («A Poem of Pure Imagination: An Experiment in Reading»), the more modest but nonetheless incisive essays on such writers as Eudora Welty and Katherine Anne Porter, or in the textbooks themselves — just hardheaded practical sense for anybody who loves literature and believes it is an autonomous discipline and not a substitute for anything else.

In addition to a helpful glossary and an indispensable index, The Literary Guide features some useful and, in several instances, excellent general essays such as Helen Elsom's superb treatment of the New Testament and Greco - Roman literature, Gerald L. Bruns's brilliant study of midrash and allegory, and an interesting essay by Alter on the characteristics of ancient Hebrew poetry.

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Wolves have long been symbols in folktales and literature all over the world, from ancient myths, such as those of Native peoples in America, to the European story of «Little Red Riding Hood.»

Such a complex analysis of a whole country's history, culture and tradition will be explored by examining artworks and literature in which ancient kings and heroes are used in later contexts as examples of idealism and virtue, or as objects of derision.