These essays, first published between 1925 and 1927, propose a radical overhaul and a new construction of Scotland's cultural identity. MacDiarmid focuses on poetry and the novel, on theatre, art, music, history and education, and also on writing by women in Scotland.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) has been generally acknowledged as the greatest English satirist. In a prodigious stream of letters, pamphlets, tales, and essays, he assailed, with irony, erudition, and savage wit, several of the abuses and vices he saw around him, including political corruption, religious intolerance, hypocrisy, and the decline of ......
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) commands an important place in the public mind. Twain's Humor, his wit, and his social concern endear him to countless Americans who think of him as 'one of us'. This work aims to convince scholars of American literature that Clemens was a sceptic for most of his life.
This volume presents the work of an early-Christian writer who did not write in either Greek or Latin. It is the first of two volumes that offers new English translations of selected prose works of St Ephrem the Syrian (c.AD 309-373). This first volume contains St Ephrem's "Commentary on Genesis", "Commentary on Exodus", "Homily on Our Lord" and ......
This is a translation of the first 20 distinctions of ""The Decretum"" or ""Concordance of Discardant Canons"", a compilation of extracts from Church councils, Church fathers and other ecclesiastical authorities, composed in the 12th century by Gratian, a Camaldolese monk. It offers a treatise on law.
In this collection of essays, meditations, poems and polemics, which range over four decades, C.H. Sisson touches on a wide variety of matters to do with the Church of England - from arguments about the language of the liturgy to political relationships.
Argues that the divine attributes of God are merely projections of human powers; life everlasting cannot be empirically demonstrated, for it runs counter to all the evidence for mortality given by the natural world, which is the only world we know. This book covers skepticism, faith, and the corruption of organized Christianity.
Presents Mark Twain's extended attack on Christian Science and its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, who he once described as the "queen of frauds and hypocrites". This offensive against Mrs Eddy analyses her greed, her lust for power, her self-dedication, and her incoherent writing. It also examines the rules and by-laws of the church.
