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...Carey G. Rickabaugh A Perennial Issue: Some Considerations on a National Constitutional Convention Carey G. Rickabaugh Thirty-two states as of 1985 have passed state legislative resolutions pe­ titioning the United States Congress to call a National Constitutional Amendment Convention to propose...

...George Mills Harper The Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy—Yeats and Jung . By Olney James . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1980 . Pp. ix , 379 . $20.00 . Copyright © 1981 by Duke University Press 1981 BOOKS The Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial...

... title phrase, “gothic sovereignty,” invokes this perennial reemergence of death squads from the crypts of state power and the criminal aesthetics cultivated within the prison itself, as the maras reclaim sovereign power at the scale of the community. After several massacres targeting mara members...

... recent history makes an unlikely beacon for those interested in the perennial political philosophical problem of freedom, has for its national motto: “The love of freedom brought us here.” In this essay, I propose to reacquaint my readers with what I take to be some key elements of that discourse in what...

... to a more subtle understanding, that identities are neither simply imposed nor freely performed. Theories of haunting or spectrality provide new ways of thinking about a variety of perennial issues, including memory, the modes of being of the past, and intertextuality. The study of affect, once relegated...

... of cotton and the development of present-day cultivated varie­ ties, and discusses some cotton-breeding programs under way in Africa. Many readers will be surprised to learn that most of the wild species of cotton are perennial shrubs native to deserts and dry habitats such as the southern Sahara, the Sudan...

... of the book that is, the devel­ opment of the Perennial Philosophy. Because he has chosen to concentrate on a few selected figures, Olney has necessarily been forced to omit or merely hint at vast areas of philosophic history the omission of which well-informed readers will deplore. Many will regret, I think...

... on the history of cotton and the development of present-day cultivated varie­ ties, and discusses some cotton-breeding programs under way in Africa. Many readers will be surprised to learn that most of the wild species of cotton are perennial shrubs native to deserts and dry habitats such as the southern Sahara...

... a vigorous and independent mind at work ex­ ploring human nature in all its complexity and contradictoriness. Here as in his tragedies and comedies, he believes, Shakespeare transcended orthodoxy and came directly to grips with many of those personal con­ cerns that are perennial and universal. UNIVERSITY...

... are familiar. Many of them are in the realm of folk art, revealing both a charming naivete and valuable insights into the revolutionary psychology. There are also more than a few English cartoons which reflect both contemporary British attitudes toward the Revolution and the perennial inability of the English...

... volume we have a well-focused monograph on Howells as social commentator. Chapters five and six, entitled Social Commentary and Howells and Reform: 1896-1920, are the heart of the book and represent the best available summary of Howells mature social criticism and his perennial reforming zeal his...

... with color photo­ graphs of its wild flowers. The frontispiece is, appropriately, a picture of the Venus Fly Trap, a rare native perennial that is known only to the coastal area of the Carolinas. The pictures are often so amazingly good that you can almost look for the dew on the petals. They were snapped...

... and immemorial tradition of Chris­ tendom as developed by the great schoolmen who lived during his childhood and in the several generations just before him. By means of beautiful word pictures Dante dramatizes the strug­ gle between good and evil that perennially engages the minds and hearts of men. Full...

... the essayist s topic came directly from the study and was implemented by material culled from various tomes and from many lands, for Miss Repplier s knowledge of literature and of those who made it is perennially surprising. When she published A Happy Half-Century in 1908, a volume not only commemorating her...

... which this long-brooded volume casts on the tragic issues of our skeptical and divided age is this reviewer s only (and perhaps irrelevant) reason for disagreeing with the author s definition of the plight of modern drama. His wisdom and wholeness are a delight. To write a book about the perennial...

... of modern drama. His wisdom and wholeness are a delight. To write a book about the perennial argument of drama is to risk defeat; for drama, as he says, is at once more primitive, more subtle, and more direct than either word or concept. This book, how­ ever, seems to share the insights of the works...

... the year the Department of State continued to seek settle­ ment of perennial questions claims, mutual self-defense, and illegal entry of Chinese nationals. Students of the Rio Grande boundary dispute will be disappointed that documentation on the 1931-33 negotiations has been omitted. No correspondence...

... should be given to the failures of the shah and the illusory image of his strength. In support of this argument Rubin chronicles the perennial conflict between America and the shah: our emphasis (except between 1972-1975) on limiting military expendi­ tures and giving priority to internal problems...

... a few English cartoons which reflect both contemporary British attitudes toward the Revolution and the perennial inability of the English to take the French seriously. It would have been useful if the author had at times provided a commentary on the illustrations and had indicated when certain prints...

...; Pro­ fessor M. W. Black continues with problems of interpretation and the perennial hope of penetrating some of the difficult passages; next Pro­ fessor H. T. Price follows in considerable detail the clues of metrical and phonetic spellings in the First Quarto of Titus Andronicus; and finally Dr. G. E...