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Women and Irony in Moliere’s Comedies of Marriage

Prof John D. Lyons

Women in seventeenth century France enjoyed few rights, particularly regarding the choice of a husband. This book explores how Moliere's comedies presented women using one of the few assets they…

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Learned Un Happiness

John D Lyons

In this short but succinct book, the Author explains the profound but simple way to achieve happiness and what he now enjoys invincibility . There have been many self-help books…

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Exemplum: The Rhetoric of Example in Early Modern France and Italy

John D. Lyons

Examples, crucial links between discourse and society’s view of reality, have until now been largely neglected in literary criticism. In the first book-length study of the rhetoric of example, John…

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The Cambridge Companion to French Literature

An authoritative and accessible account of French literature from medieval romance to avant-garde poetry. It explores the medieval roots of modern literature; French tragedy; why the Romantics revered nature; how…

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Before Imagination: Embodied Thought from Montaigne to Rousseau

John D. Lyons

The author explores the themes surrounding early modern notions of imagination (including hostility to imagination) through the writings of such figures as Descartes, Montaigne, Francois de Sales, Pascal, the Marquise…

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The Cambridge Companion to French Literature

An authoritative and accessible account of French literature from medieval romance to avant-garde poetry. It explores the medieval roots of modern literature; French tragedy; why the Romantics revered nature; how…

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Coups de maitre: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Culture, in Honour of John D. Lyons

This collection of essays is dedicated to John D. Lyons, Commonwealth Professor of French at the University of Virginia and a preeminent scholar of early modern France and Italy. The…

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Chance, Literature, and Culture in Early Modern France

John D. Lyons

In the Renaissance and early modern periods there were lively controversies over why things happen. Central to these debates was the troubling idea that things could simply happen by chance…

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French Literature: A Very Short Introduction

John D. Lyons (Commonwealth Professor of French, University of Virginia, USA)

The heritage of literature in the French language is rich, varied, and extensive in time and space. This Very Short Introduction presents this lively literary world by focusing on texts…

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Critical Tales: New Studies of the Heptameron and Early Modern Culture

John D. Lyons

Appearing in print for the first time in 1558, the book that we know as the Heptameron is the work of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre.

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The Oxford Handbook of the Baroque

John D. Lyons (Commonwealth Professor of French, Commonwealth Professor of French, University of Virginia)

Baroque, the cultural period extending from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century, created some of the world’s most striking monuments, music, artworks, and literature. This Handbook goes beyond all existing…

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The Princess of Cleves

Madame De La Lafayette

The Princess of Cleves, often called the first modern French novel, was published anonymously in 1678 and was received with enthusiasm by its contemporary audience.

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Lyon Township

John Bell (University of Leeds),Diane Andreassi

Lyon Township and the unincorporated hamlet of New Hudson are nestled in the southwest corner of Oakland County. They have a rich history of agricultural production. Early 20th-century records show…

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The Sporting Art of C. D. Clarke

C. D. Clarke

This magnificent book of C. D. Clarke's work features 200 paintings, tableaus of color, light, motion, and possibility, created over the course of forty years fishing, hunting, and painting in…

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57 Ways To Get New Clients: A Guide for Tax Professionals

Ctm John D Pollock,Jd Ctm Lyon, Edward

Building a tax business should be an easy enough task, given that everyone needs to file a return. But there are thousands of tax preparers competing for your clients. The…

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The Dark Thread: From Tragical Histories to Gothic Tales

Examines a set of perennial narrative motifs centred on violence within the family as they have appeared in French, English, Spanish, and American literatures. This book questions the traditional separation…

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The Dark Thread: From Tragical Histories to Gothic Tales

Examines a set of perennial narrative motifs centred on violence within the family as they have appeared in French, English, Spanish, and American literatures. This book questions the traditional separation…

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Think you can’t write? Think again!: A foolproof guide to getting your story written at last!

Marjory D Lyons,Beverley Holden Johns (Learning and Behavior Consultant, Jacksonville, IL)

A step by step guide for writers who have put off completing the story of their dreams for too long.This foolproof manual includes real-life suggestions and specific tips for writers…

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French Renaissance and Baroque Drama: Text, Performance, Theory

French Renaissance and Baroque Drama helps us rethink pressing issues of the day, such as war, possession, sacrifice, religious conversion, law, and gender. This volume includes essays that employ a…

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Life Of Rev. Mother St. John Fontbonne, Foundress And First Superior-general Of The Congregation Of The Sisters Of St. Joseph In Lyons

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Wetland Landscape Characterization: Practical Tools, Methods, and Approaches for Landscape Ecology, Second Edition

Ricardo D. Lopez,John G. Lyon (Clifton, Virginia, USA),Lynn K. Lyon,Debra K. Lopez

Wetlands are, by their very nature, ephemeral and transitional, which makes them challenging to characterize. Yet the need for characterizing wetlands continues to grow, particularly as we develop a better…

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Wetland Landscape Characterization: Practical Tools, Methods, and Approaches for Landscape Ecology, Second Edition

Ricardo D. Lopez,John G. Lyon (Clifton, Virginia, USA),Lynn K. Lyon,Debra K. Lopez

Wetlands are, by their very nature, ephemeral and transitional, which makes them challenging to characterize. Yet the need for characterizing wetlands continues to grow, particularly as we develop a better…

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Life Of Rev. Mother St. John Fontbonne, Foundress And First Superior-general Of The Congregation Of The Sisters Of St. Joseph In Lyons

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Environmental Hydrology

Andy D. Ward,Stanley W. Trimble,Suzette R. Burckhard,John G. Lyon

An introduction to environmental hydrology which includes chapters on the hydrologic cycle, precipitation, infiltration, surface runoff and flood routeing, soil erosion, hydrogeology and water quality. Forest and wetland hydrology, remote…

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The Measurement and Management of Clinical Outcomes in Mental Health

John S. Lyons,Kenneth I. Howard,Michael T. O'Mahoney,Jennifer D. Lish

Outcomes measures are tests used to assess a client’s improvement after treatment and overall satisfaction with mental health services. Outcomes measures are rapidly becoming the next wave of managed mental…

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Here Now: Indigenous Arts of North America at the Denver Art Museum

John P. Lukavic,Dakota Hoska,Andrew W. Mellon

Here Now: Indigenous Arts of North America at the Denver Art Museum features 200 of the museum’s most notable Indigenous artworks. It reinterprets the collection and reveals new insights into…

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