Preface |
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PART I Exploring the Humanities |
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Chapter 1 The Humanities: A Shining Beacon |
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3 | (14) |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (8) |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Becoming an "Infinite" Person |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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Chapter 2 The Humanities and Critical Thinking |
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17 | (20) |
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Apollonian and Dionysian Responses to the Humanities |
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18 | (6) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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The Importance of Knowing When a Purely Emotional Response is Appropriate |
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22 | (1) |
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The Importance of Responding Critically |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (4) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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A Guide to Critical Viewing, Professional and Personal |
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28 | (4) |
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Role of the Professional Critic |
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28 | (2) |
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The Personal Critical Response |
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30 | (2) |
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Literalists and Figuratists |
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32 | (2) |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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35 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Myth and the Origin of the Humanities |
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37 | (30) |
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38 | (11) |
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39 | (5) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (7) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (5) |
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56 | (1) |
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The Importance of Being Attractive and Rich |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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How Myth Influences the Humanities |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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65 | (2) |
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PART II Disciplines of the Humanities |
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67 | (246) |
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69 | (36) |
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70 | (4) |
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The Basic Literary Impulse; Identity |
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70 | (1) |
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The First Epic: Gilgamesh |
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70 | (1) |
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An Early Masterpiece: Homer's Iliad |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (17) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (5) |
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81 | (1) |
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Simple Forms, Profound Meaning: William Blake |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (2) |
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Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (3) |
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91 | (5) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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The Short Story Today: John Updike |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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100 | (1) |
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Take a Closer Look: Exploring a Short Story -- John Collier's "The Chaser" |
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101 | (4) |
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105 | (50) |
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106 | (2) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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Creating Likeness in Different Styles |
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108 | (14) |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (8) |
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Rebellion Against Perfect Likeness |
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122 | (8) |
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125 | (3) |
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Post-Impressionism: Van Gogh |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (14) |
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The Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory Show, 1913 |
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130 | (2) |
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Cubism: Picasso and Braque |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (1) |
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141 | (2) |
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Performance, Prank, and Installation Art |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (5) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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151 | (1) |
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Take a Closer Look: Exploring Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (38) |
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The Basic Elements of Music |
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156 | (7) |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (2) |
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Harmony and the Orchestra |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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The Varieties of Musical Experience |
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163 | (26) |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (4) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (4) |
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180 | (5) |
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185 | (1) |
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Contemporary Non-Western Music |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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190 | (1) |
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Take a Closer Look: Exploring Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune" |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (48) |
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Major Tragic and Serious Plays in Theater History |
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194 | (19) |
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Greek Classical Theater and Elizabethan Theater: A Comparison |
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194 | (3) |
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The Recognition Scene in Sophocles and Shakespeare |
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197 | (1) |
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Aristotle on the Nature of Tragedy |
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198 | (3) |
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Shakespeare and Dramatic Verse |
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201 | (3) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (3) |
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Modern Genres and Conventions |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (3) |
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Melodrama and Tragedy: A Contrast |
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213 | (1) |
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Comedy in Theatre History |
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213 | (10) |
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214 | (1) |
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Shakespeare's Comedy of Character |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (4) |
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Contemporary Anti-Middle-Class Comedy |
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221 | (1) |
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Contemporary Serious Comedy |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (4) |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (2) |
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A Theatrical Century of Dynamic Change |
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229 | (6) |
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The Modern Theater of Ideas |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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235 | (2) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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237 | (1) |
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Take a Closer Look: Exploring a Scene from Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman |
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238 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 The Musical Stage: Opera, Music Theater, Dance |
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241 | (34) |
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Early History of Musical Theater |
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242 | (9) |
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243 | (1) |
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Classical and Baroque Opera |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (2) |
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Modern Opera and Operetta |
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251 | (4) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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Other Modern Operas of Note |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (7) |
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256 | (6) |
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262 | (8) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (3) |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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271 | (1) |
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Take a Closer Look: Exploring La Boheme and Rent |
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272 | (3) |
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275 | (38) |
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276 | (3) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (2) |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (15) |
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Slapstick Comedy: Sennett and Chaplin |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (1) |
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Enduring Appeal of the Animated Film |
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284 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (4) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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Loosely Based on the Original |
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295 | (1) |
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Two American Film Classics |
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296 | (5) |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (3) |
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301 | (6) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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A Word of Critical Viewing |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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310 | (1) |
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Take a Closer Look: The D-Day Scene in Saving Private Ryan |
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311 | (2) |
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PART III Themes in the Humanities |
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315 | (40) |
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316 | (5) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (2) |
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Native American Religions |
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319 | (2) |
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Belief in an Impersonal Divinity |
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321 | (10) |
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322 | (4) |
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326 | (3) |
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329 | (1) |
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Aristotle's Unmoved Mover |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (14) |
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331 | (4) |
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335 | (7) |
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342 | (2) |
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The Protestant Reformation |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (3) |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (2) |
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348 | (3) |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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352 | (3) |
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355 | (30) |
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356 | (2) |
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358 | (2) |
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359 | (1) |
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The Morality of Self-Interest |
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360 | (9) |
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360 | (2) |
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362 | (1) |
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Government and Self-Interest |
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363 | (1) |
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Rebellions against Self-Interest |
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363 | (1) |
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Satirical Praise for Self-Interest |
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364 | (1) |
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"Enlightened" Self-Interest: Niccolo Machiavelli |
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364 | (2) |
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Econonomics and Self-Interest: Adam Smith |
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366 | (2) |
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Transcending Self-Interest: Altruism |
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368 | (1) |
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Utilitarianism: Bentham and Mill |
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369 | (4) |
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Bentham's Moral Mathematics |
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370 | (1) |
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Utilitarianism Modified: John Stuart Mill |
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371 | (2) |
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The Categorical Imperative of Immanuel Kant |
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373 | (2) |
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375 | (3) |
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The Influence of Dante and Milton on Western Morality |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (3) |
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380 | (2) |
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382 | (1) |
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382 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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383 | (2) |
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385 | (24) |
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Hedonism: Happiness as Pleasure |
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386 | (3) |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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Epicureanism: Happiness is Avoiding Pain |
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389 | (3) |
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389 | (2) |
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Epicureanism Reconsidered |
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391 | (1) |
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Stoicism: Happiness as a Strategy for Survival |
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392 | (4) |
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392 | (2) |
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394 | (2) |
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396 | (3) |
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397 | (1) |
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Happiness: A Government's Responsibility |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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The Humanities and Unhappiness |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (3) |
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400 | (1) |
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401 | (1) |
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402 | (1) |
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Buddhist Paths to Happiness |
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403 | (3) |
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404 | (2) |
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406 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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407 | (2) |
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409 | (32) |
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410 | (6) |
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410 | (2) |
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412 | (1) |
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Lust on the Shakespearean Stage |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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416 | (2) |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (7) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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Matriarchs and Patriarchs |
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421 | (2) |
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423 | (2) |
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425 | (4) |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (1) |
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Dante and the Divine Comedy |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (2) |
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429 | (1) |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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432 | (1) |
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432 | (4) |
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432 | (2) |
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434 | (1) |
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Love in a Time of Health Hazards |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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Imagining a World in Which Only Sex Exists |
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436 | (2) |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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439 | (2) |
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Chapter 14 Life-Affirmation |
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441 | (34) |
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442 | (2) |
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443 | (1) |
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Death in the Popular Arts |
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444 | (2) |
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444 | (1) |
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445 | (1) |
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Strategies for Dealing with Death |
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446 | (5) |
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447 | (1) |
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447 | (1) |
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Magnifying and Beautifying Death |
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448 | (1) |
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The Medicalization of Death |
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449 | (2) |
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451 | (2) |
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451 | (1) |
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Facing the Inevitable Before It Happens |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (2) |
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456 | (3) |
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458 | (1) |
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459 | (5) |
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459 | (1) |
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460 | (3) |
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463 | (1) |
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Models of Life Affirmation |
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464 | (8) |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (2) |
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468 | (2) |
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470 | (2) |
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472 | (1) |
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473 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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473 | (2) |
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475 | (18) |
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476 | (4) |
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476 | (1) |
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477 | (3) |
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480 | (1) |
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480 | (3) |
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482 | (1) |
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483 | (3) |
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484 | (2) |
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Nature and Native Americans |
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486 | (3) |
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487 | (2) |
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489 | (1) |
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490 | (1) |
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490 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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491 | (2) |
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Past and Present Limitations |
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495 | (1) |
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Institutional Determinism |
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496 | (2) |
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498 | (2) |
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500 | (1) |
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501 | (2) |
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503 | (1) |
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504 | (1) |
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505 | (5) |
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A Pessimist's View of Free Will |
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505 | (1) |
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Regret and Relief as Signs of Free Will |
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506 | (1) |
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Psychoanalysis and Free Will |
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507 | (3) |
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510 | (5) |
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510 | (2) |
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512 | (3) |
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Freedom within Limitations |
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515 | (4) |
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519 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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