AIDS, argue that “nothing is more punitive than to give a disease meaning—that meaning
being invariably a moralistic one.” 4 Other inquiries highlight the use of metaphors in …

The holy Synod, renewing the constitution of Boniface VIII, which begins Periculoso, enjoins
[...] that the enclosure of nuns be carefully restored, wheresoever it has been violated, and …

Tears of Repentance revisits and reexamines the familiar stories of intercultural encounters
between Protestant missionaries and Native peoples in southern New England from the …

This volume presents a rare occasion where scholars from Europe, North Africa and North
America share their research programs and findings revolving around an important theme …

In broad terms, James's postulations set the agenda for this chapter. That is, we will fi rst
examine the evidence suggestive of a “sick-souled” neural profi le typifi ed by a …

For instance, there were passions, appetites, sensibilities, sentiments, affections, to name a
few of the English terms. Appetites and passions were often grouped together, and were …

“Let us… turn towards those persons who cannot so swiftly throw off the burden of the
consciousness of evil, but are congenitally fated to suffer from its presence.” With these …

Singing by Herself reinterprets the rise of literary loneliness by foregrounding the female and
feminized figures who have been overlooked in previous histories of solitude. Many of the …

The relationship of the physical, gendered body to mental health is a common theme in
literary studies, which have sought to understand historical and contemporary narratives by …

Religious believers experience a range of emotions in their religious lives (Kim-Prieto &
Diener, 2009; Roberts, 2007; Whitehouse, 2004). Some religious practices create intense …