The new Cambridge modern history. volume xiii: companion volume

This article explores the link between religion and politics, religious liberty and the rights of religious minorities, by focusing on the constitutions which Italian states adopted and discarded from 1796 to 1849. It concerns questions about the ‘national character’ and the rights and duties of the citizen, and argues that – far from being ‘an outlet’ for material discontent – questions of religious identity and pluralism were integral to the Risorgimento definition of liberty. In this context, the author explores also the Mazzinian vision of a democratic republic inspired by an acephalous and non-hierarchical civil religion, similar to the Unitarian Transcendentalism practiced by some of his New York admirers – a far cry from the ‘religions of politics’ inspired by Saint Simon and Auguste Comte.     

The Wiley-Blackwell companion to cultural geography

The Western film genre fosters the mythic view of America as a feminized Eden where one can regenerate or recreate oneself. Westerns typically depict the American countryside as though it were simply a gorgeous framing device for the film's male protagonist whose primary function is to introduce the rough wilderness to the pioneers (or cinematic viewers) who will follow him. In contrast, in the rural femalecentered films of American life— such as Daughters of the Dust, Places in the Heart, Bagdad Cafe, and The Spitfire Grill—the landscape plays a central role. Nature, in fact, generally replaces the powerful male protagonist of the Western. Unlike European movies that also highlight nature's regenerative power, the American films discussed here center on the transformation of the woman. They highlight the Jeffersonian ideal of America as a garden community—one where the female protagonist is regenerated by her ties to the land and by her relationship with those labeled “Other.” She does not conquer or traipse through the cowboy's wild Eden. Rather, she inhabits a nurturing cinematic place that celebrates community and embraces difference.     

四家诗与《毛诗谱》

《毛诗谱》是东汉经学大师郑玄晚年的作品。《毛诗谱》虽依毛诗以作《谱》,但鲁、齐、韩三家诗的影响也不容忽视。本在运用大量相关材料的基础上,从《诗经》产生的历史年代、《诗经》所反映的地理风俗、正变学说三方面对《毛诗谱》与四家诗的渊源进行了具体的分析,勾勒出从四家诗分立到并存于《毛诗谱》的轨迹。     

闺秀诗话十二种叙录

闺秀之能诗,夙为谈诗家所乐道.自赵宋以降,诗话莫不述及闺秀之作.而闺秀诗话之有专书,则肇自有清一代.予自上世纪九十年代初,辑考清人诗学著述,得见存书九百余种,亡佚待访书五百余种.其中专论闺秀之诗话,见存书二十二种,亡佚书十四种.     

青海与边塞诗人

翻开中国诗歌史不难发现,历代边塞诗人都把关注的目光投向青海这块古老而年轻、神秘而奇特的西陲边地,并创作出了大量反映青海独特的高原生态环境和历史人文景观的诗篇。青海自然景致的独特性、人文历史的多样性、风土民情的相容性带给了历代边塞诗人们无尽遐想的空间,并成为他们不竭的诗歌创作之源。