From the starting point of admiration for Bonhoeffer's idea of costly grace for which he died in a Nazi concentration camp, Professor Weikart reassesses the complex theology of this German Lutheran pastor. Rather than viewing him as the conservative cult hero of many American evangelicals, the

Retired French diplomat, scholar (French and English, Bern U.), and playwright Savarit offers a facsimile edition and a suggestive rather than assertive critique of Porter's Elizabethan stage novel The Pleasant History of Two Angry Women of Abington . He points out the play's conventionalism, ethical stance, and how the plot and subplot juxtapose

A biography of the great grandfather of William Faulkner. Coverage includes the Old Colonel's early years, his exploits during the Mexican War and the Civil War, and his later career as a writer, and concludes with a lengthy chapter on his influences on his great grandson's writing and politics. Originally written as a doctoral thesis in 1961,

Examines the origin of the medieval Spanish concept of light and the poetic function which luminous imagery serves. The concluding chapter investigates radiance in the balladry of Lope de Vega, the Duque de Rivas, and Federico Garcia Lorca. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.