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Writing Self, Writing Empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary / by Kinra, Rajeev

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court -- Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective -- A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance -- King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm -- Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters -- Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world -- The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline -- Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography.…”
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The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 by Gordon, Scott Paul, 1965-

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The ends of life roads to fulfilment in early modern England / by Thomas, Keith, 1933-

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Naturalization of the soul self and personal identity in the eighteenth century / by Martin, Raymond, 1941-

Subjects: “…Self (Philosophy) Great Britain History 17th century.…”
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Canonical states, canonical stages Oedipus, othering, and seventeenth-century drama / by Greenberg, Mitchell, 1946-

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Seventeenth-century English romance allegory, ethics, and politics / by Sandy, Amelia Zurcher, 1965-

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Contested spaces of nobility in early modern Europe

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Rites and passages the beginnings of modern Jewish culture in France, 1650-1860 / by Berkovitz, Jay R., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Transformations in Jewish self-understanding.…”
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The Dragoman Renaissance : Diplomatic Interpreters and the Routes of Orientalism / by Rothman, E. Natalie (Ella Natalie), 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Localizing foreignness: forging Istanbul's dragomanate -- Kinshipping: casting nets and spawning dynasties -- Inscribing the self: dragomans' relazioni -- Visualizing a space of encounter -- Disciplining language: dragomans and Oriental philology -- Translating the Ottomans -- Circulating "Turkish literature" -- Dragomans and the routes of orientalism…”
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Beyond expulsion Jews, Christians, and Reformation Strasbourg / by Kaplan, Debra

Table of Contents: “…Beyond expulsion : a paradigm shift -- The superiority of the city of Strasbourg : the city and its reformation -- Without trees, the fire will be extinguished : reinventing Jewish life in the rural sphere -- Shared spaces : social interactions in the countryside -- Creating Jewish space in the Christian city : the Jews and Strasbourg's markets -- As is also apparent in the old chronicles and history books : magisterial laws, confession building, and Reformation era tolerance -- I listened to the account of a Jew : Christian Hebraism in Strasbourg -- Constructing Jewish memory : self-texts, the Reformation, and narratives of Jewish history -- Becoming French : Alsatian Jews in the wake of confession building.…”
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Visions of the courtly body : the patronage of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, and the triumph of painting at the Stuart Court / by Hille, Christiane

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The madness of vision on baroque aesthetics / by Buci-Glucksmann, Christine

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Forging urban solidarities Ottoman Aleppo, 1640-1700 / by Wilkins, Charles L.

Table of Contents: “…Solidarity and leadership in the guilds -- Guild self-government -- The leadership of the guilds : two case studies -- The butchers -- The Kasapbasi : compensation and social background -- The tanners -- The Akhi Baba and Shaykh al-Sab'a -- A sketch of one Shaykh al-Sab'a : Sayyid Ibrahim b. …”
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