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Laughter at the Heart of Things Selected Essays of Helen M Luke
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Drama: The ring. Reflections on Shakespeare (The merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra). Oresteia -- Musings: The stanger within. Jacob and Esau. The laughter at the heart of things. Goddess of the hearth.
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One wonders if T.S. Eliot referred to Helen Luke and her famous essay in his intro to Charles Williams' novel, All Hallow's Eve. Eliot wrote: "... There are terrors in the pit of darkness into which he (Williams) can make us look; but in the end, we are brought nearer to what another modern explorer of the darkness has called ‘the laughter at the heart of things’.
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ISBN:
9780930407520
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
06/01/2001
Publisher:
PARABOLA BOOKS
Pages:
128
Height:
9.32 in.
Width:
6.38 in.
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.64 in.
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2001
Series Volume:
[bk. 2]
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2800930407522
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Helen M Luke
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature
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