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These studies of Canadian authors fulfill a real need in the study of Canadian literature. Each monograph is a separately bound study of about 55 pages. Each contains a biography of the author, a description of the tradition and milieu that influenced the author, a survey of the criticism on the author, a comprehensive essay on all the author's key works, and a detailed bibliography of primary and secondary works. ... Read more

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Significant and historically important Tarot texts translated at last
Two small but important Italian Renaissance essays on the meaning of the the Tarot deck are here translated into English with commentary for the first time.

These are the earliest texts of this kind so far discovered, and they offer a unique glimpse into the meanings people read into the pictures depicted on the cards during the sixteenth century. They define the symbolism of the cards, their order, offer moral lessons to be derived from them, and relate them to a cosmic scheme characteristic of the age.

Caldwell, Depaulis and Ponzi are to be thanked and congratulated for producing this volume, which deserves a place in the libraries of scholars of Renaissance iconology and Tarot aficionados alike.And at the price quoted, let me assure you it's no-brainer. ... Read more